United Way Impact & Investment Council
The purpose of the council is to review funding applications and make community investment recommendations for:
- Programs that meet identified needs in Will County
- Programs that best carry out the proposed outcomes and goals that United Way of Will County has established within each community impact area.
Council Meetings and Requirements
This council begins in late winter and meets in the spring. It requires a significant time commitment. Commitments include: attending a training, spending at least two hours on an agency site visit, reading agency applications, and attending two days of panel reviews.
Members of our Impact & Investment Council:
- Attend a community impact area-specific orientation session to learn about our local community needs and our commitments to creating positive, sustainable change in Will County.
- Read through and evaluate submitted grant applications on how local programs will help meet local needs in Will County.
- Work in a team with other volunteers to visit an agency in order to gain first hand knowledge on program seeking support from United Way of Will County. This is referred to as a “program site visit,” which will be pre-assigned for you. You will have the opportunity to visit the agency, view the program in action (when confidentiality is not an issue), and ask questions for further clarification.
- Finally, the community impact-specific council* will come together for the review panel meetings. During these review panels, volunteers will report out on what they learned during their site visit and agencies will attend to educate the entire council on their programs seeking funding. At the end of this process, volunteers will determine the funding investment from United Way of Will County that each applying program will receive.
The 2018 Impact and Investment Process is complete.
For 2019 schedule, details, and sign up: Contact Loren
Thank you to our 2018 Volunteers
Amber Mikula
Law Offices of Amber Mikula
Amy De Boni
Village of Plainfield
Anna Rocha-Gray
Midland States Bank
April Elashik
CITGO
Becky Bafia
Joliet Township High School-Central Campus
Belinda Schirmer
Peotone School District
Bil Roseland
SOWIC
Carolyn Kucinic,
Cedricka Carver
University of StFrancis
Cherry Powell
Chestnut Health Systens
Christine Suhadolc
Schneider Logistics
Dawn Bullock
APT-PSD 202
Dawn McCarty
First Midwest Bank
Dennis Platipodis
Hometown National Bank
Diane Cepela
Fairmont School District 89
Donnie Chestnutt,
Ed Selvas
retired CITGO
Fredrick Gandy
Lewis University
Heather Jourdan
Hometown National Bank
Heather McGuire
City of Crest Hill
Holly Barker
Grief Resource Network, LLC
Isabel Gloria
Joliet Township High School
J.D. Ross
Retired- Joliet Junior College
Jaime Brenczewski
New Lenox School District 122
Jeff Pritz,
Jeffery LaJoie
Bolingbrook Fire Department
Jen Howard
TCBY
Jerome Streeky
Retired from BP
Joan Livingston
LCSW
John Gillmann
Hometown National Bank
Karen Gonzalez
BMO Harris Bank
Karen Nolan
Channahon School District
Kathleen Batistich
Valley View School District
Kathy Slattery
Lewis University
Kelly Baltas
Joliet Chamber
Ken McConnaughay
Retired from Morgan Stanley
Kris White
Will County Center for Community Concerns
Kristi Kelly
Lewis University
Kristi McNichol
Will County Veteran Assistance Commission
Kristin Erickson
Will County Center for Economic Development
Laurie Keigher
Retired United Way of Will County
Laurie McPhillips
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Lea Pottle
Fountaindale Public Library District
Leslie Newbon
Silver Cross Hospital
Linda Derusha
Romeoville Police Department
Lou Hagemaster
Mastermolding, Inc.
Marc Gorsch
Hometown National Bank
Marc Reid
City of Joliet Police Department
Marcie Staley
JTHS/retired
Marcie Staley
JTHS/retired
Mardi Wunderlich
Joliet Police Department
Mark Strand
Retired JCPenney
Melanie Boseo
Joliet West High School
Michael Progress
Lewis University
Michelle Matt
Mokena District 159
Michelle Mosier
the Center
Mike Milam
Retired
Monica Engel
Valley View School District
Nick Tyrell
Edward Jones: Office of Nick Tyrell
Nicole Vaira
Channahon Park District
PAT MUDRON
MUDRON KANE INSURANCE
Phil Staley
District 204 Retired
Randy Fletcher
Joliet Junior College
Raymond Moen
CBI
Ron O’Connor
Will County ROE
Sandra DeMaso
Elwood School District 203
Sarah Palya
Chicagoland Speedway & Route 66 Raceway
Shannon Jermal
Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center
Tamara Holman
Caterpillar Inc.
Tanisha Cannon
Joliet Public Schools District 86
Terri Pellizzari
Homer School Dist. 33c
Terry Arya
Christian Brothers Services
Thomas Vana
Kurtz Ambulance
Tom Hernandez
Plainfield School District 202
Tyree Crosby
CBI Services, LLC
William Ruona
Retired-USPS
Yolanda Coleman
Joliet Public Schools District 86
Yolanda Farmer
Joliet Junior College
OUR FOUR IMPACT AREAS
*Parameters:
- We will do our best to accommodate all volunteer requests for impact area assignments, but these will ultimately be made based upon the need for a particular area of expertise and a balanced panel.
- In order to make the most educated and well informed funding recommendations, your presence and participation in the full review panel is vital to the fair, accurate, and efficient completion of our impact and investment process.