Staff Directory
Leadership/Central Office
Lorraine Hocker, Executive Director ext 2030
Shelly Perkins, Operations Deputy
Ofelia Navarro, Deputy Director ext 2500
Christine Pryor, Senior Human Resources Generalist ext 2610
Elena Albarran, HCV Program Manager ext 2570
Gilma Beachem, HCV Intake Manager ext 2050
Gerald Cole, HCV Program Senior Manager ext 1203
Heidi Semenek, Director of FSS ext 2260
Brian Snook, Director of Public Housing ext 1701
Norma Carlon, Manager of Capital Improvements
& Procurement ext 2210
Derek Eovaldi, Property Disposition Coordinator ext 2407
Support/Central Office
Tracey Heleniak, Executive Assistant & FOIA Officer ext 2630
Lashawn Jones, Receptionist ext 2300
Julie Otto, Fraud Investigator & Collections ext 2310
Accounting/Central Office
Jackie Petritis, Senior Accounting Specialist ext 2600
Dee Kupsky, Accounts Payable Specialist ext 2406
Paul Mazur, Staff Accountant ext 2010
Mimi Soto, Purchasing & Billing Specialist ext 1251 and ext 2140
Housing Choice Voucher Program
Gerald Cole, HCV Program Senior Manager ext 1203
Elena Albarran, HCV Program Manager ext 2570
Gilma Beachem, Intake Program Manager ext 2050
HCV Recertification Team 1
Zion
Laura Vazquez, (A-K) Lead Certification Specialist ext 2420
Sabrina Johnson, (L-Z) Certification Specialist II ext 1204
HCV Recertification Team 2
Antioch, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Fox Lake, Ingleside, Lake Villa, Wadsworth, Winthrop Harbot
Katrina Harden, Certification Specialist ext 2460
Park City, Round Lake(s)
Katy Holter, Certification Specialist ext 2560
HCV Recertification Team 3
Beach Park, Cary, Elgin, Gages Lake, Green Oaks, Hainesville, Highland Park, Highwood, Island Lake, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Lindenhurst, North Chicago, Old Mill Creek, Prairie View, Spring Grov, Vernon Hills, Volo, Wauconda, Wildwood
Catherine Coyne, Certification Specialist ext 2091
Project-Based Voucher Program
Genia Cruise, 1804 Colonial Park, Grayslake Senior Library Lane, Fairhaven Mundelein, Brookstone & Regency
Katrina Harden, 2460 Tiffany Senior
Laura Vazquez, 2420 (last names ending A - K)
A Safe Place 1, A Safe Place 2 & Woodstone
Sabrina Johnson, 1204 (last names ending L - Z)
A Safe Place 1, A Safe Place 2 & Woodstone
HCV Intake Team
Victor Mendoza, HCV Intake Coordinator ext 2240
Tema Navarro, Portability Specialist ext 2700
FSS/ FUP/MS5/SRN/VASH/EHV
Heidi Semenek, Director ext 2260
Felipe Cortez, (H-O) FSS Specialist ext 2020
Jelena Milunovic, (P-Z) Lead FSS Specialist ext 2520
Yanitza Montemayor, (A-G) FSS Specialist ext 2160
HOUSING COUNSELING/EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
Ofelia Navarro, Deputy Director: ext 2500
Liz Werning, Manager of Housing Counseling ext 2060
Dulce Madrigal, HUD Certified Housing Counselor ext 2404
Natalie Arizmendi, Housing Specialist ext 2402
Daisy Hurtado, Housing Specialist ext 1800
Erica Sanchez, Housing Specialist ext 2330
HQS / Inspections
Gerald Cole, HCV Program Senior Manager ext 1203
Demond Anderson, HQS Supervisor ext 2530
Elena Lara, Landlord Engagement Specialist ext 2730
Inspections for:
Beach Park, Gurnee, Russell, Wadsworth, Waukegan, Winthrop Harbor, Zion
Matt Ivantic (last names A-K), HQS Specialist ext 2470
Inspections for:
Beach Park, Gurnee, Russell, Wadsworth, Waukegan, Winthrop Harbor, Zion
Solomon Jones (last names L-Z), HQS Specialist ext 2580
Inspections for:
Antioch, Gages Lake, Fox Lake, Hainesville, Ingleside, Lake Villa, Long Lake, Round Lake(s)
Antwione Whitfield, HQS Specialist (last names A- K) ext 2070
Jean Headley, HQS Specialist (last names L-Z) ext 1208
Inspections for:
Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Cary, Deerfield, Grayslake, Highland Park, Highwood, Island Lake, Lakemoor, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Mettawa, Mundelein, Park City, Prairie View, Third Lake, Spring Grove, Vernon Hills, Volo, Wauconda, Wildwood
Matt Ivantic (last names A-G)
Jean Headley (last names H-M)
Antwione Whitfield (last names N-T)
Solomon Jones (last names U-Z)
Public Housing
Brian Snook, Director of Public Housing ext 1701
AMP 2 Hawley, Warren , Shiloh
Renee Grider, Senior Property Manager ext 1442
AMP 3 Beach Haven, Kuester, Millview & Orchard
Cara Steffens, Assistant Property Manager ext 1700
AMP 4 & 5 Scattered Sites
Brian Snook, Director of Public Housing
Rich Jeswani, Leasing Manager ext 1803 (Warren)
Valeria Martinez, Public Housing Support ext 1250 (Shiloh)