Cinema/Chicago Governing Board
Cinema/Chicago’s Governing Board of Directors is comprised of a dynamic group of community leaders dedicated to furthering the mission of Cinema/Chicago through the development of long-term strategies, financial oversight and fundraising.
Executive Committee
Board Chair

Charles Droege
Chief Operating Officer,
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
Executive Committee

Brenda Robinson
Head of Film Finance and Inclusion Strategies,
HiddenLight Productions
Executive Committee

Mark Mitten
President,
Mitten, Inc.
Executive Committee

Jacolyn Bucksbaum
Founder,
The Focus Foundation
Treasurer

Rohit Panikkar
Partner,
McKinsey & Company
Directors

Lee Blackwell Baur
Philanthropist
Securities Trader (ret.),
Chicago Stock Exchange

Frank Ballantine
Partner
Dykema Gossett PLLC

Philip B. Clement
Managing Director,
Chartwell

Les Coney
Executive Vice President,
Mesirow Financial

Paul Gignilliat
Managing Director (ret.),
UBS

Jon Harris
Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer,
Conagra

Michelle Hayward
Founder and CEO,
Blue Dog Design

Christopher Keogh
Partner and co-head of the Chicago office and Midwest Region,
Goldman Sachs

Bill Melamed
Non-profit Philanthropy and Strategy Consultant

Diane Quon
Film Producer

Kat Rothstein
Owner,
Digital Pollen Collective

Joe Sciarrotta
Deputy Creative Director,
Ogilvy Worldwide
Emeritus Board

Michael Kutza
Founder & Emeritus CEO, Cinema/Chicago and Chicago International Film Festival
Photo credit: Tim Klein
Phil Azar
Charles Benton*†
Daniel P. Coffey*
Randy Crumpton†
Martin Gapshis†
Judy Gaynor**
Ellis Goodman*
Jonathan Harries
Joel Hochbergº
Chuck Johnsen
Mary Ann Josh†
Walter Kaiser†
Burton Kanter†
James Klutznick
Linda Leemasterº
Jeanne Randall Malkin*
Suzanne McCormick**
Allyn Miller
Colleen Moore Hargrave*†
Ken Nordine†
Ray Nordstrand*†
Byron Pollock†
Ed Rabin
Robert Scarpelli
Victor Skrebneski†
Colleen Sullivan**
Mary Sweeney†
Yale Wexler*†
Rev. Walter Wilczek†
Dori Wilson†
* Past Chairperson ** Past Executive Director † Deceased