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The Fund
The Fund’s management team proves an integral asset to our success. Combined with our financial capital and our portfolio of program investments, The Fund is building a critical mass of great public schools in Chicago. Our team, comprised of individuals dedicated to this mission, values equity, integrity, and excellence, and we employ collaboration, innovation, and effective leadership to set and reach our goals.
"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."
– Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Andrea Aguilera Villalobos
“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” - Vincent van Gogh
Heron Alpern
"Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation."
–Robert H. Schuller
Heather Y. Anichini
Cheyane Bligen
"What the best and wisest parent wants for his child, that must we want for all children of the community. Anything less is unlovely, and left unchecked, destroys our democracy."
-John Dewey
Julie Burnett
"Education is freedom."
- Paulo Freire
Jennifer Cervantes
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought." - Basho
Clare DeSio
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela
Annie Filer
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
– Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Nelson Gerew
Zach Jacobs
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Gandhi
Mariel Laureano
Bridget Lee
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
– Søren Kierkegaard
Esther Lee
"We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people." - Lyndon B. Johnson
Chris LeSuer
“When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
— Audre Lorde
Patricia Mota
Savannah Payne
“I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there - that is living.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Federico Sanchez
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” — Mary Engelbreit
Ashton Yurk