Our People

Erica Block

Senior Director of Food and Nutrition Services for RUSH University Medical Center and RUSH Oak Park Hospital.

Cuyler Brown

Community volunteer and commercial lender with Huntington Bank. 

Erin Dougherty Foley

Experienced Trial Attorney & Counselor. Labor & Employment Partner Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Edward Fritsch

Senior Associate Construction Services at Elevate.

Thomas Gary

Economic Development professional, Office of the State Treasurer

Chris Griffith

Senior Vice President of Wintrust Bank

Laura Gutierrez

Sr. Associate Program Officer, Builders Initiative

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Patricia HannonSecretary

Pediatrician, Erie Family Health Center

David Henkes

Food Industry Consultant and Trendwatcher.

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Christie HoytVice President

Campaign Director at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation.

Tom IrvinTreasurer

Managing Partner and co-founder Guggenheim Partners, a diversified financial services firm focusing on Fixed Income Investment Management, Insurance and M&A Advisor

Fredric McClendon

Senior Vice President and Head of Banking for Global Family and Private Investments Offices at The Northern Trust Company.

Alan Reed

Principal of Left Exit LLC

Montague Short

CDW, Senior Manager, Human Resources Business Partner

Pamela Valderrama

Legal Counsel. Labor, Employment, & Benefits Law. Litigation Management. Risk Analysis. Compliance.

Stephen Weber

Director of Leadership & Executive Programming, University of Chicago; Associate Vice Chair of Faculty, Dept. of Medicine at University of Chicago, Professor of Medicine at UChicago

Stacey Williams

Community volunteer with experience in nonprofit board management, marketing and consumer behavior.

Shatisha WoodsPresident

Principal Business Solution Consultant, Healthcare Service Corporation

Liz Ziehl

Publishing & Product Development Professional

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