Early Learning Council Members
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Early Learning Council members serve on a voluntary, unpaid basis and reflect the regional, cultural, and racial diversity of Illinois. The President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives each appoint one member to the Council; the Governor appoints all other members.
Name | Organization | Membership | County |
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Phyllis Glink (Council Co-Chair) | Irving Harris Foundation | Executive Committee | |
Jesse Ruiz (Council Co-Chair) | Office of the Governor | Executive Committee | |
Jennifer Alexander | City of Chicago | Executive Committee | |
Grace Araya | Illinois Action for Children | Subcommittee Co-chair | |
Lori Baas | Christopher House | Council Member | |
Cindy Bardeleben | Baby TALK | Council Member | |
Karen Berman | Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce) | Executive Committee | |
Stephanie Bernoteit | Illinois Board of Higher Education | Council Member | |
Carie Bires | Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce) | Council Member | |
John Borrero | The Collaboration for Early Childhood Care & Education | Council Member | |
Barbara Bowman | Erikson Institute | Council Member | |
Marcus Brown | Illinois Community College Board | Council Member | |
Cerathel Burnett | Chicago Department of Family and Support Services | Council Member | |
Jeanna Capito | Consultant | Council Member | |
Tim Carpenter | Fight Crime: Invest in Kids | Council Member | |
Kathy Chan | Cook County Health and Hospitals System | Council Member | |
Paula Corrigan-Halpern | Children's Home + Aid | Council Member | |
Debbie Daro | Chapin Hall | Council Member | |
Kristy Doan | Illinois State Board of Education | Executive Committee | |
Aaron Dorsey | Parent Policy Council in Peoria | Council Member | |
Carl Eggleston | Administration of Children and Families/Region V | Council Member | |
Shauna Ejeh | Illinois Action for Children | Executive Committee | |
Donna Emmons | Illinois Head Start Association | Council Member | |
Karen Freel | Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health | Council Member | |
Gaylord Gieseke | Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership & Consultant | Executive Committee | |
Tasha Green Cruzat | Voices for Illinois Children | Executive Committee | |
Cornelia Grumman | McCormick Foundation | Executive Committee | |
Chelsea Guillen | EI Training Program | Council Member | |
Dan Harris | Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies | Executive Committee | |
Vicki Hodges | Illinois State Board of Education | Council Member | |
Carisa Hurley | Illinois State Board of Education | Executive Committee | |
Jamilah Jor'dan | Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development | Executive Committee | |
Camille Lilly | Illinois House of Representatives | Council Member | |
Lynn Liston | Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health | Council Member | |
Suzanne Logan | Kangaroo Corner | Council Member | |
Kimberly Mann | Illinois Department of Children and Family Services | Executive Committee | |
Cathy Mannen | Illinois Federation of Teachers | Council Member | |
Teresa Martin | Walsh School | Council Member | |
Kenya McRae | Illinois Department of Public Health | Executive Committee | |
Janice Moenster | Childrens Home + Aid | Council Member | |
Lauri Morrison-Frichtl | Illinois Head Start Association | Council Member | |
Bela Mote | Carole Robertson Center | Council Member | |
Theresa Nihill | Metropolitan Family Services | Council Member | |
Donna Nylander | Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development | Council Member | |
Tracy Occomy-Crowder | COFI | Council Member | |
Cristina Pacione-Zayas | Erikson Institute | Executive Committee | |
Bethany Patten | Illinois Deptartment of Human Services | Executive Committee | |
Laura Phelan | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services | Executive Commitee | |
Sylvia Puente | Latino Policy Forum | Executive Committee | |
Barbara Quinn | Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers | Council Member | |
Diana Rauner | Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce) | Executive Committee | |
Elliot Regenstein | Foresight Law + Policy | Council Member | |
Trish Rooney | Fox Valley United Way | Subcommittee Co-Chair | |
Brynn Seibert | SEIU | Council Member | |
Nichelle Simmons | UCAN Chicago | Council Member | |
Sara Slaughter | WC Stone Foundation | Executive Committee | |
Luz Maria Solis | Chicago Public Schools | Council Member | |
Teri Talan | National Louis University | Executive Committee | |
Marquinta Thomas | Illinois Action For Children | Council Member | |
Stephen Vick | Infant Welfare Society of Evanston | Council Member | |
Kathy Villano | The Center | Council Member | |
Kathy Waligora | EverThrive | Council Member | |
Yolanda Williams | COFI | Council Member | |
Josie Yanguas | Illinois Resource Center | Executive Committee | |