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Board Leadership



2025 Board pictured above. Back row, from left to right: Susan Chansey, Cat Curry, Gwyneth Emigh, Brad Cripe, Shauna Guglielmo, Nick Joseph, and Katie Trchka. Front row from left to right: Colette Marquardt, Megan Owens, Annie Labus-Silvain, Sam Thompson, and Cheryle Yallen.

Executive Committee

Sandra "Sam" Thompson, Chair

Crystal Lake Park District


Megan Owens, Ph.D., Vice Chair

Independent Scholar


Susan Chansey, Treasurer

YMCA Metropolitan Chicago

Brad Cripe, Secretary

Holiday Home Camp


Gwyneth Emigh, Government Relations Chair

Friedman Place

Colette Marquardt, Chief Executive Officer

American Camp Association, Illinois


Board Members - At - Large

Cat Curry, Immediate Past Board Chair

Nominating Committee Chair

Latin School Chicago

​Shauna Guglielmo

Lincoln Park Zoo Camp


Nick Joseph

Griffin Museum of Science & Industry



Annie Labus-Silvain

Camp CBG / Chicago Botanic Gardens

Katie Trchka

ACA Illinois Young Professionals Board Chair

Camp Enthusiast & Nonprofit Professional

Cheryle Yallen

One In A Hundred Summer Camp


Nominating Committee

Cat Curry, Committee Chair

Latin School Chicago


Sam Thompson, Board Chair

Crystal Lake Park District


Shauna Guglielmo

Lincoln Park Zoo



Lydia Gardner

Timber Pointe Outdoor Center


Lily Paukstys

Griffin Museum of Science & Industry


Colette Marquardt, CEO

American Camp Association, Illinois


Young Professionals Board


From left to right: Katie Trchka, Lily Paukstys, Peggy Alymer, Gracie Paul, and Cierra Cavor-Chouhan.

Katie Trcka, Chair

Camp Enthusiast & Non Profit Professional


Lily Paukstys

Griffin Museum of Science & Industry


Gracie Paul

YMCA Camp Nawakwa / YMCA Metro Chicago

Peggy Alymer

YMCA Camp Copneconic


Cierrae Cavor-Chouhan

Holiday Home Camp


Mailing Address:

American Camp Association, Illinois   I   PO Box 5412, Evanston, IL 60204

Mailing Address:

American Camp Association, Illinois

5 S Wabash Ave

Suite 1406

Chicago, IL 60603


Phone: 312-332-0833

Email: info@acail.org

Website: acail.org

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