Board of Directors
High Jump’s Board of Directors is a diverse and dedicated group of individuals working to expand the accessibility of our academic enrichment program to talented and motivated middle school students with limited family income.
Officers
Chair:
KATIE BARBER
Vice President:
WILKINGSON GERMAIN
Senior Investment Officer
Ventas
Treasurer:
CINDY O’CONNOR
Secretary:
MARIANA INGERSOLL
Immediate Past Chair:
NICOLE MANN
DIRECTORS
JOHN AKALAONU, Cohort 4
Senior Vice President, Customer Delivery
CDK Global
OMID BAÑUELOS, Cohort 10
Associate
Williams & Connolly, LLP
PAMELA BLESS
MARC CERONE
Director
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP
DAVID CHAZEN
Managing Director
Chazen Capital Partners
SARAH COBB
SARAH COGSWELL
Senior Vice President
Jones Lang LaSalle
VINCENT COZZI
RANDALL DUNN
Head of School
Latin School of Chicago
MARY FIFIELD
Senior Vice President
Brookfield Asset Management
JAMIE-CLARE FLAHERTY
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Obama Foundation
TIM FRIEDMAN
Principal
Heracles LLC
ARLA GOMBERG
PAM GORDON
SHELLEY GREENWOOD
Assistant Head of School
Latin School of Chicago
CYNTHIA HEUSING
LENA JESSEN
PRISCILLA KERSTEN
President
Square One Foundation
ERIK KING
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
DAVID J. KOO
Senior Advisor
RoundTable Healthcare Partners
KAREN KREHBIEL
Partner
Berger Schatz
KERRIE MALONEY LAYTIN
JOHN G. LEVI
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
DENEESE WALIA LEVIN
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis
SONYA MALUNDA
President
Associated Colleges of the Midwest
THOMAS MEYERS
Head of Client Solutions, Americas
Aviva Investors
ANNA MEYTINA-LURYE
DARA MILNER
Educational Consultant
PHILIP NEVELS, Cohort 5
Director of Corporate Strategy
AES
HEIDI ORTOLAZA-ALVEAR, Cohort 10
Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
Esperanza Health Centers
GEORGY ANN PELUCHIWSKI
ABIGAIL PHELPS
Owner
Club Pilates
JANET RAUSCHENBERGER
SCOTT B. ROSE
Investment Manager
Rose Investors, LLC
STEPHANIE ROSS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
CHERYL RUDBECK
DIANE SALTOUN
Executive Inspector General
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
NATALIE SPADACCINI ROSENBERG
KIM TAYLOR
Vice President and General Counsel
University of Chicago
ERRETT VAN NICE
Managing Director
UBS Private Wealth Management
RAMON VILLALPANDO, Cohort 5
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Diana Aixalá
Richard J. Almeida
Bill Barker
Sally Carton
Paula H. Crown
Charles S. Gofen
Frank Hogan
Langdon D. Neal
Annmarie Neumeier
Eleanor Nicholson
Richard Rothkopf
Todd A. Smith
Tina Wardrop