Gamaliel 2009 Annual Report

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2009 Annual Repor


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THE GAMALIEL FOUNDATION

203 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 808

Chicago, IL 60601

Telephone: (312) 357-2639

Fax: (312) 257-6735www.gamaliel.org

[email protected]

All contents copyright 2010 The Gamaliel Foundation,except where noted.

Report design by Stephen Boykewich.


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2009 Annual Report

Table of Contents

Opening Letter: Realizing the Promise 1

National Campaign Work 2

Civil Rights of Immigrants 2

Healthcare Reform Campaign 5

Transportation Equity Network 6

National Tables and Training 8

Afliates in the Spotlight 9

GENESIS 9

VOICE-Buffalo 10

Thrive 11

Afliates 12

Contributors 14

Financial Review 15

Governance 16


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Hundreds of thousands of Americans gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the March onWashington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.


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Gamaliel Foundation 2009 Annual Report1

In January 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the UnitedStates. This was a proud moment for the Gamaliel Foundation. The president beganhis career in public service as an organizer with a Gamaliel afliate in the south sub-urbs of Chicago called the South Suburban Action Conference. He went on to be the

founding director of the Developing Communities Project, another Gamaliel afliate.It was a Gamaliel organizer, Gerald Kellman, who rst recruited and trained the youngcollege graduate. The president frequently alludes to these early years in Chicago asformative to his development as a public person.

As a non-partisan, faith-based network of com-munity organizations that work with electedofcials across the political spectrum, Gamalielbelieves that organized grassroots action is keyto fullling the promise of democracy.

During the 2008 election cycle, we engagedin non-partisan voter registration and turnoutdrives. We conducted major public meetings in21 cities across the country to educate the publicabout the central issues facing our nation.

Gamaliel ended 2008 with a powerful gatheringin Washington, D.C., called Realizing the Prom-ise. Conducted jointly with the Center for Com-munity Change, it was attended by 2,500 people,half from our afliates. Present were major gures

from the new administration. Gamaliel and theCenter laid out a peoples agenda aroundhealth care, immigration, and transportation, andcommitted to push for this agenda to be part ofthe agenda of the new administration.

Much of 2009 was spent motivating, educatingand activating our base around these three

pivotal issues. Gamaliel held rallies and publicmeetings at the local level and in D.C. to intensifythe public will for action amid a deepening eco-nomic crisisa crisis that, more than ever, de-mands grassroots action to give ordinary peoplecontrol over the decisions affecting their lives.The network has emerged as a recognized forcein all three of its national areas of focus: healthcare, immigration, and transportation.

Gamaliel has continued its work of creating,building, fortifying, and growing the afliates inthe 19 states in which we operate. We have de-cided to build statewide structures in each of thenew states in which we operate, and in existingstates where local afliates are amenable.

The network has also initiated a strategic plan-ning process to direct its activity over the nextve years. At a time of crisis and opportunity forour country, Gamaliel is organizing itself to createan activated, united and powerful movement tofulll the promise of democracy for all.

Realizing the Promise

Opening Letter

Gregory Galluzzo, Executive Director

Denis Detzel, Board Chair


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Americas people of faith have witnessed how our countrys broken immigration systemhas separated countless families and compromised the dignity of millions of decentpeople. That witness inspired the Gamaliel Foundation to launch its Civil Rights of Im-migrants campaign, whose goals are to enact smart and fair policies that affect immi-

grants locally and to win Comprehensive Immigration Reform nationally.

In 2009, Gamaliels Civil Rights of Immigrants(CRI) table launched a National Prayer Vigil Cam-paign to win comprehensive immigration reform.This campaign involved weekly public prayervigils in front of the ofces of 20 members ofCongress around the country.

Gamaliel leaders used these moments of pub-lic prayer to call on members of Congress tosupport immigration reform based on the faithvalues Gamaliel members hold dear: the sanctityof family and justice rather than cruelty.

Afliates held a total of 108 vigils from December2009 to April 2010. The vigils resulted in meet-ings with hard-to-get members of Congress andstrong media coverage for Gamaliel members.

When asked why she organized weekly prayervigils in front of Rep. Aaron Schocks ofce, a

leader from Gamaliel afliate Faith Coalition forthe Common Good said:

I am an immigrant, a mother, a worker, avolunteer, and above all, a member of thehuman race. I love my adopted country,and I want the same opportunity for all mybrothers and sisters who are here contrib-uting to make and remake this amazingnation. This year, I want to proudly an-nounce that the USA has a comprehensive

immigration law that treats all people withjustice, dignity, fairness and compassion.And I hope that Aaron Schock wants it too.

