Board of Directors
John Bankhurst, Board Chair
SALO LLC
La’Shawn Hill, Vice Chair – Board Governance
BMO Harris Bank
Blake Overlock, Vice Chair – Resource Development
Loud Capital
Vinu Ramasamy, Vice Chair – Program Development
Siemens Building Technologies
Bill Pekin, Treasurer
Pekin Hardy Strauss Wealth Management
Kaitlin Roe, Secretary
The Kraft Heinz Company
Brandon Barela
KPMG LLP
Emily Blum
National Able Network
Susan M. Boin
Bank of America
Amie Ding
PwC
Thomas E. Dixon
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Catherine Faber
Everactive
John Garnett
Conagra Brands
Lisa Hampton
Chicago Department of Family & Support Services
Travis Hughes
JP Morgan Asset Management
Kristen Nomura
Google
Elisabeth Payne
Yahoo
John Bernard Potter
Morgante Wilson Architects, LTD.
Susan Weiss
Strategic Consultant
April Williams
NORC at the University of Chicago
Ben Yepsen
Comcast
John T. Shapiro, General Counsel (non-voting)
Freeborn & Peters, LLP
Shannon K. Stewart, MSW (non-voting)
Executive Director & CEO, Inspiration Corporation
Auxiliary Board
Sam Teper, Chair
Kaufman Jacobs
Chris Bartlett, Vice Chair
CA Ventures
Tom Hargett, Secretary
Google
Ilana Blumin
84.51°
Andy Carpenter
Reputation
Carolyn Fairbanks
Planned Parenthood
Kelly Kulasik
Hulu
Derrick Luckie
MetCap Bank
Catherine Meeth
Wilmette Park District Early Childhood Center
Vanessa Mukhebi
ReFED
Tony Ohlhausen
NAMI Chicago
Margot Tuchler
Old Salt Insights
Emma Kelley, Staff Liasion
Inspiration Corporation
Success Stories
Our Foodservice Training Program empowers members of our community with the tools they need to succeed in the foodservice industry and prepares them for a sustainable career path.
One of our program graduates, Chef Anthony Scardino came to Inspiration Corporation almost 10 years ago to start working towards a career in the foodservice industry. After completing his training, Tony went on to work at popular Chicago restaurants, and eventually launched his own business, Professor Pizza!
