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ACT Now Leadership Team
Andi Durbin, Coalition Chair (Illinois Collaboration on Youth)
Karrie Rueter, Coalition Co-Char (Department of Human Services)
Jill Edelblute, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago |
Mike Sandidge, Department of Human Services |
Hannah Sherrard, East Side Aligned |
Lisa Diaz, Illinois 4-H |
Alisha Flores, Enlace Chicago | Vanessa Schwartz, Metropolitan Family Services |
Patrick Brosnan, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council | Bela Mote, Carole Robertson Center for Learning |
Mary Ellen Caron, After School Matters | Kenny Riley, Carole Robertson Center for Learning |
Amy Crumbaugh, After School Matters | Jeethu Samuel, Youth Guidance |
April Langworthy, Youth Opportunity | |
Autumn Berg, Chicago Public Schools |
ACT Now Policy and Advocacy Committee
Jill Edelblute, Chair (YMCA of Metro Chicago)
Patrick Brosnan, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council | Eithne McMenamin, United Way |
Christy Filby, Illinois Alliance of YMCAs | Sarah Daniels, Illinois Collaboration on Youth |
Lauren Murray, After School Matters | Suzanne Kerbow, Polk Bros. Foundation |
Allison Sledz, After School Matters | Sean Noble, Fight Crime |
Cindy La, Chinese American Service League | Sarah Norton, WeGo Together for Kids |
Katherine Buchanan, Fight Crime |
ACT Now Professional Development Committee
Hannah Sherrard, Chair (East Side Aligned)
Stephanie Hellmer, Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies | Leslie Chestnut, Metropolitan Family Services |
Curtis Peace, Illinois AfterSchool Network | Seth El-Jamal, Illinois Collaboration on Youth |
Tiffany Taylor, Cahokia School District 189 | Kemarius Lee, Boys & Girls Club Union League |
Allegra Frazier, Boys & Girls Club of Southern Illinois |
ACT Now Quality Assurance, Outcomes & Evaluation Committee
Teresa Dothard-Campbell, Chair (East Moline School District 37)
Marion Baldwin, American Institutes for Research | Jordan Hornickel, Boys & Girls Club of Livingston County |
Jamie Singer, American Institutes for Research | Maranielly Vazquez, After School Matters |
Karrie Rueter, Department of Human Services | Isaiah De La Cruz, Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township |
Stephanie Hellmer, Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies | Laurel Taylor Dudley, Chicago Area Project |
Mike Sandidge, Department of Human Services) | Michelle Thompson, East Side Aligned |
ACT Now STEM Guiding Team
Sarah Tinsman, Chair (Project Exploration)
Dr. John Loehr, Science Olympiad) | Brianne Caplan, Code Your Dreams |
Mike Sandidge, Department of Human Services | Rachel Carpenter, Children’s Discovery Museum |
Jill Edelblute, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago | Rex Babiera, Museum of Science and Industry |
Reno Waswil, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago | Brett Nicholas, DuPage Children’s Museum |
Shonali Ditz, SparkShop | Michael Hannan, Alternative School Network |
Edie Dobrev, Homewood Science Center | Natasha Smith-Walker, Project Exploration |
Melissa Siska, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum |
ACT Now Community Schools Guiding Team
Laura Beavers, Baby Fold | Jill Edelblute, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago |
Rebecca Kinsey, Baby Fold | Eric Werge, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago |
Jenny Hansen, Live United Chicago | Astrid Suarez, Enlace Chicago |
Patrick Brosnan, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council | Jeethu Samuel, Youth Guidance |
Jennifer Grumhaus, North Chicago Community Partners | Kelly Gallego, North Chicago Community Partners |
Suzanne Kerbow, Polk Bros. Foundation |