Leadership

Meet the Founding Executive Director
& Board of Directors

Dianne Campbell, Founding Executive Director

Harvey Adelstein

Harvey Adelstein practiced law, specializing in Labor and Employment matters at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg until December 2005 when he assumed an Of Counsel Role. While at NGE, he was the Practice Group Leader and a member of the Executive Committee.  He received his AB from Kenyon College, JD from Case Western Reserve University, and taught at Northwestern Law School before entering private practice.  He was elected to membership as a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Laws and is listed in the Best Lawyers in America Publication.  He was Chairman of the Board of ArcheWorks from 1994-2000. Since retirement, Harvey has traveled extensively, spent time at his home in Michigan, taken courses and remains involved in the labor law practice of his firm as an advisor and mentor.  He and his wife, Doris, have lived in Lincoln Park since 1983. 

Neelum T. Aggarwal, M.D.

Dr. Aggarwal is an Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences at Rush University Medical Center and an internationally known physician-researcher, author and expert speaker in the field of longevity, aging and Alzheimer's Disease. She conducts research studies (community based research activities) both as the Clinical Core Co-leader for the federally funded Rush Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and as a Co-Investigator on multiple National Institute of Aging grants in Aging and Cognitive Disorders. Because of her expertise in minority health and wellness issues, she serves on the Minority Recruitment Core of the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study Group Steering Committee- a group responsible for carrying out large scale clinical trials on aging and Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Aggarwal obtained her medical degree from the Rosalind Franklin Medical School in Chicago, completed her Residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and a fellowship in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago. She serves on multiple professional and community advisory committees and boards. Currently she serves as a member of the Lincoln Park Village Advisory Council and she and her physician husband and two sons live in Lakeview.

David Baker

Mr. Baker was named Vice President for External Affairs, Illinois Institute of Technology in March 1995. He is responsible for the University's governmental relations, technology park development, and trustee relations. Over the past 8 years he has worked to create the University Technology Park at IIT of which he serves as Executive Director. He managed all university strategic plans from 1993 through 2009. He helped create the Perspectives Charter Schools/IIT Math & Science Academy and serves on its Board of Directors. Prior to joining the University, Mr. Baker served as President of The Illinois Coalition, whose mission is to strengthen the Illinois economy through science and technology. From 1980 to 1989 he served as Executive Vice President of Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, the state's largest business advocacy organization. Mr. Baker serves on the board of the Association of University Research Parks and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center. He is a member of the Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors and the Economic Club of Chicago. Mr. Baker holds an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and an A.B. in History with a minor in Economics from Stanford University. He is married, has two children and lives in Lincoln Park.

John A. Bross

John A. Bross was vice president of the Northern Trust Company from 1979–2001 and, prior to joining Northern Trust, practiced law in Chicago from 1965–1979. He serves on the boards of Admiral at the Lake, the Chicago Area Project, and Facets Multimedia. He graduated from Harvard College in 1961, from Harvard Law School in 1965, and received an MDiv in theological studies from Seabury-Western in 2004. Bross, who is retired, lives in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood with his wife Judy and is a member of St. James Cathedral. He has been a Seabury-Western trustee since 2006.

Armand Cerbone, PhD, ABPP

Armand Cerbone, PhD, ABPP, has been in independent practice in Chicago where he has been counseling LGBT individuals and couples since 1978. He is a Fellow of six divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA) and holds an ABPP diplomate in Clinical Psychology.  He co-authored the APA's Guidelines on psychotherapy with LGB Clients and chaired the working group that developed the APA's Resolution on sexual orientation and marriage and Resolution on sexual orientation, parents and children.   Dr. Cerbone is former member of the APA Board of Directors and past-president of Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of LGBT Issues and of the Illinois Psychological Association.  His is a former Director of Behavioral Health at the Howard Brown Memorial Health Center, the Midwest's largest LGBT health center.  In 2001 he co-chaired the first international conference on LGB psychology.  He has received many awards for his contributions to psychology, including the Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology.  He is also a member of the City of Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.

Charlotte Damron

Charlotte Damron has 20+ years of experience in organizational development, change management and succession planning. She recently retired from Kraft Foods as vice president, human resources. Her early experiences were in retail operations including director, advertising, Jewel Foods. Charlotte currently serves as board member and former chair of Uhlich Children's Advantage Network. During her tenure UCAN has grown from a single program residential facility to a multi-service organization serving over 8000 children and families in the Chicago metropolitan area. Additionally, Charlotte is vice president, St. Pauls Church in Lincoln Park. Charlotte holds a BA in English from the University of Cincinnati, an MSc. Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Charlotte and her husband Larry, a health care financial executive, have lived in Lincoln Park since 1979.

