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WORKSHOP PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES
MAY 2005 TUTOR/MENTOR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
to be held at the Northwestern University Law
School in Chicago on May 12 and 13, 2005.
The conference will be
co-sponsored by the Children & Family Justice Center. We hope that many of
you will participate.
This is a list of people who will do workshops at the May 2005
Conference. All are volunteers! We thank them for sharing
their time and talent. Workshops and presenters are subject to change without
notice. If you would like to do a workshop at this
or future conferences, email the T/MC at tutormentor2@earthlink.net
Ann Adalist-Estrin,
Federal Resource Center for Children of Prisoners,
Child Welfare
League of America, Inc.
Thursday, May 12
Ann Adalist-Estrin is a child and family therapist with Bridges in Jenkintown,
Pennsylvania and a widely sought after consultant on working with families and
children of offenders. She an Affiliated Consultant with both the Federal
Resource Center for Children of Prisoners and the Family and Corrections Network
and a member of the national training team of Healthy Steps for Children a
national initiative focusing pediatric health care providers on the parent and
family influences on child growth and development. Learn more about the Child
Welfare League of America, Inc. - http://cwla.org
Daniel F. Bassill, Tutor/Mentor Connection
Friday, May 13
Dr. Daniel F. Bassill is President of Cabrini Connections and the
Tutor/Mentor Connection, organizer of the Leadership Conference series. He
is also a Commissioner on the Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community
Service. Dr.
Bassill. has spent more than 30 years, mostly as a volunteer, reaching out
to children and youth living in Chicago's Cabrini-Green neighborhood. Bassill
first became a tutor in 1973, then became the volunteer leader of the Montgomery
Ward/Cabrini Green Tutoring program in 1975. More than 3,500 volunteers and
3,300 children have participated in programs Bassill has led. Some
volunteers have participated for more than 10 consecutive years and some
students from first grade through high school. With six other
volunteers, Bassill formed Cabrini Connections in 1992. Learn
more. Visit the About Cabrini Connections section of http://www.tutormentorconnection.org
and read "The Tutor/Mentor Business" by Sara Caldwell. Contact
Dan at tutormentor2@earthlink.net
Kenneth Black, AIMS Mentoring, Friday, May 13
Ken Black is on the staff of Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle,
Illinois. He is partially retired
and now serves as the Senior Adult Coordinator at the church.
Four years ago, it became apparent that older adults needed opportunities
to make a difference in the community with activities that give them a sense of
worth. We currently have thirty-five senior adults who serve as mentors as well
as many others. The range of ages
for mentors is from a recent high school graduate to age eighty. This community
based mentor program began three years ago. Currently, there are eighty-five
mentors serving in nine feeder schools to Lake Park High School in Roselle, IL. Materials
have been shared with educators in fifteen states.
Rev. Lorraine Bogan, Thursday, May 12
Dr. Lorraine Bogan began her ministry in 1978 implementing and directing a
youth outreach ministry at Chatham Fields Lutheran Church. In the fall of 1992,
The SAFE – SPORTS AFFECTING FUTURE EDUCATION – Haven was formed. Lorraine
began to work in the “trenches” through sports, tutoring, mentoring, and
counseling specifically for young people who display disruptive behaviors and or
participated in gangs and selling of illegal drugs. Lorraine has endured many
life threaten events, including eluding shootings from rebel gangs, single
handling breaking up gang fights, rescuing youth and parents from stabbings and
other domestic and community violence. For the past 25 years, Lorraine has
personally worked and mentored over 500 “at-risk” children and youth.
Lorraine was featured on Channel 7 Harry Porterfield's “Someone You Should
Know” Lorraine qualifications include a doctorate in practical counseling,
certifications in conflict resolution, bereavement-counseling specialist, and a
license Christian minister.
http://www.inspiredmedia.net/overcomers
Gail
Brodkey, LCSW, Children's
Memorial Hospital
Thursday,
May 12
Gail Brodkey is
a licensed clinical social worker and coordinator for the Injury Free Coalition
for Kids of Chicago at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Gail also works as a
Protective Service Team social worker and Child Life person in the Emergency
room at Children’s Memorial hospital. Gail is also a part of Chicago Youth
Programs where she is the social worker for the Cabrini Green Health Care
Clinic. Prior to becoming part of Children's Memorial Hospital Social work team
4 years ago, Gail worked as a pediatric and an adult social worker for a
community hospital in Chicago. During Gail’s 4 years at the community
hospital, she worked extensively with Hospice Care patients. Gail has developed
expertise and skills in the areas of child abuse/neglect, crisis intervention,
and counseling. Gail received her Masters in Social work from Loyola University
Chicago, School of Social Work in 1996. She also has a Bachelors of Liberal Arts
degree from Bradley University in Peoria Illinois. Gail is originally from
Omaha, Nebraska, thus has no choice but to love college football.
