Our Team
FOUNDERS

Lane Alexander
Co-founder
Kelly "Ikaika" Michaels (1957 – 1995)
Co-founder
Elaine Cohen Rubin & Richard G. Weinberg
Honorary Founders
BOARD

Kwaku Osebreh – Chair (2018)
Corporate Attorney – Associate
Mayer Brown

Lane Alexander (1988)
Founding Director
Chicago Human Rhythm Project
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Nalky Gilot (2022)
Regional Sales Manager
M.S. Walker, Inc.

Jumaane Taylor (2022)
Artistic Director
Chicago Human Rhythm Project

Your Name Could Be Here (2022)
To learn more about serving on our board of directors, please read our Board Service Guide HERE!

Claudette Smith – Vice Chair (2010)
Vice President, DMOT Specialist
(Global Services Industry & Capabilities)
Northern Trust

Brenna Conway - 2018
Director of Engineering
City Scholars
University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign

Irene Michaels (2016)
Founder and President
IOnTheScene

Constance Vervalcke (2020)
Manager, SAP Security & GRC
PwC

Michael Foster – Past Chair (2010)
Past Chair
Senior Sales Manager,
The Whitehall Hotel

Nila Diab (2023)
Chief of Staff
Chicago Commons

Joyce Selander (2018)
Retired, Commodities Broker
Chicago Board of Trade

Michael Wright (2023)
Global Power Platform Engineer - Enterprise Enablement
ADVISORY BOARD
Terrence Coakley
Lou Conte
Diana E. Harris
Bill Irwin
Gail Kalver
Peggy Sutton
Bill Kurtis
Donna LaPietra
Dianne “Lady Di” Walker
TEAM

Lane Alexander
Founding Director
lalexander@chicagotap.org
ext. 101
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Kelli David-Low
Mayfair Arts Center (MAC) Program Manager
kdavidlow@chicagotap.org
ext. 105


Canisha Russ
Program Coordinator, Outreach and Arts Education
canisharuss@chicagotap.org
ext. 107

Nicole Saponara
Development & Marketing Coordinator
nsaponara@chicagotap.org
ext. 103


CONSULTANTS
Dominique Atwood
Production Stage Manager
Fredric Brewer
Marketing and Graphic Design
Yvonne Afable, Jill Pua Villanueva
& Joyce Jalata, Afable Consulting, LLC
Business and Financial Management
Jacob Snodgrass
Technical Director
Christopher W. Frerichs
Grant Consultant
Be/Phore
Website Development
Susan B. Clark
Data Management Consultant
Mike Pope
Fundraising Consultant