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Board Officers
Founder/Project Director
JOHN E. ADAMS, CPA
Founder and Executive Director.
Stakeholder
Legacy
Chairman
WALTER FREEMAN
BTTF Board Chairman, President & CEO,
E & F Design.
Stakeholder
Residential
Vice Chairman
DAVID D. ALI
Founder, Facebook "Group 39"
President and CEO of Be Relevant Inc.
Stakeholder
Residential
Secretary
KAREN RILEY
BTTF Board Secretary & Attorney.
Stakeholder
Residential
Treasurer
ROBERT YOUNG, CPA
Managing Partner, Williams & Young CPAs.
Stakeholder
Residential
Board Members
Al Penn
President, Penn Consulting Group, Ltd.
Institutional
Stakeholder
Alexander Perez
Police District Councilor, Chicago 2nd District
Institutional
Stakeholder
Amandilo Cuzan
Media Specialist, Bronzeville Alliance (Facebook Group - 6.3k Members)
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Institutional
Stakeholder
Anita Strange Rebecci
Founder, "Jazz'n in Bronzeville"
Residential
Stakeholder
Babette Payton
Accessibility Wheelchair Project Consultant
Institutional
Stakeholder
Bernard Turner
Executive Director, Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission
Institutional
Stakeholder
Carey Wintergreen
Architectural Historian
Institutional
Stakeholder
Cecil Lucy, CPA, Esq., CPA
Attorney, Former CFO of two Bronzeville institutions;
President of Chicago State University
Institutional
Stakeholder
Chris Devins, MUPP
Urban Planner & Artist;
Administrator, Bronzeville Ledgends Initiative - Facebook Group (2.3k Followers)
Institutional
Stakeholder
Christine Bowden
President & Founder, McCormick Place Chamber of Commerce
Institutional
Stakeholder
Daphnay Sagaille
Co-Founder, Street Calling Bike Club (3.0k Facebook Group Members)
Residential
Stakeholder
David Day
Director, Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Institute
Institutional
Stakeholder
David Duster
Great Grandson of Ida B. Wells;
Financial Advisor
Residential
Stakeholder
Douglass Monieson
Treasurer, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy;
Trustee, Illinois Tech
Institutional
Stakeholder
Gloria McDaniel, Ph.D., E.D.
Assistant Professor, National Lewis University
Legacy
Stakeholder
Herald "Chip" Johnson, Ed.D.
Retired CPS Official;
Educational Consultant and Board Chair, Vandercook College of Music
Residential
Stakeholder
Lionel Kimble, Ph.D.
Professor, Chicago State University;
Author, "A New Deal in Bronzeville"
Residential
Stakeholder
Monique Brinkman-Hill
Executive Director, South Side Community Art Center
Institutional
Stakeholder
Myiti Sengstacke
President & CEO, Chicago Defender Charities, Inc.
Residential
Stakeholder
Ralph G. Moore, CPA
Supplier Diversity;
MBE Consultant
Residential
Stakeholder
Susan Carmouche
Retired
Residential
Stakeholder
Patricia Abrams
Executive Director, The Renaissance Collaborative, Inc.
Institutional
Stakeholder
Phillip DePriest
Great Grandson of Oscar DePriest;
Investment Advisor
Residential
Stakeholder
Valerie Wright, CPA
Broker Associate, Caldwell Banker Realty;
Former CFO, Abraham Lincoln Center
Residential
Stakeholder
William Gaston
Founder, Major Taylor International Cycling Alliance;
Technology Advisor
Institutional
Stakeholder
Zenobia Johnson-Black
Principal, Johnson Black & Associates
Residential
Stakeholder
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