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

bahati@woodsfund.org
872.250.8854

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Wei Aniton, Vice President of Finance

wei@woodsfund.org
872.212.3210‬

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deborah D. Clark, Director of Grants Management and Assistant Corporate Secretary

dclark@woodsfund.org
872.250.8855‬

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Irene Juaniza,
Senior Program Officer

irene@woodsfund.org
872.250.8857

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Caroline McCoy,
Vice President of Programs

caroline@woodsfund.org
872.204.7087‬

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Andrea Ortez,
Program Officer

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 & Finance Committee Chair

Lead Steward, Grow Greater Englewood