Ms. Hallett serves as the coordinator of all program activities of the project, holding Activity Teams accountable for meeting all deadlines and completing all deliverables; she is also one of two members of the Liaison Team working directly to coordinate with ISBE.
As the founder and former director of Cross City Campaign, Ms. Hallett was one of the initial leaders of the Chicago Learning Campaign(CLC), the parent collaborative of Grow Your Own Illinois.
Ms. Watkins directs the formal record-keeping and accounting components of the project.
Ms. Watkins founded TARGET Area Development Corporation in 1995 as a community organization spun off from Ambassadors for Christ Church in Chicago’s South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood, and continues as the organization’s Executive Director. She is also the head of Chicago's Developing Justice Coalition, which works on policy issues to reduce violence in low-income communities and also to improve services and opportunities for ex-offenders. In 2007, she created the PRISE coalition, which is dedicated to strengthening the involvement of parents and other community members in school policy-making. Ms. Watkins is also trained as an accountant.
Stephen Andrews, Technology and Resource Coordinator
Stephen Andrews coordinates all information technology components of the project, including the project website; he will lead the research effort to determine the availability of other sources of funds and serve as an assistant to Ms. Hallett in project coordination.
Mr. Andrews is the president of his own technology firm, Andrews Technologies Management, which develops web-based and desktop database applications and other network tools for nonprofit organizations. But he came to Chicago Learning Campaign as a proposal writer and project coordinator in 2002, and has worked on the GYO project since its inception, contributing to the drafting of the original law and many supporting documents.
Consulting Organizers
Consulting organizers develop statewide activities, promote the expansion of the program, and provide assistance to new consortia.
