OUR TEAM
MICHELLE
DINNEEN-WHITE
FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
"Our mission is to enhance early childhood learning and family engagement to Chicago’s most vulnerable families by bringing playful learning activities, connection & support through innovative technology."
CHLOE HARRISON
Program Manager
KAREN O'HARA
Volunteer Coordinator
CECILIA GUTIERREZ
Parent Play Leader
Neighborhood Outreach
NICOLETTE BRIDGEFORTH
Leadership Fellow
Lisa Lanai
Grants/Finances
Brenda Lopez
Parent Play Leader
Neighborhood Outreach
Grace Bayne
Social Media Lead
PAMELA HARDY
Design Squad
TYLER DANIELS
Website & Social Consultant
ALLISON WEBER
Data Intern
JOSLYNN NICOLSON
Design Squad
HAN DANG
Data Intern
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MICHELLE DINNEEN-WHITE
Founder & Executive Director
CEO/CFO
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
MEG ZWICK
Millennium Trust Company
Executive Director, Alternative Custody Solutions
LISA LANAI
President of Lanai Enterprises
JIM BARRY
President, March4Meg
MARYELLEN LESNIAK
Tolton Family Literacy of De La Salle
OUR PARTNERS AND FRIENDS
LaundryCares Foundation
Worldreader
Learning ScienceExchange
Chicago Public Library
Urban Growers Collective
Birth to Five Illinois
Life is Good Playmakers
EverThrive Illinois
Community Renewal International
Mariallac St. Vincent Family Services
Little Free Library
Chat2Learn
Mobile Cares Chicago
Family Connects Chicago
Chicago Hopes for Kids
Mr. Dad's Fathers Club
New America Chicago
First Book
Too Small to Fail
Talking is Teaching
The Basics
UChicago Behavioral Insights & Parenting Lab
Early Childhood Research Alliance of Chicago
Society of St. Vincent De Paul Chicago
Ada S. McKinley Community Services Inc.
