Mayor Brandon Johnson’s delegation to Rome this week includes city officials, business leaders and others. Johnson meets Thursday in a private audience with Pope Leo XIV.
Here’s the delegation:
1. Brandon Johnson – Mayor, City of Chicago
2. Max Budovitch – Deputy Mayor, Business and Neighborhood Development, City of Chicago
3. Charles Smith – Vice Chair, World Business Chicago; and Chief Executive Officer, CS Insurance Strategies
4. Kristopher Anderson – Director, United Airlines
5. Martin Cabrera Jr – CEO, Cabrera Capital
6. Guy Chipparoni – Chairman of the Board, Choose Chicago; and President & CEO, Res Publica Group
7. Melissa Conyears-Ervin – City Treasurer, City of Chicago
8. John D’Alessandro – Principal, JLD Consulting Group, LLC
9. Joshua Davis – President and CEO, The Will Group
10. Stacy Davis Gates – President, Chicago Teachers Union
11. Mary Dillon – Former CEO, Foot Locker, Inc.
12. Jason Ervin – 28th Ward Alderman, City of Chicago
13. Pasquale Gianni – Principal, Gianni Legal and Consulting Services; and Chair, Milan Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International
14. Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann – Founder, Mishkan Chicago
15. Yusef Jackson – President & CEO, Rainbow Push Coalition
16. Charles Johnson – President, SodexoMagic
17. Reverend Tanya Lozano Washington – Pastor, Lincoln United Methodist Church; and CEO, Healthy Hood Chicago
18. Dr. Robert Manuel, PhD – President, DePaul University
19. Tamar Newberger – Chair of Chicago Sister Cities International, World Business Chicago
20. Dr. Michael Okińczyc-Cruz, DMin. – Executive Director, Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership
21. Julia Ramirez – 12th Ward Alderwoman, City of Chicago
22. Nadia Rawlinson – Co-owner & Operating Chairman, Chicago Sky; Board of Directors for Vail Resort, Stanford University Board of Trustees and Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors
23. Dr. Mark Reed – President, Loyola University Chicago
24. Sheila Regan – Chief Operating Officer, Acclivus
25. Lamont Robinson – 4th Ward Alderman, City of Chicago
26. Antonio Romanucci – Attorney at Law, Romanucci and Blandin LLC
27. Carmen Rossi – CEO, 8 Hospitality
28. Reverend Reginald Sharpe Jr. – Senior Pastor, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
29. Maria Simon – General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
30. Bishop Horace E. Smith, M.D. – Senior Pastor, Apostolic Faith Church; and Pediatric Oncologist & Hematologist, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
31. Phil Stefani – Owner, Phil Stefani Restaurants
32. Reverend Stephen Thurston – Pastor, New Covenant Baptist Church
33. Jeffrey Torosian – Partner/Co-Chair, US Business Litigation, DLA Piper LLP (US)
34. Laura Torosian
35. Father Juan Vargas – Associate Pastor, Archdiocese of Chicago – Our Lady of the Rosary
36. Angela Tovar, Commissioner, Department of Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
37. Jason Lee – Senior Advisor to the Mayor, City of Chicago
38. Billy Evans – Chief of Faith Engagement, City of Chicago
39. Erin Connelly – Communications Director, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
40. Ashlee Horton – Director of Executive Operations, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
41. Chris Witschy – Digital Director, City of Chicago
42. Vashon Jordan Jr. – Photographer and Creative Director, City of Chicago
43. Darius Newsome – Senior Aide, City of Chicago
44. Adrienne Tongate – Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Initiatives, World Business Chicago
45. Anel Montes Marchan – Vice President, Global Strategic Initiatives, World Business Chicago
46. Justus Pugh – ChiForward Portfolio and Partnerships Lead, World Business Chicago