At Civic Consulting Alliance, our work is about people collaborating to get things done. The impact of our work extends beyond projects. Those who work on our teams rise up in their organizations, and those who work on our staff move on to become leaders across Chicago’s civic landscape. Alumni include:
Christina Anderson
Director, Office of Reform Management
Chicago Police Department
Brian Battle
Assistant to the Chairman
GVW Group
Kelsey Burr
Assistant Vice President of Financial Market Utilities, Supervision & Regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Daniel Comeaux
MPP Candidate
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Gillian Darlow
Chief Executive Officer
Polk Bros. Foundation
Rose Fealy
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance & Administration
Museum of Science and Industry
Danielle Harbison
Executive Director
Black Chicago Tomorrow
Brock Huebner
JD Candidate
Stanford Law School
Don Laackman
Former President
Harold Washington College
Belinda Li
Founder, CEO & Chief Consultant
CiTTA Partnership
Marie Lynch
President & CEO
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future
Tom McKone
Chief Administrative Officer
Chicago Transit Authority
Steven Shaw
Former Deputy Chief of Staff
Cook County Board President
Alexander Shermansong
Chief Executive Officer
Civic Consulting USA
Asheley Van Ness
Director of Criminal Justice
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Owen Washburn
Vice President of Global Philanthropy
JPMorgan Chase
Incubating Civic Leaders
Our impact extends beyond the outcomes we accomplish in our platforms – it is multiplied by the leaders who grow through working with us. Individuals in our partners’ pro bono teams and those who work in-house at Civic Consulting Alliance work closely with high-level public and private sector officials to form a deep understanding of the most important issues of the day and develop plans to address them. Because of our unique scope and access, we are an incubator for Chicago’s next generation of leaders.
This is more than valuable experience – it often inspires a lifelong passion for service that impacts Chicago long past the end of an individual project. Our alumni go on to do big things. Some become leaders in the public, nonprofit, or for-profit sectors. Others return to their firms and leverage their experience to move upward. Still others go on to the most prestigious graduate programs in the country.
"I use the skills and knowledge I gained at Civic Consulting Alliance every day in my job. Civic Consulting Alliance takes the best the private sector has to offer and applies it to drive real, meaningful change in the lives of Chicagoans. Civic Consulting Alliance taught me how to apply my business skills to these problems in a way that can effect real change.”
- Christina Anderson, Director,
Office of Reform Management, Chicago PD
"Civic Consulting Alliance has been an amazing resource for Black Chicago Tomorrow. Civic Consulting Alliance offered us the opportunity to fully develop the concept and to incubate and test the vision before we launched. There aren’t many places that would afford this type of opportunity and we are grateful to continue this partnership."
- Danielle Harbison, Executive Director,
Black Chicago Tomorrow
“The Civic Consulting Alliance provided critical resources, expertise, and passion to help us examine our strategy in a rapidly evolving transportation marketplace. We were able to take a step back and better understand the underlying trends along with our unique strengths and opportunities. We developed a path forward that will help us continue to enhance mobility in Chicago while adapting to the changes around us.”
- Tom McKone, Chief Administrative Officer,
Chicago Transit Authority
