Board of Directors
High Jump’s Board of Directors is a diverse group dedicated to expanding the accessibility of our academic enrichment program to talented and motivated middle school students with limited family income.
Chair:
MARY FIFIELD
Founder
Mary Fifield Consulting
Vice President:
NICK SHIELDS, Cohort 6
Deputy Chief of Staff - Communications
Office of the President, Cook County
Co-Treasurers:
CINDY O'CONNOR
SOPHIA LADOUCEUR
Vice President, Corporate Finance
Ventas, Inc.
Secretary:
Shelley Greenwood
Directors
FARAH ADHI
SONIA ANTOLEC, Cohort 7
Judge, Illinois Court of Claims
General Counsel, The 1937 Group
OMID BAÑUELOS, Cohort 10
Corporate Counsel
Amazon.com Inc.
KATIE BARBER
JENNY BEKKERMAN
Attorney & Strategist
Think JBA
SHANELLE BROWN
ERICA CHANDRASEKHAR
JYMME CHAOUKI
PRAB CHAWLA
Managing Director
Linden Capital Partners
DAVID CHAZEN
Managing Director
Chazen Capital Partners
GINA CHEN, Cohort 13
YENY CIBOROWSKI
Senior Associate General Counsel
Enova International, Inc.
SARAH COBB
VINCENT COZZI
DENNIS DAUGHTRIDGE
KAREN DUNCAN
MEG FREY
Partner
Winston & Strawn
TIM FRIEDMAN
Principal
Heracles LLC
SONAL GANDHI
ARLA GOMBERG
PAM GORDON
CHRISTINA GREVISKES
Account Executive
Google
MARIANA INGERSOLL
KRISSAN JENNINGS
LENA JESSEN
ERIK KING
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
KERRIE MALONEY LAYTIN
JOHN G. LEVI
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
ERIC LIU
Partner & Portfolio Manager
Harris Associates
NICHOLE LOPEZ-TACKETT
Partner
Ropes & Gray
KIM LYNCH
Retired General Counsel
West Monroe Partners
NICOLE MANN
THOMAS MEYERS
SVP, Senior Director of Investments and Strategy Development
Franklin Templeton
DARA MILNER
Educational Consultant
PHILIP NEVELS, Cohort 5
Director of Corporate Strategy
AES
HEIDI ORTOLAZA-ALVEAR, Cohort 10
CEO
IWS Family Health
GEORGY ANN PELUCHIWSKI
Partner
Greenwich Leadership Partners
STEPHANIE ROSS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
DIANE SALTOUN
Executive Inspector General
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
ERRETT VAN NICE
Managing Director
UBS Private Wealth Management
Directors Emeriti
Diana Aixalá
Richard J. Almeida
Bill Barker
Sally Carton
Paula H. Crown
Charles S. Gofen
Priscilla Kersten
Langdon D. Neal
Annmarie Neumeier
Eleanor Nicholson
Richard Rothkopf
Todd A. Smith
Tina Wardrop