Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President
Vanessa Vergara
Attorney
Vice President
Todd Palmer
Executive Director, Chicago Architectural Biennial
Treasurer
Jessica Miley
Principal Business Analyst, ComEd
Secretary
Vandita Garg
Board of Directors
Jamie Bender
Program Officer, Brinson Foundation
Steve Bynum
Producer, Worldview, Chicago Public Media
Jacob Campbell
Environmental Anthropologist, The Field Museum
Demetrio Cardona-Maguigad
Partner and Design Strategy Director, Lime Red
David Deyhle
Vice President, Chicago History Museum
Suzanne Franklin
Non-Profit Consultant
Elsie Hernandez
President & Founder, Haitian American Museum
Jason Lesnieswicz
Director of Cultural Tourism, Choose Chicago
Heather Miller
Executive Director, American Indian Center
Tracey Suppo
Co-Founder & CEO, Book + Main
Michael Takada
CEO, Japanese American Service Committee
Vahap Uysal
Associate Professor, DePaul University Driehaus College of Business
Committees
FINANCE & sUSTAINABILITY
Jessica Miley, Chair
Vahap Uysal
Programs & INITIATIVES
Heather Miller, Chair
William Estrada
Omar Torres-Kortright
Monica Jirak
Jacob Campbell
Marketing & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Demetrio Cardona-Maguigad, Chair
Steve Bynum
David Deyhle
Thamara Dittmeier
FUNDRAISING & sTRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Suzanne Franklin, Chair
Jason Lesnieswicz
Randy Adamsick
Jamie Bender
Vandita Garg
Kerstin Lane
Interested in getting involved with a committee? Contact Peter Vega at [email protected]