Our Board
Now chair of the Children First Fund board, Alan King has served as a CFF board member for 16 years. Currently a partner at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, Mr. King has more than 30 years of experience as an advocate litigating, mediating and settling employment-related disputes for clients across many industries, including retail, airlines, healthcare, telecommunications, education, financial services, municipalities, and minority-owned businesses. In 2018, Mr. King was named to the “Chicago’s Notable Minority Lawyers” list by Crain’s Chicago Business, which profiled Chicago’s most influential minority lawyers who have made a significant impact within the legal and business communities. In 2017, Mr. King was featured in the same publication’s “50@50+ Illinois” issue, celebrating individuals ages 50 and above who have made a significant impact in the state of Illinois, and he was highlighted in the Arts & Culture section for his impact on the house music scene. Mr. King has a Bachelor of Arts from Augustana College and his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois.
Mary Cahillane
Independent Director of Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Mary J. Cahillane has been an Independent Director of Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago since 2011. She served as Vice President of Finance & Investments and Chief Administrative Officer of The Spencer Foundation and served as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer since 2003. She previously worked for Texas Commerce Bank from 1985 to 1989, holding a variety of senior roles in asset liability management, risk management, and finance. Ms. Cahillane was Operational Risk Management Executive and Managing Director at Bank of America before joining the foundation in 2003. Ms. Cahillane currently serves as a Director of Catholic Charities and has served as member of the boards of directors of the Charlotte Symphony, San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind, Girl Scouts of America (Chicago), and Northeastern Illinois University Foundation. Ms. Cahillane also currently serves on the boards of IES Abroad, St. John Berchmans School, Children’s First Fund, and PEAK (Partnership to Educate and Advance Kids).
Liz Dozier
Founder & CEO of Chicago Beyond
A lifelong educator, Liz Dozier has spent her career working tirelessly to interrupt the culture of inequity that is often pervasive in urban education. She is most known for her work as principal of Fenger High School, where she took innovative and creative approaches to successfully address the holistic and complex needs of her students.
In 2016, Ms. Dozier launched Chicago Beyond, an impact investor that backs the fight for youth equity by fueling organizations, individuals, and learning. Since its launch in 2016, Chicago Beyond has invested more than $30 million in 14 local nonprofit organizations and community leaders that fight for all youth to achieve their fullest human potential.
Ms. Dozier’s work has been featured in the New York Times Best Seller How Children Succeed by Paul Tough, CNN’s Chicagoland, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Obama Foundation Summit, and SXSW.
Adam Langsam
Chief Executive Officer, Parkwood LLC
Adam Langsam is the Chief Executive Officer at Parkwood LLC, a private financial services firm representing the interests of the families of Jack, Joseph and Mort Mandell, as well as their associated foundations. Prior to joining Parkwood, Adam was CEO of William Harris Investors, the family office representing the financial affairs of the descendant of Irving Harris. In addition to his career working with families, Adam spent two decades working with institutional clients at large multinational investment banks including Merrill Lynch, where he was responsible for Alternative Asset Manager Consulting, and as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley working in various roles focusing on risk management and the use of derivatives and financing strategies. Adam holds a dual degree BA in psychology and economics from the University of Delaware, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. A married father of three children, Adam also serves on the Board of Directors of the Mandell Foundation, The Pritzker Organization and Intonation Music Workshop where he serves as the Board Treasurer.
Eva Giglio
Executive Director, CME Group Foundation
Eva Giglio has served as Executive Director of CME Group Foundation since 2021. In this role, Eva oversees a grantmaking budget of more than $6 million annually, supporting over 130 nonprofit organizations. She also manages the CME Group Foundation Scholars program, providing scholarships to First Generation college students who are majoring in finance and computer science related fields. Prior to this role, Eva worked for over thirteen years in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), beginning as a high school teacher and then later as Deputy Chief of Staff to the CEO of CPS, where she led the district’s strategic vision and improvement planning. With a lifelong passion for supporting children and families, Eva serves as an elected school board member in her community, is the Board President for Share Our Spare and serves on the Youth Guidance Working on Womanhood Advisory Council and the After School Matters Advisory Board. Eva is the Co-Principal of North Center Consultants, a boutique consulting firm focused on organizational strategy and team development. She has a Master’s in Educational Leadership from North Park University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eva is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago, Class of 2021 and was recognized in Crain’s 40 Under 40.
