Our People
Executive Leadership Team

Cristina De La Rosa
Executive Director

Leslie Okamura
Senior Director of Finance

Jessica Rodriguez
Senior Director of Development & Communications

Isaias Solis
Senior Director of Programs

LaTanya Pumphrey
Senior Director of Operations
Leadership Team

Megan Davis
Director of Legal Services

Marco Gonzalez
Director of Facilities

Josh Johnson
Director of Expanded Learning Programs

Mario Martinez
Director of Information Technology

Maria Deniz
Director of Early Childhood Education

America Perez-Garcia
Director of Finance

Gloria Razo
Director of Human Resources

Rosa Sanchez Totochenko
Director of Proyecto Cuídate

Soo-Lyon Yon, Ph.D
Director of Community Resources & Education

Roberto Mendez
Director of Marketing and Communications
Board of Directors
Nicolas Guzman
President
Faegre Drinker, LLP
Craig Castelli
Vice President
Caber Hill Advisors
Heather Mejia
Treasurer
Allstate
Carlos Ramirez
Secretary
Illinois Department of Transportation
Executive Committee Members-at-Large
Dan Hartnett
Commscope, Inc. (Retired)
Committee Chairs
Frances Delgado
Resource Development
Teamsters Local 705
Kahlil Hogan
Operations
VistaNational
Chris Terzich
Government & Oversight
CIBC Bank USA
Alex Zafirovski
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Amanda Gomez
ComEd
Anne Howaniec
CIBC
Ashley Galston
K&L Gates LLP
Chris Miceika
PNC
Edgar Montalvo
Kirkuk Global, LLC
Elizabeth Binkley
PwC
Gail Taggart
L3 Hospitality Group
Lavine Douglas
Motorola Solutions
Librada Killian
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Lou Leonardi
Wintrust
Monique Mervin
The University of Chicago Law School
Nadine O'Malley
HOME
Paula Yen Loubane
Prinova USA
Risa Josias
BMO Financial Group
Sadie Salazar
Sage Therapy Group
Stephanie Maldonado
ECE Parent Policy Committee
Sandy Pundmann
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Verónica Cortez
Erikson Group
Honorary Life Trustees
Charles W. Armstrong*
Phyllis Armstrong*
Elmera Brooks
Elizabeth S. Bryan
May R. Burns*
Ann S. Carton
R. Gerald Fox
Steve Fox
Robert A. Gielow*
Elizabeth S. Graham*
John R. Hall
Mark A. Jolicoeur
John D. Leslie*
Marie Leslie*
James J. McClure, Jr.*
Lynn McClure*
Victor "Sy" Nelson
Jack O'Kieffe
Bertha H. Pepe
Donald E. Quinn
Lois Quinn
Sarah Rios*
Rev. Paul Rutgers*
Rose Ann Savino
Marjorie G. Schuham
John Van Pelt
Harry Vincent*
Nancy Vincent
Carol Wiley
Robert Wiley*
Richard Wiley
Kathy Wiley
*deceased member