Nicole Barksdale
Executive Administrative Assistant
312-274-6517
nbarksdale@spencer.org 
 
Jennifer Bendewald
Research Associate
312-274-6524
jbendewald@spencer.org
 
Annie Brinkman
Program Administrator
312-274-6511
abrinkman@spencer.org 
 
Andrea Conklin Bueschel
Program Director
312-274-6515
abueschel@spencer.org 
 
Mary Cahillane
Vice President, Finance & Investments
Executive Director for Grant Effectiveness
312-274-6521
mcahillane@spencer.org 
 
Elizabeth Carrick
Associate Vice President, Workplace Management
Assistant Director, Spencer Forum
312-274-6535
lcarrick@spencer.org 
 
Maria H. Carlos
Controller
312-274-6522
mcarlos@spencer.org 
 
Patricia Cecil
Assistant Accountant
312-274-6536
pcecil@spencer.org 
 
Josephine Craven
Technology Services Controller
312-274-6545
jcraven@spencer.org 
 
Susan L. Dauber
Program Director
312-274-6515
sdauber@spencer.org 
 
Doris E. Fischer
Meeting and Event Manager
312-274-6534
dfischer@spencer.org 
 
Maricelle Garcia
Program Administrative Assistant
312-274-6515
mgarcia@spencer.org 
 
Paul D. Goren
Senior Vice President
Executive Director, Spencer Forum
312-274-6517
vicepres@spencer.org 
 
Kathryn A. Gray
Director of Personnel and Operations
Program Administrator
312-274-6509
kgray@spencer.org 
 
Judith Klippenstein
Administrator, Office of the President
Assistant Secretary of the Foundation
312-274-6519
jklippenstein@spencer.org 
 
R. David Matthews
Staff Assistant
312-274-6501
rdmatthews@spencer.org 
 
Michael McPherson
President
312-274-6519
pres@spencer.org 
 
David Moyer
Research Associate
312-274-6516
dmoyer@spencer.org 
 
Carrie McGill Simkins
Program Administrator
312-274-6526
cmcgillsimkins@spencer.org 
 
Matthew Smith
Research Associate
312-274-6514
msmith@spencer.org 
 
Andrew Town
Technology Services Intern
312-274-6506
atown@spencer.org
 
Lauren Jones Young
Program Director
312-274-6515
lyoung@spencer.org