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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The members of Shanti's Board of Directors bring a wealth of experience to the organization. Although they come from different professional backgrounds, they share the desire to use the arts as a means to promote peace in schools and communities.

Officers 

Dr. Geraldine Gardner, Board President
President
STCS, Inc. Service and Technology Career Strategies, Inc.

Ken Rolling, Vice-President
Executive Director
Parents for Public Schools

Christopher Motogawa, Treasurer
 Director of Finance
Motor Coach Industries

Directors

Wendy Colby
Vice President of Marketing
Houghton-Mifflin

Pushpika Freitas
Executive Director
Marketplace Handwork of India

Robert Goerge, Past Board President
Associate Director
Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago

Indira Johnson, Founder
Executive Director
Shanti Foundation for Peace
Artist

Earl Manning
Deputy Program Manager Design and Construction
The Rise Group

George Sullivan
Retired Partner
Chapman and Cutler
Regional Director for Ignatian Lay Volunteer Core

 

 

Advisory Board

Rene Arceo
Language and Cultural Education Coordinator
Chicago Board of Education

Josie Disterhof
Executive Director
Lutheran Children's Day Care Center

Maria Finitzo
Independent filmmaker/producer

Dr. Arun Gandhi
Founder/Director
Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence

Joan Gunzberg
Executive Director
Arts and Business Council of Chicago

Ronnie Hartfield
Consultant
Former Director of Education
Art Institute of Chicago

Alika Wali
Executive Director
Center for Cultural Understanding and Change
Field Museum Chicago