OUR TEAM

Woods Fund staff and board are deeply committed to racial equity and work towards the creation of a new future in Chicago — a future where all Chicagoans can thrive in our beautifully complicated city.

Staff Members

Bahati Aimee,
Program Officer
(she/her/hers)

bahati@woodsfund.org
872.250.8854

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Deborah D. Clark,
Director of Grants Management and Assistant Corporate Secretary
(she/her/hers)

dclark@woodsfund.org
872.250.8855

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Irene Juaniza,
Senior Program Officer
(she/her/hers)

irene@woodsfund.org
872.250.8857

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Michelle Morales,
President
(she/her/hers)

michelle@woodsfund.org
872.250.8856

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Andrea Ortez,
Program Officer
(she/her/hers)

andrea@woodsfund.org
872.212.3215

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Board Members

Dayo Harris, Secretary
Principal, Village Leadership Academy 

Alice Kim, Vice Chair
Director, Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, University of Chicago 

Jose Oliva
Campaigns Director, HEAL Food Alliance

Quinn Rallins
Civil Rights Attorney, Loevy & Loevy

Matt Reilein, Treasurer
CEO, National Equity Fund 

Kimberley Rudd
President, Rudd Resources LLC

L. Anton Seals, Jr., Board Chair
Lead Steward, Grow Greater Englewood

Dr. Stacey Sutton
Associate Professor, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago

Dr. Lourdes Torres
Professor, Vincent de Paul Professor, Latin American, and Latino Studies, Depaul University 


Committee Chairs

Dayo Harris, Secretary & Program Committee Chair
Principal, Village Leadership Academy 

Alice Kim, Vice Chair & Governance Committee Chair
Director, Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, University of Chicago 

Matt Reilein, Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
CEO, National Equity Fund 

L. Anton Seals, Jr., Board Chair
Lead Steward, Grow Greater Englewood