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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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CCR’s governing Board of Directors consists of dynamic leaders from Chicago’s legal, banking, consulting, non-profit and government sectors.

OFFICERS

OFFICERS

Elizabeth Hermann Smith

President

Mayer Brown LLP

Jennifer L. Dressler

Vice President

Attorney, Psychotherapist, CCR Mediator

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Emily Harte

Treasurer

Oliver Wyman

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Katie Diggins

Secretary

Attorney, CCR Mediator

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​DIRECTORS

David H. Crawford

Attorney, Higher Education Consultant

Kate Kennedy

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Jenny Plagman

Jones Day

Jaime Simon

Sidley Austin LLP

Kyle Donash

Independent Consultant

Allison Margolies

Sperling Kenny Nachwalter

Justin F. Polach

Bischoff Partners LLC

Heidi Steiner

Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC

Ken Gunn

City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations

Jaran R. Moten

Phillips Lytle LLP

Morgan Rosenberg

Dispute Resolution Consultant and Adjunct Faculty, Loyola University Chicago 

Hon. Michael Zink

Circuit Court of Cook County

Aaron D. Harris

Michael Best Strategies LLC

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Erica Normand

Wintrust Bank

Anne Shaw

President, Shaw Legal Services, Ltd.

DIRECTORS
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Jeff Herbert

Real Estate Broker

Urban Living Properties

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Stacey Jonas Weiler

Illinois Bar Foundation 

Elizabeth van der Weide

Crowe LLP 

Logos of supporting organizations: United Way, Chicago Bar Foundation, Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, Polk Bros Foundation, and JAMS.

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