Board Officers

Chair –  Judith C. Rice 
Senior Vice President & Head of Community Affairs & Economic Development, BMO Harris Bank
 
Vice Chair - Jeff Palan 
Senior Vice President, Premier Customer Network, SAP America, Inc.

Vice Chair-Fred E. Reid
Account Executive, Dell, Inc. 
 
Treasurer - Gary J. Fennessy
Vice President, Operations, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Secretary - Krista Rivers
Ariel Investments

Board Members

Colleen Bradley

Markell Bridges 
Director IS Strategy, Planning & IS Operations, Mondelez International
 
Rev. Jeffrey Carlson, Ex-officio
Associate Pastor, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
 
Charlotte R. Damron
Principal, Damron Associates

Richard J. De Cleene
Chief Financial Officer, IL Municipal Retirement Fund

Richard H. Fleming
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, USG Corporation (retired)
 
Samantha Frost
President, UCAN Auxiliary Board
 
Lawrence I. Hayes 

John Hill 

Kevin B. Hynes
Partner, O'Keefe Lyons & Hynes, LLC 
 
Ron Kinnamon 
Former Asst. National Executive Director of the YMCA of the USA
 
Ricardo Knight
President, Medlux Rehabilitation & Wellness

Elizabeth H. Miller
 
Elena O’Connell

Tonya Pemberton 
 
Tracy Robinson
Marketing Director, Amtrak 

Curtis Spears
President & COO, Gardner Rich, LLC
 
Vanita Stevenson
Vice President, Employ America, LLC 

Thomas C. Vanden Berk, Ex-officio
CEO, UCAN 
 
Emmett T. Vaughn 
Director, Diverse Business Empowerment, Exelon Corporation