our team

Meet

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Connie Spreen

CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Corey Chatman

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

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Tuesday Smith

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER

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Alex Valladares

BLACKSTONE BICYCLE WORKS

PROGRAM MANAGER, CYCLING SERVICES & ADVOCACY

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Bruce Winston

BLACKSTONE BICYCLE WORKS

PROGRAM MANAGER, YOUTH EXPERIENCE

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Emily Cross

61ST STREET FARMERS MARKET

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

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Joy Joshua

61ST STREET FARMERS MARKET

PROGRAM ASSISTANT

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Adam Stern

61ST STREET FARMERS MARKET

MARKET ASSISTANT

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Kelly Jones

61ST STREET FARMERS MARKET

HEAD GARDENER

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Matthew Ruffi

LINK UP ILLINOIS

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

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Raja Baptiste

LINK UP ILLINOIS

RETAIL PROGRAM MANAGER

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Allison Baldwin

LINK UP ILLINOIS

FARM DIRECT PROGRAM MANAGER

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Jonathan Hancock

CITY EBT ADMINISTRATOR

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William Franklin

CITY EBT ONSITE MANAGER

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Merril Chesser

MANAGER, DONOR DATA AND GRANT WRITER

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Ying Tzarm

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Board of Directors

Beth Loeb

Co-President

Attorney at Law

Sonya Malunda

Co-President

Senior Advisor, Peterson Rudgers Group

Marty Friedman

Secretary

Former Vice President and General Counsel, Dearborn Wholesale Grocer
Director, Renaissance Society

Michelle Merritt

Director

Creative entrepreneur, owner of aplomb enterprises

Jamie Kalven

Director

Founding Executive Director, Invisible Institute

Dan Peterman

Co-Founder & Director

Artist, Associate Professor of Art (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Former Board President

Treasurer

Director, Financial Planning and Analysis, SRAM Corporation

Mulubwa Munkanta

Corliss King

Director

Southwest Airlines

Laila Rashid

Director

Laila Rashid Philanthropic Strategies, LLC

Steve Wiesenthal

Director

Architect, Principal, Studio Gang