2024 Leadership

Geoffrey Brown*, Illinois CPA Society
Board Chair

Yusef Garcia*, Monarq Advisors
Vice Chair & Governance Committee Chair

Cecil Dearborne*
Secretary

Kara Eastman*
Racial Equity Committee Chair

Mary Pounder*, Comer Family Foundation
Policy & Advocacy Chair

Nanette Silva*, Community Memorial Foundation
Programs Chair

Tom Sondergeld*, TS Consulting Group
Strategy Planning Committee Chair

Patrick D. Strieck*, BMO
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair

Adwoa Antwi-Barfi

Taylor Atkins, ITW

Caprice Carthans, Equity Health Alliance

Jorge Cabrera, Kone

Roy A. Ferguson

Lance P. Glass

Janet Lin, MD, MPH, MBA, University of Illinois at Chicago

Sergio Mojica, The Posse Foundation

Liu Montsho

Tim Mullet, Dream Town Real Estate

Nnenna Okeke, BlueCross BlueShield

Charles Peterson, Neelyx Labs

Sherrine Peyton, Sherrine Peyton Consulting LLC

Markus Pitchford, Glenhouse Strategies

Sean Radford, AON

Julie Scott

JP Valadez, Avoq

Terri Wilkerson

* Executive Committee member

Mr. Craig C. Andree
Mr. Craig Johnson
Mrs. Joanne P. Armenio
Ms. Deborah S. Ashen
Mr. H. Russell Bauer
Mr. Martin Cournane
Mr. Dirk S. Denison
Mr. Fred Eychaner
Ms. Karen Fishman
Mr. Robert L. Fogel
Ms. Paula Friedman
Mr. Larry Giddings
Mr. Mark Ishaug
Ms. Eva M. Janzen
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. David E. Munar
Mr. Brandon Neese
Mr. Robert H. Neubert
Dr. Gerard F. Notario MD
Mr. Frank Quinn
Mr. Curtis Reed, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Lu Roffe
Dr. Renslow D. Sherer, Jr.
Mr. Thomas G. Sinkovic
Mrs. Ruth L. Sklar
Rev. Charles Straight
Mr. J. Ben Stringfellow
Mr. Richard B. Turner
Ms. Cleo F. Wilson

Executive Committee
Jessica Wu, Secretary, 2021-Present
David Neef, Membership, 2019 – Present (Previous Interim Co-Chair, Membership)
Mason Zurovchak, Membership, 2021 – Present
Kevin Cernansky, Public Relations/Social Media, 2017-2020
Eric Skipworth, Fund development, 2023 – Present
Charlie Peterson, Partnership & outreach, 2023 – Present
Jessica Dangles, Partnership & outreach, 2023 – Present

General Body Members
Jack Wolf, Member-at-large
India Willis, Member-at-large
Nia Johnson, Member-at-large
Tony Castagnoli, Member-at-large
Terra Campbell, Member-at-large
Kandis Draw, Member-at-large
Kim Garvey, Member-at-large
Kalob Gossett, Member-at-large
Kevin Hascher, Member-at-large
Charlie Jungswirth, Member-at-large
Le’Mikas Lavender, Member-at-large
Neal Netzel, Member-at-large

President/CEO
John Peller

VP of Housing Strategy
Brandi Calvert

VP of Human Resources & Talent Management
Andrew Anderson Devine

Senior VP of Policy & Advocacy
Nadeen Israel

VP of Policy & Advocacy Operations and Innovation/Executive Director of Pride Action Tank
Kim L. Hunt

Chief Program Officer
Simone Koehlinger

Senior VP of Operations
Tom Menard

VP of Care
Freddie Shufford

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