
Board of Directors
Current Board Members
- President: John Gilmour, Hamilton the Musical
- Vice-President: Mandy Jones, The Therapy Institute
- Secretary: Beth Bullock, Athenaeum Theater
- Treasurer: Maurizio “Mo” Sardisco, Ernst & Young, LLP
- Jen Allman, PlayMakers Laboratory
- David Borowski, Allscripts, Inc.
- Imron Bhatti, U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development
- Tom Cuevas, ABN AMRO
- Erica Halverson, BOM Co-founder / University of Wisconsin
- Eddie Johnson, Intrinsic Schools
- Mary Fisher, Wintrust Bank
- Joe Levering, Fast Radius
- Kayla Pulley, PlayMakers Laboratory
- Jillian Abbinanti, Urban Gateways
- Liz Joynt Sandberg, DePaul University
If you are interested in learning about Board membership, please visit our “Get Involved” page.
Emeritus Board Members
Michelle Gansle, Mars Wrigley; Cara Clifford, Ounce of Prevention Fund; Kim Dunlap Nagy, Wintrust Financial; Aileen Wright Bacon, Ernst & Young; Talha Basit, Chicago Public Schools; Matt Blakely, Motorola Inc.; Jennifer Bowser, Allstate Insurance Company; Sara Braun, Kraft Foods; Karen Bundy, Mercer; Anne Cole, Community Investment Corporation; Erick Deshaun Dorris, Academy for Urban School Leadership; Katie Ellis, agencyEA; Caroline Grossman, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Angela Guido, Boston Consulting Group; Chloe Johnston, Neo-Futurists; Daniel Lange, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP; Molly McCarthy, Ogilvy & Mather; Maureen Mizwicki, Northwestern University School of Medicine; Paul Neary, Boeing; Heather O’Keefe, Paris Presents; Danielli Oliver, Self-Employed; Greg Peterson, Keystone Alliance; Jon Ryan Quinn, Rockefeller Philanthropy Partners; Nancy Rosenfeld, NYU Stern School of Business; Amy Szostak, Northern Trust; Heidi Thompson Saunders, Court Theatre
Leadership Council
- Jose Barrera, Columbia Explorers Academy
- Aileen Wright Bacon, Ernst & Young
- Caroline Grossman, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Susan Noel, Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation
- Christopher Piatt, Paper Machete
- Lisa May Simpson, Forefront
- Amy Szostak, Northern Trust
- Heidi Thompson Saunders, Court Theatre
“Barrel of Monkeys was one of the best experiences of my life.”
–Darnisha, 4th Grade, Dewey Academy