Board of Directors

Officers

• President: Bonnie Sanchez-Carlson, Near South Planning Board
• Chairman: Steve Smutny, Dearborn Architects, LLC
• Treasurer: Larita Clark, CEO, MPEA
• Secretary: Jennifer Wolf, Executive Vice President-Development, AMLI Residential

Board Members

• Ty Andrews, Small Business Relationship Manager, Associated Bank
• Dr. Dillon Bannis, CMO, Insight Chicago
• Stan Bochnowski, Executive Vice President, Lakeside Bank
• Alicia Bunton, Assistant Vice President – Community Affairs, Illinois Tech
• Peter Cacciatore, President, Joseph Cacciatore & Co. Real Estate
• Wayne Caplan, Senior Vice President, SVN Chicago Commercial
• Dr. Mark Colip, Illinois College of Optometry
• Mimi Cowan, Field Museum
• Robert Dunn, President, Landmark Development
• Dr. Kaori Ema, Owner, Printers Row Dental Studio
• Racquel Fields, Owner, 14 Parish
• Brian Gill, Senior Director, Government Affairs & Policy, Shedd Aquarium
• Scott Goodman, Principal, Farpoint Development
• Holly Hacker, Vice President, Continental Painting & Decorating
• Helen Hopton, Principal, Gensler
• Kumar Kintala, Discovery Partners Institute
• Jimmy Lee, Century Services, (representing Chinatown Chamber of Commerce)
• Maggie Morales, Hotel Manager, Hilton Chicago
• Matthew O’Malley, Owner, The Chicago Firehouse
• Tim O’Neil, Director of Operations, O’Neil Building Corporation
• Ed Polich, Executive Vice President, Draper and Kramer
• Donna Pugh, Partner, Foley & Lardner
• Rafal Rak, Digital Realty
• Bonita Sanchez-Carlson, Executive Director, Near South Planning Board
• Thomas Shanabruch, V.P. of Investments & Capital Markets, CRG|Clayco
• Anamaria Spiteri, National Accounts Manager, SP+
• Amanda Thompson, Director of Community Relations, DePaul University
• Michael Tobin, Senior Vice President-Real Estate & Construction, Rush Street Gaming
• Matt Walsh, Fitness Formula Clubs South Loop
• Alan Weel, Group Senior Vice Present, Wintrust Commercial Real Estate
• Ernest Wong, Principal, Site Design