Meet Our Advisory Board
Chairman
Partner Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Stephen Ritchie
President & CEO The Chicago Public Education Fund
Heather Y. Anichini
Chicago
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Civic Leader and Philanthropist
Rebecca Balyasny
Director The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation
Meredith Bluhm-Wolf
Executive Vice President, Global Credit Risk Chief Sustainability Officer, TransUnion
Hilary Chidi
Managing Director Robert W. Baird & Co.
C. Christopher Coetzee
Retired Co-CEO Apollo Group, Inc.
Charles B. Edelstein
Co-Chief Executive Officer Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Paul J. Finnegan
Executive Chairman of the Board Wheels, Inc.
James S. Frank
Director Asutra
Kate Gilligan
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, Inc. Wishbone Management, LP
John Harris
Chief Executive Officer Morningstar
Kunal Kapoor
President Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Michael L. Keiser
Partner & Managing Director Boston Consulting Group
Emily Kos
Vice Chairman Robert W. Baird & Co.
C.H. Randolph Lyon
Director Mansueto Foundation
Rika Mansueto
Former Chairman and CEO Mondelez International
Irene B. Rosenfeld
Principal and Director of Social Emotional Learning North Shore Academy Middle and High School
Kendra Wallace
Houston
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Executive Director Zell Family Foundation
Helen Zell
Leadership Circle
In 2020, we launched the Leadership Circle, a new board that serves as a pipeline for diverse executive board leaders for the education sector, just as Teach For America serves as a pipeline for the sector overall. Members get matched with mentors from our Advisory Board and build landscape knowledge and connections to nonprofit leaders through quarterly events. If you’re interested in learning more, reach out to Mirana Bass at Mirana.Bass@teachforamerica.org.
Daniel Guerin
Jessica Harmon
Doug Henry
Alexandra Kier
Brian Malkin
Luke Marker
Matt McKee
Kim Nemirow
Nisaini Rexach
Ardis Tabb
Drew Tannenbaum
Auxiliary Board
THE AUXILIARY BOARD is a group of young professionals dedicated to supporting Teach For America’s efforts to eliminate educational inequity in our region. They do this through fundraising, outreach, and direct engagement with corps members and alumni in schools and classrooms. The board is composed of 20 rising leaders in education, finance, law, medicine, and business. Half are Teach For America alumni. If you’re interested in learning more, reach out to Trinity Johnson at Trinity.Johnson@teachforamerica.org.
Luke Beasley
David Beck
Jill Bhalakia
Will Coleman
Michael Conroy
Paige Gawrys
Alex Gentile
Jessica Gibson
David Gordon
Winston Gu
Jade Jenkins
Laura Knittle
Katie Lencioni
Michael Mo
Matt Munfakh
Austin Piech
Evan Rodrigues
Dante Roldan - Board Chair
Brittany Rustad
Megan Schaff
Simona Stancov
Lauren Varnas
Harron Young
Max Zwolan