Our People

Civic Consulting Alliance is led by a volunteer board and a staff of seasoned professionals, with experience leading a series of projects from conception through implementation to effect long-term change. They draw on talent from major firms and government agencies to form project teams.

Board Executive Comittee

  • Pamela Strobel
    Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
    Exelon Corporation
  • Frank V. Battle, Jr
    Retired Partner
    Sidley Austin, LLP
  • Sharon Gist Gilliam
    Retired Chief Executive Officer
    Chicago Housing Authority
  • Sandra P. Guthman
    President and CEO
    Polk Bros. Foundation
  • Anne Ladky
    Executive Director
    Women Employed
  • John Livingston
    Director
    McKinsey & Company
  • R. Eden Martin
    President
    Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago
  • John W. McCarter, Jr.
    President and CEO
    The Field Museum
  • Lester H. McKeever, Jr.
    Managing Principal
    Washington, Pittman & McKeever LLC
  • Henry C. Mendoza
    President
    Henry C. Mendoza & Associates
  • Michael H. Moskow
    Vice Chairman and Senior Fellow for the Global Economy
    The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
  • David Narefsky
    Partner
    Mayer Brown
  • Nancy Searle
    Searle Consultant
    Chicago Community Trust

CEO and Principals