Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors provides guidance and counsel to LISC Chicago. The Board’s purview includes policy development and strategic planning; budget and finance; credit review and supervision; and fundraising.

Board members are selected on the basis of their engagement in community development matters in the metro Chicago area. They are:

Richard Sciortino, Brinshore Development, LLC (Chair)

Laura Auwerda, PNC Bank - Illinois

Tom Bush, Wells Fargo

Julie Chavez, Bank of America

Audra Hamernik, Illinois Housing Development Authority

Lori Healey*, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority 

Robert Jank*, Northern Trust

Bernita Johnson-Gabriel*, City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor

Jeffrey S. Kunkel, JPMorgan Chase

Betty T. Latson, U.S. Bank

Nathan Linsley, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

John G. Markowski, Community Investment Corporation

Karin Norington-Reaves, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership

Louise Perrin, State Farm Insurance

Terry Peterson, Rush University Medical Center

John Petrovski, BMO Harris Bank

Howard C. Pizer*, United Center Joint Venture/Chicago White Sox

David Reifman, Chicago Department of Planning and Development 

Hipolito Roldan, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation

Lori Flores Rolfson, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas

Juan Salgado, City Colleges of Chicago

Anne-Marie St. Germaine, Resolute Consulting

Shelley Stern Grach, Microsoft Corporation

David Vitale*, Urban Partnership Bank

Thomas O. Weeks, Lend Lease

*Executive Committee of Board