Larry Elkins

Larry Elkins practiced law with the Chicago-based law firm of Chapman and Cutler from 1964 until his retirement in 1998. Becoming a partner in 1972, he specialized in corporate finance and served on the firm's Management Committee for the last five years of his practice. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1963 and his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Albion College in 1960. Since retirement, Larry and his wife Nancy Felton-Elkins have resided in Lincoln Park while making regular use of their home in Sawyer, Michigan. During retirement, Larry has been an active participant in The University of Chicago's adult education programs and received his Master of Liberal Arts degree in June, 2008.

Jack Hartray

John F. "Jack" Hartray, Jr., was born in Evanston, Illinois.  He received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1954. After serving in the military, he joined the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1956 and, among many projects, worked on the design for the United States Air Force Academy.  Jack later worked for Holabird and Root and Naess and Murphy in Chicago. In 1961, he joined Harry Weese Associates, serving as chief project manager on commercial and institutional commissions across the United States. In 1977, Jack entered a partnership with Chicago architects Larry Booth and Jim Nagle, which continues today as Nagle, Hartray, Danker, Kagan, McKay, Penney. Jack served as the technical principal on all of the firm's complex, large-scale projects. Highly regarded for his expertise in structural systems, working drawing production, and office organization, Jack is also well known for his teaching at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and for his writing about the contemporary practice of architecture. He was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 1991 and served on the Board of Directors of both the Chicago chapter and national American Institute of Architects (AIA).  Jack is a longtime resident of Lincoln Park. 

Marjorie Freed

Marjorie Freed has lived in Lincoln Park with her husband Harvey since 1963, when community rehab was just beginning. Some of the connections she made then have made her enthusiastic about Lincoln Park Village as a different kind of community renewal project. She began a 19 year long retail career in 1971, fulfilling a longtime fantasy. The Merchant of Venice on Lincoln Avenue was followed eight years later by Nonpareil. (Both were sold and no longer exist.) In 1991, Marjorie joined a group of outsider art aficionados including artists, collectors, art dealers and business people to found the non-profit Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. She has been on the board of this group since its inception, serving as secretary for two years. She also assisted in forming a bookstore and gift shop for the organization. In May 2006 Marjorie began a blog/website, chicagoTips.com, specializing in off-beat info about the city, cultural and otherwise. It has been picked up by Amazon's Kindle in addition to its place on the web.

John Hobbs

John Hobbs is a United Church of Christ pastor and serves Church of the Three Crosses, a dually affiliated United Methodist and United Church of Christ congregation in Lincoln Park. Prior to serving Three Crosses, John was the executive director of Interfaith Council for the Homeless in Chicago. He has been a member of the Commission on Human Relations Homeless Sub-Committee, Chicago's Continuum of Care's governing board, and the board of directors for the Partnership to End Homelessness. John has served as an adjunct faculty member at McCormick Theological Seminary and the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. He holds Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Columbia Theological Seminary.

Christopher Horsch

Chris Horsch has in Lincoln Park since 1975. He and his wife, Patty, raised three children there. Chris is an attorney and since 1990 has been General Counsel of ShoreBank Corporation, the holding company for ShoreBank, which was formerly known as the South Shore Bank. Chris plays the tuba in two amateur groups, including the Ravenswood Community Orchestra. He also enjoys playing tennis and watching baseball.

Marcia Opp

Marcia Opp has been connecting with neighbors in Lincoln Park through a variety of community, school, civic, and church activities for more than 30 years. She has been on the advisory board of Lincoln Park Community Research Initiative, whose mission is to increase the collection of records and artifacts documenting the neighborhood's history since 1999. As a Sheffield Neighborhood Association representative, Marcia worked on the team that developed www.LincolnParkConnect.com, a web site that features services, organizations, and events in the 60614 area. She has been very active in St. Pauls Church as a Minister of Care and a member of the Connectors Committee, which helps parishioners who need rides, hospital visits, and meals. A 10-year-member of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago women's board, Marcia also has been involved with the American Heart Association, her children's school Parents Council, and the Seminary Townhouse Association board. Marcia works in the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago LIFE Center developing health-related content for their web site, as well as helping patients, staff, and the public locate resources and information. She and her husband, Jon Ekdahl, have two daughters, Erika and Kirsten Ekdahl Hull and a son Kris of Illinois.

