Board and Staff of Have Dreams
Have Dreams currently has a 12-member governing board, a partnership and advisory board, as well as four full-time and 32 part-time staff members.
Board of Directors
President
Joseph Nowik
Director of Operations
Radionic Industries, Inc.
Treasurer
Jeff Peterson
CFO
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Secretary
Peggy Lucchesi, R.N.
Mark Twain School - East Maine District 63
Mitch Basson
Managing Director, Debt Capital Markets
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Kristina E. Johnsen, M.A.
Executive Director, Have Dreams
Richard Malone
President and Chief Executive Officer
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Maryanne H. Marymont, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Gregory J. Silich
Chief Executive Officer
CVM Solutions
Mary C. Sweeney
Associate
Clifford Law Offices
Julia Vander Ploeg
Senior Vice President, Marketing
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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 periodically, with members serving on designated projects and 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
NuCare Services Corp.
Rena Dickman
NuCare Services Corp.
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
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Fred R. Sasser
Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co.
Joseph R. Schwall
Northern Trust
Dale Seaberg
Lucent Technologies (Retired)
Dave Sullivan
Raucci & Sullivan Strategies, LLC
John Swanson
ARAMARK Corporation
Timothy E. Sweeney
Quadrangle Development Company
Michael J. VanSlambrouck
Chromatech
David Vucovich
Merrill Lynch
Jeff Wolinski
N-1 Technologies
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Administrative Staff
Kristina E. Johnsen, M.A.
Executive Director
Dr. Jeff Salt
Clinical Psychologist
Bobbi Frazes Goldman
Director of Development
Dana LaBrose, M.M.N.A.
Program Coordinator
Melanie Johnsen
Administrative Coordinator
Carolyn Saladino
Financial Manager
Kelly Passaneau
Special Events and Marketing Coordinator
David Murray
Special Events and Marketing Coordinator
Christine Bellosa, M.A., LCPC
Clinical Psychology and Family Services Supervisor
Paulette Wilkins, M.S.W.
Grants and Special Events Associate
Lydia Wissing
Training Coordinator
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Program & Psychological Services Staff
All program staff are trained by specialists in the field of autism. Four members of the Have Dreams staff are Structured Teaching trainers for The Autism Program of Illinois, instructing hundreds of professionals from around the state. Our program supervisors have a minimum of ten years experience working with children with autism and have expertise in the implementation of structured teaching. In addition to a licensed clinical psychologist on staff, many of our program facilitators have advanced degrees or are pursuing degrees in special education, social work, and related fields.
Sue Zei
Site Supervisor, Park Ridge
Andrea Johnsen
Site Supervisor, Evanston
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