Board of Directors
They enlist friends, family, and colleagues; chair committees; host meetings; provide fiduciary oversight; strategize; and generously provide support, guidance, time, talent, and treasure.
“I’m proud to serve as Women Employed’s Board Chair. Despite immense challenges, WE has worked tirelessly to ensure all women can emerge from this pandemic stronger, better supported, and more financially secure.”
– Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi
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Cynthia Alfaro
Transformational Leader
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Kate Attea
Founder & Managing Partner, Aim & Arrow
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Sepora Badower
Financial Advisor, Bernstein Private Wealth Management
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Holly Bartecki
Secretary
Executive Vice President, Creative & Strategic Development, Jasculca Terman
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Teresa Becvar
Partner, Stephan Zouras, LLP
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Nakita Burrell
Treasurer
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Ada S. McKinley Community Services
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Shawna Dodds
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Cherita Ellens
President & CEO, Women Employed
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Kate Everson*
Communications Specialist, Boeing
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Ausannette García-Goyette
Program Officer, Irving Harris Foundation
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Caroline Greenberg
Senior Associate, PSP Growth
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Pamela Haney
President, Moraine Valley Community College
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Kate Kiselyk
Director, Supplier Diversity, Nicor Gas
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Marjorie Loeb
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
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Jennifer Mason
Vice Chancellor for Legislative & Community Affairs, City Colleges of Chicago
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Nia C. Mathis
Vice President, Responsible Business
![Ambar Mentor-Truppa](https://womenemployed.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AmbarMentorTruppaHeadshot-150x150.jpg)
Ambar Mentor-Truppa
Director, Communications, MacArthur Foundation
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Carrie Garcia Palmer
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, R1 RCM Inc.
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Katina Panagopoulos
Vice President, Wintrust Commercial Banking
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Diana Sharpe
Vice President, Large Customer Operations, ComEd
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Meghan Shehorn
Vice Chair
Partner; Managing Partner, Chicago Office, Bain & Company
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Lauren Smith
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Joanna Trotter
Executive Director/Senior Program Officer, JPMorgan Chase
![Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi](https://womenemployed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LynnWatkinsAsiyanbi2023-150x150.jpg)
Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi
Chair
SVP, Chief Administrative & Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, CECO Environmental Corporation
*Board Fellow, non-voting
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