Associate Board
The Associate Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Illinois unites young professionals together to share the power of a wish® and support the Foundation's efforts by creating awareness through event-based fundraising, volunteerism and outreach among Generations X and Y. The Associate Board was formed in 2006 and since its inaugural year, has raised an amazing $150,000 for Make-A-Wish!
The men and women serving on the Associate Board are considered "rising-stars" in their professions and have a passion for the Foundation with at least 6-8 years of business experience. The Associate Board is instrumental in raising funds for Make-A-Wish through events. Their signature events are Celebrate the Season and Pedal for Wishes. Celebrate the Season is held in November and is targeted toward young professionals in Chicago. Pedal for Wishes is a 10-mile and 35-mile bicycle ride through Chicago's North Shore in June as well as a Children's Pedal Parade. It is a wonderful event that Wish families and supporters of the Make-A-Wish mission embrace. For more information about the Associate Board please contact Development Manager Anne Cressy or the Associate Board Nominating Chair.
2008 Associate Board Roster
KAREN OLIVER-BEHEE
Children’s Memorial Hospital
MEGAN BURKE
River East Art Center
MARY KATE CRESSY
NOMINATING CHAIR
Houlihan & Smith Company
ALLISON DEAN
GATX Corporation
SCOTT ENGEL
ULINE, Inc.
ANDREA ARAGON-GOSZ
Heidrick & Struggles
JEFF GOSZ
TREASURER
GAINSystems Inc.
NAT KONGTAHWORN
BlueCross BlueShield Association
MELISSA LOEB
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
MOLLY MARCUCCI
Wish Child
MEGAN MCCANN
VICE PRESIDENT
Geneva Technical Services
CHRIS MCMANAMA
Grosvenor Capital Management
MATTHEW MIKULA
Balasa Dinverno & Folz, LLC
KRISTI NOLAN
Grosvenor Capital Management
DR. ERIC NOLAN
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
LINDSEY PERRYMAN
Chicago Recording Company
JOSE RONCHETTA
Temperature Equipment Corporation
ADAM SELWYN
Dig Communications
MICHAEL SHAPIRO
Baxter Internatinal, Inc.
ERIN SMITH
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
JEREMY SMITH
SAP America, Inc.
KIM SVOBODA
SECRETARY
CDW
CHAD THALHEIMER
Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management
COLLEEN VAN HAM
United Healthcare of Illinois
JOE VANYO
PRESIDENT
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
CRAIG WIDBY
ERIKA WINGATE
Huron Consulting Group
CASEY ZGUTOWICZ
Lockton Companies,Inc.
STAFF
Anne Cressy
Corporate Development Manager
Amber Neisendorf
Volunteer Manager
Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School raised over $40,000 last year by holding a Walk-A-Thon as part of our Kids For Wish Kids® Program.
