Meet Our Board of Directors

CEOs, presidents and executive directors from our member agencies lend their experience and expertise as members of our board of directors. Each director is elected or appointed for a two-year term.

OFFICERS
Chairman
Anthony Cole
Haymarket Center
Past chair
Allen Sandusky
South Suburban Council on Alcoholism &
Substance Abuse
Vice chair
Peter Palanca
TASC, Inc.
Treasurer
Wendy Bailie
The H Group
Secretary
Mike Moran
Breaking Free, Inc.
Member At Large
Philip Eaton
Rosecrance Health Network
Member At Large
Bruce Suardini
Prairie Center Health Systems
DIRECTORS
Bruce Carter
Wells Center
Chris Gleason
Family Service & CMHC of McHenry County
Joseph Cowley
Center for Alcohol & Drug Services
Joan Hartman
Chestnut Health Systems
James Simone
Resolve Center
Jerry Skogmo
Renz Addiction Counseling Center
Tricia Bowdidge
Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism & Substance Abuse (NICASA)

Kate Mahoney
PEER Services, Inc.
Pamela Irwin
Central East Alcoholism and Drug Council
Karel Ares
Prevention First, Inc.
Marco Jacome
Healthcare Alternative Systems
Paul Lauridsen
Stepping Stones, Inc.
Merry Beth Sheets
Pillars Community Services
Peter Rankaitis
Project Oz
Ron Howell
Great River Recovery Resources
Donald Bushnell
Gateway Foundation, Inc.
Yesse Yehudah
F.O.R.U.M.
Warren Wood, Prevention Division Chair
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center
Ollie Knight
Human Resources Development Institute
Gary Halbach
Remedies Renewing Lives