Board of Directors

CHAIR

Henry T. Chandler, Jr.

VICE CHAIR

Eric Grossman

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Louis Delgado

J. Cunyon Gordon

John Kiss, Treasurer, Ernst & Young

Linda Mastandrea, Attorney, General Practice and Disability Law

David Mitchell, Secretary, University of Illinois at Chicago

Amy Osler, The Chicago Network 

MEMBERS

Todd Arkebauer

Henry B. Betts, M.D., Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Greg Braxton, Chicago House and Social Service Organization 

David DeCoursey, Leadership Greater Chicago 

Carlos Drazen, University of Illinois at Chicago

Maurice Fantus

Thea Flaum, Thea Flaum Productions, LTD. 

Peter E. Gidwitz, Disability Advocate

W. Jerry Kendall, John Marshall Law School

Ralph Loomis, Exelon Corporation

Benjamin Lumicao, Allstate Insurance Company 

Ron Mallicoat, Northern Trust

Brad Markham, Millennium Trust Company, LLC

Beatrice Cummings Mayer

Karen McCulloh, RN, Disability Works 

Barry McNamara

Donald Moore

Honorable Sandra Otaka

Clifford Weber, Business Consultant

Jeffry Wineman

Life Director

Joanne Crown

President & CEO

Marca Bristo, President & CEO

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Access Living, Bristo is a nationally-Recognized leader in the disability rights movement. She helped to found Access Living in 1980 and has also served as president of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), an organization that she co-founded. From 1994 to 2002, she served as the Presidentially Appointed Chairperson of the National Council on Disability (NCD). Ms. Bristo has received numerous awards including: the Leadership Greater Chicago Distinguished Fellow Award; the Henry B. Betts Award; the Americans with Disabilities Act Award; and United Way of Chicago Executive of the Year Award.