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