Board and Staff of Have Dreams
Have Dreams currently has a fifteen-member governing board, a partnership and advisory board, as well as four full-time and fourteen part-time staff members.
Board of Directors
President
Timothy E. Sweeney
Principal
Quadrangle Development Company
President-Elect
Joseph Nowik
Director of Operations
Radionic Industries, Inc.
Past President
Maureen A. Sweeney, Ph.D.
Partner
Sweeney, Augustin and Associates
Treasurer
Scott Metrick, M.D.
Neurologist
Lake Forest Hospital
Secretary
Peggy Lucchesi, R.N.
Resurrection Hospital
Justin Ballheim
Assistant Brand Manager
Unilever
Mitch Basson
Senior Managing Director
Bear Stearns
Andrew Bonk
Account Executive
HUB International Midwest Limited
Rena Dickman
The Hartman Family Foundation
Kristina E. Johnsen, M.A.
Executive Director, Have Dreams
Director, The Leventhal Keshet Autism Center
Richard Malone
Senior Vice President/Local Market Operations
Tribune Interactive
William Manika
United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (Retired)
Maryanne H. Marymont, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Preet Hansra Michelson
Senior Manager, Strategy & Finance
Tropicana Beverages
Greg Silich
Chief Operating Officer
Capital H Group
Laura Vertz
VIce President, Business Development,
Planning, Research & Analysis
The Bradford Group
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Advisory Board
Bennett L. Leventhal, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, The Center for Child Mental Health and Developmental Neuroscience
Institute for Juvenile Research
University of Illinois at Chicago
Catherine Lord, Ph.D.
Director, University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center
Senior Research Scientist, The Center for Human Growth and Development and
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Lauren Wakschlag, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Partnership Board
The Have Dreams Partnership Board was launched in 2004 by a group of philanthropic business men and women who wanted to make a difference in the community.
Included among the activities of the Partnership Board are special fundraising events and initiatives, procurement of in-kind donations of services and goods, as well as business networking opportunities to benefit Have Dreams.
Meetings are held six times a year at noon, with members serving on designated project-specific committees.
Laura Auwerda
National City Bank
Richard E. Brayer
Car-X Auto Service
David N. Brown
Smith Barney
Anthony J. Catalano
New Labor Strategies, Inc.
Crissy Conway
Attorney at Law
Barry Cronin
Cronin Communications, Inc.
Roy F. Cummins
Xpedex
Marsha Damian
Winebow
Kim Denkewalter
Denkewalter & Angelo
James G. Duff
First Chicago Bank & Trust
Dan Hill
UbiStor
Robyn Konlon
Konlon & Associates
Ann Limjoco
Office of U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky
Robyn McCloud-Springer
Educator/Freelance Writer
Paul Mayor
N-1 Technologies
Stino Milito
Century 21 Elm, Park Ridge
Rosemary Mulligan
State Representative 65th District
John Preschlack
GOLF MAGAZINE
Fred R. Sasser
Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co.
Joseph R. Schwall
Northern Trust
Dale Seaberg
Lucent Technologies (Retired)
Dave Sullivan
Raucci & Sullivan Strategies, LLCJohn Swanson
ARAMARK Corporation
Timothy E. Sweeney
Quadrangle Development Company
Denise Urban
Ahlbeck & Company
Michael J. VanSlambrouck
Chromatech
David Vucovich
Merrill Lynch
Jeff Wolinski
N-1 Technologies
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Administrative Board
Kristina E. Johnsen
Executive Director
Melanie Johnsen
Administrative Coordinator
Dana La Brose
Program Coordinator
Bobbi Frazes Goldman
Director of Development
Kelly Passaneau
Marketing Assistant
Carolyn Saladino
Financial Manager
Cindy Tauber
Special Events Coordinator
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Program Staff
All program staff is trained by specialists in the field of autism. Supervisors have a minimum of 10 years experience working with children with autism and are endorsed as TEACCH trainers by Division TEACCH. Many of our program facilitators have advanced degrees or are pursuing advanced degrees in special education, psychology, social work, or related fields.
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