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Board of Directors

Executive Leadership:

Chairperson:
Laura Jensen
Retired
Motorola

Vice Chairperson:
Sara Stolmeier
EVP, People & Development
McMaster-Carr Supply Co.

Secretary:
Bill Strons
Managing Shareholder
Huck Bouma PC 

Treasurer:
Robert Mitchum
Retired CEO
Network Services Company


Members-at-Large

Loretta Abrams
Retired Senior VP
HSBC North America
Greg Crawford
SVP, Human Capital Management
Assured Partners Illinois
Matt Dmytryszyn
Chief Investment Officer
Telemus
Matt Doucet
Executive Vice-President, CE&A Group
Wintrust
Chad Fischer, Ph.D. 
Principal & Director of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Engineering Systems Inc
Kathy Madigan
VP, Assistant General Counsel
Ulta Beauty
Joli Murphy
Institutional Consulting Relationship Manager
Graystone Consulting
Ann Pitcher
Founder
Pitcher Communications

Carl VanDril
Retired Divisional VP
Health Care Service

The vast majority of our families are headed by single moms. Their average age is 29. Last year, while at least 68% of those who entered our program have at least some postsecondary school if not higher education degrees, their average income at entry was $14/hour - well below a living wage.