Board of Directors

Executive Board Members

Board Chair
Jim Flury
Principal
CSH Consultants

Board Vice-Chair
Michael Papierniak
Divisional Vice-President
Walgreens Corporation

Chair Emeritus
Tim Dempsey
President
Dempsey Financial Group

Executive Director
Jennifer Yonan
Youth Conservation Corps

Treasurer
Maria Warden
Vice President, Commercial Lending
Wintrust Financial/Mundelein Comm. Bank

Secretary
Greg Stephens
Training Manager
Marriott 

Chair Emeritus
Kathryn VandenBerk
Of Counsel
Bea & VandenBerk, Attorneys at Law

Board Members

Director
David Birkhold

Director
Adam Didech

Director
Douglas Egan
Consulting Partner Retail and CPG GTM North America
TATA Consultancy Services

Director
David Hall
Director- Commercial Real Estate Division
First Midwest Bank

Director
Paul McNulty
Student Services Cooridinator
College of Lake County

Director
Jocelyn Rasor
Healthcare Marketing Manager
Micro-Scientific/ Weiman Products

Director
Paul Shipp
Principal Research Associate
Corporate Innovation Center- USG Corp.

Director
Tom Weber
Board Commissioner
Lake County

Advisory Members (Non-voting)

Advisor
Mary Ross Cunningham
Board Commissioner
Lake County

Advisor
Louis Karagiannes
Director of Information Technology
Saint Benedict Parish and Preparatory School

Advisor
Dan Raftery
President
Raftery Resource Network, Inc.

Join Us

We welcome the opportunity to meet with prospective board members who are committed to our mission to guide and mentor young adults using education, job skills training, and community service to help develop productive citizens. Our board members are volunteers who are required to:

  • Attend all board meetings, held every other month at YCC’s offices in Waukegan or another location in Lake County. 
  • Serve on at least one board committee: Golf Event, Programs, Marketing & Development, Finance, and Governance.
  • Serve as an ambassador for YCC within their communities, building awareness of and support for our work.
  • Solicit personal and professional networks for financial support and personally invest in YCC.
  • Give their time, professional skills and other expertise to best serve YCC’s young people.

Board members of all personal and professional backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are especially in need of marketing professionals, as well as relators with expertise in selling to low-income families.

For more information and to apply, contact Robert Shears, Executive Director at 847-508-7680 or rshears@youthconservationcorps.org.