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Illinois Fatherhood Initiative
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Chicago, IL 60606
1-800-996-DADS (3237) Chicagoland 312/920-9590 Fax 312/920-9591
Email - 4fathers@earthlink.net
 

Founder's Message

History

 

President -------------- Ken Slepicka, Synthonics, Inc.
Vice President ------- John C. Sciaccotta, Shefsky & Froelich, Ltd.
Treasurer ------------- James Kelly, Vice President, Credit Suisse
Secretary -------------  Wayne Sneed, Retired Elementary School Principal
Executive Director - Jay Payleitner, Author, Speaker

Click to view video - What We Are About

  
Honorary Chairmen
Rod R.Blagojevicj, Governor, State of Illinois
Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago
Richard J. Durbin, Senator, U.S. Senate
Barack Obama, Senator, U.S. Senate
Cardinal Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., Archdiocese of Chicago
Legal Counsel
William S. Wigoda, Jakubs, Kritzmire & Wigoda, Ltd.

Founder
David A. Hirsch, Director, Credit Suisse

Board of Directors
Russell Albert, Hewitt & Associates
Alfred Brown, Chicago Public Schools
Tony D'Alexander, Kraft Foods, Inc.
Mary K. Hartigan, Attorney at Law
Michael Hoadley, Spinnaker Real Estate Ventures
Tony Hunter, Chicago Tribune
Wrenetha Julion, Rush University
Charles Schroeck, Chicago Public Schools


 


 

 Board of Advisors
Kurt Anderson, Messer & Stilp, Ltd.
John Bellamy, CEO & President, The Knock Out Group
Stephan Blandin, Romanucci & Blandin
John Borling, CEO, SOS America
Ray Brown, Partner, The Sightline Group, LLC
Sunny Chico, President, SPC Consulting
Steve Cochran, WGN-Radio
Merri Dee, Director - Community Affairs, WGN-TV
Marv Dyson, Program Director, City Colleges of Chicago
Phil Fuentes, Proprietor, McDonald's
Donnell Hill, Heartland Alliance
Phillip Jackson, Founder, BlackStar Project
Kurt Laning, Clark Consulting
Judd Lofchie, President, Judd Lofchie & Associates
Howard Peters, VP, Illinois Hospital Association
Lois Rakov, Consultant, Booze Allen Hamilton
Aisha Ray, Professor, Erikson Institute
Richard Reck, CEO, Business Strategy Consulting, LLC
Tony Romanucci, Romanucci & Blandin
Alex Roseborough, Roseborough & Associates
Robert Sobiech, Director of HR, Deloitte & Touche
Jerome Stermer, President, Voices for Illinois Children
Abe Thompson, President, WUBU-FM
Dr. Nicholas Wolsonovich, Superintendent, Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Chicago