In the midst of all this action, Gamaliel leadershave continued the complex work of building re-lationships with their members of Congress. TheCivil Rights of Immigrants campaign has led Ga-maliel afliates into meetings and relationshipswith Senators such as Dick Durbin, Johnny Isak-son, and Al Franken, and Representatives such

as Emanuel Cleaver, David Scott, Aaron Schock,Jerry Costello, among many others.

Civil Rights of Immigrants

National Campaign Work


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Gamaliel afliates have held prayer vigils and actions outside the ofces of 20 members of Congress, as well asat immigration detention centers around the country. Photo courtesy of Sister Barbara Pfarr.


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Gamaliel members from afliates around the country rallied in Washington, D.C., in support of national healthcare reform in June 2009. Photo courtesy of ARISE.


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Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over alldemons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of Godand to heal. (Luke 9:1-2)

Countless hours of faithful work by Gamaliel leaders, joining with millions around the

country, resulted in healthcare reform that will provide coverage to 32 million uninsuredpeople. It will prevent insurance companies from denying care and dropping coverage,and will improve Medicare benets and preventive care. It will also devote $12 billion innew funding to safety-net programs for low-income families.

The reform is also projected to reduce the de-cit by over $100 billion over the next ten years,reigning in waste, fraud and abuse, and focusingon the quality of care rather than the quantity.

But the impact of Gamaliels health care workgoes beyond the reforms in the bill. This historicmovement, which we helped create, shifted thebalance of power over health care from giantinsurance corporations to ordinary people andsmall business owners. Gamaliel afliates:

organized hundreds of health care forumsin congregations, educating and enlistingpeople to take public action

organized busloads of leaders from afliates

around the country to Washington, D.C., inDecember 2008 and June 2009 to join in thenational health care rallies and meet withtheir members of Congress

participated in rapid response phone andemail campaign that delivered thousands of

messages to members of Congress at criticaljunctures

organized letters to members of Congresswith the signatures of thousands of religiousleaders

held hundreds of rallies to urge membersof Congress in our afliates states to leadreform efforts for affordable and accessiblecare

The Gamaliel Foundations health care work isdriven by our faith values of sacred communityand equal opportunity for all. Healing and com-munity are central themes in the scriptures ofour faith traditions and a sign of the presenceof God. All of us are responsible to be good

stewards of all that God provides. We fought forreform that would be faithful to our vision of thebeloved community.

While the reform fell short of our highest de-mands, it provides truly important benets topoor and working families.

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Repairing Americas current inequities, restoring our national commitment to communi-ty, and preparing ourselves for the next global economy all require powerful organizingto realize the promise of America as one nation, indivisiblestarting with our nationaltransportation system. The Transportation Equity Network (TEN) was built on this fact.

In 2009, TEN had an extraordinary year in itsght for a more just, prosperous, and connectedAmerica. The challenges were steep: the eco-nomic crisis is forcing 84% of our nations transitsystems to cut service, hike fares, or both; andlegislative gridlock has stalled the $550 billiontransportation spending bill that will shape ournation for ve years after passage.

Amid these challenges, TEN achieved a remark-able string of victories on both the local and

national levels:

TEN won unprecedented access for minorityand female workers to a $550 million high-way project in Missouri. Thanks to TEN andMetropolitan Congregations United, minorityand female workers performed 26% of theworkforce hours, $2.5 million were devotedto job training, and the project was nishedthree weeks early and $11 million underbudget.

TEN won a commitment from Secretary ofTransportation Raymond LaHood to encour-age state departments of transportation toadopt this model of workforce developmentmodel, TENs Missouri Model, nationwide.

TEN worked with Rep. Russ Carnahan tosecure language in the jobs bill that passed

the U.S. House on Dec. 17, 2009, to let transitagencies use up to 10 percent of the bills$8.4 billion in public transit funding to avertfare hikes and service cuts.

The Congressional Black Caucus lifted upTENs Green Construction Careers Program,job training demands, and the MissouriModel in an open letter to President Obamain December 2009.

In January 2010, the USDOT adopted new

livability-based funding guidelines for majortransit projects, overturning narrow Bush-eracost and performance criteria and fullling alongtime TEN demand.

