Board of Directors & Impact Council

Board Chair
Steve Balogh, Williams & McCarthy

First Vice Chair
Wray Howard, YMCA of Rock River Valley

Vice Chair of Community Building
Linda Gerber, Rock River Valley Blood Center

Treasurer
Rick Brattland, Harris N.A.

Agency Representative
Mary Ellen Commare, Youth Services Network

Immediate Past Board Chair
Linda Zuba, Zuba & Associates

Ogle County Board Chair
Dale Hoppe, Northern Illinois University

Campaign Chair
Pam Maher, KMK Media Group, Inc.

Campaign Vice Chair
Dr. Bill Gorski, SwedishAmerican Health System

Past Campaign Chair
Pat Morrow, Alpine Bank

Craig L. Carlson, Chase N.A.
Nancy Conry, Hamilton Sundstrand
Becky Cook Kendall, Rockford Health Council
Bill Derry, Field Fasterner Supply
Earl Dotson, Rockford Public Schools
Idalis Egren, Law Office of Idalis O. Egren
Darrin Golden, IBEW 364
Frank A. Graceffa, Paper Recovery
Phillip Johnson, AFT/IFT 540
Harlan Knuth, Associated Bank

Nick Lauer, Retired
Cedric Lewis, Rockford Public Schools
Tom Myers, SwedishAmerican Health System
Dan Parod, Rockford Health System
Luz M. Ramirez, La Voz Latina
Lucy Rivas, OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
Jim Ryan, City of Rockford
Debra Van Driest, U.S. Bank N.A.
Andrea Ward, Harris N.A.
Edward Zurowski, Jr., APWU 79

Education Council:

Nick Lauer, Chair

• Dina Getty
• Christopher Greenwood
• Phillip Johnson
• Robert Jones Jr.
• Christine Lenox
• Julie O’Rourke
• Luther Rainer
• Craig Strike
• Kimberly Summers
• Stephanie Tyson
• Doug Vanheeren
• Dee Whittington

Income and Health Council:

Nancy Conry, Chair

• Mike Broski
• William Brumfield
• Charlie Elliott
• Adam Fleming
• Michele Griepentrog
• Harlan Knuth
• Charles Laskonis
• Taryn Marko
• Martha McKenzie-Jones
• Laura Mruk
• Dr. Angela Rodriquez
• Mary Scalzitti
• Craig Stallings
• Phillip Williams
• Wendy Wold

Community Wide Committee:

Linda Gerber, Chair

• Nancy Conry
• Bill Derry
• Linda Gerber
• Wray Howard
• Harlan Knuth
• Nick Lauer
• Jim Ryan
• Debra Van Driest
• Andrea Ward
• Edward Zurowski, Jr.