OuR Alumni BECOME
CIVIC LEADERS
Our impact extends beyond our platforms—it is multiplied by the civic leaders who grow through working with us. Civic Consulting Alliance’s staff work closely with high-level public and private sector officials to form a deep understanding of the most important issues of the day and develop plans to address them.
This is more than valuable experience—it often inspires a lifelong passion for service that impacts Chicago long past the end of an individual project. Because of our unique scope and access, we are an incubator for Chicago’s next generation of civic leaders.
Christina Anderson
Chief of Staff
Michigan Department of State
Elaine Armstrong
Independent Consultant
“During my time at Civic Consulting Alliance I worked on impactful issues such as creating an Economic Development strategy for Cook County government, transforming Healthcare education at the City Colleges and developing recommendations for City Council to better support working families. Skills like crafting hypothesis-based solutions were honed on these projects, plus the incredible network of civic leaders with whom I consistently interacted prepared me for my current role leading social impact work on a regional basis for a Fortune 30 company. Because of Civic Consulting Alliance, Chicago engages in cross-sector collaboration like no other city in the nation.”
– Steven E. Shaw, Community Engagement Director Policy, Responsible Business, Legal & Security (PRLS), Verizon
Ann Bruton
Policy Lab Senior Operations Manager
Elemental Excelerator
Brian Battle
Vice President – Industrial Business Unit
PSG
Christopher Bordoni
Principal
Bordoni & Company
Senior Lecturer of Strategy & Business Economics
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
Paul Bourdillon
Hospitalist
University of Washington
Erica Bredle
Kelsey Burr
Financial Market Utilities Supervision & Regulation
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Reena Burt
Joanna Cannizzaro JD
Kirsten Carroll
Ernesto Castelnuovo
Senior Vice President and Head of Specialized Risk Group
TransUnion LLC
Lincoln Chandler
Founder and President
Chandler Decision Services, LLC
Senior Advisor
Corporate Coalition of Chicago
Hilton Clark
Julia Clemons
Andrea Clinton
Senior Associate Brand Manager, Innovation
Kellanova
Celia Cockfield
Senior Associate
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Tracy Cohen
Michael Collins
Policy Analyst
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Daniel Comeaux
Transportation Planner 5
CDM Smith
Liz Coon
Global Manager, Global Social Responsibility
McKinsey & Company
Karen Corken
Principal, Knapp School & Yeshiva Jewish Child and Family Services
Elise Dagley
Gillian Darlow
Chief Executive Officer
Polk Bros. Foundation
Alfonso de Hoyos y Acosta
Consulting Director
Gartner
Stephanie Dolan
Independent Consultant
Alexandra Dumitriu
Bank Supervision
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Carol Elder
Independent Consultant
Carla Esteva
SVP Customer Experience
US Foods
Monique Etienne
Grants and Data Manager
Comer Family Foundation
Brian Fabes*
Managing Director
Corporate Coalition of Chicago
Rose Fealy
Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Society of Actuaries
Hannah Fine
Equity & Pro Bono Specialist
Foster Garvey PC
Damien Flynn
President and Chief Executive Officer
ACTS-Aviation Security
Kim Forte
Principal, Life Sciences
Deloitte
Janet Froetscher*
President
J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation
Christian Gallegos
Shoham Geva
Technical Project Manager
Community Tech Alliance
Leslie Glotzer
Manager
Kearney
Malika Graham-Bailey
Vice President of Program
Summer Search
Helen Hailes
PhD Candidate in Counseling Psychology
Boston College Lynch School
Michele Hallett
Melanie Halvorson
Vice President of Community Planning and Allocations
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Melissa Hamann
Partner
Diploma Equity Project
Michael Hanowsky
Director and Practice Lead - Data Analytics
Woolpert Strategic Consulting
Lecturer and Course Coordinator
University of California, Berkeley
Danielle Harbison
Executive Director
Black Chicago Tomorrow
Valerie Hegarty
Artist
Stuart Henige
Senior Manager, MassHealth Premium Assistance
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Beth Herzfeld
Wallace Hilke
Civil Rights Attorney
Loevy & Loevy Attorneys At Law
Christian Hines
Associate
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Brock Huebner
Associate Attorney
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Shruti Jayaraman
Chief Investments Officer
Chicago Beyond
Djenaba Kelly
Senior Advisor
Chicago Vibrant Neighborhoods Collective
Consultant
Bloomberg Associates
Jeff Kilpatrick
Partner
The Innova Group
Constance Kresge
Consultant, Chief of Staff
vChief
Donald Laackman
Adviser
Audentia Consulting
Allyson Laackman
Beth Kennedy
Director
Next Street
Sue Lawler, PhD, CPA, MBA
Assistant Director, Comprehensive and Innovative Faculty Development Programs
American College of Surgeons
Samuel Leiter
PhD Candidate, Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marisa Lewis
Chief Policy Officer and Board Liaison
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
Zhi Chen Lin
Alison Lo
Associate
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Phyllis Lockett*
Founder and Senior Advisor
LEAP Innovations
Constance McHugh Long
Management Consultant, Independent School Management
Luna Luna
Program Coordinator
Loyola University Chicago, Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility
Rasmus Lynnerup
Initiative Director and Assistant Vice Provost
Arizona State University
Cathrine Lynnerup
Owner
Pontomos
Charles McCartney
Head of Installer Ops & Strategic Initiatives
SPAN
Wendy McCullough
Independent Consultant
Nell McKitrick
Director of Operations, Center for Childhood Resilience
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Tom McKone
Chief Administrative Officer
Chicago Transit Authority
Jessica McMiller-Baptiste
Policy Advisor
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
N'Gai Merrill
Operating Partner
Value Investment Group, Inc.
