CGF Staff
Karl Kemp
Executive Director
Tiffany Walker
Dreamer's & Believer's Program Director
Bianca Thompson
Operations Manager
Artra Kennerly
Director of Donor Relations
Toya Dodd
Director of Parent Engagement
Terri Mariano
Director of Health & Wellness
Antavis Spells
Director of Male Mentoring
Deon Green
Program Associate
Kaira Peyton
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
Erika J. Jordan
Marketing, Branding & Production Partner
Mentors
Ashlee Anderson
Porsha Battle
Avelle Bailey
Sherale Bell
Dontorrie Chatman
Toya Dodd
Ebony Doyle
Angel Edmond
Nikisha Falkner
Elizabeth Fidanovski
Monica Garcia
Latrice Gilmore
Anthony Hudson
Stephen Jennings
Jelani McEwen
Antionette Murff
Skkyler Ofoedu
Stanley Pinkston
Tj Sandstrom
Whitney Taylor
Candice Usher
Leslie Villaverde
Milandria Watts
Sharon Wilson
Fine Art Instructors
Monternez Rezell
Dance
Jelani McEwen
Drama
Jason Brunner
Hip-Hop Spoken Word
Daryn Alexus
Music / Vocals
Joshua Taylor
Photography
Onoriode “Nodel” Dugbo
Video Production
Amaris Miranda
Visual Arts
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mahalia A. Hines
President and Co-Founder – Educator, former Principal, former Chicago Board of Education Member
Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Co-Founder
Marc B. Brooks
Secretary – CEO, Hyde Park Hospitality
Deborah Quazzo
Treasurer – Managing Partner, GSV Ventures and Co-Founder at ASU+GSV Summit
Cheryl Burton
Anchor, ABC7 Chicago
Lester Coney
Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman, Mesirow Financial
Mark Furlong
Retired CEO and President, BMO Harris Bank
Chip Johnson
Chief of Staff of Southland College Prep Charter H.S.
Matt King
CEO, Fanatics Betting & Gaming
Francois Mobasser
Partner, Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP
Erik Moore
Managing Director, Base Ventures
Dionne Morris
Executive Vice President of Stores, Trader Joe’s
Erika Patterson
Americas Corporate Responsibilty Leader, EY
Jonavan Smith
CFO, Resolution Agency
Megan Tamte
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Evereve