Leadership
Board Chair
Geoffrey Brown*, Illinois CPA Society
Vice Chair
Nanette Silva*, Community Memorial Foundation
Treasurer and Finance Chair
Janet Lin*, MD, MPH, MBA, University of Illinois at Chicago
Secretary
Cecil Dearborne*, Pariveda
Past Chair
Dr. Terri Friel*, Venture Connects
Policy & Advocacy Chair
Mary Pounder*, Comer Family Foundation
Fund Development Chair
Lori Kaufman*
Governance Chair
Yusef Garcia*, Forefront
Center for Housing and Health Chair
Kuliva N. Wilburn, MPH, Wilburn Strategic Solutions
Strategic Planning Chair
Tom Sondergeld, McKinsey
Programs Chair
Nanette Silva*, Community Memorial Foundation
Board of Directors
Adwoa Antwi-Barfi, McDonald’s
Anthony Bruck, Eckhart Trading Company
Caprice Carthans, South Side Help Center
Chad Thompson, Lyceum Leadership Consulting
Derrick Kimbrough, Chicago Public Schools
Joseph Stokes, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
JP Valadez, Kivvit
Julie Scott, CARS.com
Keith McQueen, Powerhouse Global Network
Liu Montsho, 360 HR Solutions
Markus Pitchford, Glenhouse Strategies
Nnenna Okeke, Homeward
Patrick Strieck, BMO
Rina Shah, Walgreens
Roy A. Ferguson
Sean Radford, HALO
Terri Wilkerson, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
* Executive Committee member
Mrs. Joanne P. Armenio
Ms. Deborah S. Ashen
Mr. H. Russell Bauer
Mr. Tom Buchanan
Mr. Martin Cournane
Mr. Dirk S. Denison
Mr. Fred Eychaner
Ms. Karen Fishman
Mr. Robert L. Fogel
Mr. Larry Giddings
Mr. Mark Ishaug
Ms. Eva M. Janzen Powell
Mr. Tom G. Kehoe
Ms. Anna C. Laubach
Mr. Paul Lehman
Mr. Michael A. Leppen
Mr. Stephen C. Mack
Ms. Casey Marsh
Mr. Condon McGlothlen
Mr. Gary F. Metzner
Mr. Robert L. Mink
Mr. David E. Munar
Mr. Brandon Neese
Mr. Robert H. Neubert
Dr. Gerard F. Notario, MD
Mr. Frank Quinn and Mr. Craig C. Andree
Mr. Curtis Reed, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Lu Roffe
Dr. Renslow D. Sherer, Jr.
Mr. Thomas G. Sinkovic
Mrs. Ruth Sklar
Rev. Charles Straight
Mr. Richard B. Turner
Ms. Cleo F. Wilson
Paula Friedman
Mr. Craig W. Johnson
Mr. J. Ben Stringfellow
Meghan Monaghan, Co-Chair, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Jessica Wu, Secretary, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Patricia V Braboy, Membership Chair, University of Chicago
David Neef, Membership Chair, Epiq
Mason Zurovchak, W. Capra Consulting Group
Terra Campbell, Howard Brown Health
Kevin Cernansky, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Public Relations/Social Media Committee
Jessica Dangles, Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology
Kandis Draw, City of Chicago Homeless Shelter
Kim Garvey
Kalob J. Gossett, MHA, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, University of Illinois Chicago
Kevin Hascher, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Charlie Jungwirth, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Le’Mikas Lavender, Sinai Health Systems
Neal Netzel, CIBC
Ogo Oknkwor, Northwestern University
Charlie Peterson, Project WISH – University of Illinois at Chicago
Sergio Rodriguez, Deloitte Tax LLP
Lauryn Scott, Public Relations/Social Media Committee, Discovery Partners Institute, University of Illinois System
Eric Skipworth, Paramount Lodging Advisors
Terrance Weeden, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago – The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
President/CEO
John Peller
VP of Housing Strategy
Brandi Calvert
VP of Policy & Advocacy
Nadeen Israel
Chief Programs Officer
Simone Koehlinger
Senior VP of Operations
Tom Menard
Senior VP of Housing/ Executive Director of CHH
Peter Toepfer
Senior VP of Community Partnerships & Special Projects
Cynthia Tucker, Dr. P.H.
Chief Officer of External Relations
Edward Wagner
Chief Financial Officer
Laurie Wettstead