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City Year Chicago Board 

City Year Chicago Associate Board 


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The City Year Chicago Board of Directors are critical to the successful performance, mission fulfillment, and sustainability of City Year Chicago.  Working in partnership with our Executive Director, Lisa Morrison Butler, the City Year Chicago Board of Directors serve as our first circle of leaders, champions, and stakeholders.  City Year Chicago includes the following dedicated corporate, government, nonprofit, and community leaders.

Board Chair

Elizabeth Swanson
Executive Director
The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation

Board Members

Michael J. Alter
President
The Alter Group

Les Coney
Executive Vice President
Mesirow Financial

Lisa J. Cunningham
Market Manager-Central Region
JPMorgan Chase

Robert J. Dow
National Director, Foundation & Institutional Advisors
Northern Trust

Larry Freed
President
Joseph J. Freed & Associates, Inc.

Doug Grissom
Managing Director
MDP

Drew Horowitz
Executive Vice President
Bonneville International Corp.

Rebeca Nieves-Huffman
Vice President, The Fund for Authorizing Excellence
National Association of Charter School Authorizers

Randy M. Joseph
Vice President, Banker
Private Wealth Management

JPMorgan Chase

Daniel A. Kaufman
Partner
Michael Best & Friedrich

Casey Keller
President, U.S.
Alberto-Culver

Richard F. Klawiter
Partner
DLA Piper

Tom Livingston
Resident Vice President of State Relations
CSX Transportation

Phyllis Lockett
Chief Executive Officer
The Renaissance Schools Fund

Robert O’Brien
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Andy Plews
Senior Vice President
Corporate Communications

BMO Financial Group

Ken Porrello
Principal
Deloitte Consulting

Stephen R. Quazzo
CEO
Transwestern Investment Co.

Kristen L. Saranteas
Senior Manager - Treasury Sales
Wintrust Financial Corporation

John Sirek
Civic Program Director
McCormick Foundation

Jennifer Steans
President
Financial Investments Corporation

LeAnn Talbot
Senior Vice President
Comcast, Greater Chicago Region

Raj Tank

Elizabeth M. Thompson
Founding Executive Director
City Year Chicago

Shoshana M. Vernick
Principal
Sterling Capital Partners

Mary Ann Wyman
Senior Vice President
Growth and Retention

ARAMARK Healthcare

Executive Director
Lisa Morrison Butler
Executive Director
City Year Chicago

Associate Board Chair
Shruti Cruz
Process Improvement Leader
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

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ASSOCIATE BOARD

The City Year Chicago Associate Board was formed for the purpose of supporting the mission of City Year Chicago through fundraising and public relations.  The Associate Board is comprised of a highly energized and dedicated team of young professionals who contribute to the mission through volunteer work on at least one fundraising event. City Year Chicago’s Associate Board includes the following dedicated group of young professionals. Contact Dan Cody, Development Manager, for more information about how to join City Year Chicago's Associate Board.

 

Shruti B. Mehta (Chair)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Kanika Agarwal
University of Chicago, MBA Student

Claire Anderson
Chicago Partners

Shyam Balganesh
University of Chicago Law School

Elizabeth Balthrop
Northwestern JD, MBA student

Darcy Barnes
Bank of America

Emily Bowie
Bryce Corporation

Dave Cameron

Joseph Carr
Joseph Freed & Associates

Greg Carroll
Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Lindsey Chavez
First Communications

Mike Chookaszian
Reta Street Properties

Bryan Farquhar
The Alter Group

Jeff Gordon
Northern Trust

Jeremy Gordon
ThoughtWorks, Inc.

Jonathan Gordon
Transwestern

Megana Gowda
Deloitte Consulting

Caryn Greene
BMO Capital Markets

Megan Guillet
Bank of America

Kellie Hasselbeck
CNN Digital

Rhonda Haynes
Scholarship Chicago

Yong-Jae Kim
Robert W. Baird & Co.

Aarti Kotak
DLA Piper

Kristen Koupal
Smith Barney

Scott Levy
Prentice Women's Hospital

Irene Lu
Strategic Philanthropy, Ltd.

Morgan Lyons
Northern Trust

Nick Mehta
Bowe Bell + Howell

Victor Monroy
Bank of America

Joana Olson
Lyric Opera of Chicago

Tim Rausch
CNN

Tim Richards
Northern Trust

Steve Salzman
inVision Networks

Sarah Sarmiento
RSM McGladrey

Jill Schmieder Hereau
International Law Students Association

Angelique Stephens

Scott Velasquez

Talia Weidberg
Diamond Marketing & Technology Consultants

Jawad Zayed
Deloitte Tax LLP

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