The Center for Policy Practice

Participating Mentors

  • Navaid Abidi, Partner, and Director of Financial Research and Development, Business Logic Corporation
  • Gerald Adelmann, Executive Director, Openlands Project
  • Ellen Alberding, President, The Joyce Foundation
  • MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council
  • Elissa Bassler, CEO, Illinois Public Health Institute
  • Frank H. Beal, Metropolis Strategies (formerly Chicago Metropolis 2020)
  • Marshall M. Bouton, President, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
  • Barbara T. Bowman, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development, Erikson Institute
  • Nonie Brennan, Executive Director, Emergency Fund
  • Edward Burke, Alderman, City of Chicago
  • Mattie Butler, Executive Director, Woodlawn East Community & Neighbors
  • Richard Carlson, President, Carlson Environmental, Inc.
  • Mary Ellen Caron, Commissioner, Department of Family and Support Services, City of Chicago
  • Robert Christie, Vice President, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
  • Philip Clement, Global Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Aon Corporation
  • Robert Colangelo, Chief Executive Officer, National Brownfield Association
  • Kevin Conlon, Founder and President, Conlon Public Strategies
  • Caroline Cracraft, Former Vice Consul, British Consulate-General, Chicago
  • Margie Cusack, Management Consultant
  • Tom Derdak, Founder and Executive Director, Global Alliance for Africa
  • Edwin Eisendrath, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group
  • Donald E. Fouts, President, Illinois Institute of Independent Colleges & Universities
  • Paul Freehling, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • Mary A. Gade, President, Gade Environmental Group LLC
  • James Galloway, Assistant Surgeon General, Regional Health Administrator, US Health and Human Services
  • Andrew Geer, Vice President and Market Leader, Enterprise Community Partners
  • Ron Gibbs, President, National & International Public Affairs Consulting; Adjunct faculty, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
  • Phyllis Glink, Executive Director, The Irving Harris Foundation
  • Greg Gross, President, Michael Reese Health Trust
  • Frances Grossman, Executive Vice President, ShoreBank Corporation
  • Tom Hanschman, Senior Director, National Relationship Manager, CARE USA
  • King Harris, Chairman, Harris Holdings, Inc.
  • Wilson Hunt, President, Champro Sports and Chairman, Ethio-American Trade and Investment Council
  • Theresa Hush, COO and Principal, Iclops
  • Donald Laackman, President, Harold Washington College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago
  • Marc J. Lane, President, Marc J. Lane Wealth Group
  • Howard Learner, Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center – Midwest
  • Thomas Lee, Founder and CEO, Arceil Leadership, Ltd.
  • Robert B. Lifton, Former Chairman, American Printers and Lithographers, Inc.
  • Shannon Lightner, Deputy Director, Illinois Department Heath, Office of Women’ Health
  • Phyllis Lockett, President & CEO, New Schools for Chicago
  • Joseph Lower, Vice President, Corporate and Strategic Development, The Boeing Company
  • Daniel Luchins, Chief of Mental Health Research, Jesse Brown V.A. Medical Center, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Marie Trzupek Lynch, EVP and Executive Director, Chicago Career Tech World Business Chicago
  • Julie MacCarthy, Program Director, A.R.T.
  • Colin MacGillivray, Chief Financial Officer, Lundbeck, Inc.
  • Robert H. Malott, Former Chairman & CEO, FMC Corporation
  • John G. Markowski, President, Community Investment Corporation
  • Ann McCabe, President, Ann McCabe, Inc.
  • Deborah McCann, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Game Plan Consulting
  • E. Hoy McConnell, Executive Director, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
  • Michael S. McPherson, President, The Spencer Foundation
  • Sheri Mecklenburg, J.D., Assistant United States Attorney, Former General Counsel to the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department
  • Harriet Meyer, President, Ounce of Prevention Fund
  • Laurence Msall, President, The Civic Federation
  • Jeffrey C. Neal, Founding Partner, Horizon Capital LLC
  • Joyce O’Keefe, Deputy Director, Openlands Project
  • Karim Pakravan, Associate Professor, DePaul University
  • Charles Parekh, Vice President at Duff & Phelps
  • Hugh Parry, President & CEO, Prevent Blindness America
  • Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, Senior Vice President Public Affairs at the Nielsen Company
  • John Peller, Director of Government Relations, AIDS Foundation of Chicago
  • Aurie A. Pennick, Executive Director and Treasurer, Field Foundation of Illinois
  • Sylvia Puente, Executive Director, Latino Policy Forum
  • George A. Ranney, Jr., President & CEO, Chicago Metropolis 2020
  • John E. Rielly, Center for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University
  • Urmi Sengupta, Vice President, Knowledge Exchange, ShoreCap Exchange
  • Richard Sewell, Executive Director, Health Equity, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Linda Diamond Shapiro, Vice President, Strategy, Planning & External Affairs, Access Community Health Network
  • Michael Shaver, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Children’s Home + Aid
  • Lynn Shishido-Topel, Director, Chicago Partners
  • Marty Sinnott, Principal, Kittleman and Associates
  • Emily Soloff, Area Director, American Jewish Committee
  • Harrison Steans, Chairman, Financial Investments Corporation
  • Adlai Stevenson, Former US Senator, and President, SC&M Investment Management Corporation
  • James Stirling, Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance, UBS Financial Services
  • Larry Suffredin, Cook County Commissioner, 13th District
  • Daniel Sullivan, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Mara Tapp, Director, Cool Classics!, Broadcast & Print Journalist
  • Cristal Thomas, Regional Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Region V
  • Kay Torshen, CEO, Torshen Capital Management, LLC
  • Erma Tranter, Executive Director, Friends of the Parks
  • Michael E. Traynor, Consultant
  • Maria Whelan, President & CEO, Action for Children
  • Shana Whitehead, Acting Chief of Business Systems, The Illinois Tollway
  • Benna Wilde, Managing Director, Prince Charitable Trusts
  • John Wilhelm, Executive Director, Infant Welfare Society of Chicago
  • John Willis, Managing Partner, Willis Stein & Partners
  • Jodie Winnett, Associate Director, Illinois Department of Revenue
  • Karen Witter, Associate Director for Policy and Planning, Illinois State Museum
  • Paula Wolff, Senior Executive, Chicago Metropolis 2020
  • Quentin Young, M.D., Chair, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group

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