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Ricardo Estrada
Ricardo Estrada
Current Term
2019-2025
Appointed By Governor
2019
Professional Experience
Chief executive officer, Metropolitan Family Services (2011-present)
First deputy commissioner, Department of Family and Support Services, City of Chicago
Executive director, Erie Neighborhood House
Professional/Civic Affiliations, Activities and Community Service
Former chair, Woods Fund of Chicago
Board member, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Board member, A Better Chicago
Board member, Council on Accreditation
Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Fellow, Leadership Greater Chicago
Awards and Honors
"Who's Who in Chicago Business,"
Crain's Chicago Business
American Marshall Memorial Fellow
John A. McDermott Award for Distinguished Social Leadership, City Club of Chicago
City Partner Award, University of Illinois at Chicago
Damen Award, Loyola University of Chicago
Inaugural SSA Social Impact Alumni Award, University of Chicago
Distinguished Fellow, Leadership Greater Chicago
"Person of the Year," Corporate Responsibility Group of Chicago
NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award, Chicago Bears
Kellogg CEO Perspectives Fellowship
"40 Under 40,"
Crain's Chicago Business
Education
MBA, University of Illinois at Chicago (1997)
MA, Social Service Policy and Administration, University of Chicago (1993)
BS, Psychology, Loyola University
Party Affiliation
Democrat
In this Section
Meet the Trustees
Ramón Cepeda
Kareem Dale
Donald J. Edwards
Ricardo Estrada
Patricia Brown Holmes
Naomi D. Jakobsson
Stuart C. King
Edward L. McMillan
Jill B. Smart
Trayshawn M. W. Mitchell
Susan E. Panek
Rosie Dawoud
Governor J. B. Pritzker