STAFF & BOARD

Ilya Sheyman ​

Vice President

​​Ilya Sheyman’s family came to the Chicago area as Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union when he was four years old. Thirty-one years later, he had the opportunity to pay the support his family had received forward by forming a co-sponsor group with RefugeeOne to welcome and help support a family of newly arriving refugees from Afghanistan.

Ilya is currently a Co-Owner and Principal at AGIS Partners LLC where he provides strategic consulting for progressive nonprofits, corporations, foundations, and public interest campaigns. Previously he was the CEO at the Good Food Institute where he led a team of scientists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, lobbyists, advocates, and other experts building a more sustainable food system. Ilya also spent nearly seven years as executive director at MoveOn (a public policy advocacy group and political action committee) and worked as a strategic consultant to a variety of non-profits, advocacy efforts, and national legislative campaigns.