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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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