Board of Directors
Officers
Alejo Torres, Chair
Thom Clark, President
Nora Ferrell, Vice-President
Mike Burke, Treasurer
Jill Stewart, Secretary
Alejo Torres, Chairperson
Senior Outreach Program Manager
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60604-1413
Work:312-322-2287
alejo.torres@chi.frb.org
Thom Clark, President
Community Media Workshop
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago IL 60605
Work:312-369-6401
thom@newstips.org
Gary Arnold
Public Relations Coordinator
Access Living
115 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60654
Work: 312-640-2199
garnold@accessliving.org
Claudia Banks
Chicago Tribune
435 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
312-479-2897
cbanks@tribune.com
Queta Rodriguez Bauer, MSC, ABC
President
Cultural Communications, LLC
4701-F S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60615
Home:773-285-1055 Cell: 773-301-7099
qbauer@culturalcommunications.com
Michael Burke
Program Director
Buffett Early Childhood Fund
33 W. Monroe, Suite 2400
Chicago IL 60603
Work: 312-453-1909 Cell: 402-541-4143
mb@buffettearly.org
Mandy Burrell Booth
Metropolitan Planning Council
140 S. Dearborn, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60603
Cell: 312-863-6018
mburrell@metroplanning.org
Nick Delgado
Principal, Chief Wealth Officer
Dignatas
1000 W. 15th Street Unit 335
Work:312-283-8040
delgadon@gmail.com
Jimm Dispensa
Director of School Demographics and Planning
Chicago Public Schools
125 S. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60622
Cell: 773-490-1111
jvdispensa@gmail.com
Nicole Gotthelf
Director of Development & Communications
Center for Neighborhood Technology
2125 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
Work: 773-269-4029
nicoleg@cnt.org
Michael Hoffman
See3 Communications
1222 W. Wilson Ave. Suite 2E
Chicago, IL 60640
Work: 773-784-7333
Michael@see3.net
Mary C. Johns
Editor-in-Chief
Residents Journal
4859 S. Wabash
Chicago IL 60615
Work: 773-762-5780 x202
mary@wethepeoplemedia.org
Alton Miller
Associate Dean, School of Media Arts
Columbia College Chicago
600 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago IL 60605-1996
Cell:312-280-0884
altonmiller@mail.com
Teresa Puente
Professor
Columbia College Chicago
600 S. Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Work:312-369-8911
tpuente@colum.edu
Bernie Ryan
Director of Development
Harborquest
14 E Jackson Suite 1210
Chicago IL 60604
Work: 312-612-7600
BRyan@harborquest.com
Norma Sanders
Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation
1159 W. 79th St.
Chicago, IL 60620
Work: 773-483-3696
nsanders@gagdc.org
Jill Stewart, Secretary
DePaul University
14 E. Jackson Blvd, Ste 1816
Chicago, IL 60604
jstewart@condultmillennia.com
Gordon Walek
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
135 S. LaSalle St. Suite 2230
Chicago, IL 60603
Work: 312-422-9550
gwalek@liscnet.org
