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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
Vice-Chair
Brenda Robinson
Entertainment Attorney,
Producer, Philanthropist
Secretary
Frank Ballantine
Partner
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Treasurer
Rohit Panikkar
Partner,
McKinsey & Company
At-Large
Jacolyn Bucksbaum
Founder,
The Focus Foundation
At-Large
Jon Harris
Executive Vice President, Chief Communications and Networking Officer,
Conagra Brands
Leadership
Mimi Plauché
Artistic Director,
Cinema/Chicago
Leadership
Vivian Teng
Managing Director,
Cinema/Chicago
Directors
Lee Blackwell Baur
Philanthropist
Securities Trader (ret.),
Chicago Stock Exchange
Philip B. Clement
President & CEO,
World Business Chicago
Les Coney
Executive Vice President,
Mesirow Financial
Catherine De Orio
Food Reporter, NBC 5 News
Executive Director, Foundation for Culinary Arts
Steve Dolinsky
Food Reporter, NBC 5 News
Founder, Pizza City Tours, Podcast and Fest
Michelle Hayward
Founder,
Bluedog
Christopher M. Keogh
Co-President and Head of Client Engagement & Capital Formation
Future Standard
Mark Mitten
President,
Mitten, Inc.
Joe Sciarrotta
Deputy Creative Director,
Ogilvy Worldwide
John Starkey
President,
Family Care Kimberly Clark North America
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