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Ambassadors Board

The Ambassadors Board of Uniting Voices Chicago is a group of Chicago’s next generation of philanthropic leaders who collaborate on a range of events and initiatives to develop their skills as advocates for cultural diversity, while raising significant funds in support of our mission to inspire and change lives through music.

Interested in joining the Ambassadors Board? Contact Charlie Stock, Philanthropy Director, at cstock@unitingvoiceschicago.org.

Officers

Morrie Bossen
Chair
Managing Director, Investment Specialist, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Lauren Carey
Vice Chair
Director of Sales, Kehoe Designs

Sarah Fader
Vice Chair
Operations Manager, Impact House

Kayla DeSouza
Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Account Executive: Emerging Enterprise Higher Education, Workday

Jihan Dubose
Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Associate, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

Adam Adelstein
Co-Chair, Development & Events Committee
President, A&E Modular Homes

Will Ellis
Co-Chair, Development & Events Committee
Development Events Manager, Planned Parenthood Illinois

Dana Kuehn
Co-Chair, Development & Events Committee
Assistant Director, Leadership Annual Giving, University of Chicago

Karena Brown
Co-Chair, Community Engagement Committee
Registered Nurse Manager, Northwestern Medicine</p

Zach West
Co-Chair, Community Engagement Committee
Account Executive, View Chicago


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At Large

Erm Abebe
Partner, Private Equity / M&A at Benesch Law

David Adelstein
Associate, Stout

Hailey Allen
Rare Disease Marketer, Amgen

Azin Amiran
Senior Real Estate Broker, Jameson Sotheby's International Realty

Bailey Appleton
Vice President, Brand Partnerships, NowThis

Katie Ashcroft
US Product Recall Team Lead, McLarens

Michael Boyas
Manager, Merchandising Strategy, Harbor Freight Tools

Erin Broderick
US Head of Cross-Border Restructuring & Insolvency, Eversheds Sutherland

Allison Burman
Director Client Strategy, Twitch

Landon Campbell
Chicago General Manager, Drive Capital

Elise Castro
Global In House Consulting Senior Manager, Mars Snacking

Adam Damerow
Partner, Katten

Tayler Evan Daniels
Executive Compensation and Benefits Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP

Madeline Dowling
Senior Music Producer, Doner Advertising

Brittney Foxhall
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis

Chris Gerben
Talent Brand Creative and Campaigns, Dropbox

Meredith Gershenson
Demand Generation Lead, Navattic 

Christian Hall
Senior Digital Product Designer, Fifth Third Bank

Julianna Hirsh
Associate Consultant, Provisio Partners

Joe Koehneke
Founder, Bands on Brand, LLC

Lisa Laws
Chief Operating Officer, 1871

Jennifer McConnell
Senior Vice President, AlixPartners

Krista McDevitt
Marketing & Media Relations Consultant, Rhoeas Media

Shannon McGhee
Director of Community Impact and Engagement, mHUB

Raymond Melencio
Real Estate Broker/Realtor

Lily Nemeroff
Marketing and Operations Coordinator, Oil-Dri Corporation of America

Conley Pollard
Marketing Director, HCLTech

Mike Pope
Principal Consultant, Pope Coaching & Consulting; Executive Director & Founder, Forte Community Music Project

Sydney Price
Senior Manager, Sales Development, Newsela

Jackie Pruitt
Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP

Guy Rozentsveig
Vice President, Greenhill & Co., LLC

Deena Sadek
Program Developer, GEC Public Health

Neil Shah
Managing Director, Private Investments & Real Assets, Northwestern University

Elizabeth Smith
Search Coordinator, Raines International, Inc.

Mykel Vandenberg Nicholson
Director of Payor Partnerships, Homeward

Tyler Vandenberg
Vice President, National Employer & Strategic Solutions, Transcarent

Hana Visnawathan
Vice President, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Pat Waite
Vice President, M&A, Datasite

Mike Walker
Senior Entitlements Manager, Amazon

John Whiting
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group

Paige Wilson
Manager, Emergency Department, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Kristen Wuerl
Senior Development Associate, Principal Gifts at UChicago Medicine