Ian Bryan, President, The Sensible City,
Thursday,
May 12
Ian Bryan is the President of The Sensible City, a joint
for-profit/non-profit venture that inspires and motivates good business
through community empowerment. Bryan speaks on the "being rather than
doing" of business leadership through corporate social responsibility and
is best known for his role in the creation of what is now commonly referred to
as Community-Oriented Marketing. A former nonprofit development consultant and
the author of 2 books on these subjects, he founded The Sensible City in 2001
with the charge of teaching businesses how to make social responsibility
profitable. Website: www.sensiblecity.com
E-mail: ianbryan@sensiblecity.com
Mary Charles, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago GEAR UP Alliance, Apple
Distinguished Educator, 2003,
Thursday, May 12
Mary
Charles is a grant director in Loyola University Chicago’s School of Education
where she has team taught a number of mathematics classes with Dr. Diane
Schiller. Mrs. Charles is an Apple Distinguished Educator whose expertise is the
practical implementation of computer technology into content areas. http://countdown.luc.edu/
Elizabeth (Betsy) Clarke, President, Juvenile Justice Initiative,
Thursday,
May 12
Ms. Clarke is President of the
Juvenile Justice Initiative, a statewide advocacy organization to
promote rational and effective juvenile justice policies in Illinois.
The privately funded Juvenile Justice Initiative began in 2000 with a
mission to transform
the juvenile justice system in Illinois by reducing reliance on confinement,
enhancing fairness for all youth, and developing an adequate range of
community-based resources throughout the state.
Ms. Clarke's past positions have been a) Juvenile Justice Counsel, Office of the
Cook County Public Defender (six years) where she was advisor to
Public Defender about legislative
and policy issues in the juvenile justice and child welfare fields; and b)
Office of the State Appellate Defender (1977-1992) where she served as
Legislative Liaison and as Juvenile Justice Coordinator, in addition to
appellate practice as an Assistant Defender. She is Immediate past chair of the
Juvenile Justice Committee of the Illinois State Bar Association, current
co-chair of the Midwest Juvenile Defender Center, and past chair of the Midwest
Coalition of Juvenile Justice. Contact
Betsy at 47/864-1567; 847/570-0749
(fax); 847/894-4206 (cell) or email
Bcjuv@aol.com. Visit the web
site at http://www.jjustice.org/
Paul Collins,
Jordan-Webb, Inc. , Thursday, May 12, Friday, May 13
Mr. Collins became an
independent consultant in1981, forming his firm Jordan-Webb.
Since 1989 Paul has provided high performance facilitation to clients
while using new techniques and
technologies that support collaborative problem solving and decision making.
Since 2003, these collaborative technologies and techniques have migrated
from the meeting room to the world-wide-web.
Today, Paul helps clients move into the 21st
century by hosting and facilitating distributed and virtual meetings,
focus groups and surveys, by helping clients deploy
web-based collaborative strategies within their organizations and by
providing free weekly webinars on internet collaboration.
Paul's facilitation style is described as empowering and leading without
directing, and making workshops highly productive and fun.
Paul is active in several professional organizations, including the
Midwest Facilitators' Network (co-founder, director, webmaster), Midwest
Society of Professional Consultants, International Association of Public
Practitioners, National Black MBA Association and International Association of
Facilitators. Paul
is a member of the Board of Advisors for Loyola University's Center for
Information Management and Technology and has lectured for Loyola, the
University of Chicago, De Paul University and the University of Wisconsin.
Paul's hobbies include ethnic folk dance, traditional square and contra
dance, folk festival production, web design, hiking, learning foreign languages
and public speaking. Paul is a
certified Forté Communications System
Facilitator.
