Ethan Hussong
Board Profile
I help institutions see technology risk clearly and act on it
Governance & stewardship
I approach governance as stewardship. Risks and trade-offs should be stated plainly. Decisions need evidence, and ownership needs to be clear enough that follow-through can be reviewed. My fiduciary experience comes from nonprofit treasurer service. My operating perspective comes from senior technology leadership in a regulated financial institution.
- Current community service
- Leadership Circle Member, Teach For America Greater Chicago–Northwest Indiana2026–2028 · Non-fiduciary
- Past fiduciary service
- Treasurer, 7th Regiment Youth Performing Arts OrganizationMar–Dec 2025 · Fiduciary
- Technology risk and resilience
I start with what must keep working. Then I ask what recovery depends on and where one failure could disrupt a critical service. That connects technology investment to operating risk.
- AI oversight
With AI proposals, I start with the work or decision being automated. I want to understand the controls and know what evidence will show whether the system is helping.
- Operating discipline
I look for a clear owner and a useful measure. The decision should be recorded well enough to review later. That makes execution visible and helps the institution learn whether a choice produced what it promised.
Regulated-institution evidence
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Sr. Manager, IT EngineeringOfficer designation: Vice President- Managed annual operating and capital budgets totaling tens of millions of dollars with less than 2% variance.
- Oversaw disaster-recovery efforts spanning 125+ applications and AWS and Azure environments.
- Reduced change-related breakages from 123 to 9, with zero failed ITSM changes in 2024.
Evidence in practice
- Nonprofit treasurer service with governance, finance, budget, and executive-committee responsibilities.
- Senior technology leadership in a regulated financial institution.
- Disaster-recovery oversight spanning 125+ applications and AWS and Azure environments.
Board contribution
I lead IT engineering at FHLBank Chicago and previously served as Treasurer of 7th Regiment. My work has taught me to connect technical reality to business impact and surface risk without drama. In a future board role, I would bring that operating perspective to discussions about resilience, controls, people, and resource choices. I would also ask whether ownership is clear and how the organization will know a promised result actually arrived.