Laurie Regenbogen

Laurie Regenbogen has lived in Lincoln Park for over 30 years with her husband, Bruce Fleisher.  They have two sons, Andrew and John.  Laurie, an attorney, has been actively involved in community affairs.  She currently serves as a life trustee on the Board of the Francis Parker School, is a member of the steering committee of the Women's Board of the University of Chicago, and is the treasurer of her condominium.

Ed Rose

Over the past 25 years, software entrepreneur Ed Rose has focused on using new technology to improve existing processes and business models.  His current start-up is Serality, a group that provides web-based infrastructure applications and private online-communities for organizations whose missions include serving the 55+ population. He also is partnering with Lincoln Park Village to develop a private online community and Village "back office." Ed has founded or has been an active angel investor in multiple companies focused on a diverse set of business issues including electronic imaging and database publishing, tablet-based physician practice management and electronic commerce, software distribution and licensing.  Throughout his career, he has worked with market-leading customers such as Addison-Wesley, Houghton Mifflin, and Wiley in the publishing market, Lenox Hill Cardiology in physician practice management, and Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson, Red Hat, and Adobe in high-tech space.  In addition, he has worked with leading institutional investors including Bain Capital, @Ventures, Big Bend Investments, and Chase Equity Associates.  He is an advisor and fund raiser for the Aasha Foundation, which focuses on improving girls' lives in India and the Philippines. Ed divides his time between Chicago (Lake View) and Hopkinton where, for the past 20 years, he has served as caregiver to both his grandmother and great aunt, both of whom remain at home. 

Carol Rosofsky

Carol Rosofsky, retired principal of Carol Rosofsky Associates, has been a public relations professional for 30 years. Following a freelance career, agency work and teaching, she founded her PR firm in 1978, developing a specialty in the fields of art, theatre, music, design, food, hospitality and retail. Since 2004, Carol has been a part time consultant to the Chicago Humanities Festival, working on special projects and in development. She has actively participated on boards and committees of many of the city's arts organizations. Current board affiliations include: The Old Town School of Folk Music, Victory Gardens Theater, and the Performance Committee of the MCA. Past affiliations include Chicago Public Radio's Third Coast Festival and Community Council Board; Family Focus Grandparent's Initiative; Redmoon Theater; Steppenwolf Theatre; Chicago International Theatre Festival; Arts Bridge; Stories on Stage; Ox Bow Summer School of Painting; Free Street Theatre; Friends of the Parks; Seminary Townhouse Association; and Intuit, among others. Carol manages, archives, and catalogs the estate of paintings of the late Seymour Rosofsky. She and husband Robert (Bud) Lifton live in Lincoln Park; Carol has been a Lincoln Parker since 1959.

Mary Ann Schwartz

Mary Ann Schwartz, who served on the board of LakeView Village, is professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at Northeastern Illinois University where she served as chair of the Sociology Department for several years and was a cofounder of the Women's Studies Program. She earned her BA degree in sociology and history from Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, her master's degree in sociology from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and her doctorate in sociology from Northwestern University.  She has co-authored two textbooks, one of which recently went into its sixth edition. She is a long-time union activist; she held numerous offices while at Northeastern, and her involvement continues with retiree union organizations. Mary Ann has lived with her husband, Richard Brewer, in the Lake View neighborhood for 32 years, first in a townhouse and now in a high-rise with a balcony overlooking the lake. Mary Ann read about the village movement in several newspaper articles and was excited to hear about the work to organize a village in her community when Sophia Sieczkowski made a presentation in her building.  She considers village membership an insurance policy with tremendous payoffs, even if she never needs many of its services.

Michael Spock

Michael Spock is a Research Fellow at the Chapin Hall Center for Children at The University of Chicago where he is currently studying and writing about memories of pivotal learning experiences, compensatory strategies for dealing with personal limitations, and the transformation of the museum field in the latter third of the Twentieth Century. He also has an appointment as Museum-Scholar-in-Residence at the Chicago History Museum. From 1986 to 1994, Mike served as vice president for public programs at the Field Museum of Natural History where he was responsible for a major renewal of the museum's exhibits and educational programming. Prior to coming to the Field Museum, he was director of the Boston Children's Museum for 23 years. Over the years Mike has consulted widely to museums and funding agencies, and has received many distinguished awards for his leadership. Mike has a degree in biology from Antioch College, received his original professional training at the Dayton Museum of Natural History and the Ohio State Museum, and was a student in the Program for Research in Instruction at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He and wife Judith have lived in Lincoln Park since 1986.

