LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVES - Key Persons


Alex Eichman

Job Titles:
  • Natural Resources

Alex Ty Kovach

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • Executive Director, Lake County Forest Preserve S
  • Executive Office

Alicia Fullerton

Job Titles:
  • Museum Operations Manager

Andrea Danks

Job Titles:
  • Government & Community Affairs Representative

Andrea Moore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Angelo D. Kyle - Chairman, President

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Chairman of the VOTING
  • President
  • President, Lake County Forest Preserve District / Mayor Billy McKinney

Ann B. Maine

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the VOTING

Billy McKinney

Job Titles:
  • President, Lake County Forest Preserve District / Mayor Billy McKinney

Bosack, Stephanie

Job Titles:
  • Event Operations Manager

Bovill, Patrick

Job Titles:
  • Superindendent Construction & Building Trades

Burgess, Tom

Job Titles:
  • Golf Operation Manager

Carissa Casbon

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Chad Waynee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • Financial Advisor, Edward Jones

Chris Heier

Job Titles:
  • Business Owner
  • Community Volunteer

Daniel Stearns

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director Facilities
  • Facilities
As Director, Dan Stearns operates our special facilities and oversees three divisions of the Forest Preserves.

Elizabeth Hough

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • Foundation Vice President

Erika Stergos

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of the Preservation Foundation
  • Preservation Foundation Executive Director

Garnet Miller

Job Titles:
  • Grants Specialist

Gina Roberts - Chairman, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Treasurer
  • Vice Chair

Isom, Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Visitor Services Manager

J.Kevin Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

James Kirby

Job Titles:
  • General Manager, Golden Oaks Far M

Jefferson McMillan-Wilhoit

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  • CEO, Flourish & Thrive Labs

Jennifer Clark - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Liaison / Lake Michigan Watershed Ecosystem Partnership

Jessica Vealitzek - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the VOTING

JoEllen Carlucci

Job Titles:
  • Preservation Foundation Board Secretary, OMA Designee, and FOIA Officer
If you have any questions about actions or decisions made by the Board or Committees, or if you would like to invite a Preservation Foundation leader to speak to your community group, school or other organization, please contact the Preservation Foundation at 847-968-3110.

John B. Murphey

Job Titles:
  • Outside Ethics Advisor

John Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Planning

John Wasik - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the VOTING
  • Vice President
  • Civic Leader / Commissioner John Wasik
  • Planning
Studies and reviews potential land acquisition sites, and, where appropriate, obtains appraisals, surveys, environmental reports, title reports, and other acquisition information; recommends acquisition of sites to the Board; reviews, provides direction to staff regarding, and recommending approval of any agreement proposed by an owner of property adjacent to the District's property.

Julie Gragnani

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Karen Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  • Executive Director, Hunter Foundry Machinery Corporation

Katherine O'Rourke

Job Titles:
  • Resource Development Manager

Kevin Kleinjan

Job Titles:
  • Contact Director of Planning
  • Public Safety

Linda Pedersen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the VOTING
  • Operations
Reviews and makes recommendations concerning operational affairs and policies of the District, including all general regulations pertaining to the operation, maintenance, programming and promotion of all District properties; the use of District facilities, programs and services; and the conservation of District lands, waters, flora and fauna.

Marah Altenberg

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair
  • Liaison

Marshall Field V

Job Titles:
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE

Martinucci, Jeanna

Job Titles:
  • Communications & Design Manager

Mary Kann

Job Titles:
  • Department Head / Administration
  • Disabilities Coordinator

Mary M. Vincent

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Civic Leader / Commissioner John Wasik

Mary Ross Cunningham - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Vice Chair

Matt Norton

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Counsel and Parliamentarian

Maureen Shelton

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Secretary

Michael Tutty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  • Group Vice President, American Medical Association

Nels Leutwiler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the VOTING
  • Foundation President / President, Ridgeline Holdings LLC

Paras Parekh - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the VOTING

Pati Vitt

Job Titles:
  • Operations - Grounds Maintenance

Paul Frank

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Treasurer
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the VOTING
  • Representative
  • Vice Chair

Pradip Sahu

Job Titles:
  • Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, USG Corporation

Rebekah Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Director of Community Engagement & Partnerships
  • Education

Renee Young

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  • Senior Director, Communications

S. Michael Rummel

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Sandy Hart - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Stephen A. Neaman

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Treasurer
  • Finance
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE

Steve Madden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE