CWHC Working Groups

Our Board is comprised of four working groups that our community self-selects to participate in. Working Group Chairs serve on one working group and Board Directors serve on two working groups. This is the current allocation starting January 2025. The Board meets ten months of the year with August and December as holiday months.
Our Board is actively engaged in the work of preserving Chicago Women’s History working on documentaries, conducting Oral History interviews and organizing programs.

Executive Committee:
President: Maureen Hellwig, Vice President: Xyla Gatilao, Treasurer: Cristina De La Rosa, Secretary: Esther Nieves

Communications & Marketing Working Group:
Chair: Melissa Roels
Directors: Laurie Little

Finance & Development Working Group:
Chair: Maureen Hellwig
Directors: Cristina De La Rosa, Esther Nieves, Xyla Gatilao

Program & Events Working Group:
Chair: Yvette Gatilao Murphy
Directors: Xyla Gatilao, Mary Ann Johnson, Laurie Little, Beth Loch, Margot McMahon, Rana Segal, Tam Johnson

Research & Scholarship Working Group:
Interim Chair: Tam Johnson
Directors: Mary Ann Johnson, Beth Loch, Rana Segal,

Membership Ad-hoc Working Group:
Directors: TBC