John G. Peters
President
Office of the President
Altgeld Hall 300
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: (815) 753-9500
Fax: (815) 753-8686
e-mail: jpeters@niu.edu
Erwin McEwen
Director
Office of the Director
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 814-2074
Fax: (312) 814-1888
e-mail:
Erwin.McEwen@illinois.gov
Angela Baron-Jeffrey
Director
Center for Child Welfare and Education
817 W. Lincoln Hwy
Suite H
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: (815) 753-8528
Fax: (815) 753-0993
e-mail: abaronjeff@niu.edu
Carl Bell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Community Mental Health Council and Foundation, Inc.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychiatry
912 South Wood Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (773) 743-4033, ext. 204
e-mail: carlcbell@pol.net
Margaret Berglind
President and Chief Executive Officer
Child Care Association of Illinois
155 North Harbor Drive, #607
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 819-1950
e-mail: ilccamb@aol.com
Arthur Bishop
Associate Deputy Director of Operations
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
James R. Thompson Center, Sixth Floor
17 North State Street, Tenth Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 793-2000
Fax: (312) 793-0149
e-mail: Arthur.Bishop@illinois.gov
Patricia Martin Bishop
Presiding Judge
Child Protection Division
Circuit Court of Cook County
1100 South Hamilton Avenue,Room 8004
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 433-4756
T.D.D. :: (312) 433-6743
Fax: (312) 433-5267
e-mail: pmbisho@cookcountygov.com
Felicia Blasingame
President and Chief Executive Officer
South Central Community Services, Inc.
8316 South Ellis
Chicago, IL 60619
Phone: (773) 483-0900
Fax: (773) 483-5701
e-mail: blasingamesccs@ameritech.net
Barbara Bowman
Co-Founder
Erikson Institute
420 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 755-2250 x2275
Fax: (312) 755-2255
e-mail: BBowman@erikson.edu
John Easton
Executive Director
Consortium on Chicago School Research
1313 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 834-0098
Fax: (773) 702-2010
e-mail: jqeaston@consortium-chicago.org
Pamela Fenning
Associate Professor
School of Education
Loyola University, Water Tower Campus
Lewis Towers, Room 1130
820 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 915-6803
Fax: (312) 915-6660
e-mail: pfennin@luc.edu
Mary Hollie
Executive Director
Lawerence Hall
4833 North Francisco Street
Chicago, IL 60625
Phone: (773) 769-3500 X210
Fax: (773) 769-6467
e-mail: mhollie@lawrencehall.org
Jimmy Lago
Chancellor
Archdiocese of Chicago
155 East Superior
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 751-5382
Fax: (312) 751-5381
e-mail:
jlago@archdiocese-chgo.org
Rosita Lopez
Associate Professor
LEPF
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: (815) 753-9336
Fax: (815) 753-1500
e-mail: drlopez@niu.edu
Essie Lucas
Retired Principal
Tilden Career Community Academy High School
1328P South Federal Street
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: (312) 360-1328
Fax: (312) 360-1228
e-mail: emlucas@ameritech.net
Gretchen McDowell
Consultant
Illinois Parent Teacher Association
9932 South Maplewood
Chicago, IL 60655
Phone: (773) 238-0885
Fax: (773) 238-0885
e-mail: Gretmcdowell@aol.com
Kay Pangle
Regional Superintendent of Schools
I-KAN Regional Office of Education
189 East Court Street, Suite 600
Kankakee, IL 60901
Phone: (815) 937-2950
Fax: (815) 937-2921
e-mail: kpangle@i-kan.org
Elizabeth Richmond
Past Chair
Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council
5923 West Cassidy Drive
Peoria, IL 61607
Phone: (309) 697-9720
Fax: (309) 697-9722
e-mail: Elizabeth.Richmond@illinois.gov
Barbara Shaw
Director
Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
100 W. Randolph Street, Room 6-600
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 814-1514
Fax: (312) 814-8259
e-mail: Barbara.Shaw@illinois.gov
Alfred W. Tatum
Associate Professor
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Director of UIC Reading Clinic
University of Illinois at Chicago
1040 W. Harrison
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: (312) 413-3883
Fax: (312) 996-8134
e-mail: atatum1@uic.edu
Mark Testa
Director
Children and Family Research Center
University of Illinois
1207 West Oregon Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 244-1029
Fax: (217) 333-7629
e-mail: mtesta@uiuc.edu
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150 North Wacker Drive
Suite 2120
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: (312) 641-2493
Fax: (312) 641-2337
Thomas Vanden Berk
Executive Director
Uhlich Children's Home
3737 North Mozart Street
Chicago, IL 60618
Phone: (773) 290-5800
Fax: (773) 588-7762
e-mail: vandenberkt@uhlich.org
Rick Velasquez
Executive Director
Youth Outreach
6417 Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: (773) 777-7112
Fax: (773) 777-7611
e-mail: rickv@yos.org
Lemuel Watson
Dean
College of Education
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: (815) 753-9055
Fax: (815) 753-2100
e-mail: watson@niu.edu
David Whittaker
Executive Director
Chicago Area Project
200 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 663-3574 x203
Fax: (312) 663-5873
e-mail: davidw@chicagoareaproject.org
Carol Winn
Program Manager
Ada S. McKinley Care and Adoption Services
2907 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 808-6101
Fax: (312) 808-6175
e-mail:cwinn@adasmckinley.org
Wallace Winter
Supervisory Attorneyof the Disability Law Project
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
111 West Jackson Blvd. 3rd. Floor
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 347-8385
Fax: (312) 612-1485
e-mail: wwinter@lafchicago.org
Benjamin Wolf
Children's Initiative Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Chicago, IL 60601-1287
Phone: (312) 201-9740 X320
Fax: (312) 201-9760
e-mail: bwolf@aclu-il.org
Nicholas Wolsonovich
Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Archdiocese of Chicago
155 East Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 751-5212
Fax: (312) 751-5392
e-mail: nwolsonovich@archdiocese-chgo.org
Jack Wuest
Executive Director
Alternative Schools Network
1807 West Sunnyside
Suite 1-DChicago, IL 60640
Phone: (773) 728-4030
Fax: (773) 728-3335
e-mail:
jwuest@asnchicago.org
georgena_us@yahoo.com