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 meets 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, Executive Director, Communities United
Lawrence Benito, Chief Executive Officer, 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 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, Founding Executive Director, La Casa Norte
Mari Gallagher, Principal, Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group
Jesús Chuy García, Commissioner, 7th District, Cook County Board of Commissioners
Grace Hou, President, Woods Fund of Chicago
Maria Kim, President and CEO, Cara
Gabrielle Lyon, Vice President of Education and Experiences,Chicago Architecture Foundation
Rami Nashashibi, Executive Director, Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Darlene Oliver Hightower, Associate Vice President , Office of Community Engagement and Practice, Rush University Medical Center
Sylvia Puente, Executive Director, Latino Policy Forum
Susan Smith Richardson, Editor and Publisher, Chicago Reporter
Juan Salgado, Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Andrea Zopp, CEO, World Business Chicago