Board of Directors

Andy Bankert
Bain & Co.

Michael Buck, Board President
Driehaus Capital Management LLC

Clarence + Regena Carson
Chicago Public Schools; BP

Uma Chandrasekaran
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Jamie Cleghorn, Board Vice President
Bain & Co.

Ellen Feldman
Community Volunteer

Noam Frankel
Optimal Freight

Marlo Gaal
Ariel Investments

Andrew Gluck
Harris Associates

Jason Klein
HSA Commercial Real Estate, Inc.

Jonathan Kletzel
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Julie Lopez
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Stephanie Macakanja
BlackSheep General Store

Tracy Sefl, Board Secretary
Strategic Communications Consultant

Steven Shaw
Verizon

Peter Sheren
Goldman Sachs

Nalini Kotamraju
Salesforce

*Francis Graffeo
The People’s Music School

*Ex officio members

Advisors

For a complete list of our esteemed artistic, technology, and community advisors, please email info@peoplesmusicschool.org

Associate Board

Andrew Bentivoglio
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Arturo Evening
Freelance Music Producer

Amy Fernandez
Prudential Financial

Katie Gonzalez
Jane Addams Resource Corporation

Bill Graddy
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Sam Hansen
Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management

Steve Hueffner
Topel Forman

Sarah Jaffe
Baird & Warner

Brian Kim
Northwestern University

Ken Litton
Mu Sigma

Christian Luciano
Northwestern University

Dan Malnar
Docusign

Spencer Park
Facebook

Niki Patel
Reach Higher

Allegis Sant
Clark Construction Group, LLC

Yoni Sarason
Salesforce

Ana Trujillo
Sprout Social

Amy Tsuei
Walton Street Capital

Heather Williamson
FAME Center

Cici Zheng
ParkerGale

Julia Mendelsohn
Fundraising Professional

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