Paul's
client experience has included: National Aeronautic and Space Administration,
GATX Corporation, McDonald's Corporation, Motorola, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, BP Amoco Corporation, U S Cellular Corporation, the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources Commonwealth Edison, Loyola University,
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Pace Suburban Bus Service, Girl Scouts Promise
Group and American Traffic Safety Services Association.
Paul's
speaking engagements have included: UCGSB Roundtable, American Society for
Quality, American Society of Metallurgists, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce,
Toastmasters International, Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference, Midwest
Facilitators' Network, Midwest Society of Professional Consultants,
International Association of Public Practitioners, Finance Leaders Association,
International Association of Facilitators and Collaboration 2003.
Paul's web site
contains links to many presentations presented by himself and by others who
participate in quarterly meetings of the Midwest Facilitator's Network in
Chicago. This is a valuable on-line resource. http://jordan-webb.net
Anne Cox, Curriculum Director for System
Concepts Inc.
Thursday, May 12
Ann Cox has worked in the K-12 environment instructing students and teachers in
the use of multiple computer platforms along with development and implementation
of curriculum. Anne is certified as a trainer on the Promethean ACTIVboard,
which will be demonstrated at this event. She believes that the technology being
presented is the best available for certifications include-Mac OS Help Desk
Essentials and Mac OS X Fundamentals. www.idealclassroom.com
Lara Dieckmann, Cabrini Connections, www.cabriniconnections.net
Friday, May 13
Lara Dieckmann is currently the program coordinator and fundraising
specialist for Cabrini Connections. Previously, she worked in development at two
local non-profit organizations: Beyondmedia Education and About Face Theatre.
Ms. Dieckmann received her doctorate in performance and cultural studies from
Northwestern University and was on the faculty of the film, theatre and
communications department at California State University at Los Angeles. She
also taught courses in Creative Writing for the Media at Northwestern and
Community Organizing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lara works at
Cabrini Connections with the Art and Video club; she herself is an amateur
artist and crafter. Her favorite pasttime is creating handmade cards for
friends, family and fundraisers.
Dr. Joseph DiCara, M.D., M.P.H., Volunteer
Executive Director, Chicago
Youth Programs, www.chicagoyouthprograms.org
Friday, May 13
Dr. DiCara founded the Chicago Youth programs in 1984 and has continued ever
since as a full time volunteer, creating, designing, and implementing many of
the current programs. He is a pediatrician with extensive service in public
health and intervention with high-risk children. He graduated Northwestern
University Medical School and received his training in Pediatrics at Children's
Memorial Hospital. He earned a Master's of Public Health in Maternal Child
Health at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Joe received a prestigious
LUCE Fellowship in 1989, which he utilized to start seven community-based
projects in Asian slums. Dr. DiCara is currently on staff at Children's Memorial
Hospital and Prentice Women's Hospital where he cares for ill newborns in the
Special Care Nursery. In 1998, Dr. DiCara was named one of ten national Robert
Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders. In recent years, he received the
University of Notre Dame's Reynolds Award for Improving the Lives of Youth,
Martin Luther King Award, CIBA Community Service Award, and shared the John Cook
Award (Chicago Pediatric Society)
with Dr. Karen Sheehan. Dr. DiCara was recently recognized with the Outstanding
Volunteer of the Year Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Mark Duhon, Executive Director, Highsight. Thursday, May
12, Friday, May 13
A native of Akron, Ohio, Mr. Duhon graduated in 1988 from Ohio State
University. He lived in New York City and worked in a soup kitchen before moving
to Chicago to work for the University of Chicago. He began volunteering as a
second grade tutor at St. Joseph's Elementary School and became chairman of its
school board. In the spring of 1992, armed with a lot of heart and a few loft
ideas about providing access to educational opportunities for the children of
St. Joseph's and Chicago's inner-city, Mr. Duhon helped found HighSight. www.HighSight.org
Jan Fitzsimmons, North Central College Jr./Sr. Scholars Program
Friday, May 13
Ms. Fitzsimmons is the program administrator for the North Central College Jr./Sr. Scholars
Program, a college instructor and the curriculum coordinator for the ACI Bridge
to College Readiness Program and the Urban Education Initiative. Email Jan at jcfitzsimmons@noctrl.edu.
