Board of Directors
Christian Kemnitz, Esq
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Partner
Sharon Calhoun, Esq
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
Partner
Laurie Cooper
AON
Vice President, Health Solutions
Ashley Cano, Esq
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Partner
*Board Secretary
Steven Fus, Esq
United Airlines, General Counsel (retired)
Law Office of Steven Fus
Auyana Orr
Ariel Investments
Director, Community Affairs
Alison Caverly
Abbott
Commercial Counsel
Kristin Givens, Esq
State Farm
Counsel
Chanda Rice, Esq
Hyatt Corporation
Senior Counsel IT Operations
Djenne Clayton, Esq
Barilla, Inc
Americas General Counsel
Joanna Horsnail, Esq
Mayer Brown LLP
Partner
* Past Board Chair
Melissa Root, Esq
Jenner & Block LLP
Partner
*Board Treasurer
Bryce Cooper, Esq
Winston & Strawn LLP
Partner
James Kelly, Esq
Commercial Stericycle, Inc.
Associate Counsel
*Board Vice-Chair
Paul Stephens, Esq
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
Partner
* Board Chair
Associate Board
Elizabeth Abramson
DLA Piper
Corporate Associate Attorney
Deborah Baker
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
Appointed Commissioner
* Board Co-Chair
Jessica Barnes
Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC
Associate Attorney
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
Averil Edwards
United Airlines
Managing Counsel
Thomas Guillen
Hughes Law Offices
Attorney
Cara Hanson
Greenberg Traurig
Shareholder
Anne Harris
ALDI USA
Senior Corporate Counsel
Sonje Hawkins
Sidley Austin
Conflicts Lateral Hire Manager
Andrew Hemmer
U.S. District Court
Judicial Law Clerk
Emily Kesler
Seyfarth Shaw
Associate Attorney
Jahmel Martin
Allstate Insurance Company
Michelle Mbekeani-Wiley
Cook Country State’s Attorney’s Office
Policy Advisor- Juvenile Justice
Rebekah Newman
Assistant Attorney General
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Gregory Noorigan
Dechert LLP
Associate Attorney
Karim S. Pirani
Sidley Austin LLP
Associate Attorney
Jessenia Rodriguez
The LARC Group
Managing Partner
Ali Schaller
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Associate Attorney
Sam Schoenburg
Goldman Ismail
Associate Attorney
* Board Co-Chair
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