The Cara Program is grateful to its vibrant Boards of Directors (both our governing board and our associate board of emerging leaders) for their gifts of creativity, their personal contributions and their true compassion for our students and our mission. Through our boards' efforts, we have a fiscally-sound and ever-nimble organization, capable of evolving its programs to meet the dynamic needs of our students and the communities in which they live.
Board of Directors
Mr. John Bennecke
Managing Director
True Partners Consulting LLC
Mr. Daniel Brennan
President
JD Development
Ms. Kristin Carlson Vogen
Senior Institutional Philanthropic Specialist / Philanthropic Management
Bank of America
Mr. Mark Carroll
Principal
Cognitive Capital
Ms. Katie Cunning
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations
CNA
Mr. Terry Diamond
BNY Mellon
Mr. Joe Hennessy
Managing Director
Resources Planning Group
Mr. Roger T. Hughes
Retired Chairman
DonTech Corporation
Mr. James Mabie
Principal
William Blair and Company
Ms. Rosanna Marquez
President
The Eleanor Foundation
Ms. Halleemah Nash
CEO and Chief Consultant
Legacy Venture Consulting
Mr. Michael Owens
Owner
MJO Asset Management
Mr. Thomas M. Owens (Chairman)
Vice President
Owens Foundation
Ms. Terri Runyon-Walker
Senior VP / HR Business Partner
Charter One Bank
Mr. Daniel Ryan
Managing Director
Jones Lang LaSalle
Mr. David J. Ryan
Managing Principal
Gray/Matters, Ltd.
Mr. William Steinmetz
Managing Director
BlueStar Ventures
Mr. Ron Zinnerman
Vice President, Community Relations
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mr. Eric Weinheimer (ex-officio)
President / CEO
The Cara Program
Associate Board
Patrick Biladeau
Private Equity Analyst
Baird Capital Partners
Iris Chae
Management Consultant
Accenture
John DiGiovanni
MBA Candidate
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Bela Gandhi
Owner
Smart Dating Academy
Robert Greskowiak (Secretary)
Senior Analyst of Financial Planning and Analysis
E. ON Climate & Renewables
Paige Hennessy (Event Chair)
Senior Associate, LEED Green Associate
CresaPartners
Betsy Issleib
Commercial Banking Officer
MB Financial Bank
Beth Kalisz-Todd (President)
President
Todd Legal Search Inc.
Carly Klein
Account Executive
Lockton Companies
Maja Kunzi
Senior Regulatory Compliance Coordinator
Renewables North America LLC
Mendy Mayo (Vice President)
Account Executive
UPS Freight Forwarding
Veronica Ponce
Human Resource Specialist
GUESS? Inc.
Kate Shanahan
Director, Recruitment and Staffing
New Teacher Project
Sarah Woolley
Credit Tenant Lease Associate
William Blair and Company

Some of our Associate Board members at our 2010 Cocktails and Careers Event
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- Armitage Baptist Church
- Calumet Area Industrial Commission
- Ravenswood Community Council
- Skilken
- Six Corners Association
- River North Businesses
- Various Private Groupon Customers
- 24th Ward TIF - North Lawndale
- 180° Property Services
- John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County
- Illinois Medical District Guest House
- Little Village Chamber of Commerce
- Illinois Medical District
- The Habitat Company
- Union League Club
- Scrub Inc.
- Oce Business Services, Inc.
- Charter One Bank
- Standard Bank
- Palmer House Hilton
- Hilton Chicago O'Hare
- Loretto Hospital
- Gate Gourmet
- Vacant Property Security
- Sodexo @ Northwestern
- Resurrection Healthcare
- Greyhound
- Hyatt Regency Chicago
- Hyatt Regency O'Hare
- Hyatt Regency McCormick
- Standard Parking
- JP Morgan Chase
- Securitas
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- Pierce and Associates
- Manpower
- Mercy Housing Lakefront
- Pitney Bowes
- Terrace Paper Company
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Cambridge Commercial Cleaning
- Center For Working Families
- Chicago Bulls
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Cleanslate
- Digby's Security
- Dyson, Inc.
- ABM Janitorial Services
- ACORN Housing
- Allied Barton Security Services
- ARAMARK
- Bank of America