Alyssa Gendron, Program Coordinator of Alumni Services, Hispanic Scholarship
Fund, San Francisco, CA
Friday, May 13
Ms. Gendron took over the HSF Alumni Mentor Program
in its nascence and has since grown it into a program with an evaluation
process, relationship tracking mechanism, substantial program curriculum and
local partnerships. She is a graduate of the University of Washington and joined
HSF in the Winter of 2003. Alyssa is committed to the concept of mentoring in
her own life and encourages others to do the same, either in a formal program or
informally with family and friends. Learn more at http://www.hsf.net.
Email Alyssa at agendron@hsf.net
Gary Goldman,
President, International Quality Leadership Institute
Friday, May 13
Mr. Goldman is a nationally recognized leader in
education reform and youth empowerment, and he is the author of the book
"Empowering Students to Transform Schools". As President and Founder
of the non-profit International Quality Leadership Institute. Mr. Goldman has
taken his message of harnessing the power of a generation of young people across
the country. Mr. Goldman is currently involved in several city-wide youth/adult
initiatives in Indian and Ohio and with empowering disabled students in
workforce development in Chicago. He is also working on a national youth
empowerment movement and youth/community development. Mr. Goldman has been
featured in the media including CBS, NBC, ABC, WGN and hosted his own weekly
Chicago radio show, Champions of our Children. www.iqli.com
Dr. Edward E. Gordon, Imperial Consulting Corp.,
Friday, May 13
Dr. Gordon is author of Tutor Quest and Peer Tutoring: A
Teacher's Resource Guide and many other books and articles.
He has conducted tutoring research and practice for over 30 years.
While teaching in Early Childhood Education at DePaul University, Chicago, Dr.
Gordon developed a field-based mastery-learning, diagnostic-development tutoring
program used with over 10,000 children. Later while teaching in Adult
Education/Workplace Literacy at Loyola University, Chicago, he expanded the
tutoring model for use by 20,000 adults. In 1982 the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) accredited this tutoring program. As a
result Dr. Gordon has provided faculty in-service programs on teacher conducted
tutoring and student peer tutoring to schools across the United
States. www.imperialcorp.com
John M. Hagedorn, Gang History Project,
University of Illinois at Chicago - http://gangresearch.net/
Friday, May 13
Erica L. Harris, Program Manager, Supplemental Education Services, Chicago
Public Schools
Friday, May 13
Erica L. Harris was hired at Program Manager for Supplemental Educational
Services for the Chicago Public Schools in June 2004. In this role, she
manages the relationships between private providers and the district, and works
directly with school administrators, teachers and families to ensure that CPS
students receive the quality after school programming they deserve. As a
former public school teacher in Washington, DC, Eridca is familiar with the
challenges and frustrations that SES raises for schools, parents, and
communities. In 2001, Erica earned a Masters in Public Policy from the
University of Chicago. She also has a Bachelor's in Political Science from
Spelman College. Visit the CPS After School Web Site at http://www.cpsafterschool.org/home.html
Bobbie Huskey, Commissioner, Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission
Thursday, May 13
Bobbie Huskey was recently appointed for a third term as Commissioner
for the Juvenile Justice Commission and is a past president of the American
Correctional Association. She was honored by the ACA with the E.R. Cass Award
for Outstanding Achievement. Her private firm, Huskey & Associates, has led
needs assessments, program evaluations, and facility planning
studies in more than half the states in the United States. www.huskey-associates.com
Stacy Jackson, Director, Partners in Education
Tutoring and Scholarship, Thursday, May 12
A program of CHICAGO LIGHTS @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
Stacy Jackson is the Director of
Tutoring and Scholarship for the Partners In Education Tutoring Program, a
program of Chicago Lights @ Fourth Presbyterian Church.
Stacy has been with Partners In Education for nine years, beginning as
Tutoring Operations Manager and Assistant Director of the Center For Whole Life,
a resource center in Cabrini Green. In
2001, Stacy received a Masters Degree in Social Work from the School of Social
Service Administration at the University of Chicago and was promoted to her
current position in that same year.
The Partners In Education Tutoring Program, now in its 40th
year, serves more than 400 children in 1st - 12th grade
and operates four nights a week. Students
are paired one-on-one with a volunteer tutor to work on homework and literacy
skills. The Scholarship Program
provides financial and educational support for 15 Tutoring students to attend
private high schools. For more
information, contact Stacy Jackson at sjackson@fourthchurch.org
or visit www.chicagolights.org.
