Friends of the Chicago River
Botanic Garden

Spiny Soft-Shelled TurtleStaff, Board, and Advisors

Board of Directors

Officers

President: Craig Coit
Vice President: Cy H. Griffith
Treasurer: David Reynolds
Secretary: Lois L. Morrison

Directors

Karen Alber
Fred Axley, President Emeritus
Aaron Block
Kent Brown
Kate Chappell
Grant Crowley
Dan Drew
Joel Fink
Sally Fletcher
Stacee Hasenbalg
Lawrence M. Kaplan
Jacqueline J. Loewe
Jim Mark
Barbara Morse-Quinn
David Rosen
David Solzman
Bryan Whitehead
David Wong
John Ziesmer

Staff

Margaret Frisbie
Executive Director
(312) 939-0490, ext. 22
e: mfrisbie@chicagoriver.org

Kristin Avery
Development Manager
(312) 939-0490, ext. 24
e: kavery@chicagoriver.org

Meshawn Ayala
Constituency Relations Developer
(312) 939-0490, ext. 18
e: mayala@chicagoriver.org

Ozana Balan King
Museum Director and Program Manager,
McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
(312) 939-0490, ext. 23
e: obalan@chicagoriver.org

Kimberly Bevan Rice
Policy & Planning Coordinator
(312) 939-0490, ext. 15
e: krice@chicagoriver.org

Kasandra Cooper
Development Assistant
(312) 939-0490, ext. 10
e: kcooper@chicagoriver.org

Cynthia Fox
Manager of Community, Volunteers, and Leadership
(312) 939-0490, ext. 13
e: cfox@chicagoriver.org

Mark Hauser
Education Coordinator
(312) 939-0490, ext. 11
e: mhauser@chicagoriver.org

Dana Murphy
Director of Education and Outreach
(312) 939-0490, ext. 12
e: dmurphy@chicagoriver.org

John Quail
Director of Watershed Planning
(312) 939-0490, ext. 20
e: jquail@chicagoriver.org

Mary Beth Sova
Director of Development
(312) 939-0490, ext. 19
e: msova@chicagoriver.org