CLC Foundation Mission
Create life-changing opportunities for Lake County residents
Our mission is to inspire philanthropic giving to
- support student scholarships
- enhance college programs
- fund transformative capital projects
Our fundraising priorities are strategically focused to make a lasting impact.
Join us in shaping the future of Lake County. Your generosity creates opportunities, changes lives and builds a stronger community. Together we can inspire success, one student at a time.
Your support makes a difference
In this video, learn how CLC scholarships benefit students, their families and all of Lake County.
Meet our team
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Leigh Ann Jacobson
Executive Director & Chief Development Officer 847-543-2640 ljacobson3@clcillinois.edu
Foundation Board of Directors
Renee Young*
Chair
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (retired)
Glenda Abbott
Vice Chair
Abbott Laboratories (retired)
Scot Parker, AIA, LEED AP
Secretary
Principal, Legat Architects
Kevin Appleton
Treasurer (Ex-Officio Member)
Vice President of Business Services and Finance CFO, College of Lake County
Lincoln Abbey
Abbey Family Foundation
Brandon Bennett
Aon
Jorge Cantú, Ph.D.*
Northeastern Illinois University
Paul Diamond*
Diamond Residential Mortgage Corp.
Lesly Flores
Old National Bank
Dave Galla*
R.J. Galla Company, Inc.
Julia Guiney
Adventure Mattress, LLC
Judith A. Haga
Darryl Harlan
Department of Veterans Affairs - North Chicago
Holly Kerr*
Roy G. Kerr Foundation (retired)
Meg Largay
Old National Bank (retired)
Christine López, M.Ed., ACE-CPT*
Lopez Consulting, Inc.
Sonja Marinac
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Elizabeth K. Miller
Elizabeth K. Miller Law Offices
Val Munchez-van der Wagt*
VMvdW Law, P.C.
Tiffany Peppers, Immediate Past Chair*
JIC Community Development Corp.
Christopher Piazzi
Mundelein Community Bank
R. Lee Piekarz
City of Hope Chicago
Joanna P. Rolek
Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce
Sandra Shinsky
Wintrust Private Trust Company (retired)
Lisa Dooley Trace
@Properties
Michael S. Trimble*
First Bank of Highland Park
Sam Valenti*
Freight Train Studios, LLC
Ester Viti
Viti Financial Services
Robert R. Worobow
RRW & Associates
Jannes E. Zobus
Legislative Assistant (retired)
Board Ex-Officio Members
Lori Suddick, Ed.D.
President
College of Lake County
Ali O'Brien, Ed.D.
Vice President of Community and Workforce Partnerships
College of Lake County
Kristen Jones, Ed.D.
Vice President of Education
College of Lake County
CLC Board of Trustees Liaison
Paul Virgilio
Virgilio & Associates, Ltd.
CLC Faculty Liaison
Morgan Marcus
College of Lake County
* College of Lake County Alumni