Board and Governance

COFI’s Board of Trustees is composed of activists, educators, and civic leaders, and includes two representatives of POWER-PAC, the city-wide parent group.

Board of Trustees 2010
*organizations listed for affiliation purposes only

Lina Cramer  
Strengthening Families Illinois

Jacky Grimshaw
Center for Neighborhood Technology

Lisa Moultrie
Ace Strategies Incorporated

Peter Newman, Secretary
Cook County Juvenile Court

Sheena Panoor
Voices for Illinois Children

Ken Rolling
Community Learning Partnership

Laurella Scaggs
POWER-PAC Parent Leader

Isabel Tellez, Co-Chair
Kelvyn Park High School, Chicago Public Schools

Nelida Torres, Co-Chair
POWER-PAC Parent Leader

 

We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of those who built the organizational foundation of COFI.

COFI Sponsoring Committee -1994-95
Pastor Alvin Bergh
Lina Cramer 
Barbara Engel
Jacky Grimshaw
Anne Hallett
Judy Hertz
Maria Mangual
Della Mitchell
Barack Obama
Elce Redmond
Amanda Rivera
Mary Scott Boria
John Schmidt
Coretta McFerron
Kaye Wilson
Ellen Schumer, Founding Director and President
Nancy Aardema, Founding Vice-President
Sandra O’Donnell, Founding Vice-President


Founding Board of Trustees (1996)
Carlos Azcoitia
Lina Cramer
Rosetta Daylie
Earl Durham (deceased)
Jacky Grimshaw
Anne Hallett
Sandra O’Donnell
Renae Ogletree
Miguel Palacio
Amanda Rivera
Greg Washington
Kaye Wilson

Our Thanks to past Board Members
Nilofer Ahsan
Patty Buenrostro
Mark McDaniel
Daisy Rivera
Doris North Schulte
Jose Torres