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
Philip B. Clement
Chief Marketing Officer,
Johnson Controls
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 Sciarotta
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
212 W Van Buren St., Suite 400
