All JALC employees have an email that uses the following format: firstnamelastname@jalc.edu (using
their first and last name, lowercase, with no space in between). For SICCM classes, go to the website for that class to find
email information.
Valerie A. Barko, Ph.D. - Associate Dean, Allied Health and Public Service
- Office: G206G
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8258
- Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
- M.S., Oklahoma State University
- B.S., University of Louisiana Monroe
Tracie Zoller - Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean for Allied Health and Public Service
- Office: G206F
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8217
- Working toward A.A.S., John A. Logan College
Pamela Appleton, RN, BS, CNOR - Surgical Technology Program Director
- Office: SICCM
- Phone: (618) 942-6902
- C.N.O.R., Perioperative Nursing
- ADN, SICCM/Rend Lake College
- B.S., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- A.S., Rend Lake College
Ruth Ann Barnstable, PN/ADN - Nursing Instructor
- Office: G218D
- Phone: (618) 985-3741 Ext. 8235
- M.S.N., University of Evansville
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Paula Ann Berry - MLT Program Director
- Office: SICCM
- Phone: (618) 942-6902
- MS. Ed. Southern Illinois University
- Medical Technology specialization: Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Illinois
- B.A. Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois
Leslie Bertolini, RN, MSN - Associate Degree Nursing Instructor
- Office: G218C
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8318
- M.S.N., University of New Hampshire
- B.S.N., University of Virginia
Sheila Colombo, PHR - Allied Health Coordinator
- Office: G218J
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8134
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
- A.A.S., John A. Logan College
Sheri Cook - Instructor of Interpreter Preparation
- Office: D267
- Phone: (618) (618) 985-8870 (First call IL Relay 711)
- Video Phone: (618) 985-8870
- B.S., Northern Illinois University
Rick Ellett - Criminal Justice Instructor
- Office: G219E
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8359
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Sharon Enrietto, RDH - Lab Supervisor for Dental Hygiene
- Office: D174D
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8694
- Certificate in Dental Hygiene
Marilyn Falaster, MSN, RN - Director of Nursing
- Office: G218F
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8455
- M.S.N., Bellarmine College Louisville
- B.S.N., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- A.A.S., Rend Lake College
Donna Farris, RN, MSN - Instructor of Nursing
- Office: G218E
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8620
- M.S.N., University of Evansville
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Janet Followell, RN, Ph.D. (C) - Nursing Instructor
- Office: G218I
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8570
- M.S.N., Southeast Missouri State University
- B.S.N., McKendree College
Edwina Freeman - Cosmetology Lab Manager
- Office: D271
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8243
- Cosmetology Instructor License
- AAS, John A. Logan College
Della J. Fulk, CDA, RDH, MS Ed. - Assistant Professor for Dental Assissting
- Office: D168
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8451
- M.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
- A.A., Southern Illinois University
Kathy Gibson, CDA, MS Ed. - Coordinator for Dental Assissting, Associate Professor for Dental Assisting
- Office: D169
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8389
- M.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Heather Hampson - CNA Coordinator, Nursing Faculty
- Office: G218L
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8411
- B.S.N., McKendree College
- B.S., University of Illinois
Pam Hays - Associate Professor of Nursing
- Office: G218G
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8447
- M.S., Southeast Missouri State University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Nancy Henry, D.V.M. - Director, Veterinary Technology Program
- Office: SICCM
- Phone: (618) 942-6902
- M.S., (ABT) Southern Illinois University
- D.V.M., North Carolina State University
- B.S., Vanderbilt University
Verlinda J. Henshaw, OTD,MS,OTR/L - Director, Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
- Office: SICCM
- Phone: (618) 942-6902
- O.T.D, University of St. Augustine
- M.S., San Jose State University
- B.S., University of Illinois at Chicago
Julie Horecker - Professor of Nursing
- Office: G218A
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8545
- Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
- M.S., Southeast Missouri State University
- B.S., McKendree College
Dr. John Kaeser, DDS - Supervising Dentist for Dental Hygiene
- Office: D174
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8694
- D.D.S., University of Illinois, Chicago
- B.S., University of Illinois, Chicago
Pam Karns, BSDH, MHASAD - Coodinator/Instructor of Dental Hygiene, Associate Professor
- Office: D171
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8639
- M.S., University of St. Francis
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
- A.A.S., Southern Illinois University
Lori Longueville - Director, Child Care Resource and Referral
- Office: D270
- Phone: (618) 618-985-5986
- Fax: (618) 618-985-3528
- B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University
Pam McReynolds, CDA - Dental Lab Supervisor
- Office: D166
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8309
- Certified Dental Assistant
Sandy Monahan - Cosmetology Instructor, Advisor
- Office: D271E
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8242
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
- A.A.S., John A. Logan College
Helen Moncrief - Nursing Instructor
- Office: G218H
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8210
- B.S.N., DePaul University
Valerie Newberry - Coordinator and Instructor of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
- Office: G219A
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8622
- Doctoral Candidate, Southern Illinois University
- M.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Denise Orill - Instructor of Practical Nursing
- Office: DQ Ext. Center
- Phone: (618) 542-2393
- B.S.N., McKendree University
Janice Palese, RN - Professor of Nursing
- Office: G218B
- Phone: (618)985-3741 Ext. 8412
- PhD. Health Education, Southern Illinois University
- M.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Fort Hays State University
Linda Pritchard - Administrative Assistant to the Director of Nursing
- Office: G220
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8498
- A.S., John A. Logan College
Harry Spiller - Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
- Office: E111B
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8354
- Advanced graduate study, Southern Illinois University
- M.P.A., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.A., Southern Illinois University
Jamie D. Steffy - Faculty Instructor, Veterinary Technology Program
- Office: SICCM
- Phone: (618) 942-6902
- B.S., Murray State University
- A.A.S, Rend Lake College
Mary J. Sullivan, PhD, RHIA - Executive Director of SICCM, Director of Health Information Technology Program
- Office: SICCM
- Phone: (618) 942-6902
- Email: Sullivan@siccm.com
- Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
- M.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Illinois State University (RHIA)
Dr. Marilyn Toliver - Professor for Early Childhood Education
- P.H.D., Southern Illinois University
- M.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Mary Ann Troutman - Cosmetology Instructor, Cosmetology Club Sponsor
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Adeline Wilson - Coordinator for Early Childhood Education
- Office: Logan Preschool Laboratory
- Phone: (618) 985-3741 ext. 8241
- M.S.Ed., Southern Illinois University
- B.A., Southern Illinois University
Paula Willig - Associate Professor of Interpreter Preparation and Advisor
- Office: D268
- Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8456 TTY 985-6018
- Video Phone: 618-985-6018
- M.S., McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College)
- B.A., Concordia University Chicago