Commission Members

Geri Aglipay

NATIONAL MANAGER AT SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY

Harry

Alston

VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

MAYOR,

VILLAGE OF HAZEL CREST, ILLINOIS

Sol Anderson

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT I GROW CHICAGO 

Chair
Commissioner Alma E. Anaya

7TH DISTRICT COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER, CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL INNOVATION

Vice Chair
Marc J. Lane

ATTORNEY AT LAW, VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL INNOVATION

Ex-Officio Advisor

Peter Creticos

PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR WORK & THE ECONOMY

Patrick Brutus

COORDINATOR OF 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY OF CHICAGO 

Rodger Cooley

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

CHICAGO FOOD POLICY 
ACTION COUNCIL

Kristi DeLaurentiis

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOUTH SUBURBAN MAYORS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION

Xochitl Espinosa

FOUNDER, THE CO-OP ED CENTER

Xochitl Flores

CHIEF, COOK COUNTY BUREAU OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Christyn Freemon

CHIEF SOLUTIONIST, PROJECT FORWARD

Ana Guajardo

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS

Ald. Maria Hadden

49TH WARD ALDERMAN, CITY OF CHICAGO

Morgan Malone

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND  EXTERNAL AFFAIRS,  FARPOINT DEVELOPMENT

Harold Rice

PRESIDENT AND CEO, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF COOK COUNTY (CEDA)