UPDATE on Partners:
Chicago Office
Partners’ staff and Chicago Advisory Board members enjoy a reception at
the Cliff Dwellers, a private club and non-profit organization
THROUGH THE GENEROSITY of The Richard H. Driehaus
Foundation, The Retirement Research Foundation, the
Francis Beidler Foundation, and an individual donor, the
new Partners’ Chicago Office was launched at the end of
2008, with the hiring of Gianfranco Grande as Director.
Shelley Sandow joined the Chicago office in February
2009 as Project Manager. She earned a B.A. in Sociology
and an M.A. in Urban Studies from Loyola University of
Chicago. Shelley has over 20 years of experience in public
sector economic development, not-for-profit program
management, and training and consulting on accessibility
issues. For seven years she had served as the technical
consultant to the Retirement Research Foundation on its
grants program helping religious congregations undertake
accessibility renovations to their facilities. Shelley
developed an expertise in assisting congregations, notfor-profits, and government agencies improve services to
older adults and people with disabilities and increase their
ability to use the talents and gifts of these groups.
Training
In early May, eleven Roman Catholic parishes completed
their New Dollars/New Partners training program sponsored
by the Archdiocese of Chicago. The graduates are
currently working on applications for seed grants that
will underwrite the cost of facility condition surveys and
Chicago Advisory Board
Rolf Achilles, Co-Chair
Corlis Moody, Co-Chair
Barbara Abrajano
Rabbi Michael Balinsky
Joel D. Bookman
Chris Botti
Jay Braatz, Ed.D.
The Rev. John Canary
Bishop Demetrios
of Mokissos
Steve Edwards
Sunny Fischer
Suzanne Germann
Brian Goeken, AICP
Gunny Harboe, AIA
Nevin Hedlund, AIA
Marilyn Hennessy
Lisa Klein
Jody Kretzmann
The Rev. George A.
Lane, S.J.
Ken Marchetti
The Rev. James M.
Moody, Sr.
Michael P. Mosher, Esq.
Andrew Perlman
Joan Pomaranc
David Sauerman
priority setting for repairs. Some parish groups are also
seeking addition