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Our Board

Our Board is comprised of executives from Chicago’s most prominent corporate, nonprofit, and philanthropic organizations. Their contributions are vital to building the fiscally sustainable organization needed to maintain the scope and scale of Civic Consulting Alliance’s impact. These leaders provide invaluable resources—including pro bono teams and fellows, philanthropic support, access to new networks, and strategic counsel—that maximize the impact of our work.
  • Deborah L. DeHaas*
    Chair
    Chief Executive Officer
    Corporate Leadership Center
  • Kodjo Akaah
    Manager, Capacity Management
    C.H. Robinson
  • Larry A. Barden
    Partner and Chairman of the Management Committee
    Sidley Austin LLP
  • Jodi Bednar
    Senior Partner and Chicago Office Lead
    West Monroe
  • Oliver Bevan
    Partner
    McKinsey & Company
  • Bram Bluestein*
    Co-Founder
    Bluestein Ventures
  • Debra Bogo-Ernst
    Partner
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  • Michael Collins
    Chief Operating Officer
    Bain & Company
  • Francesca Cornelli
    Dean
    Kellogg School of Management
  • Matthew C. Crowl
    Partner
    Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
  • A. Steven Crown
    General Partner
    Henry Crown and Company
  • Gillian Darlow*
    Chief Executive Officer
    Polk Bros. Foundation
  • Aarti Dhupelia*
    Executive Vice Chancellor-Chief Student Experience Officer
    City Colleges of Chicago
  • Derek R.B. Douglas*+
    President
    The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
  • Polly Eldringhoff
    Vice President for Operational Performance and Compliance
    Peoples Gas
  • Michael Fassnacht*
    President of the Chicagoland Region and Chief Growth Officer
    Clayco
  • Brent Gledhill
    President and CEO
    William Blair & Company
  • Larry J. Goodman, MD
    Retired CEO of Rush University Medical Center and President Emeritus of Rush University
  • Graham C. Grady
    Partner
    Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • David Hackett*
    Partner
    Baker McKenzie LLP
  • Lori Healey
    Senior Vice President and Operations and Implementation Lead
    Obama Presidential Center
    The Obama Foundation
  • Katie Jahnke Dale
    Partner, Co-Managing Partner- Chicago Office
    DLA Piper LLP
  • Kish Khemani
    Partner
    Kearney
  • John Kos
    Managing Director
    GTCR LLC
  • Anne Ladky*
    Senior Advisor
    Corporate Coalition of Chicago
  • Paul C. Maranville
    Managing Partner
    Lantern Partners
  • Beth Marrion
    Senior Managing Director and Chicago Office Managing Director
    Accenture
  • John W. McCarter, Jr.
    Chair, Board of Regents
    Smithsonian Institution
  • Dorri McWhorter
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
  • Cindy S. Moelis
    President
    The Pritzker Traubert Foundation
  • David Narefsky*
    Partner
    Mayer Brown
  • Catherine Nelson
    Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
    Health Care Service Corporation
  • Kedra Newsom Reeves*
    Managing Director and Partner, Chicago
    BCG
  • Michael O'Grady+
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Northern Trust Corporation
    Chair
    Commercial Club of Chicago
  • Christopher A. O'Herlihy
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Illinois Tool Works Inc.
  • James D. Pajakowski
    Executive Vice President, Strategy and Quality
    Protiviti
  • Richard S. Price*
    Executive Chairman
    Mesirow Financial
  • Curtis Reed, Jr.*
    Managing Director and Region Manager - Chicago
    JPMorgan Chase
  • David Reifman
    Partner, Chair of Real Estate Group at Croke
    Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres
  • Robert G. Reiter, Jr.
    President
    Chicago Federation of Labor
  • Jennifer F. Scanlon+
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    UL Inc.
    Chair
    The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
  • Stacey Swearingen White
    Dean
    UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Administration 
  • Doug Scott+
    Senior Expert
    McKinsey & Company
  • Mark Shadle
    Chief Reputation Strategist & Global Managing Director, Corporate Affairs
    Zeno Group
  • Meghan Shehorn*
    Partner
    Bain & Company
  • Robert Soles
    Partner, Technology Audit and Assurance
    KPMG LLP
  • Tina Tabacchi
    Partner in Charge, Chicago
    Jones Day
  • Noemie Tilghman
    Principal, US Oil, Gas, and Chemicals Consulting Leader & Chicago Office Consulting Managing Principal
    Deloitte
  • Melissa Washington
    Senior Vice President for Customer Operations and Chief Operating Officer
    ComEd
  • Kelly R. Welsh
    Former President
    The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
  • Teresa Wilton Harmon
    Managing Partner
    Sidley Austin LLP
  • Robert Wislow*
    Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
    Parkside Realty, Inc.
  • Ann Marie Wright
    US Chief Risk Officer
    BMO Financial Group
  • Maria Wynne+
    Former Chief Executive Officer
    Leadership Greater Chicago
  • Amy Yuhn
    Head of US Personal and Community Development Banking
    CIBC US
  • * Executive Committee Member
  • + Ex Officio Member

Life Members of our Board

Life Members are former Board members and Board chairs who played a special, usually long-term role in developing Civic Consulting Alliance.
  • William Best
    Vice President
    Kearney
  • Jim Glerum
    Managing Director and Chairman, Regional Banking for North America
    Citigroup
  • Sandra P. Guthman
    Chair
    Polk Bros. Foundation
  • Leon Jackson
    President
    Multi-FAC
  • Phyllis Lockett
    Chief Executive Officer
    LEAP Innovations
  • R. Eden Martin
    Of Counsel
    Sidley Austin LLP
  • Lester H. McKeever, Jr.
    Managing Principal
    Washington, Pittman & McKeever LLC
  • Henry C. Mendoza
    President
    Henry C. Mendoza & Associates
  • Michael Moskow
    Vice Chairman and Senior Fellow
    Chicago Council on Global Affairs
  • Mary Nelson
    President Emeritus
    Bethel New Life
  • Thomas Patrick
    Chairman, President and CEO
    Peoples Energy Corporation
  • Kenneth Porrello
    Partner
    Deloitte
  • Pamela Strobel
    Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
    Exelon Corporation