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. Dean Bell, President and CEO, Spertus Institute
• Dr. Shantay N. Bolton, PhD, President and CEO of Columbia College Chicago (all in alphabetical order)
• Stan Bochnowski, Executive Vice President, Lakeside Bank
• 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
• Michael DeRouin, President, FitzGerald
• Robert Dunn, President, Landmark Development
• Dr. Kaori Ema, Owner, Printers Row Dental Studio
• Brian Gill, Senior Director, Government Affairs & Policy, Shedd Aquarium
• Scott Goodman, Principal, Farpoint Development
• Jim Hayes, Draper & Kramer, Inc.
• Helen Hopton, Principal, Gensler
• Jimmy Lee, Century Services, (representing Chinatown Chamber of Commerce)
• , Hotel Manager, Hilton Chicago
• C. Taylor Marsh, Director, Sales & Deployment, Metropolis
• Andre Noel, Vice President, Continental Painting & Decorating
• Matthew O’Malley, Owner, The Chicago Firehouse
• Kinjal Patel, President, McHugh Construction
• Tim O’Neil, Director of Operations, O’Neil Building Corporation
• Rafal Rak, Digital Realty
• Gary Rizzato, Chief Solutions Officer, Insight Hospital
• Thomas Shanabruch, V.P. of Investments & Capital Markets, CRG|Clayco
• Heather Schotting, Director of Events & Catering, Hilton Chicago
• Amanda Thompson, Director of Community Relations, DePaul University
• Alan Weel, Group Senior Vice President, Wintrust Commercial Real Estate
• Ernest Wong, Principal, Site Design