COMMISSION MEMBERS

Co-Chairs

Sol Flores
State of Illinois, Deputy Governor

Kate Maehr
Greater Chicago Food Depository, CEO

Commission Members

Jenny Aguirre
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Office of the Director, Strategic Vendor Relationships, Administrator

Robert Baren
Office of Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton, Senior Advisor

Paula Basta
Illinois Department on Aging, Director

Robert Biekman
Director for Evangelical Mission & Associate to the Bishop, Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Tyler Bohannon
Illinois Department of Agriculture, Bureau Chief, Legislative Affairs

Gina Cleggs
Catholic Charities, Senior Vice President Operations and Innovation

Diane Doherty
Illinois Hunger Coalition, Executive Director

Robert Eastern III
City of East St. Louis, Mayor

Stephen Ericson
Feeding Illinois, Executive Director

Joshua Gibb
Galesburg Community Foundation, President and CEO

Mark Haller
Illinois State Board of Education, Nutrition Department, Director

Elizabeth Hernandez
Illinois House of Representatives, 24th District Representative

John Herring, Sr.
Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living, Executive Director

Grace Hou
Illinois Department of Human Services, Secretary

Mattie Hunter
Illinois State Senate, 3rd District Senator

April Janney
President and CEO of Illinois Action for Children

Robert Karr
Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA), President and CEO

Jonathan Lavin
Age Options (retired)

Charles Meier
Illinois House of Representatives, 108th District Representative

Angela Odoms-Young
University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Health Research and Policy, Associate Professor

Luvia Quiñones
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Health Policy Director

Sue Rezin
Illinois State Senate, 38th District Senator

Carolyn Ross
All Chicago, President and CEO

Marc Smith
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Director

Jeramie Strickland
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Director, Office of Community Outreach

Audra Wilson
Shriver Center on Poverty Law, President and CEO