Regional Advisory Boards
Our advisory boards further the organization’s mission by serving as ambassadors to their communities regarding local programs, projects, and partnerships.
Chicago
*Honorary Trustee
Kristyn Friske, Chair
Eric Adelstein
Aaron Bianco
Genie Bindler
John Brooklier
Greg Cameron
Ellen Carmell
Theresa Cothern
Lilly Farahnakian
Jill Garling
Karen Harrison
Lamont Jones
Christopher Lueking
Rick Melcher
Linda Miner
Jo Ann Nathan*
Stuart Nathan*
Joanne Nemerovski
Bonnie Oberman
Kathy Pick
Michael Pucker
Peggy Salamon
Carole Segal
Stacy Sharpe
Monica Swope
Trish Tullman Atha
Manika Turnbull
Tom Wippman
Aretae Wyler
Cleveland
*Honorary Trustee
Shelly Saltzman, Chair
Jejuana Brown
Amy Carlson
Chelsey Cook Kohn
Bob Craig
Amonica Davis
Aneet Deshpande
Phyllis Harris
Marcy Levy Shankman
Daniela Paez
Neal Restivo
Margie Simon
Ranjit Tamaskar
Cynthia Tancer
Ingrid Tolentino
Marcia Wexberg
New England
*Honorary Trustee
Wendy Fischman, Chair
Cara Ahola
Daren Bascome
Jeff Bloomberg
Lisa Blumenthal
Jared Boesse
Lynda Bussgang
Beth Clymer
Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Sally Currier
Michael Denning
Jane Edmonds
Christyanna Egun
Matt Epstein
Marsha Feinberg
Rena Finder
Ilyse Greenberg
Keon Holmes
Jill Karp
Susie Kaufman
Emily Leventhal
Karen Levy
John Levy
Kristen Lucken
Mim Minichiello
Dale Mnookin
Lisa Mooney
Tracy Palandjian
Heidi Pearlson
Fran Putnoi
Marci Sapers
Judy Saryan
Susan Tofias
Karen Tucker
New York
*Honorary Trustee
Lori Fife, Chair
Jennifer Aubrey
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
Zoe Bernstein
Rob Beyer
Cecilia Chan
Lee Daniels
Fleur Fairman
Michael Feldberg
Mark Fife
Bjorn Haines
Joseph Jackson
Julie A. Leff
Tamara Levenson
Rachel Levin
Evan Meyers
Mark Najarian
Jane Och
Caren Osten Gerszberg
Julie Pershan
Heidi Rieger
Lisa Roth
Lisa Shamus
Michael Shuman
David Trower
Shai Waisman
Kate Waisman
Halle Wilf
Northern California
^Emeritus; *Board of Directors; **Leadership Council
Edda Collins Coleman, Chair*
Gloria Brown^
Asha Collins
Dennis Driver^
Debra Engel*
Sandy Feldman
Diane Frankle
Judy Goldman
Barbara Harriman
Judy Heyboer^**
Gary Hill
Vasu Jakkal
Karen Kronick^
Chris Lovest
Hal Luft^
Deborah Mueller
Laura Murawczyk
Nammy Patel
Sarah Pearson
Joni Podolsky
Barbara Reiss Snyder
Joyce Jaffe Reynolds
Susie Richardson*
Mansi Shah
Connie Shapiro
Alejandra Siroka
Barbara Sonneborn
Sharman Spector-Angel
Alberto Villaluna
Zack Wasserman
Jane Zinner^
Southeast
^Emeritus; *Board of Directors; **Leadership Council
Reggie Crenshaw, Chair*
Sudhir Agrawal
Joey Beckford
Paul Berz*
Phyllis Berz**
John Daniel
Paulette Delk
Tina Fockler*
Amy Grow
Ann Hawkins
Mason Hawkins
Dorothy Johnson
Carol Johnson-Dean*
Elaine Kaufman
Jay Kaufman
Marty Kelman**
Daniel Kiel
Meggan Kiel
Donald Levy
Susan Mallory^
Leigh Mansberg
Joyce Margulies
Jacqueline O'Bryant
Erin Ostrow**
Adrienne Pakis-Gillon
Will Perry
Shelley Robbins
Doug Schrank
Glenn Sessoms**
Rachel Shankman^
Linda Ellen Sklar
Kandace Stewart
Joan Terry
Molly Wexler
Monica Wharton
Southern California
*Honorary Trustee
Lisa Conn, Chair
Charlene Achki-Repko
Colette Ament
Kira Bahat
Jordan Bahat
Joanne Blum
Aaron Cohen
Pamela Cohen
Kobie Conner
Bill Feldman
Andrea Iloulian
Eunice Lee
Rita Lurie
Denise Nelson
Andrew Pauly
Ron Radziner
Carrie Richman
Terrence Roberts
MyKhanh Shelton
Florence Sloan
Jesse Stern
Margaret Stohl
Dave Stohl
Karen Sulzberger
Mandy Wolf
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