Local board members

Defy Illinois Advisory Board of Directors

• Jon Hennesy (chair) - Executive Director, The Hughes Foundation
• Nikhil Angelo - Associate, Lazard Frères & Co.
• Susan Burke - Attorney, Pederson & Houpt
• Jason Gibson - IT Consultant, TEKSystems
• Amy Hermalik - Associate Director, Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship  at the University of Chicago Law School 
• Terrence Hill - Community Outreach Administrator, Illinois Department of Corrections
• Vince Williams - President and CEO, Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council

Defy Illinois Associate Board of Directors

• Latoya Hughes (chair) - Attorney, Public Defender
• Caroline Cronin - Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young
• Sepora Makebah - Client Advisor, AllianceBernstein
• Raphael Manuel - Surgical Technologist, Good Samaritan Hospital
• Maurice Robinson - Principal, QMS Chicago
• Annie Ruggles - Founder & Dean, The Non-Sleazy Sales Academy
• Matt Strauss - Co-Founder and CEO, Rise Kit
• Pauline Sylvain - Co-Founder and President, PEP Chicago