| Penny Roth (Co-Chair)
Illinois Department of Human Services
Chief, Bureau of Family Nutrition
823 E. Monroe St.
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 782-2166
Fax- (217) 785-5247
PENNY.ROTH@ILLINOIS.GOV
Diane Doherty (Co-Chair)
Illinois Hunger Coalition
Director
205 West Monroe-3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 629-9580
Fax- (312) 629-3514
DIANEDIHC@AOL.COM
WWW.ILHUNGER.ORG
Alicia Huguelet (Co-Chair)
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Director of Public Policy
4100 West Ann Lurie Place
Chicago, IL 60632-3920
(773) 843-6706
Fax- (773) 927-8375
AHUGUELET@GCFD.ORG
Stephanie Bess
Illinois Department of Human Services
Special Supplemental Nutrition Programs
823 E. Monroe St.
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 782-2166
Fax- (217) 785-5247
STEPHANIE.BESS@ILLINOIS.GOV
LaShon Reese
Illinois Department of Human Services
401 S Clinton
Room C429
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 814-8777
Fax- (312) 793-4666
LASHON.REESE@ILLINOS.GOV
Denise Boyd
Illinois Department of Human Services
WIC Community Outreach & Partnership Coordinator (Northern Region)
3301 Wireton Rd
Blue Island, IL 60406
(708) 293-6475
Fax- (708) 293-6028
DENISE.BOYD@ILLINOIS.GOV
Mary Jane Forney
Illinois Department of Human Services
Child Care & Development Outreach
Coordinator
400 West Lawrence, 2 West
Springfield, IL 62762
(217) 785-9336
Fax- (217) 557-9673
MARYJANE.FORNEY@ILLINOIS.GOV
WWW.ILCHILDCARE.ORG
(Child Obesity Website)
Brenda Hanbury
Illinois Department of Human Services
Chief, Bureau of Homeless Services and Supportive Housing
400 W. Lawrence, 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL 62762
(217) 782-1317
Fax- (217) 557-9673
BRENDA.HANBURY@ILLINOIS.GOV
Christine Hammond
Office of Assistant Secretary Grace Hou
Illinois Department of Human Services
401 South Clinton
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 793-7281
Fax- (312) 793-2351
CHRISTINE.HAMMOND@ILLINOIS.GOV
Jennifer Hrycyna
Associate Director
Human Capital Development
401 South Clinton, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 793-0683
Fax- (312) 793-2499
JENNIFER.HRYCYNA@ILLINOIS.GOV
Emmett Lee
Illinois Department of Human Services
Emergency Food Program
401 South Clinton, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 793-1530
Fax- (312) 793-3789
EMMETT.LEE@ILLINOIS.GOV
Kris Pedersen
Illinois Department of Human Services
Assistant Chief, Bureau of SNAP Integrity
Division of Human Capital Development
100 South Grand Avenue East, 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL 62762
(217) 785-8110
Fax- (217) 557-5345
KRIS.PEDERSON@ILLINOIS.GOV
Lauren Hummel, MS, RD, SNS
Illinois School Nutrition Association
Director of Food Service
Township High School District #211
1750 S. Roselle Road
Palatine, IL 60067
(847) 755-6680
Fax- (847) 755-6810
LHUMMEL@D211.ORG
Christine Westerlund
Illinois Community Action Association
3435 Liberty Drive
Springfield, IL 62707
(217) 789-0125
Fax- (217) 789-0139
CWESTERLUND@ICAANET.ORG
WWW.ICAANET.ORG
Jim Hires
Eastern Illinois Food Bank
2405 North Shore Drive
Urbana, IL 61802
(217) 328-3663 (Ext. 14)
Fax- (217) 328-3670
JHIRES@EIFOODBANK.ORG
Elizabeth Donovan
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Director of Agencies and Programs
