Meet the Board
The Friends of the Forest Preserves Board of Directors are critical to the organization, as they work to guide Friends by helping to set strategy, monitor the finances, garner support, and oversee the Executive Director’s work.
Tom Greenhaw, Jr. — Chair; Product Manager, Facebook
Corryn Antonizio — Vice-Chair; Sustainability & Social Responsibility Champion, RTC Industries, Inc.
Cory Chaplin — Treasurer; Managing Partner, West Monroe Partners
Margaret A. Frisbie — Secretary; Executive Director, Friends of the Chicago River
Dr. Gaylon Alcaraz — Executive Director, Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights
Pilar Audain — Director, Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation – Greater Chicago; Founder/CEO, Wrap Your beYOUty Movement
Carmen Scott Boria — Youth, Family, and Community Programs Consultant, True Path Consulting
Kathleen Bruch — President, Atrium Landscape
Walter Burlack — Director of Partnerships, Renewable Manufacturing Gateway
Dr. Charles D. Dillon, M.D. — Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University | Attending Physician, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Tonyisha Harris — Illinois Climate and Energy Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy
Barbara C. Hill — Political Chair, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
Jason Kaple — President, DeanHouston
Dr. Akilah R. Martin, Ph.D. — Interdisciplinary Planner, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dr. Ronald M. Milnarik, D.D.S. — Clinical Assistant Professor of Endodontics, University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry
Kelly O’Brien — Digital Content Coordinator, SRAM
Derk Osenberg — Global Head of Sales & Business Development, PostSig, Inc.
Michelle Thom — Implementation Manager, Client Onboarding, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ryan Wilson — Manager of Water Resources, Metropolitan Planning Council
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