Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors is made up of high-level individuals from the public and private sectors who are engaged in comprehensive community development.

The board is responsible for providing counsel to the managing director and staff, as well as guiding the development of programs and services offered by the Institute.  In addition, the board guides the Institute’s efforts to promote research and policy to advance comprehensive community development.

The board meets twice a year at various locations. 

BOARD OF ADVISORS 

Co-chairs

Michael Rubinger, President and CEO, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Richard M. Daley, (Formerly Mayor of the City of Chicago)

Members

David Anderson, New Pacific Consulting LLC, Highland Park, IL

Richard Baron, Chairman and CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar, St. Louis, MO

Paul Brophy, Brophy & Reilly LLC, Columbia, MD

Tom Dewar, Roundtable on Community Change, Aspen Institute, New York, NY

Mariano Diaz, Vice President, LISC, Los Angeles, CA

Tom Espinoza, President & CEO, Raza Development Fund, Inc., Phoenix, AZ 

Shirley Franklin, CEO, Purpose Built Communities

Ellen Gilligan, President & CEO, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Milwaukee, WI

Ben Hecht, President & CEO, Living Cities, Washington, DC

Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

Joe Kriesberg, President, Massachusetts Assn. of CDCs, Boston, MA

Anne Kubisch, Director, Roundtable on Community Change, The Aspen Institute, New York, NY

Anita Miller, Washington Crossing, PA

Ray Ocasio, Newark CD Network (NCDN), Newark, NJ

Andrew Plepler, Executive and President, Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Charlotte, NC

Paul Roldan, President, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, Chicago, IL

Denise Scott, Managing Director, NYC LISC, New York, NY

Bill Taft, Executive Director, Indianapolis LISC, Indianapolis, IN

Laura Trudeau, Senior Program Director, The Kresge Foundation, Troy, MI

Bob Weissbourd, RW Ventures, LLC, Chicago, IL