600 Industrial Drive
St. Charles, IL 60174
(630) 443-6910
Fax- (630) 443-6916
EDONOVAN@NORTHERNILFOODBANK.ORG
Mary Ellen Abbott
Illinois Hunger Coalition
Southern Region Field Director
4786 Andrew
Marion, IL 62959
(618) 713-7563
MARYELLENIHC@YAHOO.COM
Rhonda Gillis
La Rabida Children’s Hospital
East 65th, At Lake Michigan
Chicago, IL 60649
(773) 363-6700 Ext. 437
Joyce Fikri
St. Louis District Dairy Council
3600 Wabash Avenue
Springfield, IL 62707
(217) 726-8480
Fax- (360) 397-7995
JFIKRI@MAIL.STLDAIRYCOUNCIL.ORG
Angel Gutierrez/Shelley Baldwin
Catholic Charities
Division of Community Development and
Outreach Services
721 N. LaSalle Drive
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 655-7508
AGUTIERREZ@CATHOLICCHARITIES.NET
Gina Ruther
Illinois Department of Human Services
Director, Head Start State Collaboration
10 Collinsville Avenue, Suite 203
East St. Louis, IL 62201
(618) 583-2083
Fax- (618) 583-2091
GINA.RUTHER@ILLINOIS.GOV
Dale M. Cain
Komed Holman Health Center
Coordinator, Operation Frontline
4259 S. Berkeley
Chicago, IL 60653
(773) 268-7600 Ext. 180
Fax- (773) 268-9088
DCAIN@NMH.ORG
Kate Maehr
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Executive Director
(773) 843-5419
KRMAEHR@GCFD.ORG
Lee Deuben
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Housing and Community Development Planner
233 S. Wacker Drive
Sears Tower, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 386-8623
Fax- (312) 386-8624
LDEUBEN@CMAP.ILLINOIS.GOV
Pam Terrell
Catholic Charities
Director of Community Services
(630) 495-8008 ext. 2109
PTERRELL@CC-DOJ.ORG
Melissa Travis
People’s Resource Center
MISSY.TRAVIS@GMAIL.COM
Joe Antolin
Heartland Human Care Services, Inc.
Heartland Alliance
Vice President and Executive Director
JANTOLIN@HEARTLANDALLIANCE.ORG |
Cheryl Metheny
Illinois Department of Human Services
WIC Community Outreach & Partnership Coordinator (Southern Region)
1107 W DeYoung
Marion, IL 62959
(618) 993-7493
Fax- (618) 998-9145
CHERYL.METHENY@ILLINOIS.GOV
Vicki Rowe
Nutrition Education Programs
University of Illinois Extension
520 C Bevier Hall
905 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2857
Fax- (217) 244-2861
VROWE@ILLINOIS.EDU
WWW.ACES.UIUC.EDU/~INC
Anastasia McGee
UIC – Neighborhoods Initiatives
Associate Director, Community Nutrition
Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion
1747 W. Roosevelt (M/C 275)
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 996-8250
APMCGEE@UIC.EDU
WWW.CPHP.UIC.EDU
Betsy Creamer, Rollin Barton, & Jan Hickey
Illinois Department on Aging
421 East Capitol Avenue, #100
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 785-9017or 524-1565 or 782-2407
Fax- (217) 785-4477
ROLLIN.BARTON@ILLINOIS.GOV
BETSY.CREAMER@ILLINOIS.GOV
JAN.HICKEY@ILLINOIS.GOV
Karen Fraase
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Marketing & Promotion
State Fairgounds, P.O. Box 19281
Springfield, IL 62794-9281
(217) 785-7799
Fax- (217) 524-5960
KAREN.FRAASE@ILLINOIS.GOV
Jan Freeman, SNAP Director
Illinois Department of Human Services
Division of Human Capital Development
Bureau of Policy Development
100 South Grand Avenue, East 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL 62762
(217) 782-1239
Fax- (217) 557-5850
JAN.FREEMAN@ILLINOIS.GOV
Gail Hedges
Illinois Department of Commerce &
Economic Opportunity
Manager, Division of Economic Opportunity
620 E. Adams
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 785-6156
GAIL.HEDGES@ILLINOIS.GOV
Gayle Blair
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Center for Health Statistics
Surveillance Unit (BRFSS & PRAMS)
525 West Jefferson
Springfield, IL 62761
(217) 785-1064
Fax- (217) 785-4308
GAYLE.BLAIR@ILLINOIS.GOV
Joan Love
Lindsay Blough
Illinois State Board of Education
Nutrition Programs
100 North First Street, W-270
Springfield, IL 62777-0001
(217) 782-2491, 800/545-7892
Fax- (217) 524-6124
JLOVE@ISBE.NET
WWW.ACTIONFORHEALTHYKIDS.ORG
LBLOUGH@ISBE.NET
WWW.ISBE.NET/NUTRITION
Adam B. Becker, PhD, MPH, Executive Director
Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC)
2300 Children’s Plaza, Box #157
Chicago, IL 60614-3394
(312) 573-7760
Fax- (312) 573-7825
ABBECKER@CHILDRENSMEMORIAL.ORG
Meghan Gibbons, LDN, RD
Illinois School Nutrition Association
Director of Food Service
Evanston Township High School Dist. #202
1600 Dodge Ave.
Evanston, IL 60204
(847) 424-7225
Fax- (847) 424-7227
GIBBONSM@ETHS.K12.IL.US
Nancy Ranieri
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
USDA - Food and Nutrition Services
77 West Jackson Blvd.-20th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
(312) 353-1780
Fax- (312) 353-1706
NANCYRANIERI@FNS.USDA.GOV
William C. Kling, Clinical Asst. Professor
& Senior Research Scientist
University of Illinois Chicago
School of Public Health
1603 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 413-0016
Cell: (630) 531-7977
WKLING@UIC.EDU
Sumen Sood
Community and Economic Development
Association of Cook County, Inc.
Nutrition Services Coordinator
208 S. LaSalle, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60604-1001
(312) 795-8896
Fax- (312) 523-5868
SSOOD@CEDAORG.NET
Cheryl R. Galligos, MA, RD, LDN
Illinois Public Health Association
IPHA Executive Council Food/Nutrition Rep
1773 Lynnville Woodson Road
Murrayville, IL 62668
Home: (217) 243-9942
Cell: (217) 691-2703
PGCG@IRTC.NET
Karen Lehman
Director, Fresh Taste
111 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60640
(312) 616-8000 Ext. 180
Fax- (312) 616-7955
Cell: (312) 810-5540
KARENL@CCT.ORG
Jessica Allender, MS, RD
Data Resource Manager
UIC – Neighborhoods Initiatives
Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion
1747 W. Roosevelt (M/C 275)
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 636-6105
JESSIRD@UIC.EDU
WWW.CPHP.UIC.EDU
Scott DeGraeve
Peapod, LLC
Sr. Vice President and General Manager
(847) 307-8738
SDEGRAEVE@PEAPOD.COM
Dawn Melchiorre
Voices for Illinois Children
Policy Director
208 S. LaSalle Suite #1490
Chicago, IL 60604-1120
(312) 516-5557
Fax- (312) 456-0088
DMELCHIORRE@VOICES4KIDS.ORG
Tracy Smith
Feeding Illinois
State Director
4100 W. Ann Lurie Place
Chicago, IL 60632
(773) 843-5425
Cell : (773) 791-5288
TSMITH@FEEDINGILLINOIS.ORG
Theresa DelVecchio
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Research and Advocacy Manager
TDELVECCHIO@GCFD.ORG
Diane Fager
Chicago Public Schools
DFAGER@CPS.K12.IL.US
Louise Esaian
Director CPS Food Services
Chicago Public Schools
LESAIAN@CPS.K12.IL.US
Dan Lesser
Senior Attorney
Sargent Shriver National Center
On Poverty Law
(312) 368-2005
DANLESSER@POVERTYLAW.ORG |
