Achieve Greater Impact Through       21st Century Learning Skills

VISION21 - Leaders in Support of 21st Century Skills


Our Board Members

The Board of Directors of !C-2! consists of professionals working in universities, professional education organizations, school districts, service agencies, and businesses across the state of Illinois. All are interested in and dedicated to the preparation of children for the demands of the 21st century.

» Kathleen Bellanca, President, international Renewal institute Inc., Glencoe  

» Dominic Belmonte, CEO, The Golden Apple Foundation, Chicago

» Ben Boer, Sr. Policy Director, Advanced Illinois, Chicago

» Robert Creviston, VP, Waste Management Midwest, St. Charles

» Blondean Davis, Superintendent, Matteson 162, Matteson

» Deba Dutta, Asst. Provost and Dean, University of Illinois, Champaign

» Barbara Eason-Watkins, Superintendent, Michigan City Area Schools

» Deborah Esparza, Chief Area Officer, Area 2, CPS, Chicago

» Daniel Gibbs, President, General Biomass Company, Evanston

» Judith Gethner, Coalition Manager, Illinois Partners for Human Services, Chicago

» Brian Gordon, System Director, Educational Region for Employment and Career Training, Peoria

» Beverly Gulley, Dean, School of Education, St. Xavier University, Chicago

» Ed Harney, CFO, Beam Global Spirits and Wine, Deerfield

» Gerald Hill, Superintendent, Glenview 34, Glenview

» Robert Ingrafia, Executive Director, North Cook ROE, Des Plaines

» Eric Kahler, Senior VP, Corporate Development, Tree House Foods, Westchester

» Blair Miller, President, Blair Miller Associates, Evanston

» Craig Maki, Director, Education Services, Jen School at Maryville, Des Plaines

» Edward Maloney, Senator, Illinois State Senate 18th District, Chicago

»Peter O'Malley, Asst. Superintendent Finance, Niles Township High School District

»Arline Paul, Teacher rtd. Highland Park

»Brian Pete, V.P., Fogarty & Associates, Chicago

» Jack Pizzo, President/ Senior Ecologist, Pizzo & Associates, Leland

» Kay Poyner Brown, Executive Director, West 40 ROE, Bellwood

» Anne Roloff, Asst. Superintendent, Niles Township High School District, Niles

» Julie Simpson, Executive Director, Urban Gateways, Chicago   

» Roger Skerrett, Project Manager, NCISC/RESPRO, Des Plaines

» Margo Sorrick, Asst. Superintendent, District 200, Wheaton Warrenville

» Terry Stirling, Associate Dean, School of Education, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago

» Bruce Taylor, CEO, Cole Taylor Bank, Rosemont

» Sally Weber, Executive Director, Two Rivers Professional Development Center, Peoria

Our Partners

IL21’s partners are committed to helping transform and renew schools to align with a 21st century agenda. 

 » Cole Taylor Bank

» For All Schools

» The Golden Apple Foundation

» Illinois Math & Science Academy 

 » international Renewal institute

 » Saint Xavier University - School of Education

 » West 40 ROE

 » Peoria 48 ROE                                   

 » National Center for Enriching Thinking & Learning

 » North Cook ISC

» Urban Gateways


Our Sponsors

 » Kineo Group

 » Stuart Rodgers Photography

AWARENESS21 

 

Will You Want to Hire Your Own Kids? (Will Anybody Else?)

 

"The next generation is not being adequately prepared for the jobs it will inherit. High school and college graduates are showing deficiencies in both basic and applied skills, and a real lack of preparedness for today’s world of work. Workforce entrants are caught between an educational system that teaches⎯and measures⎯one set of skills and a rapidly evolving workplace that demands another."  

(The Conference Board, August 2009).

 

“In a 21st Century World where jobs can  be shipped wherever there’s an Internet connection, where a child born in Dallas is now competing with a child born in New Delhi, where your best job qualification is not what you do but what you know — education is not longer just a pathway to opportunity and success, it’s a prerequisite to success.”

(President Barack Obama, March 2009).