Michael Modak-Truran
Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Lynne Moore
Executive Director
Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, The University of Georgia
Clare Munana*
President
Ancora Associates
Lydia Murray
Managing Director
Deloitte
Kevin Nigarura
Head of Client Services and Lead Strategist
Justice Informed
Alec Noggle
Product Manager, Call of Duty
Activision Blizzard
Destiny Ortega
Education Program Officer
Crown Family Philanthropies
Robert Owens
Director for Public Safety
Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
Lecturer
Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago
Sally Park
Zarina Parpia
Avani Patel
Senior Director, Digital Innovation
Northwestern Mutual PLEC
J. Patrick Patterson
Journalist
Eric Patton
Senior Advisor
Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
Dejah Powell
Deputy Organizing Director
Sunrise Movement
Alex Price
GPS Consultant
Deloitte
Nicole Rakers
Development Director
CompTIA Spark
Patrick Quinn
Daniel Reisner
General Partner
Pear Partners
Christine Richardson
Business Manager
First Mile Development
Kelly Ruppel
Executive Director
Fund For Wisconsin Scholars
Andrew Schwarm
Manager, Strategy and Analytics
Deloitte
Steven Shaw
Community Engagement Director – State Government Affairs
Verizon Wireless
Alexander Shermansong
Co-Founder
Culture Cascade
Pranav Sidhwani
Stacia Smith
Owner and President
Seabrook Smith
Haley Sonenthal
Strategy Manager
Deloitte Consulting
Lydia Sorensen
First Deputy, Mayor's Office of Community Safety
Chicago Office of The Mayor
Alex Spacht
Internal Medicine Resident
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Gary Spiece
Suzy Stock
Executive Assistant
Ancora Associates, Inc.
Daniel Thiel
Program Manager, Passenger Experience
Sound Transit
Associate
Vriens & Partners
Jessica Thiesen
US Customer Success Lead
Choco
Helena Thomas
Research Project Manager
Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (CORNERS)
Meosha Thomas
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
One Savvy Veteran
Yen-Li Thompson
Director of Operations
Functional Finance
Elikem Tomety Archer
Chief Program Officer
Global Citizen Year
Susan Tompkins
Consultant
ThreePoint Consulting
Chair of the Board of Directors
Explore Ecology
Carmen Tomshack Brenner
Marie Trzupek Lynch
Chief People Officer
Morningstar
Traci Udofia
Attorney
The Law Office of Traci Vinson
Kristen Uyemura
Senior Director, Chief of Staff (Commercial)
Rivian
Asheley Van Ness
Associate Director, Center on Public Safety & Justice + Economics, Justice & Society
NORC at the University of Chicago
Aliza Warwick
Operations Manager, Delivery Excellence
Airbnb
Owen Washburn
Founder & Principal
Piedmont Strategies LLC
Sara Wasserteil
Founder and Principal
Wasserteil Advisors
Dominique Williams
Director or Resource Development + Senior Development Officer, LISC National
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Kirstin Williams Smith
Program Officer
MIGMIR Fund
Ericka Woods
Farber Fellow
REDF
Richard Wu
Strategy Consultant
Deloitte
*Former Leader of Civic Consulting Alliance
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