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Founders

Marjorie Craig Benton

Sunny Fischer

Iris J. Krieg

Lucia Woods Lindley

(1937 – 2020)

Fiscal Year 2021 Board of Directors

  • Ann Marie Wright
    Chair
  • Kelly Smith-Haley
    Past Chair
  • Silvia Rivera
    Secretary
  • Michael (Mike) Narciso
    Treasurer
  • Carmin Awadzi
  • Joan Trueheart Bacon
  • Adela Cepeda
  • Allison B. Clark
  • Deborah B. Cole
  • Valerie Colletti
  • Regina Cross
  • Erica Duncan
  • Sarah Hurwit Gomel
  • Georgina Heard
  • Keri Holleb Hotaling
  • Toi Hutchinson
  • Susie Kurowski
  • Tina Manikas
  • Kathleen McDonald
  • Anita Mital
  • Kelly Norton
  • Marie Osadjan
  • Munira Patel
  • Jessica Sohl
  • LaSaia Wade
  • Gretchen Wolf

Fiscal Year 2021 Staff

  • Felicia Davis
    President & CEO
  • Christina Cordova-Herrera
    Director of Communications
  • Ilda Lagunas
    Manager of Special Events
  • Angela Lorenzo
    Digital Communications Coordinator
  • Eli Marsh
    Director of Community & Social Impact
  • Jessi Moon
    Individual Giving & Campaign Manager
  • Yvette Nelson
    Executive Coordinator
  • Whitney Wade
    Program Officer
  • Linda Wagner
    Chief Operating Officer
  • Yazmin Wheelock
    Development Associate
  • Bernadine Wims
    Board Secretary & Operations Coordinator
  • Lora York
    Senior Program Officer

Giving Councils

LBTQ Giving Council

  • Carly Stacy
  • Lauren Birchlove

Women of Color United Giving Council

  • Tasasha Henderson
  • Venita Griffin
  • Anwuli Anigbo

Young Women’s Giving Council

  • Jasmin Sanchez
  • Alexandra Kocoj
  • Alexandra Perez-Garcia
  • Michelle Grim

South Side Giving Circle

  • Whitney Wade
  • Akira Barclay
  • Damaris Walker
  • Ashley Leonard

North Shore Giving Circle

  • Stephanie Szymanski
  • Joan Trueheart (Bacon)

Western Suburbs Giving Circle

  • Tanya Davis
  • Sonal Gupta
  • Andrea Sidorow

West Side Giving Circle

  • Launched in FY22

Alumnae Council

Alumnae Council Co-Chairs

  • Ellen Benjamin
  • Juju Lien

Alumnae Council Members

  • Queta Rodriguez Bauer
  • María C. Bechily
  • Deborah E. Bennett
  • Marjorie Craig Benton
  • Allegra E. Biery
  • Saundra Bishop
  • Catherine Braendel
  • Betsy Brill
  • Nicholas Brunick
  • Marilyn D. Clancy
  • Fay Clayton
  • Vickii Coffey
  • Gwen G. Cohen
  • Judith S. Cottle
  • Susan Crown
  • Barbara Dillard
  • Harlene Ellin
  • Isa Ellis
  • Barbara Engel
  • Sunny Fischer
  • Polly A. Flinn
  • Trina M. Fresco
  • Judy Gold
  • Radhika Sharma Gordon
  • Cheryl Grace
  • Marguerite H. Griffin
  • Marj Halperin
  • Susan S. Hassan
  • Millicent Holmes
  • Suzanne Musikantow Holster
  • Virginia R. Holt
  • Mae P. Hong
  • Kathy Hurley
  • Alejandra L. Ibañez
  • Nancy Juda
  • Polly B. Kawalek
  • Kate Kennedy
  • Barbara Levy Kipper
  • Sally Meyers Kovler
  • Rachel E. Kraft
  • Andrea S. Kramer
  • Iris Krieg
  • Leslie Landis
  • Robin L. Wolkoff Letchinger
  • Lois J. Lipton
  • Marcena W. Love
  • Gail Ludewig
  • Bertha G. Magaña
  • Wendy Manning
  • Sue Marineau
  • Patricia R. McMillen
  • Dana M. Mikstay
  • Jo Moore
  • Patricia A. Moore
  • Susan E. Morrison
  • Mary F. Morten
  • Tamara L. Nelson
  • Jerry Newton
  • Darlene M. Oliver Hightower
  • Nancy M. Olson
  • Diana Palomar
  • Audrey R. Rone Peeples
  • Celene Peurye-Hissong
  • Harlene Ellin
  • Marianne Philbin
  • Jamie Phillippe
  • Jean Pogge
  • Gaye E. Preston
  • Kathleen Johnson Pope
  • Carmen Prieto
  • Carol Prins
  • Susan Pritzker
  • Sylvia Puente
  • Hedy M. Ratner
  • Beth E. Richie
  • Amalia S. Rioja
  • Nicole R. Robinson
  • Janice E. Rodgers
  • Leora Rosen
  • Sheli Z. Rosenberg
  • Jane M. Saks
  • Juanita Salvador Burris
  • Edna J. Schade
  • Kate Kennedy
  • Margot B. Levin Schiff
  • Carleen Schreder
  • Lisa T. Scruggs
  • Mita D. Shah
  • Gabrielle Sigel
  • Anita K. Sinha
  • Rebecca Sive
  • Patricia Costello Slovak
  • Deirdre Joy Smith
  • Jennifer W. Steans
  • Barbara Stewart
  • Donna Stone
  • Jann D. Stulberg
  • Tina Tchen
  • Sharmila Rao Thakkar
  • Donna J. Thompson
  • Aylice M. Toohey
  • Laura A. Tucker
  • Susana Vasquez
  • Vanessa J. Weathersby
  • Blair Wellensiek
  • Courtney VanLonkhuyzen Welton
  • Wendy K. White Eagle
  • Patricia Yuzawa-Rubin
  • Nannette Zander
  • Frances K. Zemans