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
Verónica Gómez
Commonwealth Edison Company
1st Vice President
Cynthia Photos Abbott
Chicago Public Media
2nd Vice President
Gregory M. Boyle
Jenner & Block LLP
Treasurer
Nancy S. Gerrie
Winston & Strawn LLP
Secretary
Hon. Mary Anne Mason (Ret.)
JAMS
DIRECTORS
Maryam Ahmad
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
John J. Amberg
Northern Trust Company
Rachel M. Cannon
Dentons US LLP
Hon. Alison C. Conlon
Circuit Court of Cook County
Kareem Dale
Discover Financial Services
Octavio Duran
Duran Law Offices
Maja C. Eaton
Sidley Austin LLP
Christopher J. Esbrook
Esbrook Law LLC
Randall R. Fearnow
Quarles & Brady LLP
E. Lynn Grayson
Nijman Franzetti LLP
Ryan D. Harris
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Anne Geraghty Helms
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Melissa B. Hirst
Inspire11
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
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
Michael A. LoVallo
Reed Smith LLP
Amy B. Manning
McGuireWoods LLP
Ian H. Morrison
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Thomas V. Panoff
Mayer Brown LLP
Hon. Nichole C. Patton
Circuit Court of Cook County
Brandon E. Peck
Peck Ritchey, LLC
Lisa Snow
Duff & Phelps, 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, Inc.
Steven A. Weiss
Retired
GENERAL COUNSEL
Norah L. Jones
Quarles & Brady LLP