The Springboard Foundation's Board of Directors is responsible for oversight and strategy in fulfilling Springboard's mission. Springboard's Members play an active role in selecting grantees, making funding decisions, and providing guidance.
Terry O'Bryan
| Doug Armstrong | Chip Kenyon | DJ Neiman |
| Chandler Bigelow | Keith Kizziah | Jill Novosel |
| Brad Bissell | Suzanne Krohn | Terry O'Bryan |
| Colleen Campbell | Jennifer Krohn | Mike Ochsenhirt |
| Sara Cassidy | Dave Mabie | John Palmer |
| Dan Connolly | Doug Mabie | Kate Pawela Barr |
| John Edelman | Butch MacVicar | John Raith |
| Robin Fandrei | Eric Maddix | Mike Revord |
| Andy Flynn | Newt Marshall | Robb Rickett |
| Andy Hick | Rob Mathias | Daria Rickett |
| Tony Hoban | Ken McAtamney | Doug Sharfstein |
| Tom Hulsebosch | Dave McCoy | Jon Skinner |
| Scott Hunken | Dave McGranahan | Al Smith |
| Jim Johnson | Eric Mogentale | Tor Solberg |
| Steve Kaiser | Frank Moroni | Susan Stelter |
| Ken Kennedy | Jeff Moster | Scott Stevens |
1998 - 2003 Doug Mabie
2004 Keith Olson
2005 Mark Fuller
2006 Steve Kaiser
2007 Mark Ferguson
2008 Jack Keller
2009 Mike Ochsenhirt
2010 Tony Hoban
2011 Dave McGranahan
2012 Colleen Gallagher
2013 Scott Hunken
2014 John Henderson
2015 Jeff Moster
2016 Ken McAtamney
2017 Ken McAtamney
2018 Andy Flynn
2019 Andy Flynn
2020 Keith Kizziah
2021 Doug Armstrong
2022 John Palmer
2023 Doug Sharfstein
2024 Susan Stelter
| Randy Abrahams | Mark Ferguson | Charles McCaleb |
| Hall Adams | Joe Flannagan† | Dave McCoy |
| Stephen Ashmore | Greg Frezados | Drew McNally |
| George Atkinson | Mark Fuller* | Christopher Mellin |
| George Bennett | Colleen F Gallagher* | Corey Minturn* |
| Todd Berlinghof | Heather Gardner | Joseph Nolan |
| Julie Bessent | John Halston | Keith Olson* |
| Michael Boehm | Brad Heitman | Julia Peterson |
| Ted Bowen | Andrew Hick | Emily Riester |
| R.J. Bukovac | Roger Hochschild | Jim Robinson |
| Marie Burke | Edgar “Ned” Jannotta, Jr. | Phillip Rooney |
| Paul Carbery | Paul Johnson | Kenneth Rose |
| Kevin Carey | Jeff Kautz | Tom Seftenberg |
| Michael Carothers | Jack Keller* | Barbara Sessions |
| Dan Connelly | Edward Kennedy | Joe Shenton |
| Graham Cook | Daniel Kipp | Mark Simanton |
| Tom Croghan | Andrew Craig Kirby | Paul Svoboda |
| Ray Crosland | Laird Koldyke | Doug Thompson |
| James Crowder | Rob Lane | Jeffrey Urban |
| John DiCola | Ian Larkin | Gregory Welch |
| Pete Doerr | Bruce Lee | Brian White |
| Timothy Dolan | Josh Lesnik | Tom Wilson |
| William Doyle | Chris Lindblad | Keith Yavitt |
| Nick Etten | Roland Livney | Daniel Yih |
*Past President
Embarc
Embarc had a budget of $98,000 and supported nearly 100 students. In 2016 Embarc had a budget of $1.2 million, and serves more than 700 students across 9 high schools in some of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago. Now he's been featured in Michigan Avenue magazine, and spoken at Chicago Ideas Week. Co-founder Imran Khan likes to say, "I had a crazy idea" but it was clear upon meeting him that he had passion, a vision, and a plan to execute. Being an early funder of Embarc allowed them to gain credibility and leverage the Springboard grant to attract other funders.