Board of Directors

Rosa Hyun Perkins – Board Chair, Director, and President

Rosa Perkins is a native Chicagoan. With over 20 years of experience in finance, Rosa held senior positions in investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney, Greenwich Capital and JP Morgan where she managed the origination of structured deals, mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities. In these roles, she also provided advisory services to banks, mortgage companies and real estate investment trusts. After her career in investment banking, Rosa transitioned to the buy-side where she worked in hedge fund marketing at Sorin Capital. Most recently, Rosa served as a consultant, providing advisory services to domestic and international financial institutions.

Rosa is passionate about community service and civic engagement. Throughout her academic and professional career, Rosa tutored and mentored low-income, underperforming students in Chicago and New York. She recently launched a local sports scholarship program that provided funding for disadvantaged children to participate in local sports. In 2017, Rosa was named the Horizons Chicago Exploratory Committee Co-Chair. In this capacity, she helped launch Horizons programs in Chicago’s South and West Sides. As of June 2018, Rosa is the Regional Board Chair for Horizons National Chicago.

Rosa received her undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1994 and her MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2000.

Todd Barnett – Director and Vice President

Todd Barnett has more than 20 years' experience in urban education and nonprofit leadership in Chicago. Currently, Todd serves as the Director of Strategy for the Institute for Positive Living. Prior to this role, Todd was a founding member of the University of Chicago Charter School Donoghue Campus and a member of the senior leadership team where he served as the Director of Partnerships and Family and Community Engagement. Todd has worked to support young people and their families through access to high quality programs and resources while honing in on their assets to reach their fullest potential. Todd is well skilled in the areas of: partnership building, program development, management, and family & community engagement. Todd actively serves on the Executive Boards of the LUV Institute and the Horizons National Chicago Board.  Todd earned a BA in Sociology from Bradley University and an MA in Professional Studies from DePaul University. Todd is a native of Milwaukee, WI and currently lives in South Shore with his wife.   

Kate Hurlock – Director and Secretary

Prior to stepping down from the Management Team at Horizons National in 2022, Ms. Hurlock led the Capacity Building Team, working with affiliate leadership to support and improve the sustainability of Horizons programs across the country. Prior to that she held roles in Expansion, Marketing and Communications. Before joining Horizons National, Ms. Hurlock had her own business in Connecticut.

Hurlock started her career in Network News, working as a Producer for ABC News in Washington, D.C., then in New York, and Europe, covering London and Moscow. She worked on the Sydney 2000 Olympics Games for NBC, and has produced specials for Amazon Prime and ABC. Ms. Hurlock grew up in Chicago, and attended Dartmouth College.

Kim Taylor – Director

Prior to retiring from her role as President, Clearing and Post-Trade Services at CME Group in December 2017, Taylor was President of Global Operations, Technology & Risk from September 2014 to November 2016. Previously she was President, CME Clearing since 2004 when CME also began clearing all Chicago Board of Trade (“CBOT”) contracts. She led the clearing house through the challenges of CME’s subsequent acquisitions of CBOT and the New York Mercantile Exchange, as well as leading the industry through the 2008 financial crisis and the MF Global bankruptcy in 2011. She first joined CME in 1989 as a senior analyst, assuming responsibility in 1998 for risk management and earning various promotions in ensuing years. She served on the CME executive management team from 2004 until her retirement. Taylor serves on the boards of directors for First Midwest Bank, Eventus Systems, and Alma College and previously served on the board for both ISDA and the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA). Taylor is an expert in risk management, crisis management, derivatives regulation, and FCM bankruptcy. In 2014 Crain’s Chicago Business named Taylor number nine on its list of the top 20 most powerful women in Chicago business.

Audrey Smith – Director, Treasurer & Regional Director

Audrey Smith has more than 20 years of domestic and international experience in finance, primarily in the manufacturing and consumer products industries. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Smith was most recently Vice President and Controller of DRiV (a then-pending spinoff company from Tenneco Inc. for which she was previously the Vice President and Controller). Prior to joining Tenneco, Ms. Smith had almost fifteen years of leadership experience in roles of increasing responsibility with both privately-held and publicly traded enterprises including US Foods, Navistar, and Follett Corporation. Prior to her industry experience, Ms. Smith spent more than seven years in the audit practice of the professional services firm Deloitte (previously Deloitte & Touche, LLP). Ms. Smith’s experience has included developing and leading diverse and effective teams, with responsibilities for enterprise close and consolidation, complex accounting matters, including business combinations, SEC and internal management reporting, shared-service centers, and business process and internal control design, evaluation, and remediation.

Ms. Smith is a resident of the Hyde Park / Kenwood community in Chicago, and has an undergraduate degree in accounting and minor in psychology from Western Michigan University. Ms. Smith is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.