Board of Directors
Better Government Association Board of Directors
Officers
Chair
Paulette Dodson
Alight Solutions, Former General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Vice Chair
Steve Miller
Origin Ventures, Founding Partner
Vice Chair
Heather Steans
Steans Family Foundation, President
Treasurer
Robert Levin
Retired
Jorge Cabrera
BMO Harris, Head of Corporate Communications
Phil Calian
Founder/Managing Partner, Kingsbury Partners
Kevin Cook
Edelman, President, Edelman Chicago
Felicia Davis Blakley
Chicago Foundation for Women, President & CEO
Anne Dooley
BBDO, Executive Vice President and Global Client Service Director
Tim Franklin
Northwestern University, Senior Associate Dean & John M. Mutz Chair in Local News Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marking Communications
Alicia Garcia-Abner
Trinal, Inc., President
Hill Hammock
Verit Advisors, Board Chair
Carroll Joynes
The University of Chicago, Senior Research Fellow
Geeta Malhotra
Sidley Austin, Partner
Jack Modzelewski
JackKnife PR, Chief Executive
Jessica Nolan,
PLZ Aeroscience Corporation, SVP, General Counsel
Chris Rooney
Safer Foundation, Chief Technology Officer
Mark Rust
Barnes & Thornburg, Partner
Brian Sher
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Partner in Charge – Chicago
Scott Solomon
Charles River Associates, Vice President
John Svoboda
Svoboda Capital Partners, LLC, Managing Director
Wade Thompson
Jenner & Block, Partner
Maryann Waryjas
NACD Board Leadership Fellow, Corporate Director
Jill Wine-Banks
Author
The Watergate Girl; MSNBC Legal Analyst
Co-host, #SistersInLaw and iGenPolitics Podcasts
Nykia Wright
Former CEO, Chicago Sun-Times