Meet the Board of Directors

Peter Vilim, Chairman - Co-founder, Waterton
Richard Sciortino, Vice Chairman - Principal, Brinshore Development, LLC
Linda Kallas, Treasurer - Community Leader
Mark Hennessy, Secretary - Retired, IBM
Gina Berndt - Managing Director, Chicago, Perkins & Will
Jim Brandt - Retired, Consultant to Nonprofits
Joyce Coffee - CEO/Executive Director, Family Rescue, Inc.
Mathew Dougherty - Executive Vice President and Regional Manager, McShane Construction
David Dunning - Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Advisor, U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
Frank Falbo - Partner, Mayer Brown
Nancy Hanson - Community Volunteer, founder of The Boulevard Medical Respite Center
Jackie Holsten - SVP and General Counsel, Holsten Real Estate Development Corporation
Michelle Mills Clement - CEO, Chicago Association of REALTORS
Patricia Montgomery - Community Volunteer, Person of Lived Experience
Denis Pierce - Senior Managing Attorney, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
Kathy Ragnar - Executive Director, Sarah’s Circle
Leticia Reyes-Nash - Director of Programmatic Services and Innovation, Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Smiti Sharma - Associate Partner, Digital and Analytics, McKinsey & Co.
Lisa Stone Pritzker - Community Volunteer
Gwendolyn Turner - Community Volunteer, Person of Lived Experience

Meet the Staff

Sonya Allen, Accounting Coordinator, 312-379-0301 x161
Ask me about: nonprofit accounting, rapid re-housing & rental assistance payment processing

Melissa Anson, Development and Communications Manager, 312-379-0301 x127
Ask me about: Sponsorships, events, grants, Ambassadors Network, Board of Directors

Lynette Barnes, Senior Program Manager, 312-379-0301 x117
Ask me about: Emergency financial assistance, homelessness prevention

Ian Bialach, Development and Communications Associate, 312-379-0301 x126
Ask me about: Making a gift, donor acknowledgements, prospect research

Cindy Brown, Executive Administrative Assistant, 312-379-0301 x209
Ask me about: All Chicago Board of Directors, President & CEO

Max Burns, HUD/CoC Program Coordinator, 312-379-0301 x149 
Ask me about: HUD CoC, Youth Line of Action

Anna Carvlin, System Implementation Specialist, 312-379-0301 x154

Arun Challa, Database Information System Administrator, 312-379-0301 x145
Ask me about: Data Management Systems, HMIS Data, coding

Chequita Cobbins, Program Associate, 312-379-0301 x168
Ask me about: Emergency financial assistance, Student emergency fund

Bridget Doveatt, CoC Coordinator - Coordinated Entry, 312-379-0301 x122
Ask me about: Coordinated Entry, coordinated entry assessments, program compliance

Jennifer Fabbrini, Senior Program Coordinator - Monitoring and Technical Assistance, 312-379-0301 x130
​Ask me about: CoC Programs, education and homelessness

Melanie Felt, Rapid Re-housing Housing Locator, 312-379-0301 x155
Ask me about: Landlord participation in the Rapid Re-housing program

Alexander Fuller, Systems Coordinator, 312-379-0301 x297
Ask me about: HMIS Help Desk, HMIS trainings, system procedures

Ashley Ganbold, Director of Finance, 312-379-0301 x132
Ask me about: Program accounting, program budgets, audits, financial statements

Steve Gaydos, CPA, Chief Financial and Operations Officer, 312-379-0301 x118
Ask me about: Nonprofit finance, Finance Committee, financial efficiencies

Megan Hamann, Program Associate, 312-379-0301 x138
Ask me about: Emergency financial assistance, chronic homelessness, youth homelessness​

Rose Hughes, MBA, MHRM, SHRM-CP, Human Resources Manager, 312-379-0301 x110
Ask me about: Hiring, staff onboarding, professional development, payroll

Janiece Johnson, Program Associate, 312-379-0301 x158
Ask me about: Rapid Re-housing

Karen Kowal, Continuum of Care Director, 312-379-0301 x143
Ask me about: City-wide partnerships to end homelessness, HUD CoC funding, working with Medicaid Managed Care organizations

Keri H. Lowder, Vice President of Development and Communications, 312-379-0301 x111
Ask me about: Fundraising and communications

Anne Marquez, Grants Manager, 312-379-0301 x159
Ask me about: Grant proposals and reports

Julie A. McKelphin, MSNM, Senior Program Associate
Ask me about: Emergency financial assistance, chronic homelessness, youth homelessness​

Yejide Muhammad, Accounts Payable Associate, 312-379-0301 x160
Ask me about: Program and nonprofit accounting

Salvador Munoz, System Implementation Manager, 312-379-0301 x151 
Ask me about: Database helpdesk, data administration, coding, community organizing

Doug Nichols, Data and Evaluation Manager, 312-379-0301 x156
Ask me about: All Chicago research

Elizabeth Perez, Continuum of Care Senior Program Manager, 312-379-0301 x120
Ask me about: Point-in-Time Count, Housing Inventory Count, ending youth homelessness

Matthew Robinson, Training Coordinator, 312-379-0301 x121
​Ask me about: HMIS trainings and other capacity building opportunities

Carolyn K. Ross, President & Chief Executive Officer, 312-379-0301 x115
Ask me about: Non-profit management, All Chicago Board of Directors, strategic planning

Kimberly Schmitt, Director of Data and Analytics, 312-379-0301 x123​
Ask me about: Data dashboards, data visualization, ending veteran homelessness

Paul Schmitz, Manager of Information Services, 312-379-0301 x150
Ask me about: The HMIS Helpdesk, troubleshooting HMIS issues

Margaret Smith, Program Manager, 312-379-0301 x135
Ask me about: Moving rapidly from shelter into housing, landlord engagement, SOAR

Sharan Subramaniyan, Lead Statistical Data Analyst, 312-379-0301 x152
Ask me about: HMIS reporting, data analysis

Padma Thangaraj, Vice President of Information Services and Analytics, 312-379-0301 x116
Ask me about: Data management systems, Homeless Management Information System, using data to drive decision making

Dave Thomas, Vice President of Community Partnerships, 312-379-0301 x112
Ask me about: Chicago Continuum of Care, Emergency Fund programs

Torelen Winbush, Training Coordinator, 312-379-0301 x157
Ask me about: All Chicago trainings, training calendar, The Learning Center

Leturyurin Woods, Senior Program Coordinator, 312-379-0301 x114
Ask me about: Rental Assistance, housing inspections, Student Emergency Fund

Adina Young, MA, Communications Manager (CoC), 312-379-0301 x167
Ask me about: Communications line of work for Continuum of Care, All Chicago website, CoC emails

At All Chicago, we actively work to create inviting spaces for all individuals and want to ensure we are using language that is respectful and affirming for individuals we come in contact with. As a part of that effort, we make space for individuals to identify what pronouns they use.