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
Michael Angell
Founder, Pistocelli Services
Stephanie Champi
Education Consultant
Patricia Costante
Managing Partner, Costante Alliance Management Consulting, LLC
Blondean Davis, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Matteson School District 162; CEO, Southland College Prep High School
Rosalind Jackson, Ph.D.
Project/Program Management, Pharmaceutical Industry; arts and inclusivity activist
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
Marietta McPike
Retired management executive, IBM; musician and piano teacher
Doug Miller
Sales Executive; President, Saylze VP, LLC (sales consultant)
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
Strategic Advisor, Apollo’s Fire, Chicago
Retired Dean, Cleveland Institute of Music and DePaul University School of Music
Jeannette Sorrell, ex officio
Artistic Director