Avenues' Leadership
Avenues to Independence Board of Directors
Chair - Jerry Feldman Callander Trails, LLC
Vice Chair- Andrea Goodkin HR, HUB International
Treasurer - Eric Johnson BMO Harris Bank, Vice President Business Banking
Secretary - Jacki Kimel L.I.C.A. Education Administrator (retired)
Robert Okazaki President & CEO, Avenues to Independence
Allan Bartel President, Allegro Music (reitred)
Linda Buggy Community volunteer
Matthew Coyne Owner, Coyne and Company Insurance
Jeanne Doheny Teacher, Roosevelt School
Clark Gapen First Vice President, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Tom Garcea Owner, RG Construction
Patricia Grimes Vice President, Glenview State Bank (retired)
Peg O'Herron Immediate Past Chair; Sears Management (retired)
Bob Healy Credit Manager, Unocal, (reitred)
Jill Liska Sergent & Lundy
Michael MaRous President, Marous and Company
Jim Meyer Attorney
Sara McKitrick Berkshire Hathaway Home Koenig/Rubloff
Fred Sasser CEO, Sasser Family Holdings, Inc.
Jolene Wise-Silverman Attorney, SEC
Richard Spatafora Oak Leaf Sales
Steve Wilson Wilson Dow Group
Avenues Foundation Board
Board Chair - Fred Sasser, CEO, Sasser Family Holdings, Inc.
Amy Bergren, MB Financial
Paul Carlisle, Wintrust, Excutive Vice President
Clarence Herbst, Resinoid Engineering (retired)
Jerry Feldman, Callendar Trails LLC
Joseph Keenan, Attorney
Curt Rodin, Anesi Ozman Rodin Novak and Kohen Ltd
Robert Washlow, Bay West Management LLC
Avenues Partnership Boards - More Info ยป
Chicago Partnership Board
Chair, Diana Olivo, Nouryon
Immediate Past Chicago Board Chair, Lauren Barron, BMO Harris Bank
Kara Allcox, Community volunteer
Chad Andrulonis, Fifth Third Bank
Amy Bergren, BMO Harris Bank
Joe Bertoni, Morgan Stanley
Matthew Blohm, Salesforce
Paul Carlisle, Wintrust Financial
Karen Clarke, PepsiCo Chicago (retired)
Laura Dribin, Peritius Consulting, Inc.
Jerry Feldman, Callander Trails, LLC
Eldon Ham, Eldon L. Ham, P.C.
Ryan Jalowiecki, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Gina LoCacciato, Sasser Family Holdings
Susan Matejka, HUB International
Collin Sasser, Rush Health
Amanda Scott, TCF Bank
Brian Stewart, The Keystone Group
Julie Carlisle Streu, Wintrust Financial
Jolene Wise Silverman, SEC
Suburban Partnership Board
Chair, Susan Feldman
Dirk Ahlbeck, Sassetti
Bob Border, Coveris
Cheryl Border, Community volunteer
Marc J. Blumenthal, Attorney
Ed Coyne, Coyne and Company
Jerry Hoglund, Hoglund Associates
Kathy Korsch, Lawson Products, Inc.
John Sasser, Sasser Consulting, Inc.
Joel Shoolin, Advocate Medical Group
Anne Skoronski, US Bank
Tom Villano, Villano Interiors
Cindy Walsh, Community volunteer
Jamie Zimmerman, Community volunteer
