Board of Directors

Ignacio Lopez, Ed.D
Board Chair
Deputy Provost
National Louis University

Sylvia Mojica-Castillo, PsyD, Board Vice Chair
Psychotherapist Consultant

Robert Pantoja
Board Treasurer
Market President - Hinsdale Market, BMO Harris Bank

Diana Maldonado
Board Secretary
Vice President- News Noticiero
Telemundo Chicago

Carmen Vega
Community Relations Director

NBCU Local Chicago

Eduardo Camacho
Retired

Anastasia O’Brien, JD
Vice President Grid Strategy, LUMA Energy ServCo, LLC

Monica Diaz
President & Principal, D&I-MD

Cheryl Cooke
Director, Dept. of Planning & Dev., Cook County, Illinois

**Ernesto Matias, Ed.D**
Former Education Officer
*Illinois State Board of Education*

JeNyce Boolton
VP, Midwest Region Community Affairs Manager, U.S. Bank

Cristina Vera
Founder & CEO
Vera Creative, Inc.

Founding Board Members

Edward Maldonado, Carlos Flores, Elidia Sarpy Fernandez, Mervin Mendez & Lucy Gomez

Other Past Board Members

Juan M. Mendez, David Doebler, Heriberto Ruiz, Edwin Rivera, Angelo Sanchez, Bibiana Suarez, Juan Calixto, Miguel Palacio, Antonio Curet, Sandra Fontanez Phelan, Rodrigo A. Sierra, Jose R. Sanchez, Rafael Colberg, Tino Soto, Reggie Reese, Chris McDonnell, Michelle Caraballo, Rey Gonzalez & Rosemary Wooley, Manuel Cuevas-Trisán