Our Team

Senior Manager of Communications

Kris Adamik

Director of Business & Economic Development Partnerships

Brie Arduini

Senior Director of Human Resources

Kimberly Carodine

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Caitlin Closser Peart

Director of Community Engagement

Mariela Estrada

Director of Labor Partnerships

Gus Fuguitt

Chief Information & Technology Officer

Jeffrey Gawel

Regional Director of Development, South-Southwest

Maya Hardy

Director of Community Impact

Jessica Lucas

Regional Director of Development, North-Northwest

Kate Maver

Director of Public Policy and Advocacy

Eithne McMenamin

Director of Civic & Partner Engagement

Morlie Patel

Partnerships and Initiatives Consultant

Jose Rico

Regional Director of Development, West

Caleb Robinson

Director of Marketing

Collier Rowe

(Cook County) Director of Community Engagement

Monique Shelton

Director of Corporate Engagement

Lauren Welke

Chair

Linda T. Coberly

Appellate & Critical Motions

Winston & Strawn LLP

Vice Chairperson

Torrence L. Hinton

President

Peoples Gas & North Shore Gas

Treasurer to the Board

Manuel Flores

President/CEO

SomerCor

Board Chair Emeritus

Cheryl A. Francis

Co-Founder & Co-Chairman

Corporate Leadership Center

David C. Blowers

Vice Chairman

Northern Trust

David R. Casper

Retired U.S. CEO

BMO Harris Bank

Kevin Cole

Chicago Office Managing Partner

EY

Wendell Dallas

President & CEO

Nicor Gas

Jeffrey Devron

Executive Vice President Midwest Region

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co

Paulette Dodson

Kenneth Escoe

Executive Vice President Specialty Products

Illinois Tool Works Inc

Bridget Gainer

Global Head Public Affairs & Policy

Aon

Hannah Hayes

Senior Vice President

Northern Trust Bank

Travis Hunter

Office Managing Partner

KPMG LLP

Linda L. Imonti

Retired Office Managing Principal

KPMG LLP

Rev. Larry L. Jackson, MDiv

Retired Vice President – Mission & Spiritual Care

Advocate South Suburban Hospital

Lisa Johnson

Darren Jones

President of the Central Plains District

UPS

Carina Markel

Deals Managing Partner

PwC LLP

Edward W. McGrogan

Retired

Discover Financial Services

Randy Mehrberg

Co-Managing Partner

Jenner & Block LLP

Eileen Mitchell

President, AT&T Illinois

AT&T

Neil Murray

Global CEO Work Dynamics

JLL

Kristie P. Paskvan

Alicia Ponce

Founder & Principal

APMonarch PLLC

Mark Prindiville

Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

Allstate Insurance Company

Robert Reiter

President

Chicago Federation of Labor

Mark Skerjan

Director, Legislative Policy & Analysis External Affairs

Southern Company Gas

Robert A. Sullivan

Regional Chairman

Fifth Third Bank, Chicago

Scott C. Swanson

President

PNC Bank, Illinois

Julia Morsch Sznewajs

Managing Partner

Res Publica Group

Brooke Thompson

Managing Director/Market Executive Greater Chicago

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc

Wolfe Tone

Global Deloitte Private Leader | Vice Chair, US Deloitte Private Leader

Deloitte Tax LLP

Board Emeritus

Patrick J. Canning

Vice Chairman

Cresset

Board Emeritus

Deborah L. DeHaas

CEO

Corporate Leadership Center

Board Emeritus

Lester McKeever

Partner

Mitchell & Titus, LLP

Board Emeritus

E. Scott Santi

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Illinois Tool Works Inc

Board Emeritus

Frederick H. Waddell

Retired Chairman & CEO

Northern Trust

President & Chief Executive Officer

Sean Garrett

United Way of Metro Chicago

Campaign Chair

David C. Blowers

Vice Chairman

Northern Trust

Vice Chair

Steven C. Bauer

Executive Director

Cushman & Wakefield

Vice Chair

Polly Melton Eldringhoff

Vice President — Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas

Peoples Energy

Vice Chair

Thomas Harmening

Principal, Economic & Valuation Services

KPMG LLP

Vice Chair

Teresa Wilton Harmon

Managing Partner

Sidley Austin LLP

Vice Chair

Henry Munez

Segment Head-Middle Market & Mid-Corporate Banking

BMO Harris Bank

Vice Chair

Niamh Kristufek

Managing Director, Business Banking Segment

BMO Harris Bank

Vice Chair

Neil Murray

Global CEO Work Dynamics

JLL

Vice Chair

Brooke Thompson

Managing Director | Market Executive, Greater Chicago Market

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

Vice Chair

Wolfe Tone

National Deloitte Private Tax Leader, Business Tax Services

Deloitte Tax LLP

David C. Albright

Senior Vice President, Head of Client Development – Americas, EMEA & APAC Regions

