Our Team

Brad McConnell CEO bmcconnell@a4cb.org

Amanda Askew Senior Community Lender aaskew@a4cb.org

Kyle Barrettsmith Director of Risk kbarrettsmith@a4cb.org

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

Àngel Casas Manager of Community Lending acasas@a4cb.org

Jinnel Choiniere Manager of Industry-Specific Initiatives jchoiniere@a4cb.org

Jasmin Colic Sales Support Lead jcolic@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

Ada Garcia Community Lender agarcia@a4cb.org

Gabrielle Ghaderi Marketing and Communications Associate gghaderi@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

Marion Moore Director of Finance and Capital Operations mmoore@a4cb.org

Jennie Motto Mesterharm Chief of Staff jmotto@a4cb.org

Michael Nash Community Lender mnash@a4cb.org

Ruben Orozco Community Lender rorozco@a4cb.org

Raquel Ramirez Manager of Office Administration and HR Generalist rramirez@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

Katie Smith Manager of Business Connections ksmith@a4cb.org

Briana Tellis Community Lender btellis@a4cb.org

Desiree Tellis Senior Accountant dtellis@a4cb.org

Mary Tritsis Chief Lending Officer Mtritsis@a4cb.org

Tarsa Washington Manager of Business Coaching twashington@a4cb.org

Celia Wills Senior Portfolio Lead cwills@a4cb.org

Dani Zuchovicki Business Coach for Food and Beverage dzuchovicki@a4cb.org

Our Board of Directors

Ben Bochnowski Peoples Bank

Taz George

Darlene Hightower

Oscar Johnson BMO

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 West Side United

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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