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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