staff bios
janelle weatherford
Director, Foundation Relations
Janelle was named Associate Director of Foundation Relations in September of 2007, Interim Director in January of 2011, and Director of Foundation Relations in March 2012. Her responsibilities include:
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working with faculty members and units to identify foundation sponsors
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preparing funding proposals for research and teaching initiatives
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developing institutional relationships with foundations
- conducting training sessions on foundation relations and grant proposal-writing for various audiences
Starting in 2003, Janelle served as Associate Director of the European Union Center, where she managed and wrote grants; coordinated the development of courses, research projects, conferences, and workshops; and, managed the Center’s staff.
For almost ten years, Ms. Weatherford worked in the field of computer-assisted training and education as an instructional designer and project manager. Her career at Illinois began in 2002 as a Lead Instructional Designer on the UI-Integrate project.
Janelle came to Urbana-Champaign in 1992 from Fresno, California. She earned a B.A. in Russian from California State University Fresno in 1987, an M.A. in Russian from the University of Arizona in 1990, and completed coursework towards a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995. She began her career as an Adjunct Lecturer of Russian at California State University, Fresno. She also taught Russian at Illinois as a Teaching Assistant from 1992 through 1995.
cinda dalton
office manager, Foundation Relations
Cinda Dalton started her career with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985 where she served in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Beginning in 1987, Ms. Dalton provided support to the Office of Publications and Marketing followed by her work in the Office of Foundation Relations starting in 2003. In her current role as office manager, Ms. Dalton assists the senior director and other office personnel in foundation visits, campus events and provides general oversight to unit operations.