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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Bill Gilipsie

Executive Director

Owner of Retail Innovation Advisors.​

46 years in executive leadership at
Jewel Osco, SUPERVALU, IBM and
Microsoft​

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Past Board Chair and current
Trustee at National Multiple
Sclerosis Society and currently
advising boards at Local Express,
Snap2Insights and SYNQ.​

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Robin Murphy​

Legal

15 years of broad and solution- oriented executive legal leadership experience within the public safety sector, with a record of team building and compliance accomplishments. ​

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Wilson Chow

Food Safety

Part of the Red Cross emergency management team and has deployed to over 20 missions.​ ​ Certified in Food Safety​

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Joe Siok​

Digital

At the forefront of technology strategy and solution design, my recent role at IBM has honed my expertise in product adoption across diverse portfolios. With the integration of hardware, software, and services, I've played a pivotal role in influencing business transformations and advocating for customer success.

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Jessika Chaheine​

Operations Volunteers

Founder of our sister organization and partner, Guiding Light of Hope​

 

Leads our volunteer recruitment and training

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Gus Zografopoulos​

Operations/ Food Safety

Liaison with St Andrews Greek Orthodox Church​

 

Food Safety Certified

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Justin Lindahl​

Operations

Managing consultant in the IBM Consulting (GBS) Industrial sector with a concentration in the Finance & Supply Chain Transformation service area. ​

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Mark Hyland​

Strategy

Successful digital entrepreneur, inventor, strategist, consumer product goods (CPG) company senior leader and large retailer customer team leader throughout his career in the retail industry. ​ ​ Former Executive at Coca Cola

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Larry Bilelllo ​

Vice Chair

Proud father of nine children with
five kids working, three in college
and one at home.​

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45 years in the food retail and
consumer packaging business with
current job as Chief Commercial
Officer at JTM Foods​

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Chris Dimos​

Strategy

25 years in Pharmacy Operations at Jewel Osco, American Stores an SUPERVALU​.

 

My focus is on working with dynamic, up-and-coming companies that are truly contributing value and pushing the boundaries of what pharmacy can offer in the healthcare landscape, including:​

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Alan Fluga

Finance

Proud father of two children and two grand children​

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​41 years at Alpha Baking Chicago in Finance and Accounting​

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Jeneane Aly​

Operations

Sales, corporate relations, and business development professional skilled at forging new relationships and developing them into long partnerships.

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Tim McNamara​

Operations

8 years at Osco in Technology​

 

Proud father of 4 kids and 6 grand kids​

 

Retired and giving my time to giving back

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John Redel​

Operations Volunteers

CEO of Redel search, a technology headhunter company for 38 years​

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Bobby Fuentes​

Digital

Visionary technology executive with over 15 years of leadership experience at the intersection of manufacturing, software engineering, and enterprise systems.​

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Bryan Yager

Governance

After 24 years in Executive Leadership at Jewel Osco, CEO Yager Leadership Co.​

 

​My passion is helping leaders, teams and organizations achieve results and expand their capacity for growth and success.

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Steve Colello​

Operations

52 years at Jewel Osco​ ​

 

Experienced Store Director with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. Skilled in Merchandising, Sales, hiring recruiting, customer service and P&L results . Strong sales professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Bus Mgmt from NEIU.​

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Gretchen Schmit​

Shelter Relationships

25 years in Event Management across the United States​

 

Coordinates our 28 shelters and their needs

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Andrew Lux

Digitial

Having designed and developed websites, including this one, to foster increased donations and support for Hitting the Streets' mission, I am driven to help the homeless community. This dedication, coupled with my pursuit of a medical career, is rooted in my desire to fulfill Christ's mission of serving others.​

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Heather Mascarello

Digital

Crush your competition with clear, compelling messaging. | StoryBrand Certified Guide

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Ralph Scozzafava​

Logistics

One of the original gangsters and SR Product manager at HPE Synergy​

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Dana (Waud​) Floberg

Fundraising

Proud mother of two young boys and top fundraiser for HTS​

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