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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

Casey Keller
Regional President, N.A.
The Wrigley Company

Board Members

Michael J. Alter
President
The Alter Group

Lisa J. Cunningham
Market Manager-Central Region
JPMorgan Chase

Eva-Dina Delgado
Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer
Chicago Transit Authority

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
Hubbard Radio, LLC

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

Richard F. Klawiter
Partner
DLA Piper

Tom Livingston
Resident Vice President of State Relations
CSX Transportation

Phyllis Lockett
President and CEO
New Schools for Chicago

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
Co-Founder, CEO, Managing Principal
Pearlmark Real Estate Partners

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

John Sirek
Director, Civics Program
McCormick Foundation

LeAnn Talbot
Senior Vice President
Comcast, Greater Chicago Region

Raj Tank

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
Joseph Carr
Development Director
Joseph Freed & Associates, Inc.

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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 Anna Lewis, Development Manager, for more information about how to join City Year Chicago's Associate Board.

Joseph Carr (Chair)
Joseph Freed & Associates

Thomas Ahlering
Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson

Vince Arrigo
Illinois Democratic Committee

Elizabeth Balthrop
Bain & Company

Casey Carmondy
CSX

Mike Chookaszian
Reta Street Properties

Shruti Cruz
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Bryan Farquhar
The Alter Group

Rachel Gerds
Harris Bank

Jonathan Gordon
Transwestern

Kellie Hasselbeck
CNN Digital

Louis Jacobsohn
Transwestern

Yong-Jae Kim
Robert W. Baird & Co.

Aarti Kotak
DLA Piper

Mark Kroeger
Northern Trust

Scott Levy
Levy Security Corporation

Victor Monroy
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Chip Mulaney
Perkins Coie LLP

Robert Muller
Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Inc.

Joana Olson
Lyric Opera of Chicago

Timothy Richards
Northern Trust

Rebecca Shanaman
McCarthy Duffy LLP

Kendra Thompson
ACLU of Illinois

Scott Velasquez
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Talia Weidberg
PricewaterhouseCoopers

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