happiest day of our year

We are proud to announce ECF’s new leadership team of Vice Chair Lisa Altenbernd and Board Chair Diana Cohen with President and CEO Monique B. Jones (center)

Current ECF board members Michele Berg and Todd Wiener spend time with former board chairs Judy Kemp and Joan Gunzberg

NUDM 2018 Executive Co-Chairs Daniel Nussbaum and Jamie Newman with Monique B. Jones and Cradles to Crayons Senior Manager of Development David Cotugno (second from right)

Diana Cohen with She Is Code founders, Tonya and Todd Patterson and their daughter, Drew

James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy celebrates their selection to be the 2017 Partners for the Future grantee, represented by Kristen Kennard, Patrick Keenan-Devlin, and Joi-Anissa Russell

Former ECF Board Chair Joan Gunzberg happily accepts the 2017 Jim Kogen Foundation Spirit Award

ECF former board chair and former Evanston Mayor Jay Lytle with grantmaking partner and current Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty

Former ECF President and CEO Sara Schastok and current ECF President and CEO Monique B. Jones are all smiles with Ann Balusek of Mammel Foundation, which funds ECF’s root2fruit grantmaking program

Lisa Altenbernd, ECF vice chair and chair of the responsive grants committee, smiles during the presentation of the grant awards

Grantmaking partner Denise Martin and ECF board member Lonnie Barefield share a hearty laugh with Joe Grossman, owner of Jell Creative Design

Grantmaking partner Suzanne Kanter shares a smile with Daphne Cunningham

Monique B. Jones with Peter Braithwaite, 2nd Ward Alderman and Leadership Evanston alum

Marybeth Schroeder, vice president of programs, and Mike Brody, ECF past chair, with Lindsay Percival, executive director of Learning Bridge Early Childhood Center

Diana Cohen with David Luna, executive director at Open Communities

Grantmaking partner Alan Gratch chats with Sue Loellbach, director of development at Connections for the Homeless

Colleagues of the newly merged SASI and Senior Connections: Jonathan Tague, Senior Connections program manager, Barbara Sittler, former Senior Connections executive director, and Jeanie Ramsey, SASI executive director

Monique B. Jones welcomes new ECF board member Kelley O. Williams

Justin Savin (center) and CJ Patel of Northwestern University Dance Marathon meet Mike Brody

Monique B. Jones with grantmaking partner David D’Arcy

Monique B. Jones strikes a pose with Karen Singer and Kathy Slaughter from YWCA Evanston/North Shore