Advisory Board Officers
Chair
Gregg M. Elstien, ARM, CIC
President
Alera Group
Vice Chair
Harry L. Harczak, Jr.
Former Executive Vice President
CDW Corporation
Advisory Board Members
Garvin G. Ambrose
Chief, Bureau of Administrative Services
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Alan Bell
Partner
Charity & Associates, P.C.
Patrick Carey
Principal
Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies
H. Alan Cardenas
Director of Operations
R.M. Chin & Associates
Craig Christianson
Vice President, Human Resources
Donnelley Financial Solutions
The Honorable Thomas J. Dart
Sheriff
Cook County
The Honorable Danny K. Davis
U.S. Congressman
Illinois 7th District
Michael Dougherty
Chief Financial Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Adrienne Fasano
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Scoperta
Robert Fioretti
Partner
Roth Fioretti, LLC
U.S. Representative Jesus Garcia
U.S. Congressman
Illinois 4th District
Alexi Giannoulias
Illinois Secretary of State
Linda Gilkerson
Irving B. Harris Infant Studies Program
Erickson Institute
Arica Hilton
President & Curator
Hilton Asmus Contemporary
Norris James
Senior Manager – EY Center for Board Matters; Risk Consulting
Ernst & Young LLC
Eric Kachin
VP FP&A
R1 RCM Inc.
Brad Kessler
Chief Strategy Officer / General Counsel
The Academic Approach, LLC.
Katerina Kocurek
Account Executive
Salesforce, Inc
Sheila McGinn Dorman
Retired
Northern Trust Corporation
Ashley-Lauren Elrod
Founder, Artist, Sexual Abuse Survivor and Advocate
Visionary Woman Productions
Michael Menelli
Vice President
Barclays
Vanessa Obrochta
Employee & Community Experience Manager
Huron
Sarah PaulsenÂ
Sr. Global Communication Design DirectorÂ
Kimberly-Clark CorpÂ
Jacob Marcos Peterson
Director of Sports & Entertainment Network
Young Presidents Organization (YPO)
Rick Pierce
Managing Director
CIBC
The Honorable Judith C. Rice
Circuit Judge & Acting Presiding Judge in the Domestic Violence Division
Cook County Circuit Court
Jacki Robinson-Ivy
Senior Vice President at Northern Trust Public Affairs and Government Relations
Northern Trust
Devon Russell
Senior Managing Director
Hancock Capital Management
Tom Sampson
Retired CEO
Peacock Foods/Independent Director Various Companies
Tracy Sennett
Senior Director
Alvarez & Marsel
Dana Popish Severinghaus
Acting Director
Illinois Department of Insurance
Christine Speiser
Retired