Supporting its commitment to inter-disciplinary and multi-community engaged research, GCI convenes GCI Advisors, an advisory council that links GCI’s work to the rest of the university, the non-profit, civic, cultural worlds, with the public and private sectors. GCI Advisors meet quarterly to discuss pressing issues facing the region, get a first glance at new cutting edge research, ensure GCI’s 360-degree focus on fulsome engagement of multiple audiences, as well as review and evaluate the Institute’s work.
Current GCI Advisors
Jennifer Arwade, C0-Executive Director, Communities United
Lawrence Benito, CEO and Executive Director, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Deborah E. Bennett, Senior Program Officer, Polk Brothers Foundation
John Bouman, President, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Gloria Castillo, President and CEO, Chicago United
David Doig, President, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives
Victor B. Dickson, President and CEO, Safer Foundation
Ricardo Estrada, President and CEO, Metropolitan Family Services
Sunny Fischer, Board Chair, National Public Housing Museum
Sol A. Flores, Deputy Governor, State of Illinois
Mari Gallagher, Principal, Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group
Jesús Chuy García, U.S. Representative, Illinois 4th District
Grace Hou, Secretary, Illinois Department of Human Services
Maria Kim, President and CEO, Cara
Rami Nashashibi, Executive Director, Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Darlene Oliver Hightower, Vice President, Community Health Equity, Rush University Medical Center
Sylvia Puente, Executive Director, Latino Policy Forum
Susan Smith Richardson, CEO, Center for Public Integrity
Juan Salgado, Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Andrea Zopp, CEO, World Business Chicago