President
Elisa Ross, M.D.
Retired physician, Cleveland Clinic and Chicago Public Schools
Apollo’s Fire Chicago Board of Directors
President Emeritus
Katrina Pipasts
National Director of Planned Giving, NORTHERN TRUST
Vice President
Doug Miller
Sales Executive; President, Saylze VP, LLC (sales consultant)
Secretary
Marietta McPike
Retired management executive, IBM; musician and piano teacher
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
Chuck Bittenbender
President of the Board, Apollo’s Fire – Cleveland
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
Florence Nelson
Retired professional musician, President of Chicago Flute Club, former International Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Musicians
Phillip Rowland-Seymour
Chair, Committee on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Apollo’s Fire Board
Director, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
James C. Sheinin, M.D.
Retired physician, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Patricia (“Patti”) Skigen
Retired attorney, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP; Vice President, Chase Manhattan Bank; General Counsel, New York State Banking Department
Jeannette Sorrell, ex officio
Artistic Director
David Walker, ex officio
Managing Director, Apollo’s Fire