The CoC Board of Directors is a group of key stakeholders (city officials, service providers, people with lived experience and community partners) that 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. View upcoming meetings here and view materials and minutes from CoC Board and Committee meetings here.
Executive Committee
Chair
Ken Burnett
Service Providers Commission
Christian Community Health Center
Co-Chair
Commissioner Brandie Knazze
Chicago Department of Family & Support Services
Treasurer
Michael Banghart
Renaissance Social Services
Secretary
Debbie Reznick
Private Funder
Polk Bros. Foundation
Richard Rowe
Lived Experience Commission
Jajuana Walker
Alternate
Youth Action Board
Amber Westbrooks
Youth Action Board
2022 Board
Sherri Allen-Reeves
Alternate
Service Providers Commission
Matthew House
Carmelo Barbaro
At large
UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab
Laila Beukema
Faith-based
LakeView Lutheran Church
Steve Brown
At large
UIC Health
Megan Cunningham
At large
Chicago Department of Public Health
Robert Cunningham
Lived Experience Commission
Richard Ducantenzeiler
Service Providers Commission
Franciscan Outreach
Aaron Eldridge
At Large
Cook County Health
Marial Fernandez
Board Delegate
Chicago Housing Authority
Regina Freeman-Hodges
At Large
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Fred Friedman
Lived Experience Commission
Todd Fuller
At Large
Illinois Department of Human Services
Otha Gaston
Alternate
Lived Experience Commission
Michele Gilbert
Alternate
Service Providers Commission
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Charlton Hamer
Business Leader
SVP Habitat Affordable Group
Mary Howard
Chicago Housing Authority
Jaclyn Koriath
Board Delegate
The Network
Emily Krisciunas
Board Delegate
Polk Bros. Foundation
Colleen Mahoney
Board Delegate
Chicago Department of Public Health
Emily Metz
Board Delegate
UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab
Patricia Montgomery
Alternate
Lived Experience Commission
Commissioner Marisa Novara
Chicago Department of Housing
Christy Prahl
Private Funder
Crown Family Philanthropies
Amanda Pyron
At large
The Network
Carolyn Ross
Non-voting Collaborative Applicant Representative
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
Esther Sorrell
Board Delegate
Chicago Department of Housing
Jaye Stapleton
Mayor’s Office
Director of Social Services Policy
Rev. Sanja Stinson
Service Providers Commission
Matthew House
Dorothy Yancy
Lived Experience Commission
