Meet the staff, advisory board and e-council that are inspiring Chicago's young people to find their paths to success!

NFTE Chicago Staff

Christine Poorman, Executive Director
Christine has been with NFTE for 10 years, 3 of the years leading NFTE University Teacher Education Programs. Christine received her BA from Michigan State University in Economics.   As Executive Director, she focuses her attention on building a strong advisory board that helps fundraise for NFTE Chicago and provides thought leadership and strategic direction within the youth entrepreneurship education sector within Chicago.  As a veteran member of NFTE's executive team, she provides critical insight to NFTE's national headquarters on the work that is being done in the field and how national operations can support the growth and impact of program offices across the country.

Lauren McLaughlin Joyce, Deputy Director

Adithi Chandrashekar, Development Associate

Michael Davis, Program Manager

Jason Delgatto, Program Manager

Mary Hernandez, Program Manager

Keri Teplitzky, Program Manager


NFTE Chicago Advisory Board

Martha Dustin Boudos
Director, Community Relations (Retired)
Morningstar

Michael Campbell
Vice President,
Talent Management & Organizational Effectiveness

Exelon Corporation

Clint Coghill
President & Chief Investment Officer
Coghill Capital Management Llc

Brandon Copple
Managing Editor
Groupon

James Duggan
Partner
Duggan & Bertsch
Attorneys And Counselors At Law

Eric Fosse
Founder and CEO
Homemade Pizza Co.

W. Walter Green
Vice President
J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Craig K. Huffman
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Ascendance Partners, LLC

Bernard Kastory
Best Foods (Retired)
Professor
Skidmore College (Retired)

James Lidbury
Founding Partner
Ropes & Gray

Timothy O’Neil
Private Investor
NFTE Teacher

Christine Poorman
Executive Director
NFTE Chicago

Deborah Quazzo
Co-Founder
GSV Advisors

Ramkumar Ramanan
Partner, Assurance Services
Ernst & Young

Dee Robinson Reid
President
Robinson Hill Group, Inc.

Harvey Struthers
Chairman, Midwest Region (Retired)
Managing Director

J.P. Morgan Private Bank

William Young (Board Chair)
Partner
Equity Group Investments

Thaddeus Wong
Co-Founder
@Properties


 

NFTE Chicago E-Council

Tim Bruno
Corporate Executive Board

Gretchen Cooper
University of Chicago, Booth School

Jeremy Diamond
Morningstar

Michael Fineman
Young Professionals of Chicago (YPC)

Jake Fisher
GE Capital

Adam Freda
Wind Point Partners

Jenny Guo
Wirtz Reality Group

Mohit Gupta
Coghill Capital Management

Matt James (E-Council Chair)
Redbox

Shane Kokkines
Jamse, LLC

John McCareins
The Northern Trust Company

Rob McLennan
Red Foundry

Adam Milakofsky
The Pritzker Group

Jonathan Miller
Element Bars

Rishi Roongta
New World Ventures

Sara Robinson
Adams Street Partners

Nazanin Saidi
JPMorgan Chase

Chris Shannon
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Paul Thivierge
MB Financial Bank

Paul Wormley
Hadley Capital