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
Steven A. Weiss
Honigman LLP

1st Vice President
Veronica Gomez
Commonwealth Edison Company

2nd Vice President
Cynthia Photos Abbott
Chicago Public Media

Treasurer
Steven S. Fus
United Airlines, Inc.

Secretary
Hon. Mary Anne Mason
Illinois Appellate Court


DIRECTORS

Maryam Ahmad
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office

John J. Amberg
Northern Trust Company

Gregory M. Boyle
Jenner & Block LLP

Rachel M. Cannon
Dentons US LLP

Marta Carreira-Slabe
Aon

Carrie J. Di Santo
CME Group

Maja C. Eaton
Sidley Austin LLP

Christopher J. Esbrook
Esbrook Law LLC

Randall R. Fearnow
Quarles & Brady LLP

Ryan D. Harris
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Anne Geraghty Helms
DLA Piper LLP (US)

Melissa B. Hirst
Jones Day

Cara M. Houck
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone P.L.C.

Robert T. Howell, III
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Whitney Hudson
Consultant

Hon. LaShonda Hunt
U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission

Sang-yul Lee
K&L Gates LLP

Elizabeth P. Lewis
McDermott Will & Emery

Thomas V. Linguanti
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Kathryn C. Liss
DePaul University College of Law

Michael A. LoVallo
Reed Smith LLP

Amy B. Manning
McGuireWoods LLP

Ian H. Morrison
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Thomas V. Panoff
Mayer Brown LLP

Brandon E. Peck
Peck Ritchey, LLC

Jesse H. Ruiz
Office of Governor JB Pritzker

Lisa Snow
Duff & Phelps, LLC

Gil M. Soffer
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Brent W. Vincent
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Kelly Warner
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

Greta Weathersby
WEC Energy Group, Inc.

Paraisia Winston Gray
Attorney at Law


GENERAL COUNSEL

Norah L. Jones
Quarles & Brady LLP