I’m very excited to announce that in mid-October, I was elected to the Board of Directors for Youth Outreach Services (YOS), http://www.yos.org/.

Started in Chicago in 1959, YOS is a fully accredited and licensed child advocate that provides counseling, intervention, preventive care (e.g., health), housing and family services, like foster care & transitional living programs to Chicago-area youth & their families.  YOS is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc., & licensed by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services, the Illinois Department of Human Services (for Level 1 and Level 2 substance abuse), the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, & is licensed as a Multisystemic Therapy (MST) provider.

I remain on the boards of the The Chicago Bar Foundation’sYoung Professionals Board (the philanthropic arm of the Chicago Bar Association), the Lakeside Community Committee, a 45 year old foster care and home/living services for needy children in Chicago; Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of the Government Affairs Team for the Greater O’Hare Association, one of Chicagoland’s largest business associations; Board Chair for the YMCA Alliance, the adult education and workforce development arm of the YMCAs of Chicago; board member for ChildServ, a 115 year old child advocacy and children’s group home organization; and the Small Business Advocacy Council, the voice for small-to-medium sized businesses in Chicago.