Board of Directors
The work we do for and with the youth of Chicago would not be possible without the ongoing support of our dedicated Board.

- Marty Behn, Chair
- Attorney at Shook, Hardy & Bacon
- Kendra Freeman, Vice Chair
- Director of Community Engagement, Metropolitan Planning Council
- Cathy Williams, Treasurer
- Chief Financial Officer, Illinois Tollway
- Yvonne Lange, Ph.D., Secretary
- Professor of Pathology Emeritus at Rush University Medical Center
- Stan Barrish (Emeritus)
- Owner, Retired, Chicago Case Company
- Barbara Blumenthal
- Regional Medical Director, Retired, Kaplan Test Prep
- Edmund Buck
- Crew Chief, READI Chicago Project, North Lawndale Employment Network
- Eric Celauro
- Senior Counsel at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Carla Goldstein
- Legal Industry Innovator Consultant
- Lael Johnson
- Attorney, Retired
- Gerald E. Lewis Jr. (Not Pictured)
- Market President with BMO Harris Bank U.S.
- Meade Palidofsky
- Founder and Artistic Director, Storycatchers Theatre
- Rhoda Reeling
- Vice President, National Association of Realtors, Retired
- Stephanie Sweitzer (Not Pictured)
- Partner at Morgan Lewis
- David Sowinski, Ph.D.
- Partner at Vantage Leadership Consulting
- Iris Witkowsky (Emeritus)
- Architectural/Historical Tour Guide of Chicago, Retired