Bob Spoerri

Bob Spoerri has been involved in building, managing, and leading high performance businesses for more than 30 years. He spent over 20 years at LaSalle Partners, a real estate services firm in Chicago, including 10 years as chief operating officer and president. Under his leadership, the firm grew to national and international prominence and, through merger with four other companies, created the firm Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL), now the world's leading real estate services and investment management firm. Bob subsequently served as CEO of two other businesses: Comro.com, a company in the real estate technology business and Mapeley PLC, a London based property investment and development company. Currently, he serves as president and CEO of Beneficial Reuse Management, an environmental services firm that is a pioneer in the environmentally beneficial reuse of high volume industrial by-products. Bob received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Indiana University. He and his wife Emily divide their time between their homes in Lincoln Park and in London.

Lois Stuckey

Lois Stuckey's original 25 year career path focused on industry. As Production Manager she streamlined manufacturing operations for Jays Foods and Procter & Gamble.  As Human Resources Manager and assistant in corporate human resources departments she developed a particular interest in Labor Relations. In 1995 Lois's career shifted focus to giving back to the community. She volunteered with the Latin School of Chicago Parents' Association as Vice President, Live & Learn Fashion Coordinator, Book Fair, etc. Her most recent focus has been with Lincoln Park Village. She has supported the Village since its infancy, initially with research on services available to the community and compiling Prospective Member lists to active involvement with the Program Committee, from organizing the Preliminary Calendar to establishing systems to harness the wealth of program data generated.  She has helped shepherd the vast range of topics into actual programs. Lois currently serves on the board of the CARE Chicago's Women's Initiative and is a former board member of the Portals at Grant Place (50 unit condo). Lois has a BS in Business Administration/Sociology from Oregon State University. She and her husband Rick have supported the Lincoln Park neighborhood since they moved here in 1976. They have two daughters.

J. Dirk Vos

Mr. Vos is Chairman, Board of Advisors of Alpha Capital Partners Ltd.  Alpha is a Chicago based private equity firm which invests in middle market manufacturing and distribution companies predominately in the Midwest.  He also serves on the boards of several privately held for profit and not for profit corporations.  Mr. Vos had a long a notable career in corporate finance and banking spanning three decades at First Chicago Corporation (which merged into what is now J.P. Morgan Chase).  He held senior management positions in Europe and Asia and also the United States in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  He last served as Executive Vice President and Head of Midwest Corporate Banking.  Mr. Vos holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BSBA in Economics from Northwestern University.  He and his wife Donna reside in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.

Melville W. Washburn

Melville W. Washburn is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, specializing in financial and securities litigation. His practice includes litigation and arbitration in jurisdictions throughout the United States. He has published several articles regarding legal issues facing accountants and consultants and has served as a faculty member at conferences on reinsurance dispute resolution.  He and his wife, Pam, joined the Village as founding members. Mel enjoys leaning languages (he currently is learning Spanish); has a Ph.D from the University of Chicago in Medieval English; and taught English for several years at various University of Wisconsin campuses.  He also does pro bono work with the National Immigrant Justice Center. His major interests include justice and human rights, movies, plays, and discussing current events. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mel served as a fireman.  The Washburns have lived in Lincoln Park for two years. 

Ruth Ann Watkins

Ruth Ann Halligan Watkins received a BS in Occupational Therapy from the University of Illinois and has had an extensive career in the field of physical rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). During her tenure at RIC she worked in a variety of positions from staff occupational therapist to vice president of marketing and public relations and earned her MBA from The University of Chicago. She has lectured extensively, held associate faculty positions, and authored profession articles and books. In 1991 she co-founded Out & About, Inc. which provided individualized services to elderly individuals to keep them active and involved in activities that gave meaning to their lives. She retired in 2001 when she and her husband Tom began splitting their time between a condo in Florida and their townhouse in Old Town in Chicago. Ruth Ann has served on the boards of Easter Seals, the Old Town Triangle Association, the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, University of Chicago Women's Business Group, the Rotary Club of Chicago, and as Chairman of the ROTARY/One Foundation. Currently she is a trustee on the boards of two foundations: secretary, the Retirement Research Foundation and the immediate past president of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation.