Our Team
Senior Leadership Team
Juliana González-Crussi (she/her)
President & CEO
Natalie Zayas (she/her)
Senior Director of Program Operations & Strategy
Paula Cripps-Vallejo (she/her) Director of Development & Communications
To communicate with our Staff, please send an email to frontdesk@cclconnect.org or call 773-342-6210
Staff Team
The CCL team is committed to providing the best coaching and programming to our community.
Housing & Financial Team
Adriana Delgado (she/her)
Bilingual Housing & Financial Coach, Team Lead
John Puga (he/him)
Bilingual Housing & Financial Coach
Cassidy Kuebbeler (she/her)
Housing Resource Specialist
Employment Team
Juanairis Castañeda (she/they)
Bilingual Employment Coach
Rodrigo Perez (he/him)
Bilingual Employment Coach
Resource Development & Outreach Team
Julio Pensamiento (he/him)
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Team Lead
Emma Vijil (she/her)
Bilingual Resource Development Coach
Small Business Team
Jeremy Riegler (he/him)
Director of Small Business EEC
Juan Zamora (he/they)
Bilingual Small Business Coach
Administrative Team
Vanessa Valentin (she/her)
Administrative Assistant & Office Manager
To communicate with our Staff, please send an email to frontdesk@cclconnect.org or call 773-342-6210
Interns
If you are wanting to do your internship with Center for Changing Lives, please reach out to frontdesk@cclconnect.org or call 773-342-6210.
Delancy Finney
(he/him)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Monse Estrada
(she/her)
Master of Divinity Intern
Wake Forest University School of Divinity
Board of Directors
Board President:
Bibi Thaibinh Hernandez (she/her)
Entrepreneur
One Stop Beauty Salon & School
Gabriela Román López (she/her)
Board Member
Assistant Vice President CRA and Loan Officer
Associated Bank
John Prueitt (he/him)
Board Vice President
Retired Director
ComED
Bryan Maldonado (he/him)
Board Treasurer
Sponsor Finance Business Development Specialist - BMO Bank
Meghan Jacka (she/her)
Board Secretary
KPMG
Melissa Rosa (she/her)
Board Member
Principal Reskin Elementary-MSD 15
Ellina Mitchell (she/her)
Board Member
Chicago Public Schools Instructional Coach Vanderpoel Humanities Academy