Board of Directors
Bernie’s Book Bank is fortunate to be supported by a strong Board of Directors compromised of professionals from all industries. This incredible team of passionate and dedicated people help to advance our mission to increase children’s book ownership.
National Board
Bill Birck (Chair)
President & CEO of Reed Construction
Chris Beer
Co-Founder & Integrator at BuildYourOrg
Craig Caffarelli
Chief Operating Officer at GEM Realty Capital Inc
Mike Herr
Former Corporate Finance Executive at SRAM LLC
Nick Jones
Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive at Teletrac Navman
Erin Kirchner
Partner at Cooley LLP
Phil Menzel
Partner at JM Search
Eric Olson
Senior Executive and P&L Owner
Regina Ruocco (Secretary)
Former Preschool Services Librarian at Glenview Public Library
Geoff Surkamer (Vice Chair)
Chief Executive Officer at MSI Data
Kristie Vainikos Stegan
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at CoreLogic
Todd Wyman
Co-Founder/CEO of Identifyn, retired executive at GE & Ingersoll Rand
Chicagoland Advisory Board
Jeff Burtelow (Local Lead)
Managing Director at William Blair & Company
Rob Armstrong
Chief Marketing Officer at Zebra Technologies Corporation
Aaron Cox
Nicole Jagielski
Senior Corporate Counsel at Zurich North America
Nick Jones (National)
Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive at Teletrac Navman
Vipa Kamdar-Collins
Head of Credit Card Product, Loyalty & Engagement, SVP at Fifth Third Bank
Erin Kirchner (National)
Partner at Cooley LLP
Don Malin
Retired Medline
Patrick Mannelly
Retired Chicago Bears
Phil Menzel (National)
Partner at JM Search
Zak Mirkowski
Executive Managing Director, Savills
Tanusree Misra
Vice President, Dermatology Psoriatic, US Immunology at AbbVie
Usha Patil
Chief Insurance Officer, VSP at Vision Care
Grace Ries
Head of Property Underwriting U.S. Middle Market, Zurich North America
Jason Ries
Vice President, Client Service Manager, FM
Al Ross
Vice President of Sales at All Surfaces, Inc
Kristie Vainikos Stegen (National)
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at CoreLogic
Lynn Van Cleave
Executive Vice President at Wintrust Financial
Andrew Weil
Corporate Partner at DLA Piper LLP
Laura Wood
VP, Associate General Counsel, W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Florida Suncoast Task Force
Todd Wyman (Local Lead)
Co-founder/CEO of Identfyn, retired executive at GE & Ingersoll Rand
Karen Della Penta
Local philanthropist
Anne Girod
Philanthropist and community organizer
Dana Gliniecki
Philanthropist and community organizer
Todd Kontny
Q & Q Inc., President
Greater Milwaukee Advisory Board
Geoff Surkamer (National Board, Local Lead)
Chief Executive Officer at MSI Data
Brian Adamson
Managing Partner at ICAP Development
Elissa Bowlin
Partner at Habush Habush & Rottier
Megan Cerbins
Director of ENL and Student Services at Seton Catholic Schools
Warren Corrado
Market Development Manager at Hellerman Tyton North American
Kevin Duffey
Director at Baird
Meena Held
Regional Industry Consultant Manager at Rockwell Automation
Joe Rock
Managing Partner at KPMG Milwaukee
Steven Stupec-Hernandez
VP-Regional Manager at Town Bank