Our Team
Staff
Kimberly Townsend
Executive Director
Jessica Mater
Managing Director
Matt Gauen
Community Schools Program Manager
Raul Hernandez
Resource Coordinator, Hamline Elementary
Judy Marmolejo
Program Operations Specialist
Amy Thayer
Community Schools Program Specialist
Brianna Bealer
Site Coordinator, LEARN 8
Jessica Ingram
Site Coordinator, LEARN 8
Executive Board
Our Executive Board provides strategic and fiscal oversight, corporate partnerships and fundraising support.
Julie Ellafrits, Co-Chair
American Medical Association
Rocio Aldana, Co-Chair
Pholeo
Jon Corpman
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Evan Radomski
Madison Dearborn Partners
Amy Vondra
Southwind Industries
Jason Ivanitz
Eaton
Seli Cerda
United Airlines
Arthur Omilian
Shore Capital
Michael Wireko
Jeff Mirmelstein
Ben Folds
Northwestern Kellogg Board Fellow
(ex officio)
Kimberly Townsend
Executive Director
America SCORES Chicago
Jessica Mater
Managing Director
America SCORES Chicago
Development Board
Our Development Board provides event planning, marketing and PR support.
Adam Weiss
Will’s
Brian Bullington
Chicago Public Schools
Meredith Nelson
Chicago Bulls
Lewis Wang
Performant Capital
James Konigsberg
Bain Capital
Nikola Tepsic
Enfusion
Leandre Pestcoe
Deloitte
Grayson Vanderlinde
Bain Capital
