Evanston's newest leaders
Recent Leadership Evanston Signature Program participants and graduates
from the classes of 2015 — 2023
2023 is Leadership Evanston's 31st year!
LE XXXI: 2022 — 2023 class members
Listed alphabetically: Laurice Bell Jessy Bradish ♦ Cheryl Brown, ♦ Nancy Castillo ♦ Maurya Delaney ♦ Becky Eberhart ♦ Danielle Feijoo ♦ Laurie Flanagan ♦ Audrey French ♦ Meleika Gardner ♦ Diane Goldring ♦ Adina Kleiman ♦ Rob Lentz ♦ Susan Markwell ♦ Melissa Raman Molitor ♦ Taishiya Nix Danile Russel ♦ Jeff Thomas ♦ Linda Tucker ♦ Akilah Wilson
LE XXX: 2021 — 2022 class members
Listed alphabetically: Jason Block, Actionpack ♦ Diana Cohen, Evanston Community Foundation ♦ Jared Davis, Evanston Community Bank & Trust, Wintrust Bank ♦ Alicia DeLaRosa-Velazquez, Evanston Scholars ♦ Cesar Galindo, Evanston Police Department ♦ Marianne Griebler, Unitarian Church of Evanston ♦ Tiffini Holmes, Total Transformation Solutions ♦ Tyler Hughes, Evanston/Skokie District 65 ♦ Litrea Hunter, Evanston Commission on Aging ♦ Shawn Iles, Evanston Public Library ♦ Diana Leza Sheehan, InContext Solutions ♦ Annet Miranda, Erie Family Health Centers ♦ Kristin Meyer, City of Evanston Health and Human Services ♦ Heather Norborg, Evanston Public Library ♦ Dennis M Oglesby Jr, Sherman United Methodist Church ♦ Shirley Sierra, James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy ♦ Jenny Valdes del Valle, Evanston Community Foundation
LE XXIX: 2020 — 2021 class members
Listed alphabetically: Kevin Augusta, Evanston Township High School ♦ Linda Brennan, FocusPoint Coaching & Training ♦ Kenneth D. Carter, Evanston Police Department ♦ Cindy Castro, Amita Health ♦ Curt Hanson, Evanston Community Bank/Wintrust ♦ Chris Heisinger, Heisinger Design & Mather ♦ Michael Jacobson, Evanston Township High School ♦ Linnea Latimer, Northwestern University ♦ Amanda Long, Along the Way Productions ♦ Kassandre McGovern, Batory Foods ♦ Stephanie Mendoza, City of Evanston ♦ Hibo Mohamad, Undocumented Neighbors ♦ Adam Newman, Cook County Commissioner's Office ♦ Trina Ntamare, Lavendar Eucalyptus LLC ♦ Rachael Posnak, Citizens Greener Evanston ♦ Chloe Reyes, Moran Center ♦ Marcel Sallis, Northern Trust Bank ♦ Laketa Simpson, Evanston/Skokie District 65 ♦ Aleca Tesseris Sullivan, Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston ♦ Kelly Terrell, Swann Consulting ♦ Katarina Topalov, City Colleges of Chicago
LE XXVIII: 2019 — 2020 class members
Listed alphabetically: Audery Blair, Rotary International ♦ Ruth Blonder, Truman Community College ♦ Mariana Bojorquez, Evanston Public Library ♦ Sam Carroll, McGaw YMCA ♦ Sandy Chen, Koi Fine Asian Cuisine ♦ Daisy Copeland, Mudlark Theater ♦ Mercedes Fernandez, Evanston Township High School ♦ Tana Francellno, Youth Job Center/City of Evanston ♦ Jennifer Friedrich, Bon Events ♦ Christina Garza, Unity Church on the North Shore ♦ Evan Girard, Evanston Scholars ♦ Kemone Hendricks, Evanston Present and Future ♦ Vince Heneghan, Impact Behavioral Health Partners ♦ Michelle Kavoosi, Loyola University of Chicago ♦ Demisha W. Lee, Evanston Scholars ♦ Tania Margonza, Books & Breakfast/Evanston Cradle to Career ♦ Megan McClung, The James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy ♦ George John Nejmeh, Northwestern University ♦ Jonathan Nieuwsma, Citizen's Greener Evanston ♦ Lupe Orozco Jr, Evanston Latinos ♦ ChandraPalmer, Rotary International ♦ Wolf Peddinghaus, Community Activist ♦ Adeela Qureshi, District 65 ♦ Elizabeth Rolewicz, Evanston Township High School ♦ Rachel Rosner, Nature and Climate Educator ♦ Amber Scott-Chavez, Evanston Community Foundation ♦ Tosha Wilson, Evanston Police Department
LE XXVII: 2018 — 2019 class members
Listed alphabetically: Xochitl Ayala, Rotary International ♦ Laura Brown, Downtown Evanston ♦ Alexandria Buckley, Social Worker ♦ Shayla Butler, Northwestern University ♦ Edgar Cano, City of Evanston ♦ Sarah Cort, McGaw YMCA Camp Echo ♦ Kelly Diaz, Evanston Township High School ♦ Len Felton, Youth Job Center ♦ Sarah Gordon, Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI)♦ Lauren Grossman, Across the Table ♦ Francesca Henderson, Evanston Police Department ♦ Grace Imathiu, First United Methodist Church ♦ Tanya Jenkins, Evanston Police Department ♦ Martha Klitzkie, Reef Environmental Education Foundation ♦ Linda Larkin, community activist ♦ Claudia Larrea, MetroSquash ♦ Rick Marsh, Curt's Café ♦ Shiva Mohsenzadeh, Legislative Aide - Illinois Senator Laura Fine ♦ Jennifer Montojo, Evanston Art Center ♦ Jessi Moon, Evanston Community Foundation ♦ Allie Payne, Dreamtown Realtor ♦ Jeremy Round, Gather ♦ Rachel Ruttenberg, The Family Defense Center ♦ Joyce Sia, Northshore University Healthcare ♦ Maria Slowinski, General Reinsurance ♦ Jace Smith, McGaw YMCA ♦ Erin Tegge, PEER services ♦ Maria Tolpin, community activist ♦ Vanessa Vegas, Rotary International ♦ Lisa Winn, Evanston Community Bank ♦ Nancy Zwick, Evanston artist
