The CAPE Board of Directors can be depended upon to share their many years of experience and knowledge to help to steer the organization to success. Board members come from a wide variety of different professional backgrounds who share the desire to bring the positive influences of arts education into more classrooms.
Board of Directors – Officers
Kyle Johnson, President
Kyle Johnson
Kyle is passionate innovator who creates inclusive environments for successful software development and product go-to-market strategies. Kyle currently works at Adobe, focusing on the use of generative AI in creativity.
Kirti Parakh, Vice President
Kirti Parakh
Kirti joined the CAPE Board in 2022. A Finance Transformation Leader, Kirti has led the Business Transformation efforts at Deloitte for over 18 years.
Adam Engle, Treasurer
Adam Engle
Adam is the Director of the Fund for Equitable Business Growth, a multi-funder collaborative housed at the Chicago Community Trust that invests in a marketplace of services and products to support entrepreneurs of color in Chicago.
William Estrada, Secretary
William Estrada, Secretary
William’s art and teaching is a collaborative discourse that critically re-examines public and private spaces with people to engage in radical imagination. He presents on community programming, arts integration, and social justice curricula. He is a visual art teacher at Telpochcalli Elementary and faculty at the School of Art and Art History at UIC. Learn more at werdmvmntstudios.com
Directors
Richard Assmus
Richard Assmus
Mayer Brown LLP
Marsha Carey
Marsha Carey
Nonprofit Professional
Phillip Cotton
Phillip Cotton
As an artist, educator, visual designer, and practicing multimedia artist, Phillip is curious about how we can better serve people who have limited resources. He's most interested in innovative design; developing creative environments for public use; utilizing green and solar tech; engaging expansive positive visual images; and the development of a broader more encompassing global and local understanding of our purpose in this world.
Carol P. Eastin
Carol P. Eastin
Starbucks Coffee Company (retired)
Nathan G. Echols II
Nathan G. Echols II
Better Business Bureau
Margaret Koreman
Margaret Koreman
Art Teacher, Decatur Classical School
Kevin McGowan
Kevin McGowan
Assistant Principal, Fairfield Academy
Joshua Nathan
Joshua Nathan
Orbit Energy Legal Consultants, PA
Learn more about Josh at: linkedin.com/in/joshua-nathan-6272a09/
Timothy John Slomka
Timothy John Slomka
MBA, CPA, VP - Finance at Redwood Logistics
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