IIT Chicagoland Alumni Chapter
Chapter Officers
Chair: Steve Nargang (ME ’96)—snargang@hawk.iit.edu
Vice Chair: Robert Meder (M.Arch. ’10)
Chapter Secretary: Natalie Hammer (EE ’09, M.A.S. PWR ’14)
City of Chicago Branch
Branch Director: Charles Horn (MGT ’82)—chorn@hawk.iit.edu
Assistant Director: Wendy Wu (M.B.A. ’09)
North Suburban Branch
Branch Director: Ann Trandai (EE ’89, M.S. ’93)—trandairealty@gmail.com
Assistant Director: Brett Champlin (M.B.A. ’90)
Northwest Suburban Branch
Branch Director: Bruce Meier (MATH ’76)—brucemeier5540@gmail.com
Assistant Director: Dave Kamath (M.S. IE ’73)
Assistant Director: Luke Dykstra (CPE ’00, M.S. CS ’01)
West Suburban Branch
Branch Director: Bill Lam (ME ’82, M.B.A. ’88)—wlam@hawk.iit.edu
Assistant Director: Joe Koblich (BA ’88)
South Suburban Branch
Branch Director: Jerry Wilks (MET ’72, M.A.S. MET ’82, M.A.S. CHE ’05)—gwilks@citgo.com
Assistant Director: Marlene Lojas (CHE ’91)
U.S. Chapters
Volunteers who enjoy connecting IIT graduates to their alma mater manage each IIT chapter. Domestic chapters and their leaders are:
Bay Area: Heidi Rank (ARCH ’81) heidirank@sbcglobal.net
Southern California: Benny Jones (MATH ’94) bennyjones.iit@gmail.com
New York City: Hector Guillen (M.Arch. ’91) hguillen@jankorasic.com
Phoenix: Peter Koliopoulos (ARCH ’86) peter@circlewest.net
San Diego: Crystal Sargent (M.S. MCOM ’02) csargent@torreypinesbank.com
Seattle: Mike Wayte (ME ’61) mikejwsr@hotmail.com
Washington, D.C.: Randy Sullivan (ES ’74) R.sullivan@rlsullivan.us
Alumni networks and activities are underway in Austin, Texas, headed by Arun Prakash (AE ’99, prakaru@gmail.com) and in Minneapolis by Harley Feldman (CHEM ’69, harleyfeldman@gmail.com).
The IIT alumni community is expanding to include chapters in Houston and Dallas, and is coordinating annual activities in Atlanta, Boston, and Denver. If you live in any of these areas and want to get involved, contact the chapter chair or email the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@iit.edu.
Global Chapters
China: General Secretary Jennifer Meng Xia (M.P.A. ’07) gyxiameng@hotmail.com
Hong Kong: Victor Lo (DSGN ’73) victor_lo@goldpeak.com
India: Thiruvengadam Ashok (M.S. CS ’01) ash@stagsoftware.com
Japan: Tetsuyuki Hirano (ARCH ’79) tetsu-hirano@hd-group.co.jp
Korea: Jongsub Moon (Ph.D. CS ’91) jsmoon@korea.ac.kr
Taiwan: Steve Chun Pan (M.S. IE ’77, Ph.D. MSC ’88) chun@uch.edu.tw
Thailand: Paiboon Pongchairerks (M.S. IE ’75) paiboopo@gmail.com