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Speaker at 20th anniversary Since 1992, the Leadership Fellows Association (LFA) has served as the alumni connection and education arm of Leadership Greater Chicago. LFA keeps Fellows up-to-date on key community issues, helps Fellows stay connected to each other and to the organization, promotes cross-class networking and collaborations, and inspires community leadership long after Fellows have completed their Fellowship years.

Board of Directors
Leadership Fellows Association

President

Carolyn M. Grisko
President, Carolyn Grisko & Associates

Vice President

Genita C. Robinson
Executive Director, Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth

Secretary/Treasurer

Michael J. Hernandez
Partner, Franczel Radelet

Association Members

Mazen Asbahi
Attorney
Asbahi Law Group

Suzanne M. Burns
Vice President and Officer
W. W. Grainger, Inc.

Matthew C. Crowl
Partner
Schiff Hardin LLP

Lawrence D. Damron
Retired
Aksys, Ltd.

Sharon M. Flanagan
Senior Vice President, Strategy
Treehouse Foods, Inc.

Kimberly M. Foxx
Assistant State’s Attorney, Juvenile Justice Bureau
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office

Paul J. Gaynor
Chief, Public Interest Division
Office of the Illinois Attorney General

William D. Gerstein
Director of Family and Community Engagement
Chicago Public Schools

Joshua D. Hale
Executive Director
Big Shoulders Fund

La Quietta J. Hardy-Campbell, Esq.
Judge, Domestic Relations
Circuit Court of Cook County

Mary C. Hoffman
President
Marython Associates, Inc.

Lela D. Johnson
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney’s Office

Nancy L. Kaszak
Senior Advisor, Center for Telehealth
University of Illinois at Chicago

Nadim A. Kazi
Partner
SNR Denton

Lerry J. Knox
Senior Vice President
Loop Capital Markets

Rosanna A. Marquez
President
Eleanor Foundation

June M. McKoy, MD, MPH, JD
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation & University

Sylvia Puente
Executive Director
Latino Policy Forum

Jane L. Ramsey
AExecutive Director
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs

Julius E. Rhodes, SPHR
Founder and Principal
mpr group

Laurence B. Stanton
Principal
L. B. Stanton Consulting, Inc.

Cedric D. Thurman
Chief Diversity Officer/Senior Vice President
Jones Lang LaSalle

Darryl Tom
Partner
Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, LLC

David S. Tropp
Senior Vice President
CB Richard Ellis

Gretchen A. Winter, Esq.
Executive Director
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business

Brooke M. Wiseman
Chief Development & Marketing Officer
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Programs

Jackie Kaplan "The program changed me far more than I imagined it would. It helped all of us develop our voices as members of different communities – based on more than geography, race or occupation. It transformed us as a group from individuals representing particular perspectives to participants in a larger community working for change."

LGC is a real investment in the future. It helps Chicago by providing leadership talent to nonprofit organizations and enables corporations to be good corporate citizens.

Jackie Kaplan, Development Coach and Consultant, Get Sums, LGC Class of '02