LE XXVI: 2017 — 2018 class members
Listed alphabetically: Susan Marshall Abraham,community volunteer ♦ Kelli-Ann Alcott, Youth & Opportunity United, Inc.♦ Carole Bass, community volunteer ♦ Ashley Brandt, attorney ♦ Karli Butler, Curt's Cafe ♦ Teri Campbell, Evanston Public Library ♦ Savannah Clement, City of Evanston ♦ Lori Coombs, Evanston Township High School ♦ Brandi Crawford, Youth Job Center ♦ Linda Del Bosque, Evanston Woman Magazine ♦ Neal Desai, LumenKids ♦ Jean Fies, community volunteer ♦ Ellen Frolichstein, Evanston In-School Music Association♦ Steven Frost, Evanston/Skokie District 65 ♦ David Graham, Sidley Austin LLP ♦ Tanya Jenkins, Evanston Police Department ♦ Chantell Johnson, MacArthur Foundation ♦ Natalie Joy, Evanston Work Ethic Program ♦ Laurie Kaplan, community volunteer ♦ Lisa Levin, community volunteer ♦ Lesly Levitas, community volunteer ♦ Murphy Monroe, The Actors Gymnasium ♦ Mireya Morales, Rotary International ♦ Michael Moran, Anonymous Architects ♦ Joi-Anissa Russell, The James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy♦ David Servillo, Gene Servillo Consulting ♦ Rebecca Slenk, McGaw YMCA Children's Center ♦ Rosa Ines Sriver, Evanston Cradle to Career ♦ David Stone, Northwestern University ♦ Bryant Wallace, Chessmen Club of The North Shore
LE XXV: 2016 — 2017 class members
(from left to right): Nichole Boyd, Evanston Township High School♦ Elisabeth “Biz” Lindsay-Ryan, diversity and inclusion consultant ♦ Ellen Feldman, recently retired Northwestern University Research Center ♦ Tasha Triplett, Curt's Café ♦ Letitia Mann, community volunteer ♦ Mark Watson, Nature's Perspective ♦ Val Buchanan, Northwestern University ♦ Evan Finamore, community activist ♦ Liz Schaps, Northwestern University ♦ Kristin Brown, Rotary International ♦ Michael Drennan, Ridgeville Park District ♦ Jess Rutstein, Justin Wynn Fund ♦ Yoli Maya Yeh, LumenKids and Fusion Academy ♦ Jody Wright, Evanston Police Department ♦ Lynn Chehab, NorthShore University HealthSystem ♦ Carmen Francellno, Family Focus Evanston ♦ Maggie Cong-Huyen, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management ♦ Becky Moore, Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U) ♦ Bryon Harris, Evanston/Skokie District 65 ♦ Maggie Allexsaht, McGaw YMCA ♦ Socorro Castro, Evanston Public Library ♦ Kathleen Long, Laurel Associates, LLC ♦ Kylette Lindsey, City of Evanston ♦ Donique McIntosh, social justice and diversity consultant ♦ Lori Hatton, community volunteer ♦ Roland Fouche, City of Evanston ♦ Mary Ellen Poole, Impact Behavioral Health Partners (Housing Options)
Not pictured: Pam Cytrynbaum, Injustice Watch ♦ Katie Knapp, City of Evanston
LE XXIV: 2015 — 2016 class members
(from left to right): Cynthia Wilson, Garrett Theological Seminary ♦ Nicholas Gehl, Evanston Township High School ♦ Hannah Steinman, Youth and Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) ♦ Linda Gerber, retired journalist♦ Amy Monday, Evanston Community Foundation ♦ Dennis Leaks, Evanston Police Department ♦ Kathy Shaw, community volunteer ♦ Karena Bierman, Rotary International ♦ Porschia Davis, City of Evanston ♦ Mitchell Smith, Ebenezer Primm Towers ♦ Elizabeth Feiertag, Mudlark Theater ♦ Toni Goerhing, Cherry Preschool ♦ Juliet Bond, Literature for All of Us ♦ Sandra Smith, Evanston Public Library ♦ Jennifer Arrington, North Shore Yoga ♦ Aimee Long, Allowance for Good ♦ Joan Casey, NorthShore University HealthSystem ♦ Ismalis Nuñez, Evanston/Skokie District 65 ♦ James Hagedorn, Bramer Animal Hospital ♦ TeeNeka Jones-Gueye, Infant Welfare Society of Evanston ♦ Karen McLeod, Rotary International ♦ Josh Gilbert, Temperance Beer Co.♦ Brina Auguste, community counselor ♦ Fabiola Alfonso, YWCA Evanston/North Shore ♦ Melissa Blount, psychologist ♦ Nina Kavin, activist ♦ Tracy Lawson McKeithen, Family Promise Northshore ♦ Abigayle Shay, Northwestern University ♦ Willie Gregory, The Renaissance Collaborative ♦ Bobbi Goldman, Have Dreams