Donors Forum is pleased to announce a new Board Officer and Board Members for its 2015 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015):

Deborah Gillespie, Vice President of Finance and Administration and Secretary/Treasurer, The Joyce Foundation, is a new Vice Chair.

New Board Members are DeRondal Bevly, Partner, Social Venture Partners Chicago; Sharon Bush, Elgin Program Director and Senior Program Officer, Grand Victoria Foundation; Evelyn Diaz, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services; Shelley Stern Grach, Director, Civic Engagement, Microsoft; Diana Hess, Senior Vice President, Spencer Foundation; Mark Ishaug, CEO, Thresholds; and Louise "Wegi" Ferry Stewart, President, Community Foundation of Macon County.

Returning Board Officers are Chair Donald A. Cooke, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy, Robert R. McCormick Foundation; Vice Chair Evette Cardona, Vice President of Programs, Polk Bros. Foundation; Treasurer Tammy Lemke, Vice President of Operations, Advocate Charitable Foundation; and Secretary Ernest Vasseur, Executive Director, Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County.

Returning Board Members are Bruce Boyd, Principal and Managing Director, Arabella Advisors; Greg Cameron, Executive Director, The Joffrey Ballet; Patricia Garza, Director, Strategic Philanthropy, Allstate; Gregory S. Gross, President and CEO, Michael Reese Health Trust; Grace Hou, President, Woods Fund of Chicago; Bruce Karmazin, Executive Director, Lumpkin Family Foundation; Iris Krieg, President, Iris Krieg & Associates, Inc.; Nicole Robinson, Senior Director Corporate Community Involvement, Mondelēz International Foundation; K. Sujata, President, Chicago Foundation for Women; and Caren Yanis, President of Crown Family Philanthropies.