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 believe that all working women deserve economic security, and getting involved with Women Employed allows me to be part of the solution.”
– Lydia Bueschel
Holly Bartecki
Executive Vice President, Creative & Strategic Development, Jasculca Terman
Lisa Battisfore
Marketing Director for Medical Exam and Disposable Gloves, Cardinal Health
Lydia Bueschel
Partner, Valentine Austriaco & Bueschel, P.C.
Nakita Burrell
Treasurer
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Ada S. McKinley Community Services
Johanna Danz
Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase
Leslie Darling
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Art Institute of Chicago
Cherita Ellens
President & CEO, Women Employed
Beata Kirr
National Managing Director – Head of Private Client Core Asset Strategies, Bernstein Global Wealth Management
Marjorie Loeb
Secretary
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Manjari G. Malkani, M.D
Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Group
Jennifer Mason
Vice Chancellor for Legislative & Community Affairs, City Colleges of Chicago
Ambar Mentor-Truppa
Co-Chair
Vice President of Communications, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Katina Panagopoulos
Vice President, Wintrust Commercial Banking
Lisa J. Pattis
President, Next Chapter Holdings, LP
Anjali Reddy
Director, Internal Communications, Grainger
Elena Robinson
Head of Production, OKRP
Diana Sharpe
Vice President, Economic & Workforce Development
ComEd
Meghan Shehorn
Partner; Managing Partner, Chicago Office, Bain & Company
Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi
Chair
Deputy General Counsel, JBT Corporation
Rachelle Whitacre
Director, Regulatory Affairs,
Nicor Gas
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