Northern Illinois Food Bank is governed by a board of directors, consisting of 20 area business leaders.

Executive Committee

Jim Ruprecht, President
Thing 1-2-3 Foundation

Gordon Hahn, Vice President
Chicago Bread, LLC (Panera Bread)

John Sfire, Vice President
The Fidelity Group, Ltd.

Kara Boyd, Past President
Kraft Foods

Judy Schaefer, Secretary
Sara Lee Corporation

John Winton, Treasurer
Martin-Brower (retired)

H. Dennis Smith, Executive Director & CEO
Northern Illinois Food Bank

Directors

Daniel Adzia
ProSource (retired)

Jan Beckner

Chicago Tribune

Juan Chavez
The Jel-Sert Company

Jeff Clegg

Advantage Sales & Marketing

Jeff Flemming
Rockford Associates, Inc.

Anne Hayes
Community Volunteer

Floyd Hill

UPS

Gary Moe

Acosta Sales & Marketing

Keith Nielsen
Jewel-Osco

Jeff Norkiewicz
Dominick's

Michael O'Brien
O'Brien Law Offices

Dr. Frank Pascoe
University of St. Francis

Peter Schaefer

McDonald's Corporation

Craig Sesemann

Partner's Warehouse of Illinois