About Us

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Gloria M. Batey MAEA

President/CEO  BELTS ED. NFP 501c3

Executive Director of Programs, HOOD to Hire (H2H)
Gloria is a firm believer that by leveling the landscape of education, employment, and economic opportunity, under-served youth populations can reach greater fulfillment and become self-sustaining and contributing citizens. She is committed to bringing alternative education and workforce programs to at-risk communities with the goal of stemming the trajectory of unemployment to peril. #educationandjobsfightcrime 

Steering Committee

Everette Rand, Co-chair

CEO, Midway Wholesalers

Co-founder, Chicago Football Classic, NFP

Executive Board, Christmas in the Wards, NFP

LaToyia Huggins, Co-chair

Executive Director, Christmas in the Wards, NFP 

Founder, Huggins Strategies, CRM Marketing and Branding

Dr. Venoncia Bate-Ambrus

Founding Director, The Hunter Family Foundation Workforce Development Initiative, JourneyCare, NFP, Visiting Assistant Professor School of Social Work, Dominican University

Angila Faison

Director Community Engagement, 

Hyde Park Hospitality/ Aramark

Principal, Faison Marketing Consultants

Roderick Height

Public Sector Leader, Slalom Consulting

Executive Board, Circle Urban Ministries, NFP 

Dyanna Knight-Lewis

Vice President, Real Times Media

Vice President/Publisher, Chicago Defender

Principal, Dynate & Associates, 

Media/Marketing/Special Events

Nathaniel Ward

Community Relations Strategist, City Colleges of Chicago 

Principal, Dynate & Associates, 

Media/Marketing/Special Events

Sharon E Johnson Arnold, M.Ed. 

Principal, TechnoWrite, Inc.

Instructional Design, Technical Writer, Learning Tools, Training, Adult Learning Strategy, Workforce Development

Angela Stepancic, M.Ed.  

Principal/ Education Leader, Stepancic & Sons

Education Innovation and Strategy, Institutional Growth, Leadership Coaching, Professional Development, Administration

Chaka Kureva, MBA, CPA

Managing Director, Mindkor Services 

Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Training, Instructional Design, Authoring Tools, Financial Accounting, Tax Preparation

Keisha Woods, JD, MBA, Ph.D. candidate

Executive Proposal Strategist, 

The Pedagogz, LLC

Learning Strategist, Business Development, Capture and Proposal Management, Enterprise IT Services, Data Management, Data Analytics, Agile Methodologies

L. Julie Torrey Parker, MA

Director of Communications, 

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. 

Education Consulting, K-12, Higher Education, Curriculum Design, e-Learning, Editing, Marketing, Community Outreach, Non-Profits

Kim Hayes, M.Ed.

Educator, Chicago Public Schools 

K-12, Curriculum Design, QA, Testing, Instruction

Tracey Robinson-English, MBA

President/Senior Adviser, 

Tracey English Communications Inc. 

Social Impact Content Development