Children’s Place Association Board of Directors comprises community and business leaders. Their diverse backgrounds bring unique perspectives and leadership to the organization.

Kristen Daihes,
Chair

Vice President of Global Supply Chain
Mars Wrigley

Committee Involvement:
Executive (Member)
Donor Engagement (Member)

Christopher Murphy, CPA*
Vice Chair

Partner
RSM US

Committee Involvement:
Executive (Chair)
Fiduciary (Member)
Governance (Chair)

Christopher Parker
Treasurer

VP & Director of Community Engagement
Wintrust

Eric Hoffman
Secretary

Vice President
Project Management Advisors

Brenda B. Asare*

President & CEO
The Alford Group

Committee Involvement:
Donor Engagement (Chair)
Governance (Member)

Bob Ryan,

CFO/Co-Owner
Gold Fish Swim School – Roscoe Village

Committee Involvement:
Executive (Member)
Fiduciary (Member)
Governance (Member)
Foundation Subsidiary (Member)
Real Estate (Chair)

Joseph Fabusiwa

Management/Finance Consultant & Director
DLC Group

Committee Involvement:
Fiduciary (Member)

John F. Ward, Jr.,

Partner
Jenner & Block

Committee Involvement:
Executive (Member)
Fiduciary (Chair)

Ty Shockley – CPI Board Chair

Baxter International (retired)

Cinaiya Stubbs

President & CEO
Children’s Place Association

Ex-Officio Member

* Indicates past Board Chair

In the late 1980s, a small group of concerned Chicagoans responded to the HIV/AIDS health crisis and its impact on children by creating a new organization. Its original program, a 10-bed Children’s Residential Center with 24-hour nursing care, opened in 1991 – one of the first of its kind in the nation.

Robert T. Bale (in memoriam)

Henrietta Bertelsman

Joseph Hickey Jack Lee
(in memoriam)

Elizabeth LeTourneau-Lee

Langdon D. Neal

Amy Puccinelli

Jack Strand

Ram Yogev, MD

Thank you to the Founding Board of Directors.