Director of Financial Aid Services
Janeen Decharinte
decharja@lewisu.edu
(815) 836-5837
Janeen earned an Associates Degree in Business from Blackhawk College
in 1982 and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Southern
Illinois University
at Carbondale in 1986. She started her career in Financial Aid in 1987
at SIUC where she worked for four years. She also worked for a short time
at Belleville Area Community College in Belleville Illinois. She joined
the staff at Lewis in 1991 as the Assistant Director. She is the mother
of two very active boys and jokes that if she wasn’t working with students
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Associate Director
Financial Aid Services
Rhonda Pilgrim
pilgrirh@lewisu.edu
(815) 836-5343
Rhonda has studied in southern
Illinois and Tennessee and ultimately earned her Bachelor of General
Studies at Roosevelt University, Chicago in 2005. In 2003 she began
her financial aid career working as the student retention and
financial aid officer for Environmental Technical Institute’s south
campus. She later performed quality assurance for Career Education
Corporation’s student finance department. Rhonda joined Lewis
University in June 2007. She appreciates spending time with her
family, cooking, and enjoying a great meal. Rhonda hopes to be the
author of an exciting series of books one day.
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Financial Aid Counselor
Lisa Gierich
giericli@lewisu.edu
(815) 836-5674
Lisa is a 2003 graduate of Robert Morris College, earning her BAS
in Graphic Design. She came to Lewis in July 2005, after several years of living in
Arizona, certifying loans for
University of Phoenix, in Tempe, AZ.
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Financial Aid Counselor
Tonetta Jones
jonestt@lewisu.edu
(815) 836-5269 Tonetta came
to Lewis University in the summer of 2007 after doing
financial aid for
Devry University.
She spent her previous 5 years as
an admissions counselor for Northern Illinois University in Dekalb,
Illinois, where she graduated in 2001 with
a Political Science degree. She loves working with students in
Higher Education and is willing to help anyone who is pursuing an
education. In her free time, Tonetta enjoys
spending time with her family
and friends and having a good laugh. |
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Office Manager
Donna Purdy
purdydo@lewisu.edu
(815) 836-5837
Donna is a graduate of Lockport Township High School
and a longtime resident of Lockport. She has been with Lewis
University since April of 1996. Over the last six years Donna
was involved in the United Way Committee as committee member, co-chair
and chair. In her free time she enjoys time spent with her
two grandchildren in addition to boating and cross-stitching.
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Secretary
Jane Foster
fosterja@lewisu.edu
(815) 836-5546
Jane is a graduate of Lockport Township High School and a longtime
resident of Lockport. She joined Lewis in September of 1997. She
was a member of the United Way committee for a number of years. She
enjoys vacationing in Pentwater Michigan with her family as well as
gardening, baking and bargain shopping. |
