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Our Team

Meet our Executive Director

Michelle  Dinneen-White

Chloe Harrison

Founder & CEO

Program Coordinator
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Brenda Lopez

Outreach Team &
Feedback Loop Team
Parent Play Leader

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Karen O'Hara

Play Kit Factory
Volunteer Squad Coordinator

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Cecilia Gutierrez

Outreach Team &
Feedback Loop Team
Parent Play Leader

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Emma O'Grady

Communications Intern
Marquette University

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Sydney Wodika

Senior Communication Intern
Michigan State Law School

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Shania Dorsey

Neighborhood Outreach Intern Winter 2022  Howard University

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Lisa Radcliffe

Neighborhood Outreach 
Parent Play Leader

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Wendy Martinez

Neighborhood Outreach Intern
Spring 2022 DePaul University

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Interested in joining our team?

Jerrica Omoware

Neighborhood Outreach
Parent Play Leader

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Veronika Hayes-Copeland

Feedback Loop Coordinator

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MaryRose Sheridan

Senior Data Intern
Illinois State University

Sandy Ruiz

Neighborhood Outreach & Bilingual Family Engagement Intern
National Lewis University

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Mykela Collins

Outreach Team
Parent Play Leader

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Vianka Gomez

Social Media Intern
Data Intern
Parent Play Leader

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Courtney Boyd

Outreach Team
Parent Play Leader

Alexandra Molloy

Play Kit Factory Volunteer

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Mykela Collins

Neighborhood Outreach 
Parent Play Leader

Support Contributors

Tammy Steele

Author, Content Contributor
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Emma Faulkner

Social Media Consultant
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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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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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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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