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