Board of Directors

Mark Robinson, Presiding Clerk, is an architect who has served and worked with non-profit organizations for twenty years. He lives in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago with his wife, Marie White, and his two children Lillian and Signe.  Mark is a member of Northside Friends Meeting.
Faith V. Gately MS, Recording Clerk, has a BA from Beloit College 1980, and an MS in Community Health Education (Department of Public Health) 1989. Faith is a member of Northside Friends Meeting (Quaker) and has served on many of Northside’s Committee’s, including two years as the Clerk.  Faith is a member of Northside Friends Meeting.
Jill Doub, Treasurer, manages the Volunteer and Intern program at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.  She has worked extensively with the American Friends Service Committee as both a volunteer and staff member and has served as Volunteer Coordinator at Habitat for Humanity.  She will receive a Masters Degree in Public Service Management from DePaul University in June 2010.  Jill lives in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.
John F. Gately has a PhD in Mathematics from Northwestern University and has taught at the university level for over 20 years. His experience includes work on a number of hiring committees and work on the evaluation of academic progra
April Jervis earned her Bachelors Degree from Indiana State University, her Masters of Business Administration from Loyola University, and her Certificate in Leadership from the United Nation’s Mandated Universidad para la Paz (University of Peace). Her career has been in nonprofit and education including as Executive Director for Local First Chicago. She currently serves as a member of Soroptimist, a Board Member for Employing Hope, and the Illinois Area Director for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Mary Pikul earned her M.Ed. in Early Childhood Development from Loyola/Erikson Institute. She is a certified early childhood educator who has taught Preschool through 3rd Grade. Ms. Pikul has interests in early childhood development and research, child care policy, the outdoors and gardening. She has served on the Religious Education Committee at Evanston Friends Meeting and has been an attender at Chicago-area Friends Meetings.

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