Board of Directors
Deborah Baker
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
Appointed Commissioner
Tijuan Fleming
Behavioral Health Consulting
Manager
Auyana Orr
Ariel Investments
Director, Community Affairs
Ashley Cano, Esq
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Partner
*Board Secretary
Steven Fus, Esq
United Airlines, General Counsel (retired)
Law Office of Steven Fus
*leave of absence starting May 2022
Chanda Rice, Esq
Hyatt Corporation
Senior Counsel IT Operations
Alison Caverly
Abbott
Commercial Counsel
Kristin Givens, Esq
State Farm
Counsel
Melissa Root, Esq
Jenner & Block LLP
Partner
*Board Treasurer
Djenne Clayton, Esq
Barilla, Inc
Americas General Counsel
James Kelly, Esq
HOERBIGER
Legal Director - North America
*Board Vice-Chair
Paul Stephens, Esq
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
Partner
* Board Chair
Averil Edwards
United Airlines
Managing Counsel
Christian Kemnitz, Esq
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Partner
Associate Board
Elizabeth Abramson
DLA Piper
Corporate Associate
Jessica Barnes
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Associate Attorney
Alton Bradley
Accenture
Corporate Investigations Counsel Associate Manager
Cara Hanson
Greenberg Traurig
Shareholder
Anne Harris
ALDI USA
Senior Corporate Counsel
Sonje Hawkins
Sidley Austin
Conflicts Lateral Hire Manager
Jessenia Rodriguez
The LARC Group
Managing Partner
Ali Schaller
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Associate Attorney
Sam Schoenburg
Goldman Ismail
Associate Attorney
* Board Co-Chair
Lamar Brown
Lyft
Community Strategist
Reed Chisenhall
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP
Associate Attorney
Patrick Cordova
Jenner & Block
Associate Attorney
Charlotte Cottier
Crown Family Philanthropies
Communications Lead
* Board Co-Chair
Thomas Guillen
Hughes Law Offices
Attorney
Andrew Hemmer
U.S. District Court
Judicial Law Clerk
Emily Kesler
Seyfarth Shaw
Associate Attorney
Jahmel Martin
Allstate Insurance Company
Gregory Noorigan
Dechert LLP
Associate Attorney
Jaime Simon
Sidley Austin LLP
Associate Attorney
Kate Watson Moss
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Associate Attorney
Ewa Wieslaw
Allstate Insurance Company
Senior Associate Counsel
Caroline A. Wong
Sidley Austin LLP
Litigation Associate
Karim Pirani
Sidley Austin
Associate