The Chicago Photography Center Board of Directors provides financial, strategic and operational oversight to the organization.
OFFICERS
Karen A. Egerer : President
Karen A. Egerer serves as the president for the CPC board. Karen has always had an interest in photography, but when she received her father’s old Leica she knew it was time to get serious about this interest and so began taking photography classes at the “old place on Belmont” in 2001. Because her favorite paper is no longer being made for traditional photo-processing methods, she is now thinking about making the digital plunge. Some of her favorite photos were taken in Tunisia and Morocco while working with community leaders to strengthen civil society in each country. Karen is founder and president emerita of Heartland International, a nonprofit organization that designs, manages and implements international training programs focusing on democracy and economic development. She is married to a Hoosier and has one son.
Don Kepler : Treasurer
Betsy Lent : Secretary
MEMBERS
Susan Aurinko
Angela Garbot
Colin McRoberts
Warren Perlstein
Tom Snow
Tom has served on the CPC board since 2010. He began his affiliation with CPC in 2005, first as a student, then as a show member and a frequent volunteer. Tom has an MS degree in Biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, along with a great deal of software course work at DePaul, and has spent over thirty years working in financial software development. He is interested in all forms of photography, but his passion and personal interest lies with event photography. In addition to his recent Board membership, Tom is also an occasional CPC instructor.
Jean Sousa
EMERITUS
Roger Rudich
Roger Rudich – board member emeritus and advisor to the board – is a founding board member of CPC. His other not-for-profit activities include currently serving on the executive committees of the boards of directors of both Temple Sholom of Chicago and the Civil War Roundtable of Chicago. He previously served on the board and as Assistant Commission of the Chicago Lakeshore chapter of the American Youth Soccer Association, where he currently serves as auditor. Roger has been a personal injury lawyer in Chicago since 1974.
