2026 Fighting Illini Men’s Basketball FINAL FOUR Contact List

Communications List (ICS 205A)

Incident Name: 2026–03–27 2026 Fighting Illini Men’s Basketball FINAL FOUR

Operational Period: 03/28/2026 17:00:00 — 03/28/2026 21:00:00

Basic Local Communications Information

Incident Assigned Position Name Method(s) of Contact
Champaign County EMA John Dwyer 217–621–3828
Champaign County EMA John Riegel 217–689–8192
Champaign County Sheriff’s Office Cpt. Dave Sherrick 217–202–3984
Champaign Police Department DC Greg Manzana 217–372–6040
City of Champaign
City of Urbana
CUMTD Jay Rank 217–390–2977
Dean of Students Stephen Bryan 919–564–6765
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Emergency Management Brian Brauer 217–390–9000
EOC Director Jason Heimbaugh 217–621–1216
Facilities & Services Steve Bainbridge 217–474–9178
ILEAS Mobile Field Force DC John Brown 217–840–2713
Illinois State Police A/Lt. Salma Cruise 708–299–8808
Incident Command Capt. Jason Bradley 217–341–4633
Media Relations Allison Copenbarger Vance 217–899–2774
METCAD Jen Frost 217–621–1392
Office of the Chancellor Kristin McMurray 217–202–0015
Public Information Officer Abbigail Reisner 217–259–7432
Public Safety EOC DC Tim Hetrick 217–304–2187
Urbana Police Department Lt. Cortez Gardner

Prepared By

Name: Jason Heimbaugh
Position/Title: CMD EOC Director/Director of Emergency Operationsh
Date/Time: 03/28/2026 00:21:25

Emergency Management
1011 Springfield Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
217-333-1216