Avenues' Leadership
Avenues to Independence Board of Directors
Chair - Eric Johnson BMO Harris Bank
Vice Chair - Jim Stonebridge Open Finance Holdings
Treasurer - Dirk Ahlbeck Apple Growth Partners
Secretary - Jacki Kimel L.I.C.A.(retired)
Stephen Kray - President and CEOAvenues to Independence
Robert OkazakiPresident/ CEO Emeritus Avenues to Independence
Allan Bartel Allegro Music (retired)
Matthew CoyneCoyne and Company Insurance
Molly Dietlin Community Advocate
Jeanne Doheny Park Ridge Public Schools (retired)
Susan Feldman Community Advocate
Tom GarceaRG Construction
Laura Krohn Adult Down Syndrome Center
James Meyer Attorney
Linda BuggyCommunity Advocate
Peg O'Herron Sears (retired)
Collin E. Sasser Rush Health
Fred Sasser Sasser Family Holdings Inc. (retired)
Steve WilsonWilson Dow Group
Avenues Foundation Board
Board Chair - Paul C. Carlisle, Wintrust Financial
Joseph D. Keenan, III, Attorney- Secretary
Amy Bergren, BMO Harris Bank- Treasurer
Glen Amundsen, Attorney
Allan Bartel- Allegro Music (retired)
Linda Buggy- Community Advocate
Fred Sasser, Sasser Family Holdings, Inc. Immediate Past Chair
Robert Washlow, Bay West Management LLC
Avenues Partnership Boards - More Info »
Chicago Partnership Board
Chair Ryan Jalowiecki, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Joseph Bertoni, Morgan Stanley
Matthew Blohm, Copy.ai
Suzana Bjelopetrovich, Nike
Paul C. Carlisle, Wintrust Financial
Karen Clarke, PepsiCo Chicago (retired)
Clark Gapen, FinThrive
Susan Matejka, HPS Chicago
Diana Olivo, Leica Microsystems
Collin E. Sasser, Rush Health
Brian Stewart, The Keystone Group
Suburban Partnership Board
Chair, Rick Cosgrove, Agency EA
Immediate Past Chair, Cindy Walsh, Community Advocate
Dirk Ahlbeck, Apple Growth Partners
Susan Feldman, Communit Advocate
Edward Coyne, Coyne and Company
Gina LoCacciato, Sasser Family Companies
John Sasser, Sasser Consulting, Inc.
Robert Skoronski, Board of Trade
Barbara Spiewak, Community Advocate
Therese Villano, Villano Interiors
Tom Villano, Villano Interiors
Jamie Zimmerman, Community Advocate
