Board of Directors
Helen N. Baker, Board President, is a partner at the Chicago law firm of Freeborn & Peters. Ms. Baker received a bachelor’s degree at Brown University and a J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law.
Veronica S. Buckley Ed.D, the Administrator at the Chicago law firm of McCracken and Frank, teaches at DePaul University’s School of New Learning. She holds a PhD in Adult and Continuing Education from National Louis University.
Abimbola O. Bukoye, Board Secretary, holds a Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law and is a Technical Specialist at the firm of McCracken & Frank, LLP. Mr. Bukoye was an Associate Editor of the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property Law and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University.
Bruce Doblin, MD, MPH, is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He served for many years as the Founding Medical Director of Interfaith House and is currently in private practice as a general internist and palliative care specialist. Dr. Doblin has written many articles for medical journals and often presents to physician audiences on the subject of Hospice and Palliative Care. He is on the teaching faculty of Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Chicago.
Joshua M. Earl, Board Vice President, is Vice President at GTCR, Golder Rauner. Prior to joining GTCR, he worked as an analyst in the Global Industrial and Services Group at Credit Suisse First Boston in Chicago. Mr. Earl graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, earning a BBA in Finance and Business Economics and a BA in Japanese.
Reverend Jennifer A. Gleichauf is the Associate Pastor of Winnetka Congregational Church and specializes in mission, high school programming, and family life in addition to other pastoral responsibilities. Reverend Gleichauf holds a Master of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University.
William Glover, is a member of Interfaith House’s Consumer Advisory Board and an active volunteer. Mr. Glover conducts resident sessions on anger management and men’s issues and during the summer months leads weekly resident gardening groups that take care of everything from planting, weeding, and watering all the way through harvest time.
Thomas A. Hurwich has been volunteering and working with homeless men and women in Chicago since the early 1990s. Division Vice President and Controller in the Diagnostics Division at Abbott Laboratories, Mr. Hurwich holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Business.
Arthur F. Kohrman, M.D., is professor emeritus of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He received Bachelor degrees in arts and science from the University of Chicago and his medical degree from Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Kohrman was Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Chicago and President of La Rabida Children’s hospital from 1981 to 1996.
Jeff Lyon, Deputy Editor of the Chicago Tribune Magazine and Director of the Science Writing Program at Columbia College in Chicago, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of books on gene therapy and medical ethics. Mr. Lyon holds a BSJ from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.
Thomas Bolton Mayo, III, Managing Director, Cameron General Corporation, is a senior private equity professional. Mr. Mayo holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and is a Phi Beta Kappa, Morehead Scholar from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a BA with highest honors in English.
Clio C. Mulryne, Board Treasurer, is a Senior Vice President with LaSalle Bank. She has responsibility providing strategic analysis and decision support to LaSalle’s Global Securities & Trust Services and Personal Finance Services businesses. In addition, Ms. Mulryne is a mentor in LaSalle’s finance career development program. She is member of the Junior League of Chicago and holds a BA in Music from Providence College as well as an MBA from Bryant College.
Jennifer J. Nelson, MSHRM, ex officio. Ms. Nelson is the Executive Director of Interfaith House. She holds a Masters of Arts in Human Resource Management from Roosevelt University and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Robert Morris College.
Louis Rohr, M.D. , is Attending Physician at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital and Clinical Instructor at Rush Medical College in Chicago. In 2004 Louis co-wrote Changing Attitudes Toward Homeless People. Louis earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Ned Sher is Vice President, Manager of Health Care Financial Services for Fifth Third Bank. Ned has been in corporate Finance for over 18 years and holds a Masters of Management from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, North western University.
Jacob C. Starks Interfaith House’s first Executive Director, Mr. Starks was a founding member of the Board. He is also co-chair of Interfaith House’s Advisory Board and serves on the boards of several Chicago area service agencies, including: the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group and the Interfaith Housing Development Corporation of Chicago.
Jason S. Stulberg is an Associate at Wind Point Partners, a Chicago private equity firm. Previously, he spent two years at the management consulting firm of Bain & Company. Mr. Stulberg earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan, Magna Cum Laude. His many years of volunteer service includes pro bono consulting, volunteer event leadership and one-on-one tutoring in downtown Chicago.
Interfaith House Advisory Board
Nancy A. Hanson
Co-chair
Jacob C. Starks
Co-chair
G. Marshall Abbey
Whitney W. Addington, MD, MACP
Reverend Paul S. Allen
Natalie Bell
Reverend Dr. John M. Buchanan
Marilynn J. Cason
Lamont Change
Congressman Danny K. Davis
Henry L. English
Bishop Raymond E. Goedert
C. Anderson Hedberg, MD, FACP
Robert W. Hoaglund
Rabbi Peter S. Knobel
John Mahoney
Congresswoman Janice D. Schakowsky
Vernette Schultz
Commissioner Bobbie L. Steele
Chester C. Stroyny
Lance C. Tyson
Quentin Young, MD, MACP