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Meet our esteemed Board of Directors. We are grateful for their unwavering dedication and passion for our mission.

Officers:

Ronald G. Kaminski, Chair
Senior Vice President
Quanta Services, Inc.

Mary E. Timmons, Vice Chair
Executive Vice President
Northern Trust

Daniel Chavez, Treasurer
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Brian Marquez, Secretary
Deputy General Counsel
Tampico Beverages, Inc.

Edgar E. Ramirez, President (Ex-Officio)
President and CEO
Chicago Commons

Members:

Holly M. Baumgart
Vice President
Sargento Foods Inc.

Virxhini Gjonzeneli
Chief Financial Officer
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago

Caroline Harney
University of Chicago
Service League,
Retired Attorney

James Hill, III
President
ICL, LLC

Ann Beran Jones
Retired Educator
Volunteer

Vickie Lakes-Battle
Executive Director
IFF

Amit Mehta
Partner and Global Corporate Chair
Paul Hastings, LLP

David R. Perez
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
ComEd

Ofelia M. Potter
Senior Vice President, Northern Trust

Robert E. Smietana
President and CEO
HSA Commercial Real Estate

John Yeager
Managing Director
Whitehorse Capital

Commons Emerging Leaders Council:

Evans Debeza, Chair
Debeza Studios, LLC

Katheryn Meagher
NORC, University of Chicago

Sam Lincoln
Global Family & Private Investment Offices Group 

Allison Carroll

Kanav Bhatheja, Vice Chair
Cremer Law, LLC

Jessica Newman
Enova International

Clint Mefford 
Global Family & Private Investment Offices, Northern Trust Company

Ashlyne Wilson

Laura Lopez 
JPMorgan Chase

Chelsea D. Mills Buckner
Global Family & Private Investment Offices, Northern Trust Company

Alex Kapustka
PwC

Sharon Moy
Peoples Gas

Jaime Rehm
LGIM America

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