Board of Directors
Our board underwrites all of our administrative costs, allowing 100 percent of your donation to go directly to supporting our grantees.
Meet Our Board
Our board of directors provides strategic guidance and oversight to A Better Chicago.
Comprised of experienced and thoughtful leaders from the public and private sectors, the board shares our organizational values and is deeply committed to our mission of creating opportunity for underrepresented and disenfranchised Chicagoans.
John Gilligan, Chair
Partner
Riverspan Partners
Stephen Beard, Vice Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Adtalem Global Education
Beth Swanson, CEO
A Better Chicago
Arjun Aggarwal
Operating Partner
Rubicon Founders
Sean Berkowitz
Partner & Global Chair of Litigation
Latham & Watkins LLP
Eric Chern
Co-founder
Chicago Trading Company
Ricardo Estrada
President & CEO
Metropolitan Family Services
Dr. Janice Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Hope Chicago
Jack Keller
President
Keller Group, Inc.
Chris Keogh
Consumer and Wealth Management
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Timothy Knowles
President
Carnegie Foundation
Liam Krehbiel
Founder + CEO
Topography
Liam Krehbiel
Founder + CEO
Liam founded A Better Chicago in 2010 and served as CEO from 2010- 2019. Prior to launching A Better Chicago, he spent ten years in the corporate and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, he was a management consultant at Bain & Company. Prior to Bain, Liam worked at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, where he was a member of the programs team. Earlier in his career, he worked in the investment banking group of William Blair & Company and in the development office of ACCION USA. Liam has a BA in history from Dartmouth College and an MBA in finance and marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Taylor O’Malley
Co-Founding Partner & President
Balyasny Asset Management LP
Ginger Ostro
Executive Director
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Matt Raino
Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Partners
Tracy Schwartz-Ward
Managing Principal
Schwartz Capital Group
Timothy Schwertfeger
Chairman & CEO Emeritus
Nuveen Investments, Inc.
Directors Emeriti
Michael Collins
Bill Conway
Manager
Raputs, LLC
Becky Elrad
Civic Leader
Trisha Rooney
Christian Zann
Chief Investment Officer and Founder
Sourcerock