Staff & Board

Staff

Ben Helphand          

                     Executive Director - 312-863-6292

         

Margaret Cielak           

                     Program Director - 312-863-6291

                    

Sue Cubberly       

                     Land Monitoring and Stewardship Specialist - 312-863-6293

         

Sally Hamann          

                     Project Coordinator - 312-863-6281

 

Board Officers

Alicia Mazur Berg, President

Vice President of Campus Environment, Columbia College Chicago

 

Sadhu Johnston, Vice President

Commissioner, Department of Environment, Chicago

 

Edward K. Uhlir, Secretary and Finance Advisory Committee Member  

Program Director, Trust for Public Land

 

Cynthia Bergmann, Treasurer and Finance Advisory Committee Chair

                    Attorney, Freeborn & Peters, LLC

Board Members

          John Baird, Finance Advisory Committee Member

President and CEO, Baird and Warner, Inc.

 

Gia Biagi

           Director of Planning and Developement, Chicago Park District

 

Cathy Geraghty

Director of Development, Forest Preserve District of Cook County

 

Velma Johnson

           President, North Lawndale Greening Committee

 

Bob Pickens

Commissioner, Chicago Park District

 

Deborah Simms

           Commissioner, Forest Preserve District of Cook County

 

Mary Ann Smith

Alderman, 48th Ward, City of Chicago

 

Christy Webber

           President, Christy Webber Landscapes

Ex-Officio

          Steven Bylina, Jr.

General Superintendent, Forest Preserve District of Cook County

 

Glenda Daniel

Director of Urban Greening, Openlands Project

 

Kathy Dickhut

Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development

 

Timothy J. Mitchel

General Superintendent, Chicago Park District