HCS Advisory Group

Advocates

*Jen Keeling (Chicago Jobs Council)
Wendy Pollack (Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
*Jenny Wittner (Women Employed)

Community-Based Service Providers

Larry Fitzpatrick (Employment and Employer Services)
Brenda Palms-Barber (North Lawndale Employment Network)
Shannon Stewart (Inspiration Corporation)
Matt Weis (Heartland Alliance)

Funders

Sharon Bush (Lloyd A. Fry Foundation)
Alaina Harkness (MacArthur Foundation)
*Maria Hibbs (Partnership for New Communities)
*Whitney Smith (Joyce Foundation)
Phillip Thomas (Chicago Community Trust)

*Steering Committee member

Public Agencies

*Jasmika Cook (City Colleges of Chicago)
*Linda Kaiser (Chicago Housing Authority)
*Mary Ellen Caron (Chicago Department of Family and Support Services)

Other Experts

*Don Laackman (Civic Consulting Alliance)
Paul O’Connor (Chicago Metropolis 2020)
Becky Raymond (Literacy Coalition)
Pam Tate (CAEL)
Michael Golden (Illinois Education Foundation)

CWIC Staff

Evelyn Diaz
Amanda Cage (Program Director, Human Capital Strategy)
Beth Weigensberg (CWICstats)