WITS Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Jennifer Alter Warden, Chairperson

Alter & Stone Volunteer Awardee - 2020

Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Baird & Warner Real Estate

Dr. Olimpia Bahena, President
Principal, Talcott Fine Arts and Museum Academy

Patrick Hatton, Vice President
Area Vice President/Managing Director, Chicago Athletic Association Hotel

John Martin, Vice President  
President, JFM OPS Consulting LLC

Maria Arosteguy, Treasurer
Principal, KPMG LLP

Sydney Morris, Secretary
Chief of Staff to the Chief Education Officer, Chicago Public Schools

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Amy Best
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Exelon Corporation

Stephanie Braming
Global Head of Investment Management, William Blair & Company

Doug Buchler
Managing Director & COO, CIBC US

Craig Close
Senior Vice President Portfolio Services, PPM America, Inc.

Jeremy Cole

Alter & Stone Volunteer Awardee - 2022

Past President
Partner, Jones Day

Carolyn Goldhaber
President, Segall Bryant & Hamill

Jesus Gonzalez
Deputy Leader, Intangible Assets, Aon Risk Solutions

Diane Graham-Henry
Owner, Diane Graham-Henry Photography

Sana Hakim
Partner, K&L Gates LLP

Philip Hildebrandt

Alter & Stone Volunteer Awardee 2019

Past President
Chief Executive Officer, Segall Bryant & Hamill

Marcus Jean-Simon
Market Executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Tena Latona, ex-officio
Chief Executive Officer, WITS (Working in the Schools)

Scott Lehman
Director, Barclays Investment Bank

Orrin Murray
Principal Researcher, American Institutes for Research

Kweku Obed
Managing Director, Marquette Associates

Kaitlin Reimann

Americas Transformation Lead,
Google Cloud, Google

Crystal Reynolds
Director of Marketing, The Family Institute at Northwestern University

Maria Seimenis
Global Director, IT Portfolio Leader, Deloitte

Edward Tilly
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Board Options Exchange

Kevin Yao
Principal, Skybox Capital
 

EMERITUS DIRECTORS

Timothy Bixler

Ginny Carlson

Roger Carlson

Jamie Garard III

Jill Jacobs-Baar

Donna LaPietra

Elaine Levinson

Robert “Bud” Lifton (1921-2016)

Terri Lind

Jennifer Mikulina

Tom Murphy

Roz Supera

Eileen Sweeney

Lili Ann Zisook

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