Our People
Leadership Team
Kirstin Chernawsky
Executive Director
Cristina De La Rosa
Senior Director of Programs
Bartell Keithley
Senior Director of Operations
Leslie Okamura
Senior Director of Finance
Susan Winterson
Senior Director of Human Resources
Megan Davis
Director of Legal Services
Ann Grecek
Director of Early Childhood Education
Josh Johnson
Director of Expanded Learning Programs
Mario Martinez
Director of Information Technology
America Perez-Garcia
Director of Finance
Rosa Sanchez Totochenko
Proyecto Cuídate Director
Soo-Lyon Yon, Ph.D
Director of Community Resources & Education
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
Jose Paz
Associate Board President
Monroe Capital LLC
Executive Committee Members-at-Large
Dan Hartnett
Commscope, Inc. (Retired)
Gail Taggart
L3 Hospitality Group
Committee Chairs
Frances Delgado
Resource Development
Teamsters Local 705
Kahlil Hogan
Operations
VistaNational
Stephanie Kanter
Programs
Candidate for Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, 2021
Chris Terzich
Government & Oversight
CIBC Bank USA
Beth Benjamin
CIBC Bank USA (Retired)
Elizabeth Binkley
PwC
Adriana Cuellar
Erie House Parent Policy Committee President
Lavine Douglas
Motorola Solutions
Ashley Galston
K&L Gates LLP
Amanda Gomez
ComEd
Risa Josias
BMO Financial Group
Librada Killian
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Lou Leonardi
Wintrust
Monique Mervin
The University of Chicago Law School
Edgar Montalvo
Kirkuk Global, LLC
Nadine O'Malley
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Sandy Pundmann
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Asael Reyes
Youth Representative
Maria Rocha
Program Representative, YOU
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