Apollo’s Fire Chicago Board of Directors

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

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

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

Judy Bundra, ex officio
Managing Director, Apollo’s Fire Chicago

Phillip Rowland-Seymour
Chair, Committee on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Apollo’s Fire Board
Director, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Jeannette Sorrell, ex officio
Artistic Director