The Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee
The Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee is a group of community leaders, artists, architects, scholars, curators, and city officials, who are dedicating their time, experience, and expertise to lead this effort. This broad coalition will engage with a wide range of communities and world views to ask questions and bring the perspectives required to do this work on behalf of all Chicago’s people.
The Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee Members
Co-chairs
Erin Harkey
Commissioner
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Bonnie McDonald
President & CEO
Landmarks Illinois
Jennifer Scott
Public Historian & Curator
Members
Rachel Arfa
Commissioner
City of Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
John J. Betancur
Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago
Michelle T. Boone
President
Poetry Foundation
Romi Crawford
Professor
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Pat Dowell
Alderman
3rd Ward
William Estrada
Artist
Maria Gaspar
Artist
Sergio Giangrande
Former President
Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans
Adam Green
Associate Professor of American History & the College
University of Chicago
Lisa Yun Lee
Associate Professor in Art History and Gender and Women's Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago
John N. Low
Enrolled Citizen
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
Faheem Majeed
Artist
Heather Miller
Enrolled Citizen
Wyandotte Nation
Cesáreo Moreno
Visual Arts Director
National Museum of Mexican Art
Billy Ocasio
President & Executive Director
National Puerto Rican Museum of Arts and Culture
Jon Pounds
Executive Director Emeritus
Chicago Public Art Group
Michael Rakowitz
Artist
S̵a̵n̵t̵i̵a̵g̵o̵ X
Enrolled Citizen
Koasati/Chamoru
Artist
Teresa E. Silva
Executive and Artistic Director
Chicago Artists Coalition
Tyra Smith
Student/Artist
Northwestern University
Cynthia Soto
Initiatives Manager
Spencer Foundation
Nicholas Sposato
Alderman
38th Ward
John Vinci
Principal
Vinci Hamp Architects
Alaka Wali
Curator of North American Anthropology
Field Museum
Amanda Williams
Artist
Folayemi (Fo) Wilson
Artist/Designer
blkHaUS studios
Ernest Wong
Founder & Principal
site design group