Meet Our Boards
Board of Directors
Tammy Phillips
Chair
President & CEO
Starfish Reserve, Inc.
Lindsey Brickle
Vice Chair
Director of Workforce and Community Partnerships
Polaris MEP
Darnell Shields
Vice Chair
Executive Director
Austin Coming Together
Teaera Strum
Vice Chair
Chief Operating Officer
Strum Contracting Company Inc.
Andrew Bray
Secretary
Strategy and Program Development
DOE, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
Brett Mueller
Treasurer
Director of Lending - Chicago & NW Indiana
IFF (CDFI)
Colin Cosgrove
Member
Vice President
S&C Electric Company
Andrew Crowe
Member
Founder
New American Manufacturing Renaissance
Linda Dworak
Member
Director
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
Matthew Fitzgerald
Member
Regional Sales Manager
ITW Welding
Sequane Lawrence
Member
Fathers, Families, and Healthy Communities, Pres.
Revolution Workshop, Secretary
John-Paul (JP) Paonessa
Member
Marketing Manager
Freedman Seating Company
Elizabeth Rio, Associate Board Liaison (non- voting)
Member
Human Resources Specialist
Insperity
Paul Shadle
Member
Law Partner
DLA Piper
Gary H. Smith
Member
Managing Partner
Law Offices of Gary H. Smith, PC, division of Kovitz-Shifrin Nesbit
Associate Board
Founded in 2016, JARC’s Associate Board brings together emerging and civically engaged professionals across the Chicago region who are committed to a shared goal:
Ensuring that people who work do not live in poverty!
Associate Board members help advance awareness of JARC’s impact
on low-income adults and manufacturing employers by activating their networks, hosting events, and volunteering directly in support of our programs.
Attend at least 75% of AB meetings
which include in-person meetings every other month and 30-minute online check-ins in between.
Minimum annual commitment of $250
fulfilled through a personal gift or employer match, event tickets, in-kind donations, or corporate sponsorships.
Commit to a minimum of two years
of service and participate in at least two JARC activities each year.
Interested in joining us?
We’d love to hear from you.
Andrea Tovar – Staff Liaison andreat@jane-addams.org
