Biography

Jason Estremera is the Executive Director of the Northwest Side CDC where he provides administrative management, budget oversight, and organizational leadership including the development and implementation of strategic objectives and organizational initiatives that maintain the integrity and identity of a Latinx commercial district and neighborhood. After earning his Bachelors of Science at Northern Illinois University, Jason worked with JPMorgan Chase in retail banking. A merger brought Jason to Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated from Cleveland State University with his Masters of Business Administration, and soon after his career in nonprofit began when being recruited as the Associate Director of the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development. Jason moved back to Chicago in the fall of 2019 after spending 10 years in Cleveland. He served the Portage Park community as Executive Director for the Six Corners Association and shortly after joined the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation as Executive Director.