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