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
Cynthia Photos Abbott
Chicago Public Media
1st Vice President
Gregory M. Boyle
Jenner & Block LLP
2nd Vice President
Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
Treasurer
Nancy S. Gerrie
Winston & Strawn LLP
Secretary
Greta Weathersby
WEC Energy Group, Inc.
DIRECTORS
Maryam Ahmad
Circuit Court of Cook County
Rachel M. Cannon
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Jason M. Bradford
Jenner & Block LLP
Hon. Alison C. Conlon
Circuit Court of Cook County
Kareem Dale
Discover Financial Services
Christopher J. Esbrook
Esbrook Law LLC
Randall R. Fearnow
Quarles & Brady LLP
David A. Gordon
Sidley Austin LLP
E. Lynn Grayson
Nijman Franzetti LLP
Ryan D. Harris
Kirkland & Ellis 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
Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen Ltd.
Colby Anne Kingsbury
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Sang-yul Lee
K&L Gates LLP
Elizabeth P. Lewis
McDermott Will & Emery
Elizabeth V. Lopez
United Airlines, Inc.
Michael A. LoVallo
Reed Smith LLP
Amy B. Manning
McGuireWoods LLP
Ian H. Morrison
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Jeffrey Moskowitz
J. Moskowitz Law
Thomas V. Panoff
Mayer Brown LLP
Hon. Nichole C. Patton
Circuit Court of Cook County
Kevin Robinson
Guggenheim Partners
Lisa Snow
Kroll LLC
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
Kelly Warner
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
Greta Weathersby
WEC Energy Group
Sandra Yamate
Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession
GENERAL COUNSEL
Norah L. Jones
Quarles & Brady LLP