Board of Directors

Board Officers

Kanwar Singh (Chair) Kanwar Singh is a Senior Vice President-Investments with UBS and co-heads the Chicago Wealth Management Group, a team dedicated to addressing the wealth planning and wealth management needs of a select private clientele.  Prior to UBS Mr. Singh was Partner at Baker & McKenzie and at Kirkland & Ellis. Mr. Singh has also held senior and executive positions at Valence Capital Group, Monsanto Company, and Brightsage, Inc.

David Eisner (Vice Chair) David Eisner is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center, the first and only nonpartisan,nonprofit American institution devoted to the Constitution. Prior to the Center David served as CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and as a senior executive at AOL Time Warner and America Online.

David Benjamin (Treasurer), is Managing Director at Market Growth Partners LLC. David's experience ranges from technology delivery at Accenture to operational effectiveness at Ernst and Young and strategy at McKinsey & Co. Most recently, he was Founder and CEO of Charter Consulting. He also continues as a Senior Advisor to the Monitor Group, a global strategy consulting firm.

Melia Dicker (Secretary), is Communications Director for The Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA). A 2004 graduate of Public Allies Silicon Valley, she founded Spark, a nonprofit organization that develops hands-on, self-directed learning opportunities youth in the Bay Area through apprenticeships with local businesses.

Board Members

Claire M. Bennett, Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Consumer Travel Network, American Express

Leif Elsmo, Executive Director of Community and External Affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center

Bill Graustein,Trustee of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Elizabeth Hollander, Senior Fellow at Tufts University

Richard Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of iMapAmerica

Julian Posada, President of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club

Christa Robinson, Senior Vice President for Public Relations at CNN Worldwide

Jason Scott, Chief Executive Officer of EKO Asset Management Partners LLC

Michael D. Smith, Vice President for Social Innovation at The Case Foundation

Dorothy Stoneman, President of YouthBuild USA

Jaime Ernesto Uzeta, Social entrepreneur