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Board of Directors

Executive Leadership:

Chairperson:
David Larson
Regional President
Wintrust Financial

Vice Chairperson:
Stephanie Pierce
Founder
Bridge Builders

Secretary:
Bill Strons
Managing Shareholder
Huck Bouma PC 

Treasurer:
Mike Viola
Senior Vice President
RBS Citizens Bank

Members-at-Large

Laura Allen
Co-founder
Lives in Transition
Tim MacKenzie
Managing Director 
Merit Capital Partners
Joseph Hoff
Retired
HSBC, Financial Services 
 

Lainie Kennedy
Vice President of Human Resources
Surgery Partners
Ed Foreman
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Zed Francis
Retired
Bank of America

Chad Fischer
Principal & Director of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Engineering Systems Inc.

Coleman Tuggle
Principal
Triform, LLC 

Karen Wells
Owner
The Goddard School, Plainfield
Laura Jensen
Retired

Bridge Communities' Auto Donation Program helps client families get back on the road to self-sufficiency.  Donated vehicles help client families have safe transportation to get to work and to transport their kids to school and child care. In 2016, 29 cars were donated to Bridge client families.