Bryan Stokes
Education Portfolio Director, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Bryan Stokes serves as Education Portfolio Director at the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. In this role he leads the foundation’s investments in programs and initiatives serving families with children birth through kindergarten. Prior to joining McCormick, he most recently served as Chief of Early Childhood Education at Chicago Public Schools and worked to build a universal preschool system that ensures that every child in Chicago is ready for school success. Bryan began his career as a classroom teacher at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning before spending six years leading early childhood and youth development programs at Gads Hill Center, which serves more than 4,500 children on Chicago’s Southwest Side. His range of professional experience in the early childhood sector includes managing implementation of the state’s Preschool Development Grant in the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development and serving as Vice President of Early Learning at Illinois Action for Children. Bryan holds a Master’s degree in English Literature from Penn State. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, he came to Chicago as a Teach for America corps member in 2007. He is a member of the Illinois Early Learning Council as well as a board member of the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (INCCRRA) and the HighScope Educational Research Foundation.
Stewart Jolly
Partner, Tax, KPMG US
Stewart H. Jolly is a Partner in KPMG’s State and Local Tax practice with more than twenty years of experience in indirect taxes, restructuring, and sales and use tax system implementations. He is a member of the Indirect Tax team and leads the Chicago Indirect Tax Technology (iTaxTech) practice and has a strong background in sales and use taxes within the manufacturing, technology, retail and energy/oil and gas industries. He has substantial experience leading and coordinating SALT indirect tax technology engagements. He has served as the lead engagement partner with overall project responsibility for planning, budgeting, execution, and delivery of complex U.S. and global indirect tax engagements. Additionally, Stewart has considerable project and program management experience with software implementations. He has experience in both the technical and functional design of information systems as well as completion of the integration and testing of these applications within their host environments. His primary roles are to assist in the project management of tax integration projects which includes helping clients develop project requirements and establish business processes related to the automation of the global indirect tax function.
Sean Glowacz
Director of Community Development, Power Construction
Sean Glowacz has been with Power Construction since 2018, currently serving as their Director of Community Development. Sean works with a network of community stakeholders – public and elected officials, civic leaders, non-profit and community organizations, business executives, entrepreneurs and dedicated citizens – that have been critical to developing and implementing a myriad of initiatives aimed at creating more economic opportunities in communities throughout the Chicagoland area. Sean works on behalf of Power to find innovative ways to create opportunities at every level across the local economic spectrum – from high school students looking for guidance on lucrative career paths to individuals looking to start a new career in a union construction position to business owners looking for their next bid opportunity and beyond.
Dr. Macquline King
Interim Superintendent/Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools
Dr. King is an accomplished and visionary education leader with more than 18 years of professional experience in transforming urban education systems. She holds a Professional Educator License with a Superintendent endorsement. She previously served as the senior director of education policy (P-16) for the City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor.. In this capacity, Dr. King served as a strategic advisor on PreK-16 education initiatives, aligning resources and policies across CPS, City Colleges, and early childhood programs.
In her previous role as principal of Courtenay Language Arts Center, Dr. King led school merger efforts, rebuilding public trust through community engagement and expanded mental health support and implemented positive behavior interventions to improve student engagement and school culture.
Dr. King’s academic background reflects a deep commitment to instructional leadership and organizational effectiveness. She earned her Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in educational leadership from National Louis University, where she also completed two Master of Education (M.Ed.) degrees—one in administration and supervision, and another in curriculum and instruction. Her foundational training in pedagogy began with a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education, also from National Louis University.
