Our Board of Trustees
Our board’s tireless commitment and passion for our mission keeps Brightpoint fiscally healthy and thriving. With their stewardship, we are supported to create and implement meaningful, impactful, and sustainable programs that advance us towards our vision.
Board of Trustees
Officers
Sheri Hawkins
Vice Chair
Sharde "Dee" Armstrong
Secretary
Tim Ruby
Treasurer
Alan Conkle
Immediate Past Chair
Alan Conkle
Immediate Past Chair
Trustees
Gary Ahlquist
Retired, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC
Steve Anderson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Arthur Anderson
Power of Fathers Program
Sharde "Dee" Armstrong
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Renee Bell
Russell Reynolds Associates
George Bermingham
Retired, Brown Brothers Harriman
Suzanne Bernard
Northern Trust Asset Management
Sean Blair
Mutare Software
Claudia Calvo-Parra
Parent Advisory Board, Bloomington Crisis Nursery
Kelleye M. Chube
Illinois Commission on Equity & Inclusion
Alan Conkle
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC
James Corkery
Retired, Wintrust
Heather Fine
Major, Lindsey & Africa
Fellicia Foster
BMO Harris
Charlie Gofen
Gofen and Glossberg, LLC
Sheri Hawkins, CFA
Northern Trust Asset Management
Gloria Hicks
Community Lifeline Advocacy Center
Jill Huletz
Bank of America
Daniel Johnson, MD
University of Chicago Medicine
Walter Katz
Arnold Ventures
Christine Leahy
CDW Corporation
Daniel Lewis
Chair Southern Regional Board
Wendy Mamola
Chair, Head Start Parent Policy Council
Erin McInerney
Retired EVP, BMO Harris
Amber Mercier
IES Abroad
James W. Mitchell, M.D.
Comer Children's Hospital, UChicago Medicine
Thomas Murphy
Retired Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery
Tracy Patkunas
Chair, Central Regional Board
Nathan (Nate) Pietrini
High Jump
Aisha Ray
Erikson Institute
Chanel Robinson
Little City Foundation
Timothy J. Ruby
J.P. Morgan Chase
Michael Sennett
Water Quality Association
Beverley A. Sibblies
Independent Financial Services
Mark Tresnowski
Madison Dearborn Partners
Hannah Warmanen
Carelon
Bradley Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture & Nutrition Service
Dana Williamson
Lincoln International
Paul Wood
Co-Founder (Retired), Madison Dearborn Partners
Amy Doehring
Akerman LLP
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