Board of Directors
Marshan Allen
Director of Policy and Communications
Illinois Prison Project
Djenne Clayton, Esq
ISACA
General Counsel
Deborah Baker, Esq
General Counsel
Illinois Department of Labor
Averil Edwards, Esq
United Airlines
Managing Counsel
Emmanuel Bellegarde
Head of CEDED Reinsurance
Porch Group
Wendy Bloom, Esq
Senior Attorney
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Joi Imobhio
Policy Strategist
Impact for Equity
James Kelly, Esq
Renovo Home Partners
General Counsel
*Board Chair
Chanda Rice, Esq
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Senior Counsel IT Operations
*Board Vice Chair
Melissa Root, Esq
Jenner & Block LLP
Partner
*Board Treasurer
Susannah Schmid, Esq
Mayer Brown, LLP
Partner
Paul Stephens, Esq
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
Partner
Ashley Cano, Esq
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Pro Bono & Philanthropy Partner
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Christian Kemnitz, Esq
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Partner
Associate Board
Alexander Hevia
Assistant Attorney General
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Ali Schaller
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Associate Attorney
Anne Harris
King & Spalding LLP
Senior Associate
Andrew Hemmer
Federal Defender Program
Staff Attorney
Brianna Steger
Digital Assurance Certification, LLC
Senior Vice President
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Caroline A. Wong
Sidley Austin LLP
Litigation Associate
Charlotte Cottier
Crown Family Philanthropies
Communications and Advisory Lead
Chloe Madvig
​Operation Swing State Partnerships Lead​
*Board Co-Chair
David Neef
Consilio LLC
Priviledge Quality Control Specialist
Dawson Cosgrove
Nonprofit Banking Analyst
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
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Evan Hill
Cresa
Senior Associate, Sales Operations
*Board Co-Chair
Jaime Simon
Sidley Austin LLP
Associate Attorney
Jeremiah Anderson
Will County Center for Economic Development
Development Manager
Jessica Barnes
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Associate Attorney
Kate Watson Moss
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Associate Attorney
Lamar Brown
Lyft
Community Strategist
Reed Chisenhall
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP
Associate Attorney
Sam Schoenburg
Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
Associate Attorney
Thomas Guillen
Hughes Law Offices
Attorney