Ethan Hussong
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.
Evidence & contribution
Leadership Circle Member
Teach For America Greater Chicago–Northwest Indiana2026–2028
A two-year community-service commitment supporting education equity in Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana.
- Responsibilities
- Support education equity through a two-year Leadership Circle commitment.
- Contributions
- Contribute to the Leadership Circle in support of education equity.
As Treasurer of 7th Regiment, I worked directly with finance, budgets, governance, and the executive committee. That experience shapes how I think about commitments, controls, and resource choices.
Treasurer
7th Regiment Youth Performing Arts OrganizationMar–Dec 2025
Served with responsibility for nonprofit governance and financial stewardship, including budget and executive-committee work.
- Responsibilities
- Governance
- Finance
- Budget
- Executive committee
- Contributions
- Served on the executive committee with responsibility for governance, finance, and budget stewardship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- 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.