Board & Event Staff
Central Federation Board
President
Eric Brown
Iowa State University
18 B Mackay Hall
Ames, Iowa USA 50011
ebrown@iastate.edu
Vice President
Thomas Schrier
Iowa State University
5 Mackay Hall
Ames, Iowa USA 50011
schriert@iastate.edu
Secretary
Richard Wilkinson
Eastern Illinois University
Klehm Hall
Charleston, Illinois USA 61920
rfwilkinson@eiu.edu
Treasurer
Tianshu Zheng
Iowa State University
9W Mackay Hall
Ames, Iowa 50011
tzheng@iastate.edu
Director of Education
Catherine Curtis
Oklahoma State University
210 HSW
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
Director of Industry Relations
Jan Roy
Kaplan School of Business and Information Technology
1044 Dodge Avenue
Chicago, Illinois USA 60202
jroy@kaplan.edu
Director of Marketing
Kara Wolfe
Bradley University
1501 West Bradley Ave. BR-07
Peoria, Illinois USA 61625
klwolfe2@bradley.edu
Director of Member Services
Mary Jo Dolasinksi
White Lodging
701 E 83rd Avenue
Merrillville, Indiana USA 46410
mdolasinski@whitelodging.com
Director of Networking
Ahmed Abdelbary
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, Illinois USA 61455
am-abdelbary@wiu.edu
Director of Research
Li Miao
Oklahoma State Univeristy
210 Human Sciences West
Stillwater, Oklahoma USA 74078
lm@okstate.edu
Immediate Past President
Nicholas Thomas
DePaul University
14 East Jackson Blvd, Suite 320
Chicago, Illinois USA 60604
nthoma15@depaul.edu
Event Staff
The 2016 Central Federation CHRIE Conference is planned and executed by students of the Department of Hospitality Management at Kansas State University under the supervision of Dr. Kristin Malek.