COMMISSION MEMBERS

CO-CHAIRS

Grace Hou
State of Illinois, Deputy Governor

Kate Maehr
Greater Chicago Food Depository, CEO

COMMISSION MEMBERS

Robert Baren
Office of Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton, Senior Advisor

Robert Biekman
Director for Evangelical Mission & Associate to the Bishop, Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Gina Cleggs
Catholic Charities, Senior Vice President Operations and Innovation

Diane Doherty
Illinois Hunger Coalition, Executive Director

Robert Eastern III
City of East St. Louis, Mayor

Stephen Ericson
Feeding Illinois, Executive Director

Joshua Gibb
Galesburg Community Foundation, President and CEO

Elizabeth Hernandez
Illinois House of Representatives, 24th District Representative

John Herring, Sr.
Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living, Executive Director

Dakarai Howard
Illinois Department of Agriculture, Senior Policy Advisor

Mattie Hunter
Illinois State Senate, 3rd District Senator

April Janney
President and CEO of Illinois Action for Children

Robert Karr
Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA), President and CEO

Mary Killough
Illinois Department on Aging, Director

Jonathan Lavin
Age Options (retired)

Charles Meier
Illinois House of Representatives, 108th District Representative

Heidi Mueller
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Director

Luvia Quiñones
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Health Policy Director

Dulce Quintero
Illinois Department of Human Services, Secretary

Sue Rezin
Illinois State Senate, 38th District Senator

Carolyn Ross
All Chicago, President and CEO

Jeramie Strickland
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Director, Office of Community Outreach

Tony Sanders
Illinois State Board of Education, State Superintendent

Lizzy Whitehorn
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Director

Audra Wilson
Shriver Center on Poverty Law, President and CEO