Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is AFC’s governing body responsible for overseeing and advising the work of the organization.

Board Members

  • Yusef Garcia*, Monarq Advisors

    Board Chair

  • Cecil Dearborne*

    Vice Chair, Fund Development Committee Co-Chair

  • Patrick D. Strieck*, BMO

    Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair

  • Terri Wilkerson*, Chicago House & Social Services Agency

    Secretary

  • Geoffrey Brown*, Illinois CPA Society

    Past Chair

  • Nnenna Okeke* BlueCross BlueShield

    Governance Committee Chair

  • Mary Pounder*, Comer Family Foundation

    Policy & Advocacy Chair

  • Kara Eastman*

    Racial Equity Plan Implementation

  • Tom Sondergeld*, Merative

    Strategy Planning Committee Chair

  • Adwoa Antwi-Barfi

  • Caprice Carthans

    Equity Health Alliance

  • Charles Peterson

    Neelyx Labs

  • Greg Fosheim

    McGuire Woods

  • Janet Lin, MD, MPH, MBA

    University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Jason Rubin

    ARC Strategies

  • Jeramy Kaiman

    Grant Thornton

  • JP Valadez

    Valadez Public Affairs

  • Nana Ama Aya Erzuah-Amenuvor

    University of Illinois School of Public Health

  • Philip Quick

    University of Chicago Medicine

  • Roy A. Ferguson

  • Sean Radford

    Revantage

  • Sherrine Peyton

    Peyton Consulting, LLC

  • Stephanie Townsell

  • Taylor Atkins

    ITW

  • Terrance Weeden, D.O.

  • * Executive Committee member

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