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Associate Board

The Chicago Public Library Foundation Associate Board are young professionals dedicated to the lifelong pursuit of learning and discovery for all. Associate Board members are committed to engaging Chicago’s young professional community as supporters of─and ambassadors for─the Library.

The Associate Board 2025-26 Leadership Committee

Andre Smith, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

President

Adoley Jordan, One Family Illinois

Vice President

Jennifer Asai, FCB Chicago

Chair of Development

Jillian Craig, Edelman

Chair of Events

Audrey (Leech) Tapling, UChicago Medicine

Chair of Membership

Associate Board Members

  • Alexis Aria Nyhan
    GoHealth
  • Elizabeth Astrup
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  • Taiylar Ball
    Housing Authority of Cook County
  • Shai Basys
    Cisco
  • Cassie Burns
    McGuire Woods LLP
  • Nick Casto
    Ice Miller LLP
  • Jameson Clay
    Floorguard Product
  • Kelly Connolly Kern
    Alliance for Water Effiency
  • Jillian Craig
    Edelman
  • Jenna Drenten
    Loyola University Chicago
  • Kristen Evans
    The Embedded Group
  • Ashley Falcon
    Meta
  • Madeleine Fawcett
    Nuveen
  • Megan Fett
    Postscript
  • Jacob Ford
    McDonald’s Corporation
  • Veronica Gasparro
    BMO
  • Christina Gilligan
    LiveRamp
  • Mary Grady
    BMO Harris Bank
  • Alex Harris
    Meta
  • Nick Hogan
    JPMorgan Chase
  • Mariya Ilieva
    CIBC Bank USA
  • Shana Jackson
    JPMorgan Chase
  • Jasmin Juarez
    Chicago Police Department
  • Betty Kang
    Amazon
  • Juliette Kelly
    Bain & Company
  • Madison Knobloch
    EDF Renewables
  • Rosalyn Kutsch
    Impact Genome
  • Nick Lee
    Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management
  • Amy Malin
    Mailin Learning, LLC
  • Patrick McGrath
    Chicago Trading Company
  • Tori McMenamin
    Deloitte
  • Eugene Minon
    Clarity Partners
  • Scott Nunez
    Aulos Capitol
  • Shannon Pesek
    APCO Worldwide
  • Rachel Pustejovsky
    Lettuce Entertain You
  • Nia Robinson
    Chicago Sky
  • Sarah Rolek
    Spark Foundry
  • Kevin Schafer
    Chicago Transit Authority
  • Kayley Shomers
    Inspire11
  • Alexis Siegel
    Schuler Scholar Program
  • Rebecca Silverman
    Obama Foundation
  • Joan Smedinghoff
    Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
  • Audrey Tapling
    University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
  • Emily Thies
    Baird
  • Daily Twine
    HACO Group
  • Will Vorbrich
    Mondelēz International
  • Maggie E. West
    City Colleges of Chicago
  • Josephine Wood
    Accenture
  • Darcy Young
    Freelance
  • Jessica Zhang
    Helix Technology Partners

Relive Night in the Stacks!

Our Associate Board’s party in the Library was a success, raising more than $125,000 for lifelong learning at CPL.