IICEI Members

Current Council Members - Rev. 03/2023

Parents

Providers

Chairperson

• Brenda DeVito
  Vice President of Program Services
  Clearbrook
  1835 West Central Road
  Arlington Heights, IL 60005
  Phone:  847/385-5011
  Email: bdevito@clearbrook.org

Personnel Preparation

• Amy Santos
  Associate Provost for Faculty Development &
  Professor of Special Education
  University of Illinois
  Champaign, IL 61820
  Phone: 217/333-6677
  Email: rsantos@illinois.edu

Early Learning Council Representative

• Vacant

Headstart Representative

• Donna Emmons, Associate Head Start State Collaboration Director
  Illinois Head Start Association
  3435 Liberty Drive
  Springfield, IL 62704
  Phone: 217/691-9495
  Email: demmons@ilheadstart.org  

Part C Coordinator

• Benjamin (Benny) Delgado, Jr., Chief
  Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)
  Division of Early Childhood
  Bureau of Early Intervention
  823 East Monroe Street
  Springfield, IL  62701
  Phone: 217/782-1981
  Fax: 217/524-6248
  Email: benjamin.delgado@illinois.gov

Child and Family Connections Representatives

Advocate Representatives

State Agency Representatives - Designees

• Michael Garner Jones, Interim Bureau Chief
  IDHS - Division of Early Childhood
  Bureau of Subsidy Management
  401 South Clinton, 3rd Floor
  Chicago, IL 60607
  Phone: 312/793-4131
  Email: michael.garner-jones@illinois.gov
• Jennifer Gentile, Deputy Director
  IDHS - Division of Developmental Disabilities
  Bureau of Clinical Services
  401 South Clinton Street, 6th Floor
  Chicago, IL 60607
  Phone: 312/793-3011
  Email: jennifer.gentile@Illinois.gov
• Margaret Harkness
  Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities (ICDD)
  100 West Randolph, Suite 10-600
  Chicago, IL 60601
  Phone: 312/814-2080
  Email: margaret.harkness@illinois.gov
• Angel N. Williams
  Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS)
  Erikson Institute Early Childhood Program
  1619 West Jefferson
  Joliet, IL  60435
  Phone: 815/730-4125
  Email: angel.n.williams@illinois.gov
• Marie T VonDeBur
  HFS - Bureau of Program and Policy Coordination
  201 South Grand Avenue, East
  Prescott Bloom Building
  Springfield, IL  62763
  Phone: 217/524-7434
  Email: marie.vondebur@Illinois.gov
• Michelle Baldock
  Illinois Department of Insurance
  320 West Washington St., 5th Floor
  Springfield, IL 62767
  Phone : 217/557-7307
  Email: michelle.baldock@illinois.gov
• Ginger Mullin, Au.D.
  Illinois Department of Public Health (DPH)
  Office of Health Promotion, Vision & Hearing
  535 West Jefferson
  Springfield, IL 62702
  Phone: 217/785-1053
  Email: ginger.mullin@illinois.gov
• Shelly G. Roat, M.S. CCC-SLP
  Assistant Director of Operations
  UIC-Illinois Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC)
  3135 Old Jacksonville Road
  Springfield, IL 62704-6488
  Phone:  217/558-2350
  Email: sgroat@uic.edu  
• Kristy Doan, Illinois Part B Section 619 Coordinator
  Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
  Division of Early Childhood Education
  100 North First Street, E-225
  Springfield, IL 62777-0001
  Phone: 217/524-4835
  Email: kdoan@isbe.net

Representative for IDHS - Division of Mental Health

• Vacant

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education

• Kate Ulmer, State Coordinator
  ISBE - Division of General Counsel
  McKinney-Vento Homeless Program
  100 North First Street
  Springfield, IL 62711
  Phone: 217/782-1863
  Email: kulmer@isbe.net

General Assembly Representative 

• VACANT