TEN also expanded its staff to 10 full-time andpart-time employees, and its list of member andpartner organizations grew to more than 350 in41 states and Washington, D.C.

Over the coming year, TEN will continue to workto transform our national transportation system

in a way that lets us overcome crises in the econ-omy, energy security, and climate change. TENwill continue its unique combination of grassrootsaction in local communities and federal policywork to build prosperous, equitable, and healthycommunities and provide equal public transpor-tation access to all.

Transportation Equity Network



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The Transportation Equity Network is holding coordinated National Days of Action to highlight transit ser-vice cuts and fare hikesespecially their effect on low-income people, people of color, older Americans, andAmericans with disabilities. Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union.


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National Tables

Training Programs

The Gamaliel Foundation has ve national struc-tures that help to coordinate its work on a na-tional scale:

the Council of Presidents

the African American Leadership Commis-sion

the Gamaliel National Clergy Caucus

the Civil Rights of Immigrants Department

the International Leadership Assembly

These tables are composed of leaders who areeither appointed or elected by the networks locaafliates.

The Gamaliel Foundation conducts its seven-dayNational Leadership Training Program four timesa year in the U.S. and twice a year in South Africa.It conducts a condensed version of this training in

Great Britain twice a year.

The network also conducts three-day leadershiptraining programs: Ntosake, our womens trainingprogram; Advanced Leadership Training; ClergyTraining; and the Juneteenth Training by the Afri-can American Leadership Commission.

In addition, the network conducts over 100 one-and two-day trainings at sites throughout the net-work. Finally, Gamaliel conducts two annual staff

training events for all organizers in the network.

National Tables and Training


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GENESIS is a faith- and values-based organization dedicated to building an inclusiveSan Francisco Bay Area region that works for all of its communities by bringing equalityto those most vulnerable and marginalized in our region. GENESIS empowers ordinarypeople to do extraordinary things in the pursuit of justice, and understands that social

equity, inclusiveness, and equality of benets and opportunities for all are necessaryconditions of environmental sustainability and economic prosperity.

Transportation decisions and policies in the BayArea discriminate against people by race andclass. Bus riders (80% of whom are people of col-or, poor and working class) receive a $2.78 publicsubsidy per ride; while train riders (only 40% ofwhom are people of color) receive a $13.78 subsi-dy. Funding over the past 20 years has increased139% for Cal trains and 43% for Bart Trains, while

AC Transit bus funding has been cut by 30%.

This inequity affects peoples ability to get andmaintain a job, take a child to see a doctor, ac-cess medical care, or simply visit a friend. Thesepolicies are hurting the most vulnerable peoplein the Bay Area.

In 2009, leaders from GENESIS learned that areatransportation ofcials planned to use federalstimulus funds for the same short-sighted ends:to favor the interests of developers, builders,and other corporations over the poor. GENESISleaders were alarmed and angry that federalstimulus funds designated for transit were goingto be transferred to an unnecessary airport con-nector between BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)and the airport, rather than helping fund the

operation of transit lines that were facing con-tinuous cuts.

GENESIS launched a campaign that led to$225,000,000 being moved from the plannedairport connector to operating costs for existingtransit. Moving into 2010, GENESIS continued tolead the ght against wasteful new development,and for equitable transit access for all, especiallypoor people and people of color.

Spotlight: Genesis

Afliates in the Spotlight


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VOICE-Buffalo is a Gamaliel afliate in Buffalo, NY, devoted to building the capacity ofpeople to act on their concerns, creating a culture of responsibility and accountabilityfor what happens in our community, strengthening and connecting our institutions totheir communities, and breaking down the barriers that are deeply dividing our neigh-

borhoods, city and region.

VOICE-Buffalo advanced major goals in 2009:building a more diverse and balanced board, de-veloping leaders, and winning local and regionalghts to revitalize our economy and expand op-portunity.

Regional Issues: VOICE-Buffalo faith andcommunity leaders fought for the strategicgoal of establishing a Bi-Regional Economic

Development Commission. This Commissionwould follow the Framework for RegionalGrowth: a Smart Growth document that in-cludes planning and infrastructure that wouldbring in millions of dollars to revitalize west-ern New York.

Local Issues: VOICE-Buffalo adopted publictransportation as a key local issue. Its leadersbelieve that economic, physical and spiritualboundaries exist all around us. Investment inpublic transportation can break these bound-aries. VOICE-Buffalo pushed for a nationalTransportation Re-Authorization Act thatwould establish public transportation as apriority for the region for the next 10 years. Italso worked for equitable fare restructuringand bus shelter prioritization.

