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 2020-21 Leadership Committee

Nick Casto, Ice Miller LLP

President

Andre Smith, McDermott Will & Emery

Vice President

Audrey Leech, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Chair of Development

Sarah Chowdhury, Illinois Office of Comptroller

Chair of Events

Melinda Kennedy, The Experiment, LLC

Chair of Membership

Khadija Ali
Office of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul
Anika Allen
William Blair
Brian Amoah
Chicago Crypto Capital
Ariane Andrade
Cooley LLP
Cameron Arnette
Energy BBDO
Jacquelyn Becker
Upwork
Ellen Berce Hindmarch
Conagra
Rachel Bertsche
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law / Penguin Random House
Lisa Bohl
MoloLamken LLP
Elena Cincione
Weidner & McAuliffe, Ltd.
Jillian Craig
Edelman
Isabeau Dasho
University of Chicago
Sarah Diller
Rotary International
Erica Edwards
Independent Contractor
Naja Edwards
McKinsey & Company
Kristen Evans
RLM Media
Nicole Fedinets
Spotify
Gabrielle Foster
US HUD
Brett Geschke
Smith Amundsen, LLC
Christina Ginardi
Northwestern University
Jonathan Giroux
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mary Grady
BMO Harris Bank
Jennifer Hugenberg
Invenergy LLC
Zachary lacovino
Vedder Price P.C.
Suzi Jones
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Adoley Jordan
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Taby Katz
McMaster-Carr Supply Co.
Kyle Leland Bakhshi
William Blair
John Longman
DoorDash
Patrick McGrath
Chicago Trading Company
Eugene Minon
Clarity Partners
Avani Narang
Indus Management Group
Stephanie Ostroff
McGraw-Hill Education
Tara Ounan
Ferrara
Shannon Pesek
APCO Worldwide
Sruti Ramadugu
Meta
Ashley Ramchandani
Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago
Kevin Schafer
Chicago Transit Authority
Joelle Shabat
Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP
Kevin Sherlock
SpotHero, Inc.
Lindsay Slaker
Chicago Bar Association
Joan Smedinghoff
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
DeAnna Smith
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Patrick Sullivan
Quantitative Risk Management
Katie Owens Uelk
UChicago Impact
Will Vorbrich
MBA Candidate, University of Chicago
Mary Eileen Wells
Miller Shakman & Beem LLP
Jessica Westerkamp
Allstate
Rita Williams
PNC Bank

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