FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS

Peter O’Brien
MADO Healthcare, President

The Hon. Sara Feigenholtz
Illinois General Assembly, Senator

Mark lshaug
Thresholds, President & CEO

Teresa Garate
Gateway Foundation, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Engagement

Lorrie Rickman-Jones
Senior Executive in Population Health

Rock Marasco
Owner, School of Rock, Shorewood

 

FOUNDING ADVISORS

Former Chief Justice Anne Burke
Illinois Supreme Court Justice

Ronald Grais
Sugar, Felsenthal, Grais & Hammer LLC

Laurence Msall (deceased)
Civic Federation of Chicago, President

Mark Mroz
MADO Healthcare, Vice President

 

FRIENDS OF THE KENNEDY FORUM

Heather Alderman
President, Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation

Honorable Steven Andersson
Illinois General Assembly, House of Representatives (R-65th District, Retired)

Lindsey Artola
Vice President, Sage Health Strategy

John Atkinson
Managing Partner, Willis Towers Watson

The Honorable Patricia Bellock
Illinois General Assembly, House of Representatives (R-47th District, Retired)

Norman R. Bobins
Chairman, ThePrivateBank; Norman Bobins Consulting, LLC

Carey Carlock
Chief Executive Officer, Riveredge Hospital

Dr. Colleen Ciccetti
Pediatric Psychologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Clayton Ciha
President & CEO, Senior VP Behavioral Health Institute, AMITA Health

Gary Cohen
Co-President, Employee Resource Systems, Inc.

Patrick Corrigan, Psy.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology

Dr. John Csernansky
Gilman Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich
Archdiocese of Chicago

The Honorable Lee Daniels
House of Representatives (R-40th & 46th Districts, Retired); Attorney and Owner, Lee Daniels & Associates, LLC

Rich Daniels
Owner and Musical Director, City Lights Orchestra/Local 10-208 Chicago Federation of Musicians

Michael Darcy
Retired President and CEO, Gateway Foundation

The Honorable Tom Dart
Cook County Sheriff

Kathe Dellacecca
Director, Ambulatory Behavioral Health, Advocate Physician Partners

Paul Dillon
Vietnam Veteran; Accenture Visiting Professor of the Practice, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Reverend Scott Donahue
President & CEO, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls

The Honorable Jim Durkin
House Minority Leader, Illinois General Assembly, House of Representatives (R-82nd District)

Bernard Dyme
President & CEO, Perspectives Ltd.

John Edelman
Head of Global Citizenship, Edelman

Tim Egan
President & CEO, Roseland Community Hospital

Judy Erwin
Managing Director, Kivvit

Joe Feldman
Joseph Feldman Associates

The Honorable Kim Foxx
Cook County State’s Attorney

The Honorable Robyn Gabel
Illinois General Assembly, House of Representatives (D-18th District)

Mary Garrison
Professor, Millikin University

Dr. Larry Goodman
Former President & CEO, Rush University Medical Center

Christie Hahn
Population Health Specialist Lead, Aetna Better Health

Samantha Handley
President & CEO, Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare

Pastor Christopher Harris
Pastor, Bright Star Church Chicago; Founder, The Urban Resilience Network

The Honorable Karen Hasara
Former Mayor of Springfield, Illinois

Bill Heffernan
Co-Founder, ScreenSafe, Inc.

Alexa James
Executive Director, NAMI Chicago

Erica Jeffries
Chief of Staff, Worldwide Global Services, Johnson & Johnson

Dr. Robin Jones
Medical Director, Harmony Health Plan, Inc.

Dr. David Kemp
Co-Medical Director of Behavioral Health Service line, Advocate Health Care

Dr. Larry Kroll
President & CEO, Family Guidance Centers

Kara Kukfa
Chief of Staff, The Kennedy Forum

Dr. Anand Kumar
Department Head and Lizzie Gilman Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychiatry

The Honorable Lou Lang
Illinois General Assembly, House of Representatives (D-16th District, Retired)

Mimi LeClair
President & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago

Connie Lindsey
Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Diversity & Inclusion, Northern Trust

Patrick Magoon
President & CEO, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Brandon Marshall
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, PROJECT 375; NFL wide-receiver

Mary Lou Mastro
President & CEO, Edwards-Elmhurst Health

Earl Melamed
Partner, Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg LLP

Steve Moore
Co-Chair, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; Partner, Rowland & Moore LLP

Dr. Orson Morrison
Director, DePaul University, Family & Community Services

Heather O’Donnell
Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy, Thresholds

Samantha Olds Frey
Executive Director, Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans

Kerry Peck
Managing Partner, Peck Ritchey, LLC

Paul Pendler, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine; Vice President, JPMorgan Chase

Daniel Perlman
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

Linda Price
Executive Vice President at Alliant/Mesirow Insurance Services

Beth N. Rom-Rymer, Ph.D.
Illinois Licensed Clinical Psychologist; President, Rom-Rymer and Associates

Jesse Ruiz
Partner, Drinker, Biddle & Reath

Jon Samuels
Partner, The Vistria Group

John Jay Shannon, M.D.

Gina Sharp
President, Linden Oaks

Elizabeth Simer
EOSimer LLC

Andrew Smith
President & Co-Founder, Impact Advisors

David Snyder
President & CEO, Economic Club of Chicago

Dr. Shastri Swaminathan

Karen Teitelbaum
President & CEO, Sinai Health System

Ross Westreich
Market Vice President, Humana

Dr. Cheryl Whitaker

Dr. Eric E. Whitaker
CEO, TWG Partners, LLC

A.J. Wilhelmi
President & CEO, Illinois Health & Hospital Association

Donna Zarcone
Retired President & CEO, The Economic Club of Chicago

The Honorable Kathryn Zenoff
Appellate Court Justice 2nd District, Illinois