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!
Ann Lennon, Youth Guidance Board of Directors, Managing Director Accenture, Chair of WOW Advisory Council
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
Katie Cangemi, Program Officer, Community Health Initiatives at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Leslie Danford, Director, eCommerce, Beam Suntory
Amy Dowdell, Director of Accounting Projects and Research, RR Donnelly
Rachel Dvorken, Executive Vice President/General Counsel, Sinai Health System
Lara Gatermann, Vice President, EuroCentra Inc.
Rachel Graham, Program Director, Lefkofsky Family Foundation
Erika Grim, Senior Vice President, Private Client Manager, U.S. Trust
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
Dinaz Mansuri, Executive Director, The Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
Yvon Milano, PMO Portfolio Director & Chief of Staff for Global Operations Business Solutions, Kellog Company
Mary Margaret “Mimi” Moore, Labor and Employment Attorney, Bryan Cave
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
Diane Reilly, Co-Chair, Youth Guidance Gala 2018
Dr. Angelique Sallas, Ph.D., Youth Guidance Board of Directors, Clinical Psychologist
Beth Schmidt, Community Leader
Liz Siciliano, Chief of Staff, The Obama Foundation
Greg Simoncini, Youth Guidance Board of Directors, Principal, Simoncini Strategies
Tristan Slemmons, Corporate Citizenship Leader, Deloitte
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, Managing Director, Cybersecurity Operations, TIAA-CREF
Dana Williamson, Associate, Sidley Austin LLP