Title IX Team
Title IX Coordinator
- Angela Valuck '08
Title IX Coordinator
217.245.3660
angela.valuck@ic.edu
Title IX Deputy Coordinators
- Rebecca Leatherwood
Student Development Program Coordinator
Lincoln Hall, Room 1106
217.245.3556
rebecca.leatherwood@ic.edu
- Abby Vorreyer
Assistant Director of Athletics
Bruner Fitness and Recreation Center, Room 1250
217.245.3342
abby.vorreyer@ic.edu
The Grievance/Resolution Process Pool
- Angela Gonzales Balfe | Instructor of Criminal Justice
- Sarah Briggs | Administrative Assistant for Business Affairs
- Kelly Dagan | Professor of Sociology
- Lauren Hays | Director of Human Resources
- Jessamy Hintz | Assistant Director of Career and Leadership Development
- Rebecca Leatherwood | Student Development Program Coordinator
- Catharine O'Connell | Provost and Dean of the College
- Adam Porter | Joel Scarborough Professor of Religion
- Denny Schumacher | Associate Provost for Residential Life and Campus Safety
- Steve Schweer | Associate Director of Athletics and Head Men's Basketball Coach
- Abby Vorreyer | Assistant Director of Athletics
Members of the Pool are trained annually, and can serve in in the following roles, at the direction of the Title IX Coordinator:
- To provide appropriate intake of and initial guidance pertaining to complaints
- To act as an Advisor to the parties
- To serve in a facilitation role in informal resolution or Alternate Resolution if appropriately trained in appropriate resolution modalities (e.g., mediation, restorative practices
- To perform or assist with initial assessment
- To investigate complaints
- To serve as a hearing facilitator (process administrator, no decision-making role)
- To serve as a Hearing Chair and/or hearing panel regarding the complaint
- To serve as a Appeal Chair and/or appeal panel regarding the complaint
Training Materials
The 2020 Title IX Regulations - specifically, 34 CFR 搂106.45(b)(10)(i)(D) - require that all materials used to train personnel involved in the Grievance/Resolution Process must be made publicly available.