Leadership Development: VOICE-Buffalosent 14 leaders and its Lead Organizer to Na-tional Leadership Trainings in the Bronx andHawaii. It held a local training for 89 peoplefrom VOICE-Buffalo, Niagara Organizing Al-liance for Hope (NOAH), and People Unitedfor Sustainable Housing (PUSH).

October Public Meeting: This public actionwas a display of the organizations commit-ment to building over the long haul. Morethan 400 people gathered at St. Martin De-Porres Church with an agenda of economicdevelopment for the region.

Spotlight: VOICE-Buffalo



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Thrive is a Gamaliel afliate in Stockton, England, working to lift up the voices of peo -ple in poverty with key decision-makers and to change our communities for the better.Throughout 2009, Thrive worked hard on issues that have a severe impact on some ofthe most vulnerable people in Stockton: household debt, health inequities, nancial

exclusion, and job access.

In March 2009, Thrive hosted a three-day trainingfor its grassroots leaders with Gamaliel ExecutiveDirector Gregory Galluzzo. Participants includedcommunity members with direct experience ofpoverty, partners from Durham University, andrepresentatives from local faith and communitygroups.

Complementing Thrives community organizingwork is a program of action-research, in whichtrained volunteers work with low-income house-holds to get a deep understanding of the issuesaffecting their lives. In addition to this research,Thrive mentors community members to buildrelationships of trust and support. Those relation-ships become the basis for collective action tocreate positive change.

On June 24, 2009, over 100 people turned outto an accountability session between Thrive anda group of key local decision-makers on jobs,consumer protection, and community safety. Theinvited ofcials acknowledged Thrives impor-tant role in the community and agreed to makechanges to their services as a direct result ofThrives work and testimony.

Spotlight: Thrive



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at a glance

U.S. Gamaliel Afliates

CaliforniaJOB (Justice OvercomingBoundaries), San Diego

CAUSE (Coastal Alliance Unitedfor a Sustainable Economy),Oxnard

GENESIS, North Bay

The ARC (Advocacy, Respect,Commitment) of California,Sacramento

ConnecticutUACT (United Action Connecti-cut), Middletown

GeorgiaABLE (Atlantans Building Lead-ership for Empowerment),Atlanta

Hawaii

Face of Oahu (Faith Action forCommunity Equity)

Face of Maui (Faith Action forCommunity Equity)

IllinoisGamaliel of Illinois

Gamaliel of Metro Chicago

SSAC (South Suburban ActionConference), Harvey

PNCC (Pilsen Neighbors Com-munity Council), Chicago

UCM (United Congregations of

Metro East), MadisonFCCG (Faith Coalition for theCommon Good), Springeld

IndianaTAP (Transforming ActionThrough Power), South Bend

IowaQCI (Quad Cities Interfaith)

Domestic Membership


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International Afliates

Great Britain

TCC (Together Creating Com-munities), Wales

Change Makers, England withafliates

Manchester afliate

Stockton afliate (Thrive)

Bradford afliate

South Africa

CBCO (Church Based Commu-nity Organizations) and afliates

Durban afliate

Port Elizabeth afliate

Soweto afliate

Cape Town afliate

International Membership

KansasMORE2 (Metro Organizing forRacial and Economic Equity),Kansas City

MarylandPRISCM (Partners for Renewalin Southern and Central Mary-land), Capitol Heights

MichiganGamaliel of Michigan with afli-ates

MOSES (Metropolitan Orga-nizing Strategy for EnablingStrength), Detroit

EZEKIEL Project, Saginaw

JONAH (Joint-Religious Or-ganizing Network for Action &

Hope), Battle CreekISAAC (Interfaith Strategy forAdvocacy and Action in theCommunity), Kalamazoo

MinnesotaISAIAH, with chapters in St.Paul, Minneapolis, St. Cloud,and Rochester

MissouriMCU (Metropolitan Congrega-

tions United), St. LouisMORE2 (Metro Organizing forRacial and Economic Equity),Kansas City

New HampshireInstitute on Disabilities, Durham

New YorkNOAH (Niagara Organizing Alli-ance for Hope)

VOICE-Buffalo

ACTS (Alliance of CommunitiesTransforming Syracuse)

