Board Members

Executive Committee

Marta Cerda (Board Chair)
CEO - ASI & NE Healthcare

Sandeep Prabhakar (Past Chair)
Managing Director - Armory Securities, LLC

Aimee M. Nolan (Past Chair)
General Counsel - Zoro

Nicholas Gialessas (BD&R Committee)
Vice President, Kaufman Hall

Cheri L. McEssy (Care and Support Committee Chair)
Owner/President - CMAC McVentures LLC

Bruce Hopple (Concern & Awareness Committee Chair)
Senior Vice President - Avison Young

Frank Walton (DE&I Committee Chair)
President - American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago

Barry Masek (Fund the Mission Committee Chair)
(Retired) Partner Emeritus - Baker Tilly US, LLP

Carol Shaw-Burns (IWCA Committee Chair)
Director - Vi Living

Jeremy Kruidenier (Public Policy Committee Chair)
Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois

Ajay Sood (Research Committee Chair)
Professor - Rush University Medical Center

General Board

Scott Burnsmier
Director of Development - Eastern Illinois University

Michelle Carlson
Managing Director - JPMorgan Chase

Cassie Crist
Partner - Sikich LLP

Tom Estey
Director - CIBC Bank

Jill Felkins
Shareholder - Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney

Curt Hansen
AVP, Relationship Manager - Wintrust Bank

Angela James
Vice President, Clinical Development - iTeos Therapeutics

Dale Jordan
Tax Market Leader - BDO

Carrie Jost
VP - CNO Financial Group

Marilyn Lissner
Director - Cushman & Wakefield

Barb Moran
CEO - Moran Family of Brands

Kari-Ann Ryan
Director of Marketing & Development - Mid-West Moving & Storage

James Sherwood
SVP and Counsel - McGuireWoods Consulting and LLP

David Solomon
Member/Partner - Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Nick Vom Brack
Credit Research Analyst - Chatham Asset Management

Marty Wilke
(Retired) President - CBS Television Stations Inc.

Ray Willis

(Retired) Director Community Planning & Development - U.S. Housing/Urban Development

Jim Wong

Tim Woods
Senior Consulting Practice Manager - Oracle Health