Meet the Team
The team at the heart of Open Books are energetic, entrepreneurial, and just slightly eccentric book-lovers from a wide span of backgrounds and with a vast spectrum of interests. Collectively, we have decades of experience in business, education, retail, development, finance, writing, and pursuits of all kinds.
Financial Donations
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Press / Media
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Events
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Institutional Partnerships
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Book Partnerships
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Staff
Michelle Hearn
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Interim Executive Director
Vashti Emigh
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Director of Finance and Administration
Chelsea Ridley
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Director of Community Engagement
Paula Santos
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Director of Education
Chris Salmon
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Book Operations Manager
Yang Cuevo
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Marketing and Development Communications Manager
Audrey V. Mejia
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Book Access Manager
Deirdre Garcia
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Literacy Program Manager
Marlo Tokash
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West Loop Retail Manager
Jeremy Leithold-Patt
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Book Coordinator
Pamela Morehead
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North Lawndale Reads Coordinator
Tate Broberg
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Book Access Coordinator
Will Ruggiero
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Books Mobile Coordinator
Riley McLaughlin
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Literacy Program Coordinator
Board of Directors
Christopher Claus
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Chair
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Michelle Hearn
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Vice Chair
WR Grace Company
Denise Schwartz
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Secretary
EpsteinSchwartz Legal Search
Adam Southard
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Treasurer
Savills
Rosa Carrillo
Youth Guidance
Nancy Coletto
Aon
Stacy Crook
Advisors Asset Management (AAM)
Colleen Foley
Retired
Sara Gilley Krivoshia
Cornerstone Research
Matt Kreis
Center for Community Progress
Thompson Ly
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Jaya Miller
City Year Chicago
Fawn O'Brien
DPS Associate Management
Craig Rutkowske
KPMG
Stephanie Vasconcellos
Mayer Brown
Laura Wylie
William Blair
Atta Zahedi
Access Living