Northern Trust

Antonio Alejo

Principal

KPMG LLP

Saranda Asanoski

Project Manager, Drug Store Systems & Operations

Walgreens

Tom Ausborn

Managing Director, Food & Consumer Group

BMO Harris Bank

Michael Berger

Principal

Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Justin Brown

President & CEO

Skender Construction

Jessica Caffrey

Director

Cook County Government, Department of Real Estate Management

Michael Cullen

Director of Finance

Enterprise

Wendell Dallas

President & CEO

Nicor Gas

Shane Foley

Partner

KPMG LLP

Michael Folta

Vice President

Burns & McDonnell

Natasha Galavotti

Global Vice President Customers

BIMBO QSR

Germaine Harris

Private Wealth Advisor

BMO Harris Bank

Mike Jank

Manager of Sales

Tandym

Stephanie Kline

Co-Lead, Commercial Middle Market

BMO Harris Bank

Susan C. Levy

Executive Vice President | General Counsel

Northern Trust

Courtney Loacker

Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager

Bank of America

Justine Ochoa

Client Relationship Manager

IHT Wealth Management

Trey Page

Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kevin Riordan

Vice President, Market Supervision Manager

Merrill Lynch

Simon M. Saddleton

Partner, Investment Funds

Sidley Austin LLP

Ellaine Sambo-Reyther

Private Wealth Advisor

BMO Harris Bank

John Sassaris

Senior Vice President/Market Executive

Fifth Third Bank

Ben Schack

Head, Retail Deposit Products

BMO Harris Bank

Margi Schiemann

Director, Community Affairs

Nicor

Stephanie Seweryn

Strategy and Innovation Principal

Kin + Carta

Maureen Spain

Marketing Manager

Sidley Austin LLP

Sara Steinken

Managing Director

KPMG LLP

Julius Tamasy

Wealth Management Banking Specialist

Merrill Lynch

Lorenza Taylor

Vice President, Commercial Banker Professional Services Group

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Bill Tefft

Director, Asset Based Lending Group

BMO Harris Bank

Bill Thomson

Head, Fuel Services & Convenience Group

BMO Harris Bank

Sarah Vehlow

Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager Corporate & Institutional Banking

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Don V. Villar

Secretary-Treasurer

Chicago Federation of Labor

Chris Watts

Principal

EQT Exeter

Joshua Webster

VP, Wealth Management Banker

Merrill Lynch

Jamie Weisman

Partner

KPMG LLP

Colleen Werner

Founder + CEO

lulafit

Steven Zandpour

US Head of Specialty Sales

BMO Harris Bank

Ryan Zerante

Vice President of Sales & Operations

Corporate Concepts

Chair

Edward W. McGrogan

Retired Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Discover Financial Services

Vice Chair

Samuel Boebel

Assistant Vice President

Zurich North America

Vice Chair

Scott H. Budd

Financial Advisor

Edward Jones Investments

Vice-Chair/CISC Co-Chair

Janet Katz

CEO

American Agricultural Insurance

Secretary/CISC Co-Chair

Alan Bromberg

Wellness Healthcare Partners

Steve Adelstein

CEO

Trillium Solutions Group, Inc.

Chuck Adler

Attorney

Adler Law Offices, LTD.

Christopher Eilers

Financial Advisor

Raymond James

Sue Ehlers

Executive Director/Control Manager

Chase

Barbara Ferguson

Shaun M. Goldfarb

Assurance Partner

PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Corey Gustafson

President

JohnsByrne

Jeffrey W. Kreye

Senior Corporate Counsel

CNA Insurance

Satish Kumar

Regional Services Manager

Home Depot

Mark S. Seigle

President

Seigle Cabinet Center

Venetial Valley

Sourcing System Specialist

Woodward

Eric Witherspoon

Superintendent

Evanston Township High School

Regional Board Chair

Johanns Williams

Director, Franchise Operations

Wyndham Suites and Resorts

Vice Chair

Jeff Cohn

Business Development Manager

Energy Systems Group

Hannah Hayes

Senior Vice President

Northern Trust Bank

Co-Chair - Resource Development Committee

Victor Roberson

Lobbyist

Government Business Consulting Group, LLC

Secretary – Chair, Community Impact Steering Committee

Mayme C. Buckley-Leonard

Director, Senior Services

Rich Township

CHAIR, BOARD DEVELOPMENT AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Barbara Suggs-Mason, Ph.D.

Retired Superintendent

Matteson School District 159

Vernard L. Alsberry, Jr.

Village President, Village of Hazel Crest

Vice President, Kids Health Club

Kathleen Amuzu, Esq.

Legal, Compliance and Government Relations

Senior Counsel, CNA

L. Marie Asad

Community Relations Coordinator

BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois

Andrea L. Davenport

Director of Community Affairs and Government Relations

Meridian

Shamus Hayes

Managing Partner & Head of Strategy, Acquisition and Expansion

RideShare Carz

Rev. Larry L. Jackson

Retired Vice President Mission & Spiritual Care

Advocate South Suburban Hospital & Advocate Trinity Hospital

Diane Rink

Office Managing Partner

KPMG LLP

Deborah Stevens

Chief Executive Officer

Perspectives Charter Schools

Regional Board Chair

Mark Skerjan

Director, Legislative Policy & Analysis External Affairs

Southern Company Gas

Scott Allister

Senior Partner & Global Healthcare Transformation Leader

Genpact

Jose Alvarez

Grant Director

Town of Cicero

Linda Anderson

Physician

Edward Medical Group

Michael (Mike) Brophy

Senior Business Consultant, Commercial Technology

BMO Harris Bank

Beth Goncher

Director of Government Affairs

Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce

James Grana

President

Value Based Care Strategies

Samina Kapadia

Director of Compliance and Controls

Obama Foundation

Edward Klinger

Managing Director

BMO Commercial Bank, US

Marcia MacPhearson

Partner

Oliver Wyman

Aaron McCollough

Partner

McGuireWoods LLC

Tara Nieberding

Owner

101Mobility of Naperville