Meet Our Team
Connie Spreen
CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Corey Chatman
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Alex Valladares
BLACKSTONE BICYCLE WORKS
PROGRAM MANAGER, CYCLING SERVICES & ADVOCACY
Bruce Winston
BLACKSTONE BICYCLE WORKS
PROGRAM MANAGER, YOUTH EXPERIENCE
Emily Cross
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SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
Joy Joshua
61ST STREET FARMERS MARKET
PROGRAM ASSISTANT
Matthew Ruffi
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SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
Kate Gurke
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PROGRAM MANAGER
Raja Baptiste
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RETAIL PROGRAM MANAGER
Allison Baldwin
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PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
Jonathan Hancock
CITY EBT ADMINISTRATOR
William Franklin
CITY EBT ONSITE MANAGER
Christina Smit
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Merril Chesser
MANAGER, DONOR DATA AND GRANT WRITER
Ying Tzarm
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Board of Directors
President
Former Vice President and General Counsel, Dearborn Wholesale Grocer
Director, Renaissance Society
Marty Friedman
Director
Energy sector lawyer, retired
Former Trustee, Carleton College
Former Director, WBEZ Former Director, Crown Youth Center
Former Director, Chicago Council on Urban Affairs
Emmitt House
Co-Founder & Director
Artist, Associate Professor of Art (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Former Board President
Dan Peterman
Mulubwa Munkanta
Treasurer
Director, Financial Planning and Analysis, SRAM Corporation
Vice President
Attorney at Law
Beth Loeb
Director
Southwest Airlines
Corliss King
Director
Principal, Wright
Richard Wright
Director
Architect, Principal, Studio Gang
Steve Wiesenthal
Secretary
Senior Advisor, Peterson Rudgers Group
Sonya Malunda