Meet the team
*Click pictures for bios!
Michelle Dinneen-White
Founder, Director
JESSICA PRICE
VERONIKA COPELAND
Project Manager/Outreach Play Coach
Family Engagement Outreach Play Coach
HelloBaby/ Feedback Loop Coordinator
Monica Copeland - Social Media Karen O'Hara - Volunteer Project Support
Elizabeth Forkan - Special Projects Cecilia Limon- Communications, Translations
Hope Orsi - Special Projects Ian Zwick - Marketing & Fundraising Projects
2021 Interns
MaryRose Sheridan- Senior Data Intern
Sydney Wodika - Senior Communications, Marketing Intern
Samaiya Butler - Communications & Family Engagement Outreach Intern
Sandy Ruiz - Spanish Outreach & Family Engagement Outreach Intern
Heidi Mazon - Communications, Translations Intern
Kyra Clark - Communications Intern
Melani Hughes
Communications Intern
Illinois
SYDNEY WODIKA
Senior Communication intern
Michigan
Jerena taylor
Outreach Intern
Illinois
ASHONTE
COLLINS
Communications Intern
Illinois
Support Contributors
TAMMy STEELE
author, content contributor
Jonathan Nicoletti
Acolyte Applications
EMMA FAULKNER
Social Media Consultant & Creator
EMILEE MARSHALL
ABRIL DIAZ
LINDSAY DAVIS
SOCIAL MEDIA & FUNDRAISING
DREW UNIVERSITY
DIGITAL MARKETING CONSULTANT
TEXAS
MARKETING CONSULTANT
GEORGIA
SALENA POTTER
TAMIKA BAKER
JESMINE WHITLEY
EDDIE BRONSON
PAMELA BRONSON
2021 parent play leaders
who have contributed to our OUTREACH team
Cecilia Gutierrez
Brenda Lopez
Guadalupe Ruiz
Lisa Radcliffe
Veronika Copeland
2020 parent play leaders
who have contributed to our team
OTHER SUPPORT CONTRIBUTORS maryrose sheridan registration/data input
tyler daniels website consultation ellie urchell & Meara Haggarty kit prep
BEONCA DOBY
2020 Fellow National Louis
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Juliet Bradley MD, FAAFP
Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Lead Physician, Dr. Jorge Prieto Family Health Center
James P. Duff
National Head of Banking
BMO Wealth Management
Jim Barry
President, March4Meg
Meg Zwick
Millennium Trust Company
SVP & Director, Alternative Custody Services.
MaryEllen Lesniak
Tolton Family Literacy of De La Salle
Michelle Dinneen-White
Founder, Play Smart Literacy