Board of Directors
Deborah Baker, Esq
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
Appointed Commissioner
Tijuan Fleming
Clinical Supervisor,
Metropolitan Peace Initiative
Metropolitan Peace Academy
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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Senior Counsel IT Operations
Alison Caverly, Esq
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, Esq
United Airlines
Managing Counsel
Christian Kemnitz, Esq
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Partner
Associate Board
Ali Schaller
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Associate Attorney
Andrew Hemmer
U.S. District Court
Judicial Law Clerk
Anne Harris
ALDI USA
Senior Corporate Counsel
Charlotte Cottier
Crown Family Philanthropies
Communications Lead
* Board Co-Chair
Chloe Madvig
Obama Foundation
Creative and Communication Analyst
Evan Hill
Cresa
Corporate Advisor
Jaime Simon
Sidley Austin LLP
Associate Attorney
Jessenia Rodriguez
The LARC Group
Managing Partner
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
Associate Attorney
* Board Co-Chair
Thomas Guillen
Hughes Law Offices
Attorney
Caroline A. Wong
Sidley Austin LLP
Litigation Associate