Board of Trustees
Meet the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Architecture Center. This diverse group of leaders, hailing from various sectors uses their collective expertise and dedication to guide our mission.
Meet the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Architecture Center. This diverse group of leaders, hailing from various sectors uses their collective expertise and dedication to guide our mission.
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
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)
