September 10, 2026
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About the Program
At Citadel, colleagues are encouraged to use their expertise to strengthen the communities where they live and work. Through the firm’s Community Leaders program, which provides nonprofit board matching, governance training and financial support, employees are helping organizations around the world advance their missions and create lasting impact.
Andrea Georgantas, a Director in the Client and Partner Group at Citadel, has long been drawn to organizations advancing the health, well-being, and development of children.
Andrea joined the Children’s Research Fund (CRF) in 2025 as a Board Director and currently serves as Assistant Treasurer. CRF is one of Chicago’s leading philanthropic organizations dedicated to funding innovative medical research and is affiliated with the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Andrea’s involvement with CRF began through its Junior Board, where she served on the Executive Committee in a variety of roles, including Treasurer and Co-Chair of its signature fundraising event, before stepping away in 2022 to complete graduate school.
Founded in 1951, the CRF is one of Chicago’s leading philanthropic organizations dedicated to pediatric medicine, and its support has advanced work in cancer, heart disease, genetics, microbiology and neonatology. It is also a principal benefactor of the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, the hospital’s research arm and one of only a few freestanding facilities in the nation devoted exclusively to pediatric research.
For Andrea, the connection to the CRF is deeply personal. Her aunt served on the board before her, and she grew up attending CRF events, hoping that she might one day become involved herself. That connection took a new meaning in 2021, when her daughter was born seven weeks premature and was in the care of Lurie physicians. The experience gave Andrea a firsthand appreciation for the impact of pediatric medicine and the research that makes advances in care possible.
Coming back to the organization was never a question, only a matter of timing. In 2025, Citadel’s support made her return possible. Today, as Assistant Treasurer, she helps oversee the operating budget and provides quarterly financial updates. She also meets monthly with researchers and hospital staff to see the fund’s continued impact firsthand, the part of the role she finds most rewarding.
She considers the Community Leaders program central to her board service. “The program allowed me to give back in a meaningful way at this stage in my career,” she says.
The program stands out, she says, because it helps colleagues take on longer-term roles with the causes they care about. Many nonprofit boards require a substantial commitment, and the firm’s support can make it easier for employees to step into those roles earlier in their careers.
“There’s never going to be a right time in terms of balancing your career and extracurriculars,” she says. “If you are interested in pursuing something outside of work with an important mission to you, you should value that and know that the firm will support you.”
Visit our Civic Leadership page to learn more about Citadel’s Community Leaders program.
