Board of Directors
The CBF is fortunate to have a diverse and talented group of attorneys and judges serving on its board. In a broad sense, the board’s responsibilities are to
- set both short term and long term strategic goals and directions and policies for the CBF
- raise funds and develop sufficient resources to carry out the CBF’s strategic goals and directions
- build community awareness and support for the CBF’s mission, and
- provide oversight of the CBF’s finances, grants and programs, and operations.
OFFICERS
President
Gregory M. Boyle
Jenner & Block LLP
1st Vice President
Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
2nd Vice President
Sang-yul Lee
K&L Gates LLP
Treasurer
Nancy S. Gerrie (Ret.)
Winston & Strawn LLP
Secretary
Greta Weathersby
WEC Energy Group, Inc.
Immediate Past President
Cynthia Photos Abbott
Chicago Public Media
DIRECTORS
Tracy A. Brammeier
Clifford Law Offices
Rachel M. Cannon
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Hon. Alison C. Conlon
Circuit Court of Cook County
Vida Cruz
Arboretum Wealth & Trust Management
Kareem Dale
Discover Financial Services
Megan Devaney
Winston & Strawn LLP
Christopher J. Esbrook
Esbrook Law LLC
Randall R. Fearnow
Quarles & Brady LLP
David A. Gordon
Sidley Austin LLP
Anne Geraghty Helms
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Melissa B. Hirst
Inspire11
Robert T. Howell, III
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Hon. LaShonda Hunt
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Jennifer J. C. Kelly
Preferred Capital Funding
Colby Anne Kingsbury
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Ray J. Koenig, III
Clark Hill PLC
Michael Lehrman
Baker McKenzie
Elizabeth P. Lewis
McDermott Will & Emery
Elizabeth V. Lopez
United Airlines, Inc.
Amy B. Manning
McGuireWoods LLP
Kenneth Mathieu
Charles River Associates
Ian H. Morrison
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Thomas V. Panoff
Mayer Brown LLP
Hon. Nichole C. Patton
Circuit Court of Cook County
Kevin Robinson
Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
Colleen Strasser
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Timothy Tomasik
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC
Susan Valentine
Valentine Austriaco & Bueschel, P.C.
Brent W. Vincent
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Sandra Yamate
Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession
COUNSEL
Norah L. Jones
C3 Legal