The CoC Board of Directors is a group of key stakeholders (city officials, service providers, people with lived experience, and community partners) that provides oversight and accountability for all Chicago CoC responsibilities. The CoC Board meets every other month to discuss important issues that impact those experiencing homelessness and help to both vote on and strategize on solutions as quickly as possible.
Executive Committee
Chair
Regina Freeman
At Large/Other Constituencies
Jesse Brown VA
Vice Chair
Richard Rowe
Lived Experience Commission
Treasurer
Richard Ducantezieler
Finance Committee Chair
The Boulevard
Secretary
Sherri Allen Reeves
Board Affairs Committee Chair
The Phoenix Foundation
Susan Reyna-Guerrero
Service Provider Commission
Covenant House Chicago
Carmelo Barbaro
System Operations & Performance Committee Chair
UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab
Kathy Niedorowski
Private Funders
Michael Reese Trust
Comm. Brandi Knazze
ESG Recipient
Dept. of Family & Support Services
Symone Myvett
Youth Action Board
Kimberly Riquelme
Youth Action Board Support
2024 Board Members
Dorothy Yancy
Lived Experience Commission
Otha Gaston
Lived Experience Commission
Gwen Turner
Lived Experience Commission
Ken Burnett
Service Provider
Christian Community Health
Jessicas Lucas
Private Funders
United Way of Metro Chicago
Sendy Soto
Mayor’s Office Rep.
Chief Homelessness Officer
Ebony Campbell
CHA Rep
Chicago Housing Authority
Bishop Shirley Coleman
Faith-Based Rep.
Spiritual Wholistic Ministries of Love & Faith
Foluke Akanni
Advocacy Seat Rep.
Housing Action Illinois
Howard Conant
Business Leader Rep.
Urban Innovations
Amanda Pyron
At Large/Other Constituencies
The Network
Eugenia Olison
At Large/Other Constituencies
Rush University Medical Center
Comm. Lissette Castaneda
At Large/Other Constituencies
Department of Housing
Comm. Olusimbo Ige
At Large/Other Constituencies Chicago Department of Public Health
Colleen Mahoney
At Large/Other Constituencies Illinois Office to Prevent & End Homelessness
Carolyn K. Ross
Collaborative Application Rep.
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
Patricia Montgomery
Lived Experience Commission
Robert Cunningham
Lived Experience Commission
Betsy Carlson
Service Provider
The Night Ministry
Diana Mitchell
Service Provider
The Inner Voice Inc.
