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