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As the social enterprise of The Cara Program, Cleanslate's activities are governed by the Board of The Cara Program. 

The Cara Program is grateful to its vibrant Boards of Directors for their gifts of creativity, their personal contributions and their true compassion for our students and our mission.  Through our boards' efforts, we have a fiscally-sound and ever-nimble organization, capable of evolving its programs to meet the dynamic needs of our students and the communities in which they live.

Board of Directors

Mr. John Bennecke
Managing Director
True Partners Consulting LLC

Mr. Daniel Brennan
President
JD Development

Mr. Mark Carroll
Principal
Cognitive Capital

Mr. Joe Hennessy
Managing Director
Resources Planning Group

Mr. James Hill
Former Executive Vice President
Resurrection Health Care

Mr. Roger T. Hughes
Retired Chairman
DonTech Corporation

Ms. Twyler Jenkins
President
CESI Chicago

Mr. James Mabie
Principal
William Blair and Company

Ms. Rosanna Marquez
President
The Eleanor Foundation

Ms. Julie Mineman
Director
Owens Foundation

Ms. Chinwe Onyeagoro
Chief Executive Officer
O-H Community Partners

Mr. Thomas M. Owens (Chairman)
Vice President
Owens Foundation

Ms. Terri Runyon-Walker
Senior VP / HR Business Partner
Charter One Bank

Mr. Daniel Ryan
Managing Director
Jones Lang LaSalle

Mr. David J. Ryan
Managing Principal
Gray/Matters, Ltd.

Mr. William Steinmetz
Managing Director
BlueStar Ventures

Mr. Ron Zinnerman
Vice President, Community Relations
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mr. Eric Weinheimer (ex-officio)
President / CEO
The Cara Program

Junior Board

Iris Chae (Vice President)
Management Consulting Analyst
Accenture

John DiGiovanni (President)
Analyst
Baird Capital Partners

Lauren Fritts
Assistant Marketing Manager
The Gatorade Company

Bela Gandhi
Owner
Ms. Hitch’s Dating Institute

Beth Kalisz-Todd
President
Todd Legal Search Inc.

Mendy Mayo
Account Executive
UPS Freight Forwarding

Kate Sullivan
Site Manager, Chicago Teaching Fellows
The New Teacher Project

Quiana Williams
Manager, Software Quality Assurance
Spring CM

Sarah Woolley (Secretary)
Credit Analyst
The PrivateBank
 

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