2026 Officers and Directors
Office: President
Name: Mike Rataj
Business: Creative Family Memories
Office: Vice President
Name: Rob Herbold
Business: Identity Graphics
Office: Treasurer, Liaison
Name: Susan Smentek
Business: Glen Ellyn Park District
Office: Secretary, Liaison
Name: Jill McWilliams
Business: Innovation DuPage
Office: Past President
Name: Elyse Kennard
Business: Elyse Kennard and Associates
Office: Director
Name: Nazline Amiri
Business: Parkway Bank & Trust
Office: Director
Name: John Blackburn
Business: Glen Ellyn 950 Masonic Lodge
Office: Director
Name: Michael Horst
Business: Lewey Q's Tap
Office: Director
Name: John Monino
Business: Ferrari Plumbing
Office: Director
Name: Nick Nelson
Business: NN Legal Group
Office: Director
Name: Sarah O'Donnell
Business: Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center
Office: Director
Name: Kristin Short
Business: Bridge Communities
2026 Liaisons
Name: Megan Burke
Business: B. R. Ryall YMCA
Name: Dawn Bussey
Business: Glen Ellyn Public Library
Name: Joan DiPiero
Business: College of DuPage
Name: Doug Eccarius
Business: Community Consolidated School District 89
Name: Meredith Hannah
Business: Village of Glen Ellyn
Name: Jean Jeske
Business: Glen Ellyn Historical Society
Name: Erika Krehbiel Boyajian
Business: Glen Ellyn School District #41
Name: Nathan Lindquist
Business: Glenbard Township High School District 87
Name: Dawn Smith
Business: Alliance of Downtown Glen Ellyn
Staff
Executive Director
Claudia Thornton
Marketing Coordinator
Tara Denham
Membership Coordinator
Colleen Schaefers