Finance

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Mural in Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
Photo: A Rahmann Statik mural in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

Finance

  • Jessica Strausbaugh

    Chief Financial Officer

    Jessica Strausbaugh is chief financial officer for The Chicago Community Trust. Strausbaugh joined the Trust from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of…

  • Yodit Abraham

    Staff Accountant

    Yodit Abraham is a staff accountant at The Chicago Community Trust. Prior to joining the Trust, Yodit worked for several years as a staff accountant…

  • Julian Alatriste

    Staff Accountant

    Julian Alatriste is a staff accountant for The Chicago Community Trust. Julian is part of the accounting team at the Trust focusing on the month-end…

  • Syeda Bokhari

    Financial Analyst

    Syeda Bokhari is a financial analyst at The Chicago Community Trust. Prior to joining the Trust in 2023, Syeda was a finance and accounting consultant…

  • Sarah Custer

    Senior Accountant

    Sarah Custer is a senior accountant for The Chicago Community Trust. She assists with month-end closing procedures, financial reporting, and investment accounting.

  • Pablo De Leon

    Manager of Treasury Operations

  • Lukas Dirse

    Digital Transformation Accountant

    Lukas Dirse is a digital transformation accountant for The Chicago Community Trust. Lukas officially joined the Trust following the completion of his Finance internship. He primarily supports the…

  • Alanna Dwight

    Director of Investment Accounting

    Alanna Dwight is the director of investment accounting for The Chicago Community Trust. In this role, Alanna oversees the accounting of all invested assets for…

  • Chester Gray II

    Senior Accountant

    Chet Gray is a senior accountant for The Chicago Community Trust. He manages the daily money movement for the Northern Trust Charitable Giving program for…

  • Amy Harmon

    Grants Coordinator

    Amy Harmon is the grants coordinator for The Chicago Community Trust. She joined the Grants Management team in 2022 and primarily supports the donor advised…

  • Scott Hork

    Senior Director of Treasury & Finance

  • Ann Ilibasic

    Senior Director of Grants Administration

    Ann Ilibasic is the senior director of grants administration for The Chicago Community Trust. In this role, Ann oversees the Grants Management department to execute…

  • James Keller

    Accounting Manager

    James Keller is an accounting manager at The Chicago Community Trust. He is responsible for the investment and fund accounting for the invested assets of…

  • Laura Kernaghan

    Associate Vice President & Chief of Investments

    Laura Kernaghan is the associate vice president and chief of investments for The Chicago Community Trust. Laura is responsible for all aspects of the Trust’s…

  • Nicole Layton

    Director of Financial Quality Control

    Nicole Layton is director of financial quality control for The Chicago Community Trust. In this role, she oversees the program components of the Northern Trust…

  • Ivy Lesiak

    Accounting Associate

    Ivy Lesiak is an accounting associate for The Chicago Community Trust. Ivy monitors and records incoming contributions for all entities withing the Trust. Prior to…

  • Hailee Moore

    Grants Specialist

    Hailee Moore is the grants specialist for The Chicago Community Trust. Moore supports multiple types of grant making at the Trust, including competitive, designated, group…

  • Ruta Moskowitz

    Accounting Associate

    Ruta Moskowitz is an accounting associate at The Chicago Community Trust. Her role includes gift processing and other administrative duties within the Accounting Department.

  • Shari Pundrich

    Grants Manager

    Shari Pundrich is the grants manager at The Chicago Community Trust. She joined the Trust in 2011 and its Grants Management team in 2015. Shari…

  • Karina Rivera

    Accounts Payable Manager

    Karina Rivera is the accounts payable manager for The Chicago Community Trust. In her role, Karina provides support across the finance department by managing the…

  • Maritza Rogel

    Director of Finance

    Maritza Rogel is the director of finance at The Chicago Community Trust. Before joining the Trust, she worked at Rotary International as the Accounts Payable…

  • Charlou Rodriguez

    Assistant Controller

    Charlou Rodriguez is the assistant controller for The Chicago Community Trust. Charlou leads and coordinates annual audit, including drafting the year-end consolidated financial statements and…

  • Julie Shanahan

    Grants Manager

    Julie Shanahan is grants manager for The Chicago Community Trust. She brings 10 years of nonprofit and grant making experience to her role managing grant…

  • Carol Slater

    Executive Assistant for Finance

    Carol Slater is the executive assistant to the Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Strategic Communications at The Chicago Community Trust. Prior to joining…

  • Nicole Tranberg

    Accounts Payable Coordinator

  • Jack Vesevick

    Investments Analyst

    Jack Vesevick is an investments analyst for The Chicago Community Trust. In this role, Jack is responsible for assisting the Senior Director of Investments in…

  • Christy Zhen

    Accounting Manager

    Christy Zhen is an accounting manager at The Chicago Community Trust. Christy’s primary responsibilities are financial reporting, balance sheet accounts analysis, investment pools reconciliation, and…