Leadership
2023 Board of Directors

Kelly Adighije
Board Member
Vice President
Baumann Consulting

Royce Cunningham
Board Member
Owner
Architectural Services Group

Juanita Garcia
Board Member
Senior Project Manager, High Performance Pepper Construction

Sean Moran
Board Member
Senior Project Manager
Clayco

Kevin Augustyn
Board Member
Senior Vice President
DBRS Morningstar

Annalise Dum
Secretary
Vice President, Sustainability
JLL

Deana Haynes
Board Member
Director, Commercial Real Estate
ChargePoint

Elena Savona
Treasurer
Director, Federal Partnerships
Elevate

Lindsay Buckwell
Board Member
Senior Program Manager
Evergreen Consulting Group

Isaac Elnecave
Board Member
Policy Specialist
Phius

Michelle McClendon
Board Member, ED&I Chair
Senior Project Executive
Gilbane Building Co.

Prachi Sharma
Board Member
Field & Outreach Manager
Slipstream

Jon Cheffings
Board Member
EVP Strategy
SCC&M

Keara Fanning
Ex-Officio Chair
Vice President, Sustainability
Link Logistics Real Estate

John Mlade
Board Chair
Director, Sustainable Environments
Wight & Co.
2022 Auxiliary Board
The Auxiliary Board is led by emerging professionals who advance Illinois Green's mission. Learn more about their work.


Kate Anderson
Account Executive
Johnson Controls

Natalia Gardocki
Program Marketing Manager
Walker-Miller Energy Services

Justin Johnson
Energy Field Specialist
Evergreen Consulting Group

Lauren McManus
Senior Analyst
Clareo

Jackson Sattell
Senior Counsel, Link Logistics Real Estate

Laura Turner
Senior Analyst
Waypoint Energy

Ian Champ
Senior Energy Analyst
AECOM

Kate Holly
Sustainability Coordinator
Leading Edge

Brian Keller
Associate
Waypoint Energy

Elias Menninger
Associate Consultant, SECC
WSP

Prachi Sharma
Project Manager
Slipstream

Miranda Wright
Project Architect
Hartshorne Plunkard Architects

Bingxu Chen
Deals Advisory Senior Associate
PwC

Adam Householder
Energy & Sustainability Manager
JLL

Ivy Klee
Resource Management
Coordinator, Kane County

Brandon Pieczynski
Commissioning & Energy Engineer
Baumann Consulting

Amelia Sisk
Associate Program Manager
Resource Innovations

Ayush Chobe
Graduate Student
University of Illinois, Chicago

Owen Hull
Development Manager
Lendlease

David Lopez
Senior Sustainability Assistant
Deloitte

Luke Rossi
Senior Associate
Modern Energy

Cameron Small
Mechanical Engineer
Salas O'Brien
2023 Programs Committee
The Programs Committee organizes and implements education events for our community. Learn more about their work.

Jill Ackermann
Project Manager, Sustainability
JLL

Anjana Dalal
Principal
ASD Consulting, Inc.

Damon Henrikson
Director of Marketing
Made to Measure

Jason Meyering
Architect
Jason Meyering Architecture

Connor Rettig
Vendor Manager, Illinois Solar for All, Elevate

Sydney VanKuren
Senior Associate
MUSE Community + Design

Jennifer Alvarado
Senior Program Manager
People's Gas Energy Efficiency

Thomas Dietz
Associate
JNKA Architects

Jason LaFleur
Senior Manager
GTI

Daniel Moring
Project Manager
Slipstream

Sophia Seol
Researcher
Slipstream

Matthaios Aravosis
Senior Property Condition Assessor, CBRE

Allen Dusault
Senior Program Manager
Franklin Energy

Chelsea Lamar
Sustainability Manager
Reyes Holdings

Iwona Mroz
Architectural & Landscape Designer, Self-employed

Aditya Singh
Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Student, IIT

Wayne Beals
Realtor & Managing Broker
The Beals Group

Mohammad Heidarinejad
Assistant Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology

Jim Laukes
Archivist
Local Media Documentary

Janet Olson
Civic Principal
HDR

Rachel Starr
Architectural Staff
HUSArchitecture
Advisory Board
The Illinois Green Alliance Strategic Plan Advisory Board provides technical and strategic guidance as we develop programming and educational offerings and recommends initiatives and partnerships that will help us achieve the plan's goals.
The Advisory board members are approved by the Illinois Green Alliance's Board of Directors and serve renewable one-year terms.
- Jessica Bollhoefer — Global Sustainability Leader in Strategy + Real Estate at Google
- Laura Jay — Regional Director for North America at C40 Cities
- Patrick Boyle — Director of Corporate Sustainability at Sloan (former Board Chair)
- Alicia Ponce — Principal and Founder of APMonarch Architects
- Chris Dillion — President of Campbell Coyle Real Estate (former Board Chair)
- Gabriela Martin — Program Officer at the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
- AJ Patton — Founder and CEO of 548 Capital and Development
- Tom Bassett-Dilley — Owner of TBD Architects
- Ari Kobb — Director of Energy & Sustainability Solutions at Siemens (former Board Chair)
- Booker Vance — Policy Advocate with Elevate
- Marge Anderson — Executive Vice-President, Slipstream (former USGBC Board Chair)
- Jenny Carney — Vice President, Sustainability at WSP (former Board Chair)
- Sandra Henry — Special Projects at Elevate (former Board Chair)
- Lois Vitt Sale — Wight & Co. (former Board Chair)
- Aaron Durnbaugh — Loyola Sustainability Director
- Karen Weigert — Director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility (current USGBC board member)