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Board of Directors

Deborah Baker, Esq

General Counsel

Illinois Department of Labor

Averil Edwards, Esq

United Airlines

Managing Counsel

Wendy Bloom, Esq

Senior Attorney

Environmental Law & Policy Center

James Kelly, Esq 

Renovo Home Partners

General Counsel

*Board Chair

Ashley Cano, Esq

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Pro Bono & Philanthropy Partner

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Christian Kemnitz, Esq

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Partner

Djenne Clayton, Esq

Barilla America, Inc

General Counsel

Auyana Orr

Ariel Investments

Director, Community Affairs

*Board Secretary

Chanda Rice, Esq

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Senior Counsel IT Operations

*Board Vice Chair

Melissa Root, Esq

Jenner & Block LLP

Partner

*Board Treasurer

Susannah Schmid, Esq

Mayer Brown, LLP

Partner

Paul Stephens, Esq

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

Partner

Associate Board

Alexander Hevia

Assistant Attorney General

Illinois Attorney General's Office

Ali Schaller

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Associate Attorney

Anne Harris

King & Spalding LLP

Senior Associate

Andrew Hemmer

Federal Defender Program

Staff Attorney

Chloe Madvig

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*Board Co-Chair

Caroline A. Wong

Sidley Austin LLP

Litigation Associate

Charlotte Cottier

Crown Family Philanthropies

Communications and Advisory Lead

Evan Hill 

Cresa 

Senior Associate, Sales Operations

*Board Co-Chair

Dawson Cosgrove

Nonprofit Banking Analyst

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

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Jaime Simon

Sidley Austin LLP

Associate Attorney

Jessica Barnes

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

Associate Attorney

Kate Watson Moss

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Associate Attorney

Lamar Brown

Lyft

Community Strategist

Reed Chisenhall

Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP

Associate Attorney

Sam Schoenburg

Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP

Associate Attorney

Thomas Guillen

Hughes Law Offices

Attorney

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