Gail Nelson
Gail Nelson is the Director of Early Childhood Initiatives for the Steans Family Foundation, North Chicago team. She works with Early Childhood providers and leaders to ensure high quality options for families in North Chicago.
Jessica Taylor
Jessica Taylor is Director of Post-Secondary Initiatives at the Steans Family Foundation. In this role, her work focuses on creating and strengthening post-secondary pathways to ensure success for North Chicago students, bridging the gap between existing job readiness training, earn-and-learn opportunities, and other workforce programs in the North Chicago community.
Evan Westerfield
Evan Westerfield serves as the Managing Director for North Chicago. Evan leads the Steans Family Foundation investments in North Chicago including initiatives related to early childhood, K-12 education, post-secondary opportunities, and out-of-school time.
Greg Darnieder
Greg Darnieder currently serves as Senior Advisor at the Steans Family Foundation to its comprehensive community investment strategies in North Lawndale and North Chicago.
Yolanda Lawler
Yolanda Lawler is Program Officer for Steans Family Foundation’s North Lawndale initiatives. In her role, Yolanda works with community-based organizations to increase the number of North Lawndale children, aged birth to five years-old, who are prepared to be successful in Kindergarten.
Patricia (Pat) Ford
Patricia Ford is a long-time advocate for quality education on behalf of children in urban school systems. Pat is a Chicago native with more than 25 years of experience in the field of education, organizing and community development.