Our Team

Brad McConnell CEO bmcconnell@a4cb.org

Amanda Askew Senior Community Lender aaskew@a4cb.org

Kyle Barrettsmith Director of Risk kbarrettsmith@a4cb.org

Evan Bierman Director of Finance ebierman@a4cb.org

Jackie Blair Director of Marketing and Communications jblair@a4cb.org

Jinnel Choiniere Manager of Grants Administration jchoiniere@a4cb.org

Jessica Dargiel Director of Data and Compliance jdargiel@a4cb.org

Lauren Davis Manager of Individual Giving ldavis@a4cb.org

Clarissa Diaz De Leon Martinez Manager of Portfolio Risk cdiazdeleon@a4cb.org

Yessenia Diaz De Leon Director of Community Lending ydiazdeleon@a4cb.org

Caroline Edmunds-Diez Program Administration and Data Lead cedmundsdiez@a4cb.org

Joan Galaviz Rojas Associate Director of Capital Operations jgalaviz@a4cb.org

Janae Gordon Staff Accountant II jgordon@a4cb.org

Jennifer Hearns Capital Operations Lead jhearns@a4cb.org

John Ingraham Reporting and Compliance Lead jingraham@a4cb.org

Christopher Johnson Senior Community Lender cjohnson@a4cb.org

Jill Kozeluh Director of Development jkozeluh@a4cb.org

Sabina Loving Business Coach sloving@a4cb.org

Isaac Madden Marketing and Communications Associate imadden@a4cb.org

Jennie Motto Mesterharm Chief Operating Officer jmotto@a4cb.org

Michael Nash Community Lender mnash@a4cb.org

Rowan Richards Director of Business Coaching rrichards@a4cb.org

Mary Fran Riley Director of Community Relationships mfriley@a4cb.org

Alyse Robinson Operations and Events Associate arobinson@a4cb.org

Elvin Rodriguez Senior Community Lender erodriguez@a4cb.org

Robert San Soucie Manager of Data Engineering rsansoucie@a4cb.org

Leticia Segura Business Coach lsegura@a4cb.org

Briana Tellis Community Lender btellis@a4cb.org

Desiree Tellis Manager of Accounting dtellis@a4cb.org

Mary Tritsis Chief Lending Officer Mtritsis@a4cb.org

Tarsa Washington Associate Director of Business Coaching twashington@a4cb.org

Celia Wills Senior Portfolio Lead cwills@a4cb.org

Our Board of Directors

Ben Bochnowski Peoples Bank

Taz George

Darlene Hightower Think and Do

Oscar Johnson BMO

Brad McConnell Allies for Community Business

Mike McCracken Wintrust Bank

Horacio Mendez Woodstock Institute

Clemente Nicado Nicado Publishing Company

Juan Ortiz Northern Trust

Shandra Richardson The Chicago Community Trust

Adrianne Spivey Kemper Corporate Services

Mariah Van Ermen The Chicago Community Trust

Anthony Waller Catering Out The Box

Our Emeritus Board

R Carson Jeller Wealth

Clay Cochran Bishop Madison

Linda Darragh Retired Professor of Entrepreneurship

Patrice Dziire Illinois Department of Insurance

Thomas Fitzgibbon Independent Consultant

John Gillett Retired Financial Executive

James Gilliam Fifth Third Bank

Bernita Johnson-Gabriel New Growth Innovation Network

Mary Laraia ML Consulting

Jon Maul JPMorgan Chase

Joe Neri IFF

Gregory Pike Old Second National Bank

Peter Kip Read, Jr. Old Second National Bank

Andy Salk First Eagle Bank

Michelle Thom JPMorgan Chase

George Wright Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership

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