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
Christy Prahl
Board Affairs Committee Chair
Crown Family Philanthropies
Sherri Allen-Reeves
Service Provider
The Phoenix Foundation
Carmelo Barbaro
System Operations & Performance Committee Chair
UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab
Steve Brown
At Large/Other Constituencies
UIC Hospital & Health Sciences System
Comm. Brandi Knazze
ESG Recipient
Dept. of Family & Support Services
Symone Myvett
Youth Action Board
Kimberly Riquelme
Youth Action Board Support
2024 Board Members
Foluke Akanni
Advocacy Seat
Housing Action Illinois
Ken Burnett
Service Provider
Christian Community Health Center
Ebony Campbell
CHA Rep.
Chicago Housing Authority
Nancy Cao
Mayor’s Office Rep.
Dir. of Social Services Policy
Bishop Shirley Coleman
Faith-Based
Spiritual Wholistic Ministries of Love & Faith
Howard Conant
Business Leader
Urban Innovations
Aaron Eldridge
At Large/Other Constituencies
Cook County Health
Otha Gaston
Lived Experience Commission
Daniel Hertz
At Large/Other Constituencies
Chicago Dept. of Housing
Kylon Hooks
At Large/Other Constituencies
IDHS
Eugenia Olison
At Large/Other Constituencies
Rush University Medical Center
Amanda Pyron
At Large/Other Constituencies
The Network
Susan Reyna-Guerrero
Service Provider
Covenant House Chicago
Debbie Reznick
Private Funder
Polk Bros. Foundation
Carolyn K. Ross
Collaborative Applicant Rep.
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
Gwen Turner
Lived Experience Commission
Dorothy Yancy
Lived Experience Commission
