2011-2012 STAFF
Beth E. Richie, Director
Phone: (312) 413-1985
Email: brichie@uic.edu
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Michelle Boyd, Associate Director for Programs and Partnerships
Phone: (312) 996-9145
Email: mrboyd@uic.edu
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Francesca Gaiba, Associate Director for Research
Phone: (312) 996-5294
Email: gaiba@uic.edu
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Erica Meiners, Visiting Scholar
Phone: 312-413-5540
Email: ruthme@uic.edu
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Rhoda Rae Gutierrez, Graduate Assistant
Phone: (312) 413-2380
Email: rrgutier@uic.edu
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Iliana Figueroa, Office Assistant
Phone: (312) 996-6339
Email: ifigue2@uic.edu
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Meg King, Program Assistant
Phone: (312) 413-7775
Email: mking11@uic.edu
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Delaina Washington, Research Assistant
Phone: (312) 413-7940
Email: dcarey3@yahoo.com
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Silvia Becerra, Program Coordinator (HR Specialist) for IRRPP and Program Coordinator for the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.
Vanessa Smith, Associate Director for Business and Finance for IRRPP and the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.
Partners
IRRPP works with an expanding network of internal and external partners to achieve its core mission. Internal partners include: Asian American Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Asian American, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Blacks, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Latinos, and Institute of Government and Public Affairs of the University of Illinois.
IRRPP also engages in external partnerships and consultations with a variety of community organizations, governmental institutions and elected Black and Latino representatives. A sample of current and past partners includes Sustainable Development in a Diverse World (SUS-DIV), a partnership of European Universities and Institutions, Latino Policy Forum, Paseo Boricua, West Humboldt Park Family and Community Development Council, Asian Health Coalition of Illinois, New Englewood Terrace, City of Chicago, Illinois Department of Human Services, Governor's Office, the European Union, the World Federation of Cities, and The American Indian Center of Chicago.
