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Our Team

Michelle  Dinneen-White

Founder & CEO

Chloe Harrison

Program Coordinator
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Jerrica Omoware

Feedback Loop Coordinator

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Brenda Lopez

Outreach Team &
Feedback Loop Team
Parent Play Leader

Cecilia Gutierrez

Outreach Team &
Feedback Loop Team
Parent Play Leader

Dana Hamilton

Outreach Team

Emma O'Grady

Communications Coordinator
Marquette University

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Manuel Cazares

Translation Intern
Purdue University

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Karen O'Hara

Play Kit Factory
Volunteer Coordinator

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Mary O'Neill

Communications Intern
Marquette University

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Molly Tully

Communications Intern

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Support Contributors

Tammy Steele

Author, Content Contributor
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Jonathon Nicoletti

Acolyte Applications
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Alumni

Parent Play Leaders

SALENA POTTER
TAMIKA BAKER
JESMINE WHITLEY

Jemika Stone

Ashley Heywood

Christine Meeks

Jada Lige

Laurie Webb

Shantiera Miller

Jameycia Jenkins

Frida Diaz

Ashonte Collins

Jennifer Fullilove

Alumni
Interns

samaiya butler - university of chicago
heidi mazon- bilingual Illinois State University
jerrena Taylor -
Chicago State University

malani hughes-
Chicago state university 

Alumni
Fellows 

BEONCA DOBY
2020 Fellow
National Louis

OTHER SUPPORT CONTRIBUTORS maryrose sheridan registration/data input

tyler daniels website consultation  Guadalupe Ruiz Parent Play Leaderellie urchell & Meara Haggarty kit prep

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Mykela Collins

Neighborhood Outreach 
Parent 
Play Leader

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 

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Meg Zwick

Millennium Trust Company

Executive Director, Alternative Custody Solutions

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Nick Norris
Sales Manager, CDW Amplified Services 

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Jim Barry

President, March4Meg

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MaryEllen Lesniak

Tolton Family Literacy of De La Salle

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Michelle Dinneen-White  

Founder, Play Smart Literacy

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