Our Board of Directors consists of a passionate and dedicated group of individuals who share a belief that every child should have the opportunity to become a successful reader.
Our directors come from diverse backgrounds and offer a wide range of skills as a result of their considerable experience in the business, educational and nonprofit sectors. Their inspiring leadership and generous support enables Boundless Readers to achieve its mission of helping children develop into lifelong readers, learners and thinkers.
Board of Directors
Linda Balkin
ARC Leadership Associates
A Favorite Book: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Alex Boulos
Kellogg Board Fellow
A Favorite Book: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sam Bottum
Snap-on
A Favorite Book: The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Keecia Broy
KLB Consulting
A Favorite Book: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Kim Buckley
Northwestern University
A Favorite Book: The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Brian Chmiel
Crowe Horwath LLP
A Favorite Book: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Grace Chun
Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
A Favorite Book: A Leaf in the Storm by Lin Yutang
Sacha M. Coupet
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
A Favorite Book: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Nancy Curby
Feeding America
A Favorite Book: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Dorne Eastwood
Northwestern University
Former Chicago Public School Teacher
A Favorite Book: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Heidi Foreman
Foreman Consulting, Inc.
A Favorite Book: Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Bryon Gaddy
Chicagoland Commissary, LLC
A Favorite Book: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Diane Graham-Henry
Diane Graham-Henry Photography
A Favorite Book: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
John Martin
JFM OPS Consulting
A Favorite Book: The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History by Michael Hart
Brian Morris
Capstone Advisory Group
A Favorite Book: The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum
Cyril Mowatt
JP Morgan Chase
A Favorite Book: House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Gloria D. Pleasont
Chicago State University
A Favorite Book: Native Son by Richard Wright
Steven Quasny
Harris Bank N.A.
A Favorite Book: Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
Ellen Reiter
New Leaders for New Schools
Retired Chicago Public School Principal
A Favorite Book: Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou
Michelle Stohlmeyer Russell
The Boston Consulting Group
A Favorite Book: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and Donna Diamond
M. Suzanne Shaw
Purdue University
A Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Sue Wagner
Morton Arboretum
A Favorite Book: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Board Member Dr. Gloria Pleasont, Dr. Barbara Eason-Watkins, and Board Members Sacha Coupet, Tiffany Glanville, and Nancy Curby.
Founding Board Members Marena Swenson and Grace Chun.
Dr. Robert Saddler, retired Deputy Superintendent of Schools for CPS, Board Member Ellen Reiter with Board Member Diane Graham-Henry and her husband, Tom Hall.
