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Communities In Schools of Chicago (CISC) is led by an exceptional Board of Directors made up of individuals who are leaders in Chicago’s corporate, education and nonprofit sectors. We also are fortunate to be guided by a distinguished Board of Advisors.

Board Of Directors
CHAIR
Kevin R. Evanich
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
VICE CHAIR
Ellen Carnahan
Managing Director
Machrie Enterprises LLC
SECRETARY
Ava D. Youngblood
President/CEO
Youngblood Executive Search, Inc.
TREASURER
Craig A. Bondy
Managing Partner
GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
Alan A. Brown
Executive Vice President, Mutual Funds
Nuveen Investments, LLC

Suzanne Burns
Vice President - U.S. Business Integration and Leadership, Employee & Organization Development
W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Alice J. Campbell
Senior Director,
Community Relations and Work/Life
Baxter International

Jodi Caro
Vice President, Legal Services
Integrys Energy Group

Brad Cashaw
Vice President, Supply Chain Operations
Quaker Foods & Snacks/PepsiCo

Jorge Cauz
President
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Frank M. Clark, III
Managing Partner
KCB, LLC
Vinay Couto
Vice President
Booz & Company
Lynn G. Cutler
Senior Policy Advisor
Holland & Knight

David N. Figlio, Ph.D.
Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy
Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University

Barbara M. Ford
Rita A. Fry
President and CEO
RAF Consulting, Inc.
Sylvia Furner, MPH, Ph.D.
School of Public Health
University of Illinios-Chicago

Kenneth A. Gaines
Vice President, US Sales
SLED, Central-East Area
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Stuart E. Grass
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman

John M. Greening
Associate Professor, IMC
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University

Richard M. Gunst
Chief Financial Officer
DeVry Inc.

Michael T. Ivers
President
Goodcity
Helen H. Morrison
Attorney Advisor
Department of the Treasury
Office of Tax Policy
Daniel I. O'Shaughnessy
Vice President, Private Client Services
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Nancy A. Pacher
President and Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Equities Realty

Lanny Passaro *
Chairman
The Learning Journey International
Scott F. Stephens
Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
A.M. Castle & Co.
Gregory A. Stoklosa
Principal
Avondale Consulting, LLC
Shundrawn A. Thomas
President
Northern Trust Securities, Inc.
Douglas H. Walter
Anita J. Wilson
Vice President and Chief Employment Counsel
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Cynthia Hardy Young
President
Encompass Insurance/Allstate Group

*denotes past Board Chair


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Board Of Advisors

Liane Adduci
Principal
AD Public Relations

Andrew Block
Dennis H. Chookaszian
Retired
CNA Financial
Lisa Cunningham
Real Estate Banking Market Manager
JPMorgan Chase
Matthew S. Darnall
Managing Director, Investment Banking Division
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merri Dee
James M. Denny
Chairman
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Shawn M. Donnelley
President
Strategic Giving LLC
Wade Fetzer, III
Retired
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Raymond E. George, Jr.
Retired
The Northern Trust Corporation
William Hobert
Partner
W.H. Trading
Case Hoodgendoorn
President
Hoogendoorn & Talbot
William (Bud) Ipema
Vice President
Leadership Foundation of America, Chicago
Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr.
Senior Advisor
GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
Judy Langford
Senior Fellow
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Elizabeth Louis
Jeff and Elizabeth Louis Foundation
John V.N. McClure
Retired
The Northern Trust Corporation
Richard Morrow
Retired
BP
Clare Muñana
President
Ancora Associates, Inc.
James J. O'Connor, Jr.
Managing Partner
MVC Capital
Diana Mendley Rauner, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Ounce of Prevention Fund
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Former President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairwoman
Equity Group Investments, L.L.C.
Walter D. Scott
Professor Clinical, Management & Strategy
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
Joan R. Ward
Seth J. Weinberger
Counsel
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw

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