Advisory Councils

Youth Guidance’s Advisory Councils are composed of individuals who are committed to serving as champions of Youth Guidance’s mission and vision. Each council member has a strong desire to be actively involved in solving the issues these youth face, and devotes time, talent and expertise to the current and future work of Youth Guidance programming.

John Schmidt

BAM Advisory Council Co-Chair — Senior Managing Director, Global Aerospace & Defense Lead, Accenture

Terrell Anderson

Co-chair, BAM Advisory Council — Vice President of Customer Success, VedaPointe

Melissa Clark

WOW Advisory Council Co-Chair — CFO of Primera Engineer

Rachel Dvorken

WOW Advisory Council Co-Chair — Chief Legal Officer, MDLIVE, Inc

A.J. Hermann

Regional Policy Director, Accelerator for America

LinkedIn · Website

Aaron Garcia

Community Inclusion Manager at White Center Community Development Association; Highline School Board Member

Alan Cohen

Founder and CEO, Child Poverty Action Lab

LinkedIn · Website

Allan Kiser

VP and Compliance Officer at Fidelity Investments

Abigayil Joseph

CEO, Bolhous Foundation

Amber Bennett

Associate Attorney, Mayer Brown

Annie-Beryl Akuamoah

City and Customer Coordination Manager, Peoples Gas

Antoinette Townsend

CFO, Better Than Home

Amii Sibley Foster

Business Strategy & Initiative Executive, Bank of America Private Bank, Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Andi Smith

Executive Director, Washington at Ballmer Group

Andrew Weisberg

Director of Talent, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce

LinkedIn · Website

Angel McGee

Community Impact Leader

Dr. Angelique A. Sallas

Clinical Psychologist

Ann Lennon

Retired Managing Director at Accenture

Dr. Anita Rao

Resident Physician, Northwestern University

Anne Becker

Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP

Armando Banchs

Director of Creative Voices at Big Thought

LinkedIn · Website

Beth Kuebler

VP Internal Audit at Ventas, Inc.

Beth Schmidt

Community Leader

Betsy Wille

Director, The Cybersecurity Studio

Bradley Beile

Chief Operating Officer at Metro Edge

Brandon Nemec

Senior Director, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling

Brandon White

Spark the Journey, Executive Director

Brent Gledhill

President & CEO, William Blair

Burnell Holland

Gilded Knight Consulting, Founder & CEO

Catherine Hayden

Community Leader

Dr. Catherine Whitfield

Director of CPS’s Office of Social & Emotional Learning

Chiara Rodgers

Senior Director, Research and Humanitarian Activities, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

Chris Steadley

Principal, Lumera Partners

Christina Smith

Sr. Program Manager, Executive Customer Advisory Board at Google

Christy Egun

Executive Director, Center for Community Health Improvement, Massachusetts General Hospital

Cory Thames

Chief Engagement Officer, Business Leadership Council

Conan Harris

CEO/Founder at CJ Strategies LLC

Councilman Casey Thomas II

Council Member, Dallas City Council District 3

Website · Facebook

Danan Kirby

Vice President, Client Portfolio Manager, Ariel Investments

Daniel Lewis

Partner, Technology & IP Transactions Practice Group, Kirkland & Ellis

Daon McLarin Johnson

Mentor MD DC, Regional Manager, DC Metro Market

David Helms

Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

LinkedIn · Website

David Reifman

Partner, Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres

Dennis Kalten

Partner, Crowe, LLP

Debbie Kaplan

Leadership Greater Washington, Chief Operating Officer & VP Programs, Retired

Diane H. Reilly

Community Leader

Website

Domonique Bell

Director of Operations, Office of U.S. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II

Donna Bushur

Impact Strategist, Health Forward Foundation

Earl Grandberry

Director, Fund for Equitable Business Growth, The Chicago Community Trust

Ed Wittenstein

Partner, Worsek & Vihon LLP

Edward Powell

Chief Equity & Strategy Officer at Boston Public Schools

Elisabeth Siciliano

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Obama Foundation

Eva Giglio

President and CEO, Chicago Public Library Foundation

Emerson Foster

Head of Human Resources U.S Business Unit & Global Product Launch at Takeda

Gary J. Levin, CPA

Retired Partner, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services

Gaynor Hall

H. Carl Crawford

Fin Svcs Professional / Spokesman, New York Life Insurance / Patagonia

Hon. Toni Preckwinkle

Cook County Board President

JaMaiia Bond

Sr. Dir. Office of Child Welfare and Attendance, Compton USD

Jadine Chou

Partner, PAX Group, LLC

James Anderson

Chief Executive Officer at Waller Helms Advisors

Dr. Jamie Stone O’Brien

Clinical Psychologist

Jen Parkinson

Science Teacher at Winnetka Public School

Jennifer Balestrery

Private Client Director, Managing Director, Bank of America

Jermaine M. Harris

Watch Operations Lieutenant, Chicago Police Department

Jermaine Wilson, Ph.D.

Executive Director Student Services, Hickman Mills C-1 School District

John R. Raitt

Chair, Investment Sub-Committee — Retired Partner, President and CEO of Harris Associates LP

Joshua Davis

CEO, The Will Group

Jorge Lopez

Counsel, Philanthropy & Impact Investments, Builders Vision

Julia Argentieri

Principal, Jackson Lewis P.C.

Julie Knudson

Chief People Officer Green Thumb Industries

Karen Bubrowski

Karen Van Ausdal

Senior Program Officer, Polk Bros. Foundation

Katrina Carrizales

Partner @ PwC | Investigations & Forensics

Kianna Scott

SVP, Learning & Development, ChargerHelp!

