Meet AMA Chicago’s Board of Directors
Chris McGuire
PresidentDirector of Client Growth and Engagement at McGuffin Creative Group, Inc.
Leslie Marshall
Immediate Past PresidentChief Marketing Officer at Mesmerise
Josh Blacksmith
President-electSenior Director – Global Consumer Relationships and Engagement at Kimberly-Clark
Beverly Moore, MS, MarCom, AMA PCM/CDMP
SecretaryManaging Director of ProGrace
John Garcia
TreasurerChief Financial Officer, NA, at VMLY&R COMMERCE
Bonnie Massa
Executive DirectorFounder & President of Massa & Company
Lauren Arnold
VP, Membership RelationsVice President, Group Account Director at The Shipyard
Julia Parisot
VP, SponsorshipVP Business Development at LoSasso Integrated Marketing
Jay Ford
VP, Strategic RelationsShanita Baraka Akintonde, MBA, M.Ed., DTM
VP, Diversity, Equity & InclusionPresident & Chief Love Officer of ShanitaSpeaks LLC
Kathy Quinn
Director, ProgrammingMarketing & Sales Communications at the Q group, llc
Sylvia Marten
Director, Marketing InsightsVP of Marketing and Communications at VNA Health Care
Dean Petrulakis
Director, SponsorshipSVP of Sales at Lake County Press
Karolyn Raphael
Director of Public RelationsPresident of Winger Marketing
Kelly Cutler
Member at LargeProgram Director at Northwestern University Medill School
Meghan Hurley
Member at LargeGlobal VP of Brand for Claire’s
Gabriel Mitchell
Member at LargePresident of Angel Flight Marketing Services
Jennifer Polk
Member at LargeChief Marketing and Digital Experience Officer at Feeding America
Jennifer Severns
Member at LargeChief Experience Officer at ThomasARTS
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