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Board Officers

Founder/Project Director
JOHN E. ADAMS, CPA
Founder and Executive Director.
Stakeholder
Legacy

Chairperson
WALTER FREEMAN
BTTF Board Chairman, President & CEO,
E & F Design.
Stakeholder
Residential

Vice Chair
DAVID D. ALI
Founder, Facebook "Group 39"
President and CEO of Be Relevant Inc.
Stakeholder
Residential

Treasury
ROBERT YOUNG, CPA
Managing Partner, Williams & Young CPAs.
Stakeholder
Residential

Secretary
KAREN RILEY
BTTF Board Secretary & Attorney.
Stakeholder
Residential
Board Members
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.
Legacy
Stakeholder
Bernard Turner
Executive Director, Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission.
Institutional
Stakeholder
Cecil Lucy, CPA, Esq., CPA
Former CFO of two Bronzeville institutions and President of Chicago State Univ.
Institutional
Stakeholder
Chris Devins
Urban Planner & Artist, Administrator, Bronzeville Ledgends Initiative - Facebook Group (2.3k Followers)
Residential
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
Douglass Monieson
Treasurer, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
Institutional
Stakeholder
Gloria McDaniel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, National Lewis University.
Legacy
Stakeholder
Lionel Kimble, Ph.D.
Professor, Chicago State University & Author "A New Deal in Bronzeville."
Residential
Stakeholder
Myiti Sengstacke
President & CEO, Chicago Defender Charities, Inc.
Institutional
Stakeholder
Patricia Abrams
Executive Director, The Renaissance Collaborative, Inc.
Institutional
Stakeholder
Valerie Wright, CPA
Broker Associate, Caldwell Banker Realty.
Residential
Stakeholder
Zenobia Johnson-Black
Principal, Johnson Black & Associates.
Residential
Stakeholder

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