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Our Team

FOUNDERS

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Lane Alexander
Co-founder

Kelly "Ikaika" Michaels (1957 – 1995)
Co-founder

Elaine Cohen Rubin & Richard G. Weinberg
Honorary Founders

BOARD

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Kwaku Osebreh – Chair (2018)

Corporate Attorney – Associate

Mayer Brown

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Lane Alexander (1988)

Founding Director
Chicago Human Rhythm Project

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Nalky Gilot (2022)

Regional Sales Manager
M.S. Walker, Inc. 

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Jumaane Taylor (2022)

Artistic Director

Chicago Human Rhythm Project

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Your Name Could Be Here (2022)

To learn more about serving on our board of directors, please read our Board Service Guide HERE!

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Claudette Smith – Vice Chair (2010)

Vice President, DMOT Specialist
(Global Services Industry & Capabilities)  

Northern Trust

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Brenna Conway - 2018

Director of Engineering

City Scholars
University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign

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Irene Michaels (2016)

Founder and President

IOnTheScene

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Constance Vervalcke (2020)

Manager, SAP Security & GRC

PwC

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Michael Foster – Past Chair (2010)

Past Chair

Senior Sales Manager,

The Whitehall Hotel

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Nila Diab (2023)

Chief of Staff 

Chicago Commons

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Joyce Selander (2018)

Retired, Commodities Broker
Chicago Board of Trade

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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

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Lane Alexander
Founding Director
lalexander@chicagotap.org
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Jumaane Taylor
Artistic Director

jumaanetaylor@chicagotap.org

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Kelli David-Low
Mayfair Arts Center (MAC) Program Manager
kdavidlow@chicagotap.org

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Kierra Wooden
Assistant Programs Manager

kwooden@chicagotap.org

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

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Nicole Saponara
​​Development & Marketing Coordinator
nsaponara@chicagotap.org

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Jasmyne Woods

Program Associate

jwoods@chicagotap.org

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Derek Layne

Executive Assistant

dlayne@chicagotap.org

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

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