Board of Directors
Women’s Business Development Center is enormously grateful to its stellar Board of Directors for its advice, counsel and support.
2012-2013 WBDC Board of Directors
Chairperson
Debra Jennings-Johnson, Director, Supplier Diversity, BP America, Inc.
Co-Presidents
Hedy M. Ratner, Co-President, Women’s Business Development Center
S. Carol Dougal, Co-President, Women’s Business Development Center
Vice Chairperson
Linda Chaplik Harris, Partner, SNR Denton
Secretary
Pam McDonough, CEO, DeAngelo/McDonough Construction Management Company
Treasurer
Sandra Rand, Former Supplier Diversity Director, United Airlines
Audit Committee Chair
Norma Lauder, Director, MS Tax Program, University of Illinois
Members
Laurel G. Bellows, Principal, The Bellows Group P.C.
Michelle Blaise, VP Engineering & Project Management, ComEd
Alison Chung, President, TeamWerks
Risa R. Davis, Area Manager, Commercial Banking Group, Citibank Illinois
Emilia DiMenco, Chief Operating Officer, Women’s Business Development Center
Jeanne Mandoza, Director of Marketing for Illinois, United Parcel Service (UPS)
Arabel Alva Rosales, President, AAR & Associates, Ltd.
Shelley Stern, Community Outreach Director, Central and Southeast Regions, Microsoft Corporation
Ex-Officio Members
Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Investments, LLC and Chairman, Ariel Mutual Funds Board of Trustees
Terry Savage, Financial Analyst and President, Terry Savage Productions, Ltd.
Pamela B. Strobel