Previously, she was the Senior Policy Advisor at Advance Illinois and served as co-chair of the Policy Committee of the diverse statewide coalition We, The Village. She will serve as the key policy leader for IAFC with multiple constituencies including other nonprofit organizations, foundations, agency staff and leadership, and statewide county and locally elected officials. In this role, Angela will continue improving public policy in early child care and education and building organizational capacity, at the grassroots level. Grace has a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Master of Art of Early Childhood Education from Roosevelt University, and a Master of Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago.Īngela Farwig is the Vice President of Public Policy, Advocacy and Research. Grace brings nearly 20 years of experience in early childhood education to her work advancing systems change and engaging community stakeholders through racial equity and human-centered approaches. Before joining Illinois Action for Children, Grace worked as the Director for Eyes on the Future in Chicago. Most recently, she has provided leadership in building out T/TA supports for the Birth to Five Illinois regional community systems effort. Prior to this role, Grace was instrumental in launching the Community Systems Statewide Supports training and technical assistance (T/TA) program for local collaborations. In this role, she will continue to provide strategic oversight of the Community Systems Statewide Supports program and take a leadership role over the Community Parenting Support Saturation program, the Referrals and Outreach teams as well as supporting our Chicago and Cook County programs. Grace Araya is the Vice President of Community Impact. Mark has over 20 years of experience working with children and families in early childhood education and holds a master’s degree in social work. McKinley Community Service, where he managed a $5.5 million budget, managed a team of nine staff and ensured services complied with licensing and accrediting requirement Before his work with IAFC, Barrett was the Director of Child Development programs at Ada. In this role, he provided oversight of compliance, ensured completion of contract deliverables, provided outreach, and customer service support. In his previous role as the Director, Early Learning Quality Improvement, Mark successfully led IAFC through its first monitoring review by the Office of Head Start and was instrumental in helping the program earn NAEYC Accreditation and a Gold designation in the Illinois ExceleRate Circles of Quality.īefore joining the Early Learning program, he served as the Director of Compliance and Outreach for IAFC’s Family Resources Department. He is responsible for the oversight of the department’s early learning programs providing leadership and operational direction. Mark Barrett serves as the Vice President, Early Learning Programs, for Illinois Action for Children. in Project Management from the University of Phoenix, where he also graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Tito still carries her passion for equality and a commitment to ensuring all children have the opportunity to succeed. He cites his grandmother, who was a teacher and a principal, as his source of inspiration and his belief in the importance of early childhood development. He also understands the need for every child and family to have equal access to services and programs that build their success.Īt the age of eight, he began working at his father’s automotive machine shop and learned how to build and maintain a team as well as how to grow and scale a business. Having spent most of his career with Goodwill Industries, Tito is keenly aware of the importance of sustainable operations. Tito Guerrero serves as Illinois Action for Children’s Senior Vice President of Operations, bringing more than a decade of experience in non-profit operations. Maria Whelan Leadership Institute Early Childhood Emerging Leaders Fellowship.Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants.Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3).Community Parenting Support Saturation Program.Individual Professional Development Funds.Parent and Child Care Provider Experiences During COVID-19.
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