President, Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection

Cabrini Connections is a site based tutor/mentor program serving teens in one Chicago Neighborhood. Visit http://www.cabriniconnections.net

The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) is a knowledge-based intermediary that seeks to help programs like Cabrini Connections be operating in every high poverty neighborhood of Chicago and similar large metropolitan areas.  This organization has history dating back to 1965 when employees of the Montgomery Ward corporate headquarters in Chicago began tutoring 2nd to 6th grade youth from the Cabrini-Green public housing project.  Bassill became a volunteer tutor in 1973 and the leader of that program in 1975.

Since Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection were formed in 1992, the organization and its founder/CEO, Daniel F. Bassill have been recognized with numerous awards and has been interviewed in dozens of print, TV, radio and Internet media stories. A list of articles and award links can be found on the T/MC web site.

15 the most prominent are: