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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
Stephen R. Quazzo
CEO
Transwestern Investment Co.

Board Vice-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
Managing Director, Philanthropic &
Institutional Advisors
Northern Trust

 

Larry Freed
President
Joseph J. Freed & Associates, Inc.

 

Nicholas S. Giuliano
Managing Director
The PrivateBank

 

Doug Grissom
Managing Director
MDP

 

Richard F. Klawiter
Partner
DLA Piper

 

Drew Horowitz
Executive Vice President
Bonneville International Corp.

 

 

 

Craig Huffman
Managing Director
Ascendance Partners

 

Randy Joseph
Managing Director
Vandeveer Investments, Inc.

 

Daniel A. Kaufman
Partner
Michael Best & Friedrich

 

Casey Keller (Designate)
President US
Alberto-Culver

 

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

Kristen L. Ritchie
Sr. Vice President & Regional Head of Cash Management
Global Transaction Services – Large Corporate
RBS Americas

 

John Sirek
Citizenship Program Director
McCormick Foundation

 

Jennifer Steans
President
Financial Investments Corporation

 

 

LeAnn Talbot (Designate)
Senior Vice President
Comcast, Greater Chicago Region

 

Raj Tank
Vice President, Central Region
Engineering and Operations
T-Mobile, Chicago

 

Elizabeth M. Thompson

 

Shoshana M. Vernick
Principal
Sterling Capital Partners

 

Mary Ann Wyman
Executive Vice President
ARAMARK Healthcare

 

Executive Director
Lisa Morrison Butler
Executive Director
City Year Chicago

 

Associate Board Chair
Shruti Mehta
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
T-Mobile

Scott Velasquez

Talia Weidberg
Diamond Marketing & Technology Consultants

Jawad Zayed
Deloitte Tax LLP

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