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Board of Directors
Teresa Fincher - co-founder and president
Jodi Hoppensteadt - co-founder and treasurer
Sabina Chrzan - co-founder and secretary
Michelle Wilkens
Greg Chrzan
Ken Fincher
Jim Hoppensteadt
Advisory Board

Amir F. Kagalwalla, MD
Attending Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Children's Memorial Hospital
Co-Director Eosinophilic Esophagitis Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Northwestern University’ Feinberg School of Medicine
Ameesh Shah, MD
Attending Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Children's Memorial Hospital
Co-Director of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Northwestern University’ Feinberg School of Medicine
Barry K. Wershil, MD
Division head, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Children's Memorial Hospital
Co-Director of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Program
Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Rachel E. Story, MD
Attending physician, Division of Allergy and Asthma; Children's Memorial Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Steven J. Ackerman, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
The University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Sally Ritz, RD, CSP, LDN
Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Children's Memorial Hospital
Maria Manuel-Rubio, RN, MSN, APN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Children's Memorial Hospital
Ronda Shaykin, RN, MS
Gastroenterology Nurse Clinician
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Children's Memorial Hospital
Emily Whalen, RN
Gastroenterology Nurse Clinician
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Children's Memorial Hospital
Katie Jacques
Clinical Research Associate
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Children's Memorial Hospital
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