Membership
Antoine Watson supports our day to day operations. A proud graduate of Year Up, he also served as an Internship Service Manager for the organization. Previously, he worked as an Account Manager for Uber Freight.
Brian has led the team since the inception of the Coalition. For the previous fifteen years, Brian served as Chief Executive Officer of Civic Consulting Alliance (CCA). Before CCA, Brian served as Senior Vice President, Acting Provost and Vice President for Planning at National Louis University, at Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, and Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Arizona.
Holli coordinates the Coalition’s day-to-day operations, co-leads the Corporate Connector initiative, and manages our Communications efforts including coordinating our Business UNusual stories. She previously worked for PwC and UChicago Medicine as a supply chain operations consultant.
Lincoln focuses on the Coalition's learning and evaluation efforts. In his own consulting practice, and in prior roles with the Civic Consulting Alliance and McKinsey and Company, Lincoln has worked with senior leaders across multiple sectors (public, private, and nonprofit) on large-scale transformations and the effective use of data, often working in and communicating across several disciplines.
Liz supports our Fair Chance Hiring efforts, including the Fair Chance Hiring Cohort, Fair Chance Contracting, and the 2024 National Fair Chance Hiring Conference in Chicago. She brings with her a depth of knowledge from nearly eight years of experience as a prosecutor.
Marcos serves as the Director for the Chicago Resiliency Network. Prior to this, he served as the Director of Trauma-Informed Education at Chicago Jesuit Academy. He brings a breadth of experience in the nonprofit and education sectors, and a passion for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Sara oversees the Coalition’s corporate practice change initiative, where she helps companies deepen hiring from Chicago’s south and west sides. Prior to the Coalition, she launched Cara’s corporate inclusion and national expansion practices and served as a social impact consultant, building strategic partnerships to grow public, private, and non-profit social impact initiatives exceeding $100 million.
Stefanie brings extensive experience in financial services to the Coalition. Prior to joining, Stefanie was a Senior Vice President at Northern Trust, where she focused on investment solutions for institutional clients in addition and led the Women’s Leadership Development initiatives. She currently serves as the Board Chair for Chicago-based nonprofit Share Our Spare and board director at Family Service of Glencoe.
Steph manages the Coalition's Fair Chance Hiring efforts, bringing experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, she was a Senior Advisor at Fair and Just Prosecution, a national criminal justice reform organization, and a Principal at Civic Consulting Alliance, where she led public safety and economic vitality engagements.