Kim Van Horn

Chief Administrative Officer, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Kimberly Flynn

President, XA Investments

Larry A. Green

Certified Career Transition Coach, Challenger, Gray, and Christmas

LaTrice Towns

Latoya Gayle

Co-Founder at March Like a Mother

Laura Farr

ctor of State and Community Relations, Governor State University

Laura Martin

Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Lauren Wallace

Restorative Justice Advisor, LAUSD

Lynn Jackson

Community Leader

Maggie Baczkowski

Founder, Strides for Peace. Founder, MB Luxury Group

Maria C. Green

Retired Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Ingersoll Rand plc

Maria Hazan-Cohen

Community Manager, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mario Rodriguez

LCSW / Supervising Children’s Social Worker, LA County DCFS

Mark D. Gerstein

Senior Advisor, PJT Partners

Mary Margaret “Mimi” Moore

Labor and Employment Attorney, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Masha Safina

Service Design Director, Fjord, Part of Accenture Song

Mashana Smith

Chair, Program Strategy Committee — Clinical Psychologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Matt Hamilton

Managing Director, Summit Partners

Meagan Patterson

Assistant Superintendent, Center School District

Melesa N. Johnson, Esq.

Deputy Chief of Staff/General Counsel, City of Kansas City Mayor’s Office

Mena Ruiz

Youth Guidance Alumni Council — Project Engineer, McShane Construction President

Megan Wilson

Deputy Chief Program Officer, Chicago Park District

Michael Gold

Managing Partner, Podium Retail Partners

Michael Thomas-Goodwin

Director, Technology Partnerships, ServiceNow

Michael T. Harris

President, Wintrust Bank, N.A.

Website

Mike Flores

Retired, Senior Vice President, McDonald’s

Mike Macakanja

Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase

Monique“Mo” L . Harvey

Social Event Coordinator, Youth Guidance Alumni Council

Nadia Harden

Director of Portfolio Impact & Community Building at New Commonwealth Fund

Nicholas O’Conner

Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Website

Nicole Yohalem

Director of Knowledge Management at Casey Family Programs

Pamela Schneider

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary ACCO Brands

Patrick Schweska

General Counsel, Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Phil Bierman

Retired Principal, Deloitte

Porsche Seals

Executive Director, Caring for Kids Network

LinkedIn · Website

Rachel Goodman Sturges, PsyD

Rachel Graham

Director of Programs at Lefkofsky Family Foundation

LinkedIn · Website

Rachel Madsen

Director, Institutional Strategy & Development, Loomis, Sayles & Company

Rachel Tache

Fellow- Trauma Prevention & Public Safety at Child Poverty Action Lab

LinkedIn · Website

Rebecca Laskaris

Director, US Employee Giving & Community Giving, BMO

Rob Womsley

Partner, Water Street

Website

Rodney Smith, Ed.D.

Vice President for Access and Engagement, William Jewell College

Samantha Stinson

Government Relations, BusPatrol

Sarah Haberberger

Founding Executive Director, GreenLight Kansas City at GreenLight Fund

Scott Myers

Life Director

Shannon Kennedy

Retired, BMO

Stephaune Wallace

Assets Protection Outreach Coordinator, Target Corp.

Stephen Cruise

Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities

Stuart A. Taylor II

Life Director

Sue Benton

Member, Benton Firm LLC

LinkedIn · Website

Sue Wallace

Retired, Exelon Executive

Tamar Bobys

Enterprise Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Tavares Brewington

VP & General Counsel at Keolis America Inc.

Tiphanie Scroggins, Ed.D.

Deputy Chief, School Improvement DCPS

Torrence Hinton

President, Ohio, FirstEnergy

Toy Ann McCray

Regional Community Relations Manager for UPS Foundation

Tracy O’Flaherty

President & General Counsel, XXCEL Consulting, LLC. Vice President, AGC Global Litigation, Employment & Benefits, R1 RCM

Tristan Slemmons

Corporate Citizenship Lead at Deloitte

LinkedIn · Website

Turiya Gray

Senior Partner / Fractional Chief People Officer, FXG Partners

Turahn Dorsey

Former Chief of Education at City of Boston

Valerie Hecktman

Senior Vice President, Talent Acquisition, SBH Fashion

Veianca Millet

Magnet Coordinator, LAUSD, Westchester Enhanced Sciences Magnet HS

Vickie Wolverton

President, South Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

Yvonne MariaJimenez

Deputy Director, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles

Zachary Fardon

Managing Partner, King & Spalding

Zachary Judd

Partner, Corporate Department at Latham & Watkins LLP

Allison Solomon

Senior Manager of Social Impact, Deloitte

Johnathan Sarna

artner at Latham & Watkins LLP

Alicia Prince

Chief Operating Officer, Fairfax

Tyris Jones

Manager, Accenture Federal Services

Rasheem Rooke

Assistant Vice President, UNCF

Rebecca Jones

Specialist, Youth Development & Education, Child Trends

Kisa Hendrickson

Assistant Superintendent at Highline Public Schools

Susan Enfield

Executive Director, The Center for Educational Leadership

Zac Rich

Executive Director at GreenLight Fund Boston

Jessica Castro, MBA

Vice President, Programs and Operations at Trefler Foundation

Matthew Gooden

MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan

Sentral Stewart

Vice President, Materials Division at Illinois Construction and Environmental Consulting, Inc.