Alignment’s Leadership

Executive Committee

Bill Wright
President and Chair,
Director, The Overture Group

Jeni Lyon
Vice-Chair, Resource Development,
President and CEO,
Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick, Inc.

Corey Dixon
Secretary,
Senior Assistant Director of Administration,
Kane County Sheriff’s Office

Peter Sikorski
Treasurer,
Chief Financial Officer,
Western Smokehouse Partners

Pam Cumpata
Resource Development,
Community Volunteer

Bill Hoffer
Resource Development,
Chairman, Hoffer Plastics Corporation

Sara Sabo
Operating Board Chair,
Deputy Director, Gail Borden Public Library

Suzanne Johnson
Superintendent
School District U-46

Nancy Coleman
Executive Director,
Alignment Collaborative for Education

Board Members

Doug Britt
President/CEO
Golden Corridor Family YMCA

Rodney Craig
Village President
Village of Hanover Park

Pam Cumpata
Resource Development
Community Volunteer

Sheri DeShazo
President
Advocate Sherman Hospital

John Devereux
Community Volunteer

Desai Dhaval
Vice President and General Manager
ITW Shakeproof Group

Corey Dixon
Senior Assistant Director
Kane County Sheriff’s Office

Laurie Elish-Piper
Interim Executive VP & Provost
Northern Illinois University

Andrea Fox
President
Image Design Marketing

Karen Fox
Community Volunteer

Elizabeth Freeman
Chief Academic Officer
Community School District 300

Carol Gieske
President, Elgin Area Chamber

James Griffin
Community Volunteer

Grant Harvey
80/20 Director
ITW Shakeproof Group

Bill Hoffer
President
Hoffer Plastics, Inc.

Adam Hogan
Vice President of Commercial Lending
First Mid Bank & Trust

Suzanne Johnson
Superintendent
School District U-46

David Kaptain
Mayor
City of Elgin

Sue Kerr
School Board President
School District U-46

Ana Lalley
Chief of Police
Elgin Police Department

Teresa Lance
Assistant Superintendent for Equity
and Innovation
School District U-46

Jeni Lyon
President
Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick Inc.

Brian McGuire
President & CEO
Associated Equipment Dealers

Esther Mongan
Superintendent
Central Community Unit School District 301

Herb Porter
Trustee
Village of Hanover Park

Scott G. Richmond
Attorney
Ariano Hardy Ritt

Sara Sabo
Chief Operating Officer
Gail Borden Public Library

David Sam
President
Elgin Community College

Peter Sikorski
Chief Financial Officer
Western Smokehouse Partners

Sheri Taylor
Audit Director
PFK Mueller

Scott Weil
Director of Regional Operations
NICOR

Bill Wright
Managing Director
The Overture Group

Mitchell Briesemeister
Director of Educational Pathways
School District U-46

Stephen Buchs 
College Pathways Director
Central Community School District 301

Kathleen Cox
Director of Early Learners
School District U-46

Sean Fitzgerrel
Senior Director of Workforce and Industry Initiatives
AED Foundation

Alex Gomez
Lieutenant
Elgin Fire Department

Tina Houdek
Director of Youth and Family Services
Hanover Township

Matt Hovey
Community Advisory Council
School District U-46

Yvonne Irving
Vice President
KCT Credit Union

Michael Isaacson
Executive Director
Kane County Health Department

Jeff Janda
Executive Director
Streamwood Park District

Karla Jimenez
Director of School and Community Relations
School District U-46

Rise’ D. Jones
Executive Director
Hamilton Wings

Joan Kanute
Director Service Excellence and Population Health
Advocate Sherman Hospital

Tony Lucenko
Director
Elgin Economic Development Group

Bob Malm
Co-Chair, Educational Pathways A-Team
Community Volunteer

Krisilee Murphy
President & CEO
Explore Elgin Area

Karina Nava
Assistant City Manager
City of Elgin

Amber Peters
Executive Director
Elgin Partnership for Early Learning

Joseph Russell
Chief Operating Officer
Taylor Family YMCA

Sara Sabo – Operating Board Chair
Chief Operating Officer
Gail Borden Public Library

Joseph Sieczkowski
Director of CTE, Pathways, and College & Career Readiness
Community School District 300

Denise Tracy
Chaplin

Kyla Wegman
Dean, College Transitions and Secondary Partnerships
Elgin Community College