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Leadership: The Skyline Village Chicago Board of Directors


President
Phyllis Mitzen is a policy consultant at Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, Center for Long Term Care Reform, and coordinates a program for social work students interested in aging at the University of Chicago, Social Services Administration. She was formerly at CJE Senior Life. “I love living in Streeterville and working with our committed and talented board to build our Skyline community." Phyllis received her Masters Degree in Social Work at the University of Chicago.
Treasurer
Evelyn Shaevel was a librarian and executive at the American Library Association (ALA) and Medical Library Association, managing volunteer boards and committees. At ALA she was marketing director for Publishing. Previously a docent at the McCormick Freedom Museum, she currently volunteers at the Art Institute of Chicago and serves on committees at Northwestern’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Secretary

Sandra Herman has been active in Skyline Village Chicago since its inception. She is a Past-President of the Sisterhoods of both Niles
Township Jewish Congregation and Beth Jacob of Scottsdale.  She
served as a program manager for 18 years at the Bradford Exchange.  
She loves duplicate bridge and volunteers at the Cradle. Her husband
Jack is a previous SVC board member. 

Director

Regan Burke is a writer living on Potawatomi land in downtown Chicago with Henry the dog. She wrote the book, "In That Number" and posts weekly stories on ReganBurke.com. Regan spent her life working in politics and government and retired from Cook County government in 2011. She’s Board Chair of RAINN, the national sexual assault advocacy network. Regan edits the Skyline Village Chicago's newsletter.

Director

D Clancy - My husband and I have lived in the Gold Coast for 21 years and love living here and serving the community. I have served on my building’s and Chicago Women Take Action boards where I now Co-Chair the Community Safety and Accountability Committee. I am also active in the League of Women Voters.
In a former life, I ran the Chicago office of U.S. Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III and was the founding executive director of the Chicago Tourism Council.

RCohen

Director

Roberta Cohen began her career in strategic planning and marketing for Consolidated Rail Corporation as part of the revitalization of freight railroads in the Northeast.  Moving to Chicago, she spent twenty years at the University of Chicago leading finance and administration for the Division of Campus and Student Life.  In retirement, she has co-led the Board of Makom Shalom synagogue and participated on several committees for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute where she takes courses in literature, history, and culture.  

ANichols

Director

Abigail Nichols moved to Chicago from DC in 2019.  A Midwesterner who grew up in rural Indiana with summer jobs during college at the Art Institute of Chicago and United Charities’ Camp Algonquin, she feels “home at last.”   Her work to bring ranked choice voting to Chicago’s municipal elections is informed by a Berkeley doctorate, a policy career in food assistance at the Dept of Agriculture, Bill Clinton’s reinventing government task force, service as a Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, the League of Women Voters, and an abortive run for the Illinois State Legislature.   She travels and plays duplicate bridge.