Axelson Center Advisory Board

Jan Arnold

CEO
Illinois Park and Recreation Association

Paula A. Banks-Jones

President & CEO
P.A. Banks Enterprises, Inc.

Christa Beall Diefenbach
Assistant Director
Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management

Joel D. Bookman
President
Bookman Associates

Jessica Bouboulis
Program Associate
Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management 

John Chikow
President and CEO
Greater North Michigan Avenue Association

David Dwight
President
Covenant Ministries of Benevolence

India Ehioba
Executive Director
Million Dollar Round Table Foundation

Gianfranco Farruggia
Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
North Park University

Marissa Filippo
Co-Chair
YNPN Chicago

Rick K. Fisk
President
Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc.

Jerry Fuller
Executive Director
Associated Colleges of Illinois

Robert Hirsch
Retired, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
North Park University

Renee Joiner
Chief of Staff
ChildServ

James Kales
President/CEO
Aspire

Anedra Kerr
Vice President of Development
Advocate Charitable Foundation

James Lemonides
Associate Director
Indo-American Center

Wesley Lindahl
Director, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
North Park University

Sandra Nelson

Vice President of Development
Elmhurst Memorial Health Care

Chris Nicholson
Director of Graduate Admissions
North Park University

Tim O'Brien
Principal
Mutuality Associates

Peter Persuitti

Executive Director, Religious & Nonprofit Practice
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Jamie Phillippe
Vice President of Development and Donor Services
The Chicago Community Trust

Ann Pinkney
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
Metropolitan Family Services

Leslie Ramyk
Executive Director
Ravenswood Health Care Foundation

Harold T. Rice, Jr.
Executive Director/CEO
Albany Park Community Center

Pier Rogers
Director
Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management

Kathy Schaeffer
Kathy Schaeffer and Associates, Inc.

Steve Strang
Co-Chair
YNPN Chicago

Kathryn M. Vanden Berk
Attorney
Bea & Vandenberk, Attorneys at Law

Crystal Williams
Program Manager
Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management

Amy Wishnick
President
Wishnick & Associates, LLC