WOW Advisory Council
Youth Guidance’s Working on Womanhood (WOW) Advisory Council is composed of individuals who are committed to helping young women in Chicago’s schools. Each council member has a strong desire be actively involved in solving the issues these youth face. Each devotes time, talent and expertise to the current and future work of the program.
A very special thank you to all WOW Advisory Council members for their tireless support!
- Mary Margaret “Mimi” Moore – WOW Advisory Council Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Attorney, Bryan Cave
- Tristan Slemmons – WOW Advisory Council Co-Chair, Corporate Citizenship Leader, Deloitte
- Bethanny Alexander, Realtor, Baird and Warner
- Cassidy Alpern, Director, FTI Consulting Strategic Communications
- Davida Barrett-McPhee, Community Leader
- Ali Bauer, Vice President Business Development, Mary Cook Associates, Inc.
- Sue Benton, Benton Firm LLC
- Sue Bondurant, Community Engagement Director, Chicago Friends School
- Katie Cangemi, Senior Program Officer, Community Investment at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Leslie Danford, Midwest Regional Head, OYO
- Amy Dowdell, Director of Accounting Projects and Research, RR Donnelly
- Rachel Dvorken, Community Leader
- Jennifer Faron, Partner P&W Partners LLC
- Lara Gatermann, Vice President, EuroCentra Inc.
- Rachel Graham, Program Director, Lefkofsky Family Foundation
- Erika Grim, Senior Vice President, Private Client Manager, U.S. Trust
- Jessica Hart, Outsourced Chief Investment Officer, Northern Trust
- Catherine Hayden, Community Leader
- Alexandra Heestand, Director, Heestand Family Foundation
- Lynn Jackson, Community Leader
- Sadie Stockdale Jefferson, Director of Strategy, Chicago Public Schools
- Qiara Johnson, Accounting Manager, Mutual Trust Financial Group
- Julie Knudson, SVP, Human Resources, GGP
- Ann Lennon, Youth Guidance Board of Directors Chair, Managing Director, Accenture
- Yvon Milano, VP, Enterprise PMO, Kellogg Company
- Dinaz Mansuri, Executive Director, The Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
- Reverend Jihan Murray-Smith, Deacon, St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church
- Jen Parkinson, Science Teacher, Winnetka Public Schools
- Carrie Parr, Community Leader
- Kelly Paxson, Vice President, New Business Sales and Marketing, Nickelodeon Group
- LaSandra Pierce, Senior Vice President, Region Executive, Bank of America
- Diana Raitt, Community Leader
- Dr. Anita Rao, M.D., Resident Physician, Northwestern University
- Diane Reilly, Community Leader
- Chiara Rodgers, Research Manager at American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
- Dr. Angelique Sallas, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
- Beth Schmidt, Community Leader
- Liz Siciliano, Chief of Staff, The Obama Foundation
- Greg Simoncini, Youth Guidance Board of Directors, Principal, Simoncini Strategies
- Mashana Smith, Clinical Psychologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Kemi Solade, SVP/Director, Commercial Bank, Diversified Industries, BMO Harris Bank
- Dr. Rachel Goodman Sturges, PsyD
- Rocio Telinski, President & CEO, Rocio Telinski & Associates, LLC
- Tracey Wik, VP Development Solutions, The Chally Group Worldwide
- Betsy Wille, Chief Information Security Officer, Abbot
- Dana Williamson, Associate, Sidley Austin LLP