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Our Team

Our Staff & Board

Executive Team

  • Joseph Mengoni
    Joseph Mengoni

    President/CEO

  • Richard Brown
    Richard Brown

    Chief Strategy & Infinitec Officer

  • Amber Grzeda
    Amber Grzeda

    Chief Program Officer - Adults

  • Sammy Gutierrez
    Sammy Gutierrez

    Chief Program Integration Officer

  • Lori Opiela
    Lori Opiela

    Chief Policy, Research, & Advocacy Officer

  • Irene Rivera
    Irene Rivera

    Chief Financial & Operations Officer

  • Evette Simon-Williams
    Evette Simon-Williams

    Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Patrice Vining
    Patrice Vining

    Chief Program Officer - Children's Foster Care

Board of Directors

  • Susan H. Waldman, MBA
    Susan H. Waldman, MBA

    Board Chair
    HRBoost

  • Michael Maher
    Michael Maher

    Board Vice Chairman
    ABC-7

  • Carlos P. Sava, CFA, CPA
    Carlos P. Sava, CFA, CPA

    Board Treasurer
    Clifton & Co Merchant Banking

  • Thomas Horenkamp, Esq.
    Thomas Horenkamp, Esq.

    Board Secretary
    Mayer Brown LLP

  • Gail Nieman Auerbach
    Gail Nieman Auerbach

    Center for Higher Ambition Leadership

  • Terry Carr
    Terry Carr

    Mayor of McCook

  • Kathleen Hansen
    Kathleen Hansen

    First United Methodist Church

  • Melissa Neddermeyer
    Melissa Neddermeyer

    Village President, Willow Springs

  • Karl Rademacher
    Karl Rademacher

    Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

  • Cyrus J. Walker
    Cyrus J. Walker

    Data Defenders, LLC

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