LFA Board
CHAIR
LEIF ELSMO (2011)
CEO and President, Centers For Independence
CHAIR, CONVENE SUBCOMMITTEE
TABASSUM HALEEM (2005)
Director of Finance, Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce
CHAIR, MOBILIZE SUBCOMMITTEE
AYOKA SAMUELS (2013)
CHAIR, LEADERSHIP NOMINATING SUBCOMMITTEE
HOWARD LEARNER (1990)
President and Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center
SECRETARY
CARLOS GARCIA (2017)
Executive Director, Product Portfolio & Market Delivery, Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL, TX, OK, NM, MT
2023-24 BOARD MEMBERS
JEFFERY BECKHAM, Jr. (2023)
Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Scholars
WALIDAH BENNETT (1994)
Founder and Director, Multi-Faith Veteran Support Initiative, DePaul University Egan Office of Urban Education and Community Partnerships
DeRONDAL BEVLY (2014)
Founder and Managing Director, RubyRose Strategies
AMANDA CAGE (2019)
President and CEO, National Fund for Workforce Solutions
KATHLEEN ST. LOUIS CALIENTO (2020)
President & CEO, Cara Collective
KAREN GLINERT CARLSON Ph.D. (1999)
Lecturer in Education, Lake Forest College
TED CHRISTIANS (2008)
Executive Director | Amplify Chicago, The Academy Group, Inc.
TARA DZIENGEL (2018)
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance, Northern Trust
MARGUERITE GRIFFIN (2004)
Senior Vice President | Directory, Philanthropic Advisory Services, Northern Trust
ADOLFO HERNANDEZ (2015)
President and Senior Advisor, Office of M.K. Pritzker, First Lady of the State of Illinois; and Director, Pritzker Community Health Initiative, J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation
BRUCE HOPPLE (1992)
Senior Vice President, Avison Young
MARK ISHAUG (Daniel Burnham Fellow)
Chief Executive Officer, Thresholds
VIRGIL JONES (2007)
Broker, Coldwell Banker Realty
ALI KHAN, MD, MPP (2022)
Chief Medical Officer, Oak Street Health
PRESTON KENDALL (1997)
President, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
REV. JESSE KNOX, III (2001)
Senior Minister, Church of the Good Shepherd, Congregational, United Church of Christ
DENISE LAM (2010)
Senior Director of Soluations Development, JLL
JULIETA LAMALFA (2021)
Chief Financial Officer, Canela Media
JEFFREY LEWIS (1995)
Chief Compliance Officer, Sinclair Broadcast Group
FRED LONG (2019)
Vice President of Development and Government Affairs, UCAN
JEANNE MARSH, Ph.D. (1986)
Professor, School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago
ED MILLER (2009)
Environmental Program Director, Joyce Foundation
KAFI MORAGNE-PATTERSON, Ph.D., MSW (2022)
Senior Program Director, College & Career Success, UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab
LYDIA MURRAY (2012)
Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting
AMI NOVORYTA (2021)
Chief Program Officer, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
BOB PERKINS (1987)
Partner, Radar Pictures
JESSE REYES (1988)
Justice, Illinois Appellate Court
RICARDO RODRIGUEZ (1985)
Vice President Sales & Marketing, Stericycle Inc.
LINDA SHAPIRO (1993)
Senior Vice President, Conlon & Dunn Public Strategies
JAMES SIFUENTES (2003)
Senior Vice President, Mission and Community Development, Saint Anthony Hospital
SWATHI STALEY (2023)
Chief Community Investment Officer & General Counsel, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
ELIZABETH SWANSON (2006)
Chief Executive Officer, A Better Chicago
JUAN THOMAS (2002)
Of Counsel, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
ALICIA T. VEGA, MJ (2016)
President, Alicia T. Vega Consulting, Inc.