Sherard Jones, Sinai Mentoring Program, Thursday, May 12 and
Friday, May 13
Sinai Mentoring Program (SMP) is a school-based mentoring program targeting
school-aged children grades 4th - 8th in the North/South Lawndale community of
Chicago. The mentoring program links professionals from Sinai Health
System and other members of the Chicago community with youth from two Lawndale
elementary schools, Melody Elementary School and Chalmers Specialty School. The
program offers mentees opportunities to engage in organized activities that
expose them to varied socio-economic and culturally diverse settings. Learn more
at http://www.sinai.org/who/sci_programs/mentoring_program.asp
Kenneth King II,
President, New Concepts, Thursday,
May 12
Mr. King has
Extensive experience designing and administering not-for-profit mentoring
programs. Track record of successful sales, marketing, and management
experience. Excellent project management, interpersonal, and communication
skills. He received a Bachelor of Arts and Science from Western Illinois
University, Macomb, Illinois, with a concentration in communications, public
relations. He is the founder of New Concepts, which operates one-on-one, school
based and e-mentoring projects. Contact Ken at Newking2@aol.com
Arlene Lee, JD, Director, Federal Resource
Center for Children of Prisoners, Child
Welfare League of America, Inc.
Friday, May 13
Arlene Lee is the Director of the Federal Resource Center for Children of
Prisoners, a joint project of the Child Welfare League of America and the
National Institute of Corrections. Arlene graduated from American University's Washington
College School of Law in 1987. Her career in children’s issues began by
working in an adolescent group home and teaching street law to District of
Columbia youth confined in juvenile justice facilities. As an attorney with the
Legal Aid Bureau, she focused her practice on the representation of children in
the child welfare system. Later, in a firm she founded, she represented children
in delinquency, child welfare and divorce/custody matters. After years of
working with systems that lacked resources, she became the founding member of a
Local Management Board, designed to re-structure services for children and
families, she then became its first Executive Director. Prior to joining the
Child Welfare League to create the first Federal Resource Center for Children of
Prisoners, she was with the Maryland Governor’s Office of Crime Control and
Prevention as the Youth Strategies Manager, addressing the reduction and
prevention of juvenile delinquency and adolescent substance abuse through
empowerment of local communities. As a result of these experiences she came to have a deep commitment to
issues related to the needs of children and a desire to ensure that all children
receive the services and supports necessary to be fully prepared for a
successful future. Email-
alee@cwla.org
Carol
L. McClement,
Organizational Consultant and Trainer.
Thursday,
May 12
Carol
L. McClement has over 10 years experience as both an internal and external
consultant.
Her
knowledge and reputation as a first-class group facilitator are well recognized
through her work in team building, facilitating work groups, management
development and program design.
In
addition to her consulting experience, Carol has experience in; Sales, computer
graphics service and hardware, GE-Genigraphics, production and supply chain
Management, Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Carol
holds a degree in Industrial Psychology from Michigan State University and a
Masters in Instructional Technology from Wayne State University.
She is certified in AchieveGlobal’s Leadership, Customer Service and
Professional Selling Skills systems.
Calvin Pearce, Executive Director, Time Dollar
Institute, Thursday,
May 12
Calvin
Pearce, Executive Director, Time Dollar Tutoring - http://www.timedollartutoring.org
. Calvin Pearce, is the only person from Illinois to become a finalist for
the Cable in the Classroom's Cable's Leaders in Learning Awards -
http://www.ciconline.org/LeadersInLearningAwards
Calvin
Pearce has shown that one person’s vision can have a remarkable ripple effect
across a city’s entire school system. Pulling together a broad partnership of
schools, students and parents, Calvin has succeeded in getting thousands of
inner-city kids to participate in an after-school program that uses students in
these neighborhoods as peer tutors in core subjects such as reading and math.
The tutors build up Time Dollars toward the purchase of computers. The parents
of both the tutors and the students receiving instruction are required to
participate by donating time at schools, or becoming involved with their local
school council or community policing. The program has had multiple benefits:
parents become more involved in schools, peer tutors are motivated to donate
their time, and a much-needed service is provided for those being tutored. Since
Pearce took over the program in 1996, it has expanded from five to forty-five
schools and from 500 to over 5,000 participating students. To date 5,075
students have received refurbished computers in exchange for tutoring. Among
participating students, test scores in math and reading are heading notably
upward.
