The Steering Team is the leadership committee for the Coalition and helps to set vision, ensure inclusivity, and drive decision-making toward Coalition objectives.

• Secretary: Imaltzin Astorga, Southwest Organizing Project
• Governance and Coalition Building Working Group Lead: Nzinga-ain Barberousse, University of Chicago Internet Equity Initiative
• Internet Working Group Lead: Lili Diaz & Rodrigo Perez, Center for Changing Lives
• Devices Working Group Lead: Lynetta Parks, Chicago Urban League
• Digital Learning Working Group Lead: Aisha Ahrens, Women’s Business Development Center
• Backbone Convener: Devon Braunstein, City of Chicago
• On-Boarding Lead: Keona Owens, Touchgift Foundation

Community Ambassadors bring their lived experience and expertise, network, knowledge of community, and fresh ideas to the Coalition.

• Ronnie Chatman, Roseland
  • Nominated by Phalanx Family Services
• Antonia Hernandez, Belmont Cragin
  • Nominated by Northwest Center
• Grace Li, Bridgeport
  • Nominated Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
• Consuelo Martinez, Back of the Yards
  • Nominated by Kids First Chicago & Chicago Connected
• Floyd Vaughn III, North Lawndale
  • Nominated by I AM ABLE
• Claiborne Wade, Austin
  • Nominated by Kids First Chicago & Chicago Connected

The Guiding Team, who led the creation of the Digital Equity Plan, was made up of community leaders, community-based organizations, government agencies and institutions, and digital equity subject matter experts who each bring a unique perspective on the digital divide.