Thomas Shepherd, President
Past President, Pullman Civic Organization; member, Historic Pullman Foundation, Good Neighbor Committees for Acme Packaging Corp. and Ford Motor Company; Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Calumet Ecosystem Partnership; President, Board of Directors, First Church of Christ Scientist, Hammond, Indiana

Sarah Shipp-Parran, Vice President
Community activist in West Pullman, Executive Director, Economic Youth Organization; President, Committee for Economic Recovery.

Marian Byrnes, Secretary
Retired, Legislative Aide, Office of State Representative Clem Balanoff; Secretary of the Board, Southeast Environmental Task Force; Public Affairs Director, Calumet Ecological Park Association; director, Chicago Recycling Coalition; member, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, Friends of the Parks, National Audubon Society, South Lakefront Coalition.

Gerry Weston, Treasurer
Human Resources Representative, Senior Administrative Assistant, and various personnel support positions, Sara Lee Bakery, 1992 to 2002; various executive administrative positions, Professional Managers Insurance, GATX Corporation; member, Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy, Society of Human Resource Management, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, Jeffery Manor Court Advocacy (affiliated with CAPS).

Clem Balanoff
Director of Elections, Cook County; Former Illinois State Representative, 34th District; Former 10th Ward Streets and Sanitation Superintendent.

Abigail Corso
Delta Institute, Environmental engineer; Board member, Illinois Environmental Council.

Jerome Feinberg
Retired, Evaluator of Goods, Shelly's Loan & Jewelry Co.; Member, Chicago Botanic Gardens; director, American Veterans Motorcycle Riders Association; member, Good Neighbor Committees for Acme Packaging Corp., Ashland Chemical Co., Marblehead Lime Co., and Safety-Kleen (Dolton).

Jim Janssen
Illinois Department of Natural Resources—Waste Management and Research Center, Process Engineer; Retired Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention.

Fr. James Keating
Retired Pastor, St. Francis de Sales Church; Pastor, 1979 to 1999; Resident, St. Francis de Sales Church, 1973 to 1978; Pastor, St. Kevin Church, 1968 to 1972; Pastor, St. Patrick Church, 1964 to 1968; Port Chaplain of Chicago and Chaplain to the National Director of the Port, 1972 to 1980; Treasurer, Conference of Seafarers, 1996 to present; Chaplain, U.S. Navy League; Chaplain, Chicago Propellor Club; Chaplain and member, International Shipmasters Association, Grand Lodge; Past President and member, 4th District Police Senior Advisory Council; Vice Chairman, 4th District Police District Advisory Council; Chaplain and member, East Side Lions; Chaplain and member, Board of Directors, East Side Chamber of Commerce; Convener, East Side Clergy Association; Chaplain, Daughters of Isabella; Chaplain, State of Illinois; active in Southeast Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center, Chicago Alternative Policing Strategies (CAPS), Fair Elms Civic League, East Side Pride.

Randolph Livingston
Senior Industrial Hygienist, Carnow, Conibear & Assoc, LTD, Chicago, Illinois State of Illinois Department of Public Health Professional Licenses: Asbestos Inspector, Lead Inspector, Air Sampling Professional, Project Manager.

George Michko
President, Veterans Park Improvement Association; Beat Facilitator, CAPS (Chicago Alternative Policing Strategies).

Jeanne Michalski
Certified Public Accountant, self-employed; member, Calumet Ecological Park Association, Good Neighbor Committees for Acme Packaging Corp. and Safety-Kleen (Dolton); Leader, CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine), St. Mary's Church, Dolton, Illinois.

Dr. Maria Rudisch
South Chicago community activist; Ph.D. University of Chicago, Comparative Education/Sociology; founder and director of several community service groups and chapters in Austria; founder and director of the South Shore Senior Citizens, Youth, and Neighborhood Service Center; founder and director of the 71at Street Business and Professional Association; Founder of the South Shore Community Development Corporation; retired elementary and high school teacher, university instructor.

Nathaniel Silberman
Retired computer programmer; active in Boy Scouts, Metro Seniors in Action, South Shore Planning Coalition.

Polly Silberman
Retired, Teacher, Harvey Elementary Schools, Harvey, Illinois; President, South Lakefront Coalition (a group of representatives of park advisory councils consulting with Chicago Park District for lakefront improvements); Vice President, South Shore Cultural Center Advisory Council; member, Jackson Park Advisory Council, National Audubon Society, Friends of the Parks; leader of the community effort that saved the South Shore Country Club from demolition and achieved its preservation as the South Shore Cultural Center.

Manuel Soriano
Retired, building maintenance engineer, La Rabida Hospital Member, Good Neighbor Committee for Marblehead Lime, Holcim cement; member, East Side Pride.