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Board Officers

President

Maxica Williams

Bring Chicago Home Leader & Community Activist

Treasurer / Finance Committee Co-Chair

Holly A. O’Hern

Owner & Facilitator
Regime Change, LLC
www.regimechange.co

Secretary

Jessica L. Staiger

Associate General Counsel, Litigation
Archer Daniels Midland Company

Board Members

Member

Jaquie Algee

VP, Director of External Relations
SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana

Member

Akeem Anderson

Senior Vice President
H/Advisors Abernathy

Finance Committee Co-Chair

Michael P. Bagley

Executive Vice President
American Community Bank & Trust, Crystal Lake

Member

Angela E.L. Barnes

General Counsel
kyu Collective

Member

Traci P. Beck, M.D.

Director, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
John H. Stroger Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems
Staff Physician, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Racial Equity Committee Co-Chair

Melissa Chrusfield

Director of Communication & Engagement
PCC Community Wellness Center

Member

Richard Ducatenzeiler

CEO
The Boulevard

Member

Bernard S. Dyme

Founder
Perspectives, Ltd.

Fundraising Committee Co-Chair

Megan Finkelman

Vice President, Account Director
MERGE, Chicago

Member

Caronina Grimble

Director of Strategy, Equity, and Transformation
Illinois Department of Human Services

Member

Shane Hopkin

Business Development Representative
Goose Island Beer Company

Member

Charles Jenkins

Program Development
Men Making a Difference

Member

Carla Johnson

CCH Grassroots Leader

Member

Thomas F. Lysaught

Vice President, Head of Liability Claims
QBE North America

Board Development Committee Co-Chair

Morgan Malone

Founding Principal
Altogether Impact

Racial Equity Committee Co-Chair

Katie Owens Mulcahy

Vice President
The Owens Foundation

Member

Shapelle Pisano

Corporate Controller
Glossier, Inc.

Member

Brett Rausch

Senior Vice President – Commercial Banking
Wells Fargo

Member

Meher Rehman

Director of Capacity Building
The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence

Fundraising Committee Co-Chair

Renauda Riddle

Senior Revenue Auditor
State of Illinois

Board Development Committee Co-Chair

Neal Sales-Griffin

Managing Director
Techstars Chicago/San Francisco

Member

Chris Sanders

Senior Director, Product + Consumer Legal
Rivian Automotive, LLC

Member

David Swendsen

Attorney
Vedder Price

Member

Zanovia Tucker, PhD, LPC

Owner, Z2 Legacy LLC
www.drzanovia.com
Adjunct Professor, Walden University

Member

Quintin Williams

Program Officer
The Joyce Foundation

Associate Board

The Associate Board is a group of volunteers committed to helping CCH make a difference. These young professionals run special events, support our advocacy efforts and help us raise awareness throughout the community. Get involved by filling out this interest form.

Sophie Babcock, President

Claire Sloss, Vice President, Events

Amanda Bogle, Secretary

Amelia Thelen, Events Co-Chair

MK Marchesi, Events Co-Chair

Maddie Gazzolo, Co-Membership Chair

Sara Szwankowski, Co-Membership Chair

Ebony Thompson, Racial Equity Chair

Rui Chen, Advocacy Chair

Jamila Akil

Andrea-Lubina Al-Nurridin

John Arends

Jenna Ashley

Lily Brown

Phineas Callahan

Shiloh Capone

Mary Frances Charlton

Mike Deng

Rachel Eliser

Mary Erikson

Kara Fender

Rachel Gary

Patrick Gilsenan

Alison Gismondi

Laura Holm

Sarah Homan

Kpoene Kofi-Bruce

Thad Kopelman

Yolanda Madison

Marina McCormack

Sarah Millar

Joshua Morrison

Katie Nopar

David Pryor

Jack Riedy

Linda Saksa

Jewel Schroeder

Oliver Serafini

Alicia Singer

Suhana Thakrar

Sarah Valek

Scott Walker

Lindsay Welbers

Ellen Werner

Melissa West

Morgan White

Fallon White