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
Lilly Farahnakian, Chair
Aaron Díaz Bianco
Genie Bindler
Greg Cameron
Ellen Carmell
Nick Colvin
Theresa Cothern
Susan Edwards
Kristyn Friske
Jill Garling
Anat Geva
Marci Goldberg
Karen Harrison
Lamont Jones
Danan Kirby
Christopher Lueking
Rick Melcher
Linda Miner
Joanne Nemerovski
Bonnie Oberman
Kathy Pick
Michael Pucker
Carole Segal
Jennifer Tescher
Judy Wise
Ohio
*Honorary Trustee
Shelly Saltzman, (*Chair)
Jamie Atlas
Jejuana Brown
Amy Carlson
Bob Craig
Amonica Davis
Aneet Deshpande
Gabrielle Fowlkes
Phyllis Harris
Brian Gura
Amy Kaplan
Daniela Paez
Raneia Ramadan
Margie Simon
Ranjit Tamaskar
Cynthia Tancer
Ingrid Tolentino
Sean-Paul Veilleux
Marcia Wexberg
New England
*Honorary Trustee
Ilyse Greenberg, Chair
Cara Ahola
Daren Bascome
Judi Bohn
Jeff Bloomberg
Jared Boesse
Julian Braxton
Lynda Bussgang
Beth Clymer
Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Jane Edmonds
Matt Epstein
Marsha Feinberg
Wendy Fischman
Christine Hayward
Jill Karp
Susie Kaufman
Jessica Lander
Emily Leventhal
John Levy
Karen Levy
Kristen Lucken
Dale Mnookin
Lisa Mooney
Saul Natansohn
Fran Putnoi
Marci Sapers
Judy Saryan
Susan Tofias
Karen Tucker
New York
*Board of Directors; **Leadership Council
Caren Osten Gerszberg, Chair*
Todd Albert
Jennifer Aubrey**
Zoe Bernstein
Rob Beyer
Ceci Chan**
Lee A. Daniels
Fleur Fairman**
Michael S. Feldberg**
Lori R. Fife*
Mark S. Fife*
Bjorn Haines
Joseph Jackson
Julie Leff*
Evelyn Segal Lipton
Tamara Levenson
Evan C. Meyers**
Mark Najarian
Jane C. Och**
Julia Pershan
Heidi G.C. Rieger
Lisa Roth
Lisa Shamus
Michael Shuman
Elina Tetelbaum
Kate Waisman
Northern California
^Emeritus; *Board of Directors; **Leadership Council
Felicia Mayo, Chair*
Soundhari Balaguru
Gloria Brown^
Edda Collins Coleman*
Debra Engel
Sandy Feldman
Catherine Crystal Foster
Diane Frankle
Nina Gilson
Judy Goldman**
Gary Hill
Karen Kronick^
Hal Luft^
Gwen McDonald
Deborah Mueller
Sarah Pearson
Joni Podolsky
Tanja Powers
Barbara Reiss Snyder
Joyce Jaffe Reynolds
Susie Richardson*
Allen Samelson
Mansi Shah
Connie Shapiro**
Barbara Sonneborn^
Sharman Spector-Angel
Alberto Villaluna
Zack Wasserman
Jane Zinner^
Southeast
^Emeritus; *Board of Directors; **Leadership Council
Josh Lipman, Chair*
Joey Beckford
Paul Berz
Phyllis Berz**
Jared Boyd
Reggie Crenshaw**
Paulette Delk
Albert Dennis
Tina Fockler*
Ann Hawkins
Mason Hawkins
Amanda Henneghan
Jeanne Jemison
Carol Johnson-Dean*
Elaine Kaufman
Jay Kaufman
Michelle Kaufman
Marty Kelman**
Daniel Kiel
Susan Mallory^
Brian Mellone
Adrienne Pakis-Gillon
Will Perry
Shelley Robbins
Shruti Shah
Rachel Shankman^
Linda Ellen Sklar^
Kandace Stewart
Joan Terry
Yancy Villa
Molly Wexler
Southern California
*Honorary Trustee
Lisa Conn, Chair
Charlene Achki-Repko
Shola Ajewole
Kira Bahat
Jordan Bahat
Joanne Blum
Aaron Cohen
Pamela Cohen
Kobie Conner
Yasmin Dunn
Bill Feldman
Andrea Iloulian
Eunice Lee
Rita Lurie
Denise Nelson
Andrew Pauly
Ron Radziner
Carrie Richman
Terrence Roberts
Zoe Rogovin
Florence Sloan
Jesse Stern
Margaret Stohl
Dave Stohl
Karen Sulzberger
Margaux Susi
Margot Tishler
Mandy Wolf
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