HNA Board of Directors
Janette PachecO - Executive Director: President
Janette was born and raised in the Northwest side of Chicago and a graduate of City Colleges of Chicago. She is bilingual, whose parents are from Puerto Rico and loves visiting the island.
Aside from her HNA involvement and her Real Estate career, she is a volunteer of the Catholic Charities Organization/Bishop Conway Residence in Hermosa, along with DVSA (Domestic Violence). Janette is a Seniors Real Estate Specialist and her passion has always been to help people fight for their rights in the community, especially our beloved Seniors. She lives in an historic Chicago bungalow with her husband Scott who grew up in Hermosa and attended Nixon Elementary and Kelvyn Park High School.
Alma Kreuser - Executive Director: Vice President
Alma is a founding member of the HNA has deep ties to the Hermosa community, a lifelong Chicagoan, her family building roots in the neighborhood in the 1980’s and graduating from CPS schools.
She is active in 35th Ward Participatory Budgeting bringing much needed infrastructure repairs and beautification to Hermosa. She is board member with the 25th District Neighborhood Policing Initiative (NPI) working to build a strong police-community relationship, along with CAPS.
Alma is passionate about unifying the community and works to build safety and beautification to Hermosa.
DIANA RODRIGUEZ - DIRECTOR
Diana was born and raised in Hermosa, a lifelong Chicago resident and resides in the 26th Ward. Her fondest memories are riding her bike along the block with the neighboring kids and playing in the open hydrants in the summertime. She is a CPS graduate (Walt Disney Magnet School, Lane Tech High School) and received her Bachelors at Northeastern Illinois University.
Her passion is traveling and currently works as a flight attendant. As a recent breast cancer survivor, she hopes to bring more awareness and resources to the Latino community. She is dedicated to working with the community to create a safe and inviting space for our youth and fellow residents.
We are so grateful for our past volunteer directors: Annabel Helmer- Lynn, Alex Granados, Rebecca Rodriguez, Lee Helmer, Alfonso Vinaja, Kaytlin Bush, Casey Guerra, Karen Muñoz, Marilynn Lopez, Sean Elliot, Maria Villagomez, Angela Becker Serrano, Jenna Sigman, Kristen Pratt Kalaman, Joelle McCalla (Founder), Sadiki McCalla (Founder), Leonardo Giron, Joshua "Xeno" Martinez (Founder), Steven Wozny (Founder), Alejandra Fleck (Founder), Matilda Montalvo-Lugo (Founder), and Colin Bird Martinez (Founder).