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Board of Directors

  • Kim Ruhana, Chair
    Community Volunteer

  • Dr. Clifton Clarke, Vice Chair
    Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

  • Sendi Gonzalez, Treasurer
    CFO Marshall Associates, Inc.

  • Susan Lindquist, Secretary
    Principal, Summer Day Consulting LLC

  • Chris Cassata, Director
    Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield

  • Ari Glass, Director
    Head of Real Estate, Mansueto Offices Inc.

  • Peter Gustafson, Director
    Trading Lead, Treasury Options, IMC Chicago 

  • Carolyn Henderson, Director
    Education Consultant

  • Derrick Johnson, Director
    Founder/Managing Member, 1961 Build

  • Mike King, Director
    Senior Director, Financial Institutions Group, Old National Bank

  • TJ Mercer, Director
    Account Executive, Experian

  • Howard Meyer, Director
    Executive Vice President, Zeller

  • Lauren Pate, Director
    Director, Global People Operations, FourKites

  • Jadey Ryndak, Director
    Founder, Vocation

  • Jake Scheinbart, Director
    Software Engineer, Optiver

  • Todd Schnick, Director
    Co-Founder, Schnick Foundation

  • Atit Sheth, Director
    Managing Director, Lincoln International

  • Nicky Silva, Director
    Senior Manager, PwC

  • Tommy Sternberg, Director
    SVP, Senior Research Analyst, Calamos Investments

  • Dillon Wallace

    Dillon Wallace, Director
    Vice President, Apogem Capital

  • Dillon Wallace

    Roxane West, Director
    SVP Regional Sales Executive, PNC Bank

Tutoring Chicago is looking for leaders to fill positions on its Board of Directors, the elected group of volunteers who support the work of Tutoring Chicago and provide mission-based leadership and strategic governance. 

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Advisors to Tutoring Chicago

Tutoring Chicago’s advisors serve as wise and experienced counsel to the leaders of the organization. 

These individuals contribute strategic advice, resources and connections that benefit our mission, impact, organizational strength and sustainability.
Our advisors are visionary bridge builders passionate about equitable education and Chicago’s youth.

  • Jim Atkinson
    Retired CFO;
    former member Tutoring Chicago Board of Directors

  • Isaiah Brooms
    Tutoring Chicago student alumnus

  • Jill Christie
    President, Tuft & Associates, former Tutoring Chicago Executive Director and former member Tutoring Chicago Board Executive Committee 

  • Bruce Heyman
    Former US Ambassador to Canada; co-founder, Uncharted, LLC, Co Author: The Art of Diplomacy; former Tutoring Chicago Board Chair 1996-1999

  • Will Johnson 
    Chief Executive Officer, Harris Poll

  • Andy Konchan
    CTO, Calamos Investments, Former Tutoring Chicago Board Chair, 2011-2015

  • Micah Materre
    TV Anchor, WGN Television

  • Ellen McLaughlin
    Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Contact us to get involved