Calvin and the Time Dollar Tutoring project have received many awards and have
been featured on TV and in books and magazines. Calvin’s background with
computers and technology make him a perfect fit with the Time Dollar Tutoring
program. Contact Calvin Pearce at calvinpearce@sbcglobal.net
Toinette Pilgrim, Executive Director, Student
Mentor Partners, Detroit - http://www.studentmentorpartners.org/
Toinet will be part of a panel of program leaders on
Thursday, May 12
Steve Roussos, Ph.D., Akouo, Inc., Thursday, May 12
Dr. Roussos is a research and evaluation scientist and trainer for community
organizations and initiatives. He specializes in applied evaluation and research
through which measurement and results are used to directly improve program
performance and impact. His focus is on helping volunteer-based initiatives to
improve community health and development. Mr. Roussos is the founder and a lead
scientist of Akouo (www.akouo.org), an organization that serves the research and
knowledge management needs of community initiatives. Mr. Roussos has been
providing workshops at the Tutor/Mentor Conference since 1998. www.akouo.org
Odette
F. Samuelson, Manager of
Organization Development at Pace Suburban Bus Service,
Thursday, May 12
Odette Samuelson has over fifteen years
experience in organization development, adult education, facilitation and
quality assurance.
As the Manager of Organization Development at Pace Suburban Bus Service, she
facilitates corporate change initiatives as well as managing training and
development for non-bargained-for employees.
Odette also has experience in Total Quality Management at Corcom, Inc.
and Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
Odette
holds a degree in International Business from University of Hawaii and a M. ED.
in Human Resource Development from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
She is also a certified facilitator in Achieve Global’s Leadership and
Customer Service systems.
Dr. Diane Schiller, Loyola University Chicago,
Thursday, May 12
Dr.
Diane Schiller is a professor in Loyola University Chicago’s School of
Education. In addition to her teaching responsibilities at the graduate and
undergraduate level, Dr. Schiller is also actively engaged in grant initiatives
supporting the professional development of educators in Chicago’s city and
suburban schools http://countdown.luc.edu/
.
Andrea Scott, Director, StudySmart, Inc. - http://www.eStudySmart.com
Friday, May 13
Andrea Scott is the Chicago Director of StudySmart, a national tutoring
organization. StudySmart provides one to one, in-home tutoring for K-12 students
in Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Programs include
academic subject tutoring, standardized test preparation and Study Skills.
Andrea holds a BA in psychology and sociology from the University of Michigan
and has been the Director of StudySmart since 2002.
Janet Takehara, , Recruitment and Partnership Development
Manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago, Thursday, May
12
Janet Takehara received a Master's of
Education degree in Community Counseling from Loyola University.
In previous positions, Janet was Program Manager of Operations at
Pathways to Development, Vice President of Programs at Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Metropolitan Chicago and a contract trainer for the Chicago Mentoring
Institute. Contact Janet at takehara@bbbschgo.org
Website: www.bbbschgo.org
Otho Tucker,
Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Mosaica
Education, Inc.
Thursday, May 12
Dr. Tucker is presently Senior Vice President of Mosaica Education, Inc. His
duties there include curriculum design and review for SPECTRA, a subsidiary of
Mosaica, which provides NCLB Supplemental Education Services to more than 35
schools in 8 states. Dr. Tucker collaborates with school boards and school
districts to development new school choice options and to reconstitute schools
in need of improvement. He also assists with Mosaica’s ongoing oversight of
existing operations and partnership develop.
Dr.
Tucker has served as the chairman of the National Charter School Institute
Expert Advisory Panel and on the Board of the National Charter School
Authorizers. During his tenure as a North Carolina educator, he served as
director of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Charter School
Office overseeing 100 schools, which served over 22,000 students and 1750
teachers. Prior to his work with the Department, he spent five years as a member
of the North Carolina Charter School Advisory Committee in service of the North
Carolina State Board of Education. Dr. Tucker was founder of Chatham Charter
School, which achieved North Carolina School of Distinction honors.
Contact
Dr. Tucker at otucker@mosaicaeducation.com
Web: http://www.mosaicaeducation.com
Renee Tucker, Director
of College Readiness at The Associated Colleges of Illinois, Thursday,
May 12
Renee Tucker is an Illinois Certified School Social Worker.
