ULI Chicago’s Resilience Initiative focuses on developing a framework for building equitable and sustainable neighborhoods as building blocks of a thriving, resilient city.  Read more

Resilience Initiative Co-Chairs:

Ciere Boatright, Vice President, Real Estate and Inclusion, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives
Pamela Daniels-Hailsi, Managing Director, Community Development Lending, BMO Harris
Scott Goldstein, Principal, Teska Associates
Jacques Sandberg, Vice President, Affordable Housing, Related Midwest

Housing Diversity Task Force:

Jacques Sandberg, Related Midwest  (Co-Chair)
Monica Chadha, Civic Projects Architecture
Molly Ekerdt, POAH
Kendra Freeman, Metropolitan Planning Council
Jim Horan, Department of Housing, City of Chicago
Vic Howell, Focus Development
Rafael Leon, Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation
Deborah Moore, Neighborhood Housing Services
Adam Rogers, CIBC
Geoff Smith, Institute for Housing Studies, DePaul University
Richard Townsell, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
Richard Van Zeyl, Wight & Co.
Jon Womack, Third City Properties & Northwest Side Building Coalition
Bill Williams, KMW Communities
Stacie Young, The Preservation Compact, Community Investment Corporation

Economic Opportunity Task Force:

Pamela Daniels-Halisi, BMO Harris Bank  (Co-Chair)
Jake Ament, LISC Chicago
Dionne Baux, Urban Main
Todd Berlinghof, Hamilton Partners
Lance Dorn, SB Friedman Development Advisors
Eleanor Gorski, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chris Hall, SOM
Anthony Hrusovsky, Sterling Bay
Tony Hernandez, CIBC
Lennox Jackson, Urban Equities
Steve Porras, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
Annette Vega, CIBC
Joe Wisniewski, Deloitte

Physical Infrastructure Task Force:

Scott Goldstein, Teska Associates  (Co-Chair)
Randall Buescher, Epstein
Sara Disney Haufe, Sam Schwartz Engineering
Alex Hanson, Sam Schwartz Engineering
Tiara Hughes, SOM
Pat Kennedy, V3 Companies
John Mlade, Wight & Co.
Rachel Scheu, Elevate Energy
Laura Shafer, V3 Companies
Steven Vance, Chicago Cityscape
Juan Villafane, Krueck + Sexton Architects
Lindsey Wallace, National Main Street Center
Ryan Wilson, Metropolitan Planning Council

Social Infrastructure Task Force:

Ciere Boatright, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives  (Co-Chair)
Katherine Darnstadt, Latent Design
Felicia Dawson, POAH
Bob Dean, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Sarah Duda, Institute for Housing Studies, DePaul University
Kelwin Harris, Cook County Assessor’s Office
Terri Haymaker, The Planera Group
Larry Kearns, Wheeler Kearns Architects
Alfredo Nieves-Moreno, Arts + Public Life, University of Chicago
Frankye Payne, Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce
Emily Robinson, Elevate Energy
Sendy Soto, Department of Housing, City of Chicago
Brad White, Alphawood Foundation Chicago
Jennifer Wichmann, Heitman