Coming from architecture, construction, design and business, backgrounds, CAC board members bring years of experience and leadership to inspire and educate Chicagoans and tourists from around the world on the way design impacts the world around us.

2024 Board Members

Kelly Powers Baria

Vice President, Powers & Sons Construction Company

Gia Biagi

Principal of Urbanism & Civic Impact, Studio Gang

Andreason Brown

Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Spencer Foundation

Andre Brumfield

Principal, Design Director & Global Director for Cities + Urban Design, Gensler

Joseph G. Burns

Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti

Stephen Cruise

Managing Director, Greenhill & Co., Inc. 

Rama Dandamudi

President, 210 Design House 

Ann Drake

Founder & President, Lincoln Road Enterprises

Graham Grady

Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Melissa Harmening

Regional Sales Manager, MillerKnoll

Sandra Helton

Kapil Khanna

President, Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Daniel López Jr.

President, Harold Washington College

Ursula Moncau

President, Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company, N.A.

Juan Gabriel Moreno

President, Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects

David Nelson

Partner, Head of Global Investments & Real Estate, DRW Holdings

Michael Newman

President & Chief Executive Officer, Golub & Company LLC

Jenny Niemann

President, Chief Executive Officer & Owner, Forward Space

Catherine Odelbo

Morningstar, Inc. (Retired)

Lucie Oken

2024 Board Fellow; MBA Candidate, Class of 2024, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Lisa Pickell

President, Orren Pickell Building Group

Brandi Pitts

Senior Vice President, Brand Marketing and Media, Ulta Beauty

Robert S. Rivkin

Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

Adam Semel

Managing Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Katie Spring

Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield

Damona Strautmanis

Chief Executive Officer, Impact Development Services LLC

Danielle Tillman

Managing Principal, bKL Architecture LLC

Ann Thompson, Chair AIA

Executive Vice President, Architecture and Design, Related Midwest

Edna Uribe

President & General Manager, TelevisaUnivision, Inc.

Kate Van Zeyl, DBIA, AIA

Vice President & General Manager, Turner Construction Company

Bill Williams

Principal & Managing Member, KMW Communities LLC

Theodore I. Yi

Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP

Weifang Zhou

Executive Vice President & President of Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC), UL Solutions LLC

Ex-officio Members

Jason Golub, AIA

Regional Director, Ware Malcomb

AIA Representative

Constance Rajala

Docent-at-Large

Ross Wirth

Docent Council President

Life Trustees

Henry H. Kuehn

John C. Pintozzi

Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, The Allstate Corporation

President Emerita

Lynn J. Osmond

President & Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Architecture Center (1996-2022)

Trustees Emeritus

John DiCiurcio

Chief Operating Officer, Turner Construction Company

Walter Eckenhoff

Founding Principal, Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, Inc. 

Jan Grayson

Lori Healey

Senior Vice President, OPC Implementation Lead, Obama Foundation

Jeffrey Jahns

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Retired)

Alvin Katz

Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Daniel Maguire

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Construction Inc. (Retired)

Lloyd B. Morgan

Morgan Interests, LLC

Richard H. Schnadig

Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago Department of Law (Retired)

John Syvertsen

Senior Principal, CannonDesign (Retired)

John J. Viera

Commonwealth Edison Company (Retired)