Committees

Board Development Committee
Committee Chairs:
Tamara Biggs, Chicago History Museum
Wendy Siegel, Millennia Consulting, LLC

Education Committee
Committee Chairs:
Jamie Bender, The University of Chicago - Center for International Studies
Manuel Medina, City Colleges of Chicago, Multicultural Community Outreach

Fundraising Committee
Committee Chairs:
Hilario Gonzales, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Dimitra Tasiouras, Illinois Humanities Council

Committee Members:
Jennifer Amdur Spitz, Amdur Spitz & Associates, Inc.
Kirstin Gaspar, Northwestern University Settlement House
Kerstin Lane, Swedish American Museum
Shannan McFadden
Peg Strobel, University of Illinois at Chicago

Marketing Committee
Committee Chair:
Charles Daas, Cambodian American Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial
Damon DiCastri, Private Bank & Trust, Co.

Committee Members:
Estrella Alamar, Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago
Dominic Candeloro, Italian Cultural Center
Hilario Gonzalez, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Jean Mishima, Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
Simba Tayari, Swahili Institute of Chicago

Membership Committee
Committee Chairs:
Rosa Cabrera, The Field Museum
Peg Strobel, University of Illinois at Chicago

Committee Members:
Jason Gao, Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
Manuel Medina
Sherry Williams, Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society

Program Committee
Committee Chairs:
Sandra Aponte, The Field Museum
Jorge Felix, Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

Committee Members:
Linda Bullen, Pullman State Historical Site
Rosa Cabrera, The Field Museum
Aaron Chandler, Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society
Sherry Williams, Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society

If you would like more information about a specific committee, please send an email to info@chicagoculturalalliance.org.