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
Gwendolyn Turner
Lived Experience Commission
Vice Chair
Sherri Allen-Reeves
The Phoenix Foundation
Treasurer
Richard Rowe
Lived Experience Commission
Secretary
Eugenia Olison
At Large/Other Constituencies
Rush University Medical Center
Carmelo Barbaro
System Operations & Performance Committee Chair
UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab
Regina Freeman
At Large/Other Constituencies
Maura McCauley
ESG Recipient
Symone Myvett
Youth Action Board
Kathy Niedorowski
At Large/Other Constituencies
Michael Reese Trust
Kimberly Riquelme
Youth Action Board Support
Alternates/ Delegates
2025 Board Members
Foluke Akanni
Advocacy Seat Rep.
Housing Action Illinois
Comm. Lissette Castaneda
At Large/Other Constituencies
Department of Housing
Bishop Shirley Coleman
Faith-Based Rep.
Spiritual Wholistic Ministries of Love & Faith
Howard Conant
Business Leader Rep.
Urban Innovations
Otha Gaston
Lived Experience Commission
Janay Hayes-Mohamed
CHA Rep
Chicago Housing Authority
Comm. Olusimbo Ige
At Large/Other Constituencies Chicago Department of Public Health
Eric Langham
At Large/Other Constituencies
Our Mom’s Mission
Jessica Lucas
Private Funders
United Way of Metro Chicago
Colleen Mahoney
At Large/Other Constituencies Illinois Office to Prevent & End Homelessness
Stephanie Piccirilli
Service Provider
Ignite
Amanda Pyron
At Large/Other Constituencies
The Network
Kathleen Recchia
Service Provider
The Boulevard
Susan Reyna-Guerrero
Service Provider
Covenant House Chicago
Carolyn K. Ross
Collaborative Application Rep.
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
Sendy Soto
Mayor’s Office Rep.
Chief Homelessness Officer
Dorothy Yancy
Lived Experience Commission
Betsy Carlson
Service Provider
Covenant House Chicago
Alternates/ Delegates
Robert Cunningham
Lived Experience Commission
Alternates/ Delegates
Diana Mitchell
Service Provider
The Inner Voice Inc.
Alternates/ Delegates
Patricia Montgomery
Lived Experience Commission
Alternates/ Delegates
