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.
Ed Woodbury — Chair; President, McCaffery Interests, Inc.
Cory Chaplin — Treasurer; Managing Partner, West Monroe Partners
Margaret A. Frisbie — Secretary; Executive Director, Friends of the Chicago River
Corryn Antonizio — Sustainability & Social Responsibility Champion, RTC Industries, Inc.
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
Thomas Greenhaw, Jr. — Product Manager, Facebook
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
Justin Martin — Senior Vice President, Fifth Third Bank
Dr. Ronald M. Milnarik, D.D.S. — Clinical Assistant Professor of Endodontics, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
Kelly O’Brien — Digital Content Coordinator, SRAM
Derk Osenberg — Vice President of Sales & Marketing, infima Technologies, Inc.
Michelle Thom — Implementation Manager, Client Onboarding, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ryan Wilson — Manager of Water Resources, Metropolitan Planning Council
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