State Street Commission
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Ryan Segal
Commission Chair Vice President
Acadia Realty Trust -
Konstantine “Gus” Drosos
Commission Vice Chair General Manager
Palmer House, a Hilton hotel -
La Verne O. Morris
Commission Secretary Resident owner, 20 N. State Condominium Association -
Kristin Duncan
Commission Treasurer General Manager
Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel -
Mark Anderson, CPM
Property Manager
Hines | Citadel Building -
Ciere Boatright
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Planning & Development -
Greg Cameron
President and CEO
The Joffrey Ballet -
Tom Carney
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Transportation -
Brian Grossman
General Manager
Walgreens -
Clinée Hedspeth
Commissioner
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events -
John H. Idler
President & General Manager
ABC-7/WLS Television, Inc. -
Aimeabilomon Ochiekeleye
Assistant Store Manager
Macy’s on State Street -
Cole Stallard
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Streets & Sanitation
Chicago Loop Alliance Officers
-
Judie Green
Chair The Auditorium -
Kemena Brooks
Vice Chair Director of Development
The Community Builders, Inc. -
Bradley Renner
Treasurer The Joffrey Ballet -
Laura Graves
Secretary Vice President of Operations & Business Planning
ABC-7/WLS Television, Inc. -
Rich Gamble
Immediate Past Chair Interim President & CEO
Choose Chicago
Board of Directors
- Lenny Asaro Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Kati Baker Downtown Apartment Company
- Todd Bancroft Draper and Kramer, Incorporated
- Amy Boonstra Mindworks/University of Chicago
- David Broz Columbia College Chicago
- Tom Buechele School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- William (Bill) Burfeind Proven IT
- Kristen Buza Starbucks Coffee Company
- John Collins Goodman Theatre
- Louis D’Angelo Metropolitan Properties of Chicago, LLC
- Morgan Eagles theWit, a Hilton Hotel
- Kirsten Ekdahl-Hull EQ Office
- Tangela Enyia ComEd
- Nora Gainer Art Institute of Chicago
- Steve Gardner InterPark, LLC
- Aileen Gaspari Premier Landscape Contractors Inc
- Tess Green 212 W. Washington Condominium Association
- Noreen Heron Heron Agency
- Jacqueline Herrara NASCAR Chicago Street Race
- Jackie Jackson Kilwins Chocolates Fudge and Ice Cream
- LaShaun “Sah” Jackson CIRCLE Foundation/Innovations High School
- Kearby Kaiser Millennium Park Plaza
- Eileen LaCario Broadway In Chicago
- Rachel Lott Target
- Elizabeth Mackel Wintrust Bank – Chicago
- Tamar Mizrahi Goddess and the Baker
- Stanley Nitzberg Mid-America Real Estate Corp.
- Jesse Nunez InterPark, LLC
- Janette Outlaw Interior Investments, LLC
- Paul Rades 161 N. Clark LLC
- Simone Randolph Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
- Issac Riggs Millennium Parking Garages
- Jim Rylowicz CenTrio Energy
- Matthew Sarosy Macy's on State Street
- Charles Smith CannonDesign
- YaFawn Smith Comcast, NBC Universal
- Kevin Swanson Walgreens
- Amanda Thompson DePaul University
- Matthew Toles PNC Bank
- James Turner CIBC
- Jim Vozzella 360 Chicago
- Leon Walker DL3 Realty L.P.
- Markeyon Wallock Wallock International Group LLC/BWYB Products
- John G. Wells Hilton Chicago
Honorary Board
- Ronald M. Arnold
- Cal Audrain*
- Herman Berghoff
- Fran Casey
- Norman Elkin
- Lori T. Healey
- Ralph Hughes
- Melvin L. Katten
- G. Brent Minor
* - deceased
Administrative Staff

Michael M. Edwards
President and CEO

Abel Rodriguez
Chief Financial Officer

Kiana DiStasi
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

Christian Boyer
Director of Development

Allison Gerlach
Director of Placemaking and Events

Ariella Gibson
Director of Marketing & Communications

Kenna J. Tunis
Director of Community Engagement

Daisy Ruiz
Marketing & Communications Manager

Jerry Zollicoffer
Operations Manager (through Streetplus)

Octavion Thomas
Social Services Outreach Specialist (through Streetplus)

Melvin Craig III
Administrative Coordinator

Morgan Berryhill
Marketing and Communications Intern

Aayush Hedaoo
Placemaking & Planning Intern

Alek Jaunzemis
Planning Intern

Jad Salloum
Planning Intern

State Street Ambassador staff throughout 2024
- Vincent Accurso
- Nakena Calhoun
- Tony Johnson
- Tawone Keith
- Andre Matthews
- Harold Matthews
- Daniel Moore
- Anthony Osbourne
- Alfonso Redditt
- Nico Roa
- Keontrae Sanders
- Alex Scott
- Jahmil Thomas
- Alonzo Zollicoffer
Corridor Ambassador staff throughout 2024
- Chassity Blue
- Apollo Feeman
- Malcolm Haywood
- Steven Hough
- Shane Laurent
- Diamonde McNeal
- D’Angelo Milton
- Mario Solomon
- Genile Tillman
- Ricardo Williams
- Anthony Wilson, Jr.
- Aaron Woolridge
- Eric Young
Security Patrols
throughout 2024
- Derrick Brunson
- Brian Castillo
- Devonte Collins
- Veronica Collins
- Jaylen Nathaniel
- Blake Ware