2008-2009 Axelson Center Advisory Board

Robert B. Acton
Executive Director
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic

Jimmie Alford
Founder and Chair
The Alford Group Inc.

Daniel Alvarez
Director of Government and Community Relations
Erie Center

David A. Anderson
President
TouchPointCare

Jan Arnold
Chief Management Officer
Department of Aviation - City of Chicago

Michael Avramovich
Associate Professor of Business, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
North Park University

Claudette G. Baker
Vice President, Library & Nonprofit Services
Donors Forum of Chicago

Noelle Baker
Assistant Director
Internships & Placement, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
North Park University

Paula A. Banks
President & CEO
P.A. Banks Enterprises, Inc.

Christa Beall
Assistant Director
Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management

Joel D. Bookman
President
Bookman Associates

William L. Braden
Retired - Chief Executive Officer
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago

Donald Cassiday
President
B-47 Stratojet Association of the United States

Kathy Chan
Policy Director
Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
Executive Co-Chair
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network-Chicago

John Chikow
Executive Director
IREM Foundation

David Dwight
President
Covenant Ministries of Benevolence

Gianfranco Farruggia
Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
North Park University

Gwen Ferguson
Director of Volunteer Services
Girl Scouts of Chicago

Rick K. Fisk
President
Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc.

Jerry Fuller
Executive Director
Associated Colleges of Illinois

Robert Hirsch
Professor of Management, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
North Park University

Robert V. Hotz
The Steier Group

LeRoy Johnson
President Emeritus
Covenant Trust Company

Roger Johnson
Executive Director
Metropolitan Family Services DuPage

Timothy A. Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc.

Yvette Jones
Sr. Manager for Chapter Performance
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America

Barbara Kemmis
Director of Member Services
American Theological Library Association

Anedra Kerr
Vice President of Development
Advocate Charitable Foundation

James Lemonides
Chief Executive Officer
Greater North Pulaski Development Corp.

Kathi Limoges
Executive Director
Family Counseling Service

Wesley Lindahl
Director, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
North Park University

Marcia Lipetz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Service Corps of Chicago

Dean Lundgren
Treasurer
Evangelical Covenant Church

Robert Mayer
Founding President and Board Member
Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation

Mike Mulqueen
Retired-Executive Director
Greater Chicago Food Depository

Sandra Nelson
Vice President of Development
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital

Chris Nicholson
Director of Graduate Admissions
North Park University

Mark Olson
Dean of Enrollment and Director of Church Relations
North Park University

Michael Organ
Executive Director
CharityGuide

Peter Persuitti
Executive Director, Religious and Nonprofit Practices
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Jamie Phillippe
Vice President of External Affairs
Museum of Science and Industry

Deborah Popely
President
Popely & Company, Inc.

Pier Rogers
Director
Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management

Kathy Schaeffer
Kathy Schaeffer and Associates, Inc.

Yesenia Sotelo
Membership Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Executive Co-Chair
YNPN Chicago

Tracey Starkovich
Program Manager
Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management

Phillip Thomas
Senior Program Officer
Chicago Community Trust

Anne Tucker
Principal
Melcher + Tucker Consultants

Kathryn M. Vanden Berk
Attorney
Law Offices of Kathryn Vanden Berk, LLC

Rick Yngve
Co-Director, Office of Alumni
North Park University