Board of Directors
Sunny Fischer, Board Chair
Cultural Activist; Retired Philanthropic Executive; Former Resident, Eastchester Projects, New York
Crystal palmer, Board vice chair
Assistant Director of Resident Engagement, Chicago Housing Authority; Former Resident, Henry Horner Homes, Chicago
TONY RUZICKA, Treasurer
CPA; Past President, Village of Glencoe, IL
GAIL DUGAS, Secretary
Granddaughter of Robert Rochon Taylor; Public Housing Advocate
Jean Butzen, Vice chair, fundraising and development
President, Mission + Strategy Consulting
MICHELE DREMMER, Vice Chair, Site Development
Principal, Michele Dremmer Interior Architect and Design
D. BRADFORD HUNT, Vice Chair, Programs and Interpretations
Professor and Chair of the History Department at Loyola University, Chicago
ZENOBIA JOHNSON-BLACK, Vice Chair, Personnel
Retired Housing Official
JACK MEDOR, Vice Chair, Audit Committee
Retired Finance Executive
MICHAEL ROGERS, Vice Chair, Governance and Nominations
Architect; Former Resident, Robert Taylor Homes, Chicago
BeNNett P. Applegate
Managing Partner, Applegate & Thorne-Thompson
MARY BALDWIN
Public Housing Activist; Former Resident, Rockwell Gardens, Chicago
CHARLIE BARLOW
Executive Director, Boston Library Consortium
Deborah Bennett
Senior Program Officer, Polk Bros. Foundation
Arnett Faulkner
Principal at Howell-Faulkner Group
ALLEN FEliZ
Vice President, U.S. Affordable Housing at MRI Software LLC
Willie “J.R.” Fleming
Executive Director, Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign; Former Resident, Cabrini-Green Homes, Chicago
Douglas Guthrie, on leave, 2023-2024
President and CEO, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA)
Sara Manzano-Diaz
Former Director of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
EDWARD L. MOSES
Former Regional Public Housing Director, Regions IX and X, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Marisa Novara
Vice President of Community Impact at The Chicago Community Trust and former Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Housing
PRESTON PRINCE
Executive Director, Santa Clara County Housing Authority, San Jose, California
Cecile shea
President, Wakaru Communications; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
joe shuldiner
Former Executive Director, Municipal Housing Authority
of the City of Yonkers, NY
Mark Thiele
CEO, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
Francine Washington
Chairperson, Central Advisory Committee, Chicago Housing Authority; Former Resident, Stateway Gardens, Chicago, IL