Directors & Advisors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Kati Rooney | Independent Producer

Vice President

Kim Foxx | Cook County State’s
Attorney’s Office

Secretary

Jeff Petersen | K&L Gates LLP

Treasurer

Vince Leigh | Nike

Directors

Stacey C. Bolton | Northern Trust

Martha Gutierrez | University of Illinois at Chicago

Darrick Hooker | Freeborn & Peters LLP

Karen Jordan | ABC7

Jeff McCarter | Free Spirit Media (ex officio)

Lester Munson | ESPN

Eric Scholl | Columbia College

Alexander Shermansong | Civic Consulting Alliance

Jon Siskel | Siskel/Jacobs Productions

Betsy Steinberg | Illinois Film Office

Keith Walker | Media Process Group

ADVISORY BOARD

Barbara Allen | WTTW, Channel 11

Dan Andries | WTTW, Channel 11

Stephen Bardo | ESPN

Greg Boozell | Chicago Access Network Television

Rafie Fields | Medill School of Journalism / Northwestern University

Sally Fletcher | Fletcher Chicago

Ava Greenwell | Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism

John Horan | North Lawndale College Prep Charter High School

Lila Leff | Umoja Student Development Corporation

Alisa Starks | Inner City Entertainment