If you are planning to mail a check by the end of the year, please note that the U.S. Postal Service has updated its rules, and machine postmarks will now be applied when mail is processed at regional processing centers (not at the local drop off point). To ensure your check is postmarked in time to be eligible for a 2025 charitable deduction, we recommend requesting a manual postmark in person at a post office or using certified/registered mail. Click here for more details on giving dates and deadlines.
Lisa Jericho is vice president of Innovation & Technology at The Chicago Community Trust.
She is responsible for leading the Technology team, focused on business applications, infrastructure, security and risk management. She joined the Trust after working at ConAgra Brands as their Director of Trade Operations where she led the team that manages day-to-day operations for trade solutions as well as reporting and analytics within the Revenue Management organization, including training, support, and collaboration with the IT team for issue resolution.
Prior to that, she was the SVP, Information Technology for Feeding America where she developed and implemented transformational technology strategy and managed operations for the national offices of the third largest non-profit in the United States as well as a subset of the 200 nation-wide member food banks. She modernized their entire IT infrastructure and application landscape in a strategy that focused on the rapid adoption of cloud based solutions, including virtual private cloud, Office365, Cisco’s WebEx Cloud, NetSuite ERP and Salesforce CRM. And previously, Jericho worked at PepsiCo in several roles, culminating in the position of Director, Global CIO Organization.
Jericho received her bachelor’s in business administration from John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, and her master’s in business administration from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
She currently serves on the boards of the Jewish United Fund, Inspiration Corporation, Metro Chicago Hillel, and is the Board Chair for Hillels of Illinois.