She received a Master's
of Social Work from Jane Addams School of Social Work of the University of
Illinois at Chicago, and a Bachelor's
of Arts in Psychology from DePaul University. Renee is the Director of College
Readiness at The Associated Colleges of Illinois, where she oversees preparatory
programming for high school students around the state.
In previous positions, Renee worked as the Program Director for the AI
Have A Dream@
Foundation of Chicago, a tutoring and mentoring program, and Program Manager for
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago.
Renee continues to be involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters as a member
of the Program Committee of the Board of Directors. She is also responsible for
establishing the first school-based mentoring program in Oak Park, Illinois, and
has provided training at local conferences, health fairs and to individual
organizations.
Practicing what she preaches, Renee is a volunteer with High Sight
scholarship program, and has mentored a a
"Little Sister" since 1994.
Contact Renee at rtucker@acifund.org
www.acifund.org
Student panel members will represent the following tutor/mentor
organizations: ACI, Big Brothers Big Sisters, High Sight, Cabrini Connections
and College Bound
Rosemary Walter, Mosaic Marketing, Thursday, May 12
Rosemary Walter, the founder and president of Mosaic Marketing Management, is a
seasoned business-to-business marketing
consultant with over 20 years' experience in business and marketing management.
She presently works with international Fortune 500 companies as well as regional
and local businesses.
Graduating with a BS in Advertising from the University of Illinois (Honors) and
an MS in Marketing Communications (Honors) from Roosevelt University, Rosemary
has held progressively more responsible marketing positions with industrial and
consumer goods manufacturers as well as marketing communications firms.
Prior to establishing Mosaic Marketing Management in July 1998, she was a Senior
Marketing Manager at Illinois Tool Works (ITW) leading the business and
marketing management function and new product development work on the core
business of their $200+ million construction products division. At the
Alberto-Culver Company, Rosemary worked as an Assistant Product Manager on the
flagship product line. As an Account Executive at DDB Worldwide, Rosemary worked
with McDonald's New Products Group to fieldtest new products' advertising and
promotional tactics.
Major career accomplishments include:
* Achieving record high market share and profitability for Paslode's
framing business
* Tripling Paslode's new product framing sales in a three-year period of
time
* Introducing Chicken McNuggets into test markets leading to national
roll-out
* Achieving record high market share with a reformulated VO5 Aerosal Hair
Spray
Today Rosemary consults with industrial and business-to-business companies on
marketing issues. She also writes and speaks on a variety of business-related
topics. In addition, she is active on several not-for-profit organizations' and
professional associations' boards of directors.
Rosemary is an active member of the American Marketing Association, the Midwest
Society of Professional Consultants, The Greater O'Hare Association of Industry
and Commerce, Greater O'Hare Networking Executives, and Toastmasters
International. She is also an active consultant with River Chase Associates.
Sign up for MOSAIC's MONTHLY MARKETING TIPS at www.MosaicMM.com
Contact Rosemary at rgw@MosaicMM.com
Jeri Warner, Program Director, Trusted Partners - http://www.immanuelunited.org
Thursday, May 12
Jeri Warner is Program Director for Trusted Partners, a citywide mission of
Immanuel United Church of Christ in Indianapolis, IN, which serves homeless
prevention programs in Indianapolis. Trusted Partners recruits, trains, and
matches volunteer mentors with people working to remain housed and become
self-sufficient. Jeri has over 12 years of experience in developing
faith-based center city programs working to instill hope and visions of
possibility.
Helen A. Warren, Mentoring Network for
Juvenile Court Wards, Chicago, Il.
Thursday, May 12
Helen Warren has been participating in Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conferences for
many years. She is Supervising Probation Officer of the Mentoring Network for
Juvenile Court Wards of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Helen has been a
family therapist, a group therapist, has worked with Chemical Dependent Clients
and has been a volunteer mentor. She received an undergraduate Bachelor of
Arts in Sociology from Roosevelt University and a Masters of Science in
Correctional Psychology from Chicago State University. She is a resident
of the Southside of Chicago.
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Join in planning future conferences:
One goal of the T/MC
Conference is to create a community of people who learn from each other,
network, and collaborate to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in
all places where they are needed. We encourage all workshop presenters,
conference participants and interested supporters, including business and
foundation leaders, to visit the DISCUSSION Section at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/Partner/CC/egroups/egroups.htm
where you can join one or more groups in this community.
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