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.
2024-25 Board Members
Gary Axelrod
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Kelly Powers Baria
Vice President, Powers & Sons Construction Company
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
Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities, LLC
Rama Dandamudi
President, 210 Design House
Ann Drake
Founder & President, Lincoln Road Enterprises
Graham Grady
Partner, Taft/
Melissa Harmening
Senior PM, Global CMF Experience, MillerKnoll
Sandra Helton
Mehdi Jalayerian
Senior Principal, Stantec
Stacey Kern
Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland
Kapil Khanna
Ursula Moncau
President, Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company, N.A.
Juan Gabriel Moreno
President, Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects
Michael Newman
President & Chief Executive Officer, Golub & Company LLC
Jenny Niemann
President, Chief Executive Officer & Owner, Forward Space
Catherine Odelbo
Morningstar, Inc. (Retired)
Lisa Pickell
President, Orren Pickell Building Group
Brandi Pitts
Robert S. Rivkin
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Adam Semel
Managing Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Katie Spring
Managing Director & Co-Chief Operating Officer, US Financial Communications, Edelman
Damona Strautmanis
Chief Executive Officer, Impact Development Services LLC
Danielle Tillman
Managing Principal, bKL Architecture LLC
Ann Thompson, FAIA
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
Weifang Zhou
Executive Vice President & President of Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC), UL Solutions LLC
Ex-officio Members
Daniel López Jr.
President, Harold Washington College
Kelly Moynihan, AIA
Principal, Nurture
AIA Representative
Donna Gabanski
Docent-at-Large
John Schneider
Docent Council President
Life Trustees
Henry H. Kuehn
John C. Pintozzi
The Allstate Corporation (Retired)
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)
