OUR BOARD
We’re guided by world-changing leaders.


Stephen C. Hackney
Allen P. Ashley
Partner – DLA Piper
Brent Baccus
Principal – Washington, Pittman & McKeever, LLC
Nancy Baker
Founder – Chicago Area College Access Counselors
Retired Executive Director – WE Program, Evanston
Dan Cox
Corporate Communications Director – Jabil
Paul Crimmins
Partner – Mayer Brown, LLP
Jason J. Dejonker
Partner – Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP – Restructuring & Insolvency
Bill Fausone
Senior Advisor – Colliers International Chicago
Robert Griggs*
Sr. Marketing Development Specialist – Metra
Kenneth Johnson
Managing Partner – Johnson Blumberg & Associates, LLC
LeeAndra Kahn
CEO – Civitas Education Partners
Aisha P. Lavinier
Partner – Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
George C. Lombardi
Partner – Winston & Strawn, LLP
Thomas F. Hynes
Sr. Managing Director – Mesirow Financial
Torrence D. Moore*
Senior Director – Community Development – LISC Chicago
David Neithercut
Retired President/CEO – Equity Residential
Matthew Panzica
Managing Partner – BDO USA, LLP
Michael Revord
Founder & Managing Partner – Aldine Capital Partners, Inc.
Franklin Reynolds*
AVP, Global Relationship Manager – GENPACT
Craig Richey
Managing Director – Accenture
Gilda Livingston Spencer
Senior Vice President – Deputy General Counsel, Allstate Ins.
Jonathan T. Swain*
President & CEO – LINK Unlimited Scholars
Julie Welborn*
Assistant Pastor Youth & Family Life – LaSalle Street Church
Emeritus Members
Dr. Maria Ashley
Dentist, DDS, PS
Robert L. Berner Jr.
Partner – Baker & McKenzie, LLP
Howard Blumstein
Retired Partner – BDO, USA LLP
B. Victoria Cook
Retired ,Director – Citigroup, Inc.
Patrice P. DeCorrevont
Lead Region President, Mountain Midwest Region – Wells Fargo
Patrick J. Flynn
Retired, Executive Vice President – McDonald’s Corporation
Joe Gaffigan
President – TCF Capital Funding
Steven J. Gavin
Partner – Winston & Strawn, LLP
John J. Gearen
Partner – Mayer Brown
Jerome D. Girsch
Executive Vice President – LKQ Corporation
William R. Haljun
Vice President – EYES for Learning, LLC
Wallace Harris Jr.*
President – BMO Harris Financial Advisors
Robert M. Heskett
Retired, President – FBOP
Colleen McCaffery
Senior Vice President, Private Client Advisor – Wells Fargo Bank
Arthur J. Massolo
President – Straticon International
Cheryl E. Mayberry McKissack
CEO – NIA Enterprises, LLC
Kenneth R. Meyer
Retired, CEO & Managing Director – Lincoln Capital Management, LLC
John E. Neal
Partner – Linden, LLC
Kevin A. Price
President – PartScription
Thomas A. Reynolds, III
Partner – Winston & Strawn, LLP
Philip F. Suse
Partner – Baker & McKenzie, LLP
*LINK Alumnus
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