Apollo’s Fire Chicago Board of Directors

Founding President
Katrina Pipasts
National Director of Planned Giving, NORTHERN TRUST

Vice President and Director of Community Connections
Elisa Ross, M.D.
Retired physician, Cleveland Clinic and Chicago Public Schools

Secretary/Treasurer
Shay Olson
Retired bank operations, consulting and non-profit management specialist; former General Manager of Apollo’s Fire; former member of Apollo’s Singers

Blondean Davis, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Matteson School District 162; CEO, Southland College Prep High School

Maria Lans
Retired municipal finance specialist; former Board member, National Symphony, Washington Concert Opera, and Arena Theater, among others

Stephen Lans
Retired attorney; former Board member, Baltimore Symphony and the Institute of Current World Affairs, among others

Florence Nelson
Retired professional musician, President of Chicago Flute Club, former International Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Musicians

Jonathan Ross, M.D.
Physician, Rush University Medical Center

James C. Sheinin, M.D.
Retired physician, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Jeffrey Strauss
Retired attorney, Mayer Brown LLP; freelance baritone concert soloist

Chuck Bittenbender
President of the Board, Apollo’s Fire – Cleveland

Phillip Rowland-Seymour
Chair, Committee on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Apollo’s Fire Board
Director, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Judy Bundra, Ph.D., ex officio
Managing Director, Apollo’s Fire Chicago

Jeannette Sorrell, ex officio
Artistic Director