Administration & Government Relations

Sam Toia

President & CEO
ext. 114

stoia@illinoisrestaurants.org

Mary Kay Bonoma

Executive Vice President
ext. 141

mbonoma@illinoisrestaurants.org

Gina Thomas

Vice President of Operations
ext. 116

gthomas@illinoisrestaurants.org

Matt Quinn

Government Relations & Communications Manager

ext. 122

mquinn@illinoisrestaurants.org

Alexandra Newsome

Executive Assistant

ext. 125

anewsome@illinoisrestaurants.org

Chicago Gourmet

Jessica Yarbrough

Executive Director, Chicago Gourmet
ext. 128

jyarbrough@illinoisrestaurants.org

Whitney Moeller

Chicago Gourmet Director of Sponsorship

wmoeller@illinoisrestaurants.org

Lauren Polcyn

Event Manager, Chicago Gourmet
ext. 140

lpolcyn@illinoisrestaurants.org

Education

Mary Wilkie

Director of Education
ext. 121

mwilkie@illinoisrestaurants.org

Fran Paty

Education Coordinator
ext. 123

fpaty@illinoisrestaurants.org

Elizabeth Washington

Education Coordinator
ext. 124

ewashington@illinoisrestaurants.org

Nallely Alfonso

Receptionist

ext. 110

nalfonso@illinoisrestaurants.org

Ann Leider

Executive Director
ext. 147

aleider@illinoisrestaurants.org

Kayla Hawkins

ProStart® Program Manager
ext. 117

khawkins@illinoisrestaurants.org

Finance & Administration

Jean Schmid
Director of Finance & Administration
ext. 119

jschmid@illinoisrestaurants.org

Maria Bello

Assistant Director of Finance & Administration
ext. 118

mbello@illinoisrestaurants.org

Membership

Eric Fine

Director of Sales & Marketing
ext. 115

efine@illinoisrestaurants.org

Christine DeSousa

Senior Member Relations Manager
ext. 146

cdesousa@illinoisrestaurants.org

David Cohen

Member Relations Manager
ext. 138

dcohen@illinoisrestaurants.org

Special Events

Ashley Brandon

Director of Special Events
ext. 133

abrandon@illinoisrestaurants.org

Lisette Medina

Special Events Project Manager
ext. 145

lmedina@illinoisrestaurants.org

Samantha Vitale

Special Events Project Manager
ext. 111

svitale@illinoisrestaurants.org