ARISE (A Regional InitiativeSupporting Empowerment),Schenectady

NWBCCC (Northwest BronxCommunity & Clergy Coalition),New York

LION (Long Island OrganizingNetwork), Riverhead

OhioACTION (Alliance for Congre-gational Transformation Inu-encing Our Neighborhoods),Youngstown

PennsylvaniaPIIN (Pittsburgh Interfaith Im-pact Network)

CALL (Congregational Action toLift Lives), Erie

Faith Speaking, Wilkes Barres

TennesseeUVS (University of the South),Sewanee

VirginiaEHR (Empower HamptonRoads)

Petersburg Exploratory Project

WisconsinWISDOM with afliates

AMOS (Advocate Mobilize Or-ganize in Solidarity), LaCrosse

CUSH (Congregations United toServe Humanity), Kenosha

ESTHER (Equality SolidarityTruth Hope Empowerment Re-form), Fox Valley

JOB (Justice Overcoming Bor-ders), Beloit

JONAH (Joining Our Neigh-

bors, Advancing Hope), EauClaire

JOSHUA (Justice OrganizationSharing Hope and United forAction), Green Bay

MICAH (Milwaukee IntercityCongregations United for Hope

RIC (Racine Interfaith Coalition)

SOPHIA (Stewards of PropheticHopeful Intentional Action),

Waukesha


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Contributors

Individual Contributors

Organizational Contributors

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

The Arca Foundation

The Cameron Foundation

Center for Community Change(CCC)

Chicago Legal Clinic

Conference Of Minority Trans-portation Ofcials (COMTO)

The Discount Foundation

Evangelical Lutheran Church

Faith in Public Life

The Ford Foundation

Marguerite Casey Foundation

Charles Stewart Mott Founda-tion

The National Christian Founda-tion

National Immigration Forum

New World Foundation

Open Society Institute

Public Interest ProjectsFullling the Dream Fund

Public Interest ProjectsFour Freedoms Fund

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

The Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

Service Employees InternationalUnion (SEIU)

The Surdna Foundation

The Wallace Global Fund

We Are America Alliance

Norman Axelrad

Laura Barrett

Dale Bennett

Rev. David Bigsby

Dr. Steven Jay Blutza

Rev. Don Burton

Lois Campbell

Mike Davis

Dr. Denis Detzel

Rev. Richard L. Freeman

Rev. Charles Fischer

Rev. Sue Gaeta

Gregory Galluzzo

Ana Garcia-Ashley

Mary Gonzales

Edward Grossman

Rev. Dennis Jacobsen

Angela James

Fr. Rudolph Juarez

Fr. Vincent Kobida

Dae Keun Kwon

Sr. Cheryl Liske

Rev. Bobby Love

Harvey Lyon

Rev. Linda MacDonald

Consuelo Miller

Rev. Charles Mock

Rev. Carl Patillo

Fr. Jack Schuler

Rev. Paul Slack

Dr. Ann E. Smith

Rev. Susan Sneed

Juan F. Soto

Rev. Carleton Stock

Mary Trimmer

Carl R. Valdez

Rev. John Welch

Rev. Gregory Williams

Rev. William Wyne

Rev. Jamila Woods-Jones

Rev. Charles Fischer

Roberta Grimm

Rev. M. Bruce McKay


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ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS 2009 2008

Cash 235,706 526,652Amounts held in custody for others 6,915 41,276

Accounts receivable, net allowance for doubtfulaccounts of $86,000 and $91,000 at December31, 2009 and 2008, respectively

125,776 42,910

Contributions receivable 1,139,988 650,000

Prepaid expenses 16,900 40,882

Total Current Assets 2,420,080 2,007,084

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net 69,766 100,185

NONCURRENT ASSETS

Deposits 1,782 1,782

Total Assets 2,491,628 2,109,051

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

CURRENT LIABILITIES 2009 2008

Line of credit 100,020 75,020

Note payable 46,776 46,776

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 191,307 175,534

Amounts held in custody for others 6,915 41,276

Deferred revenue 2,725

Total Current Liabilities 345,018 341,331

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

Note payable 38,980 85,757

Total Liabilities 383,998 427,088

NET ASSETSUnrestricted (1,172,605) (902,332)

Board designated reserve operating fund 997,420 847,420

Total Unrestricted (175,185) (54,912)

Temporarily restricted 2,282,815 1,736,875

Total Net Assets 2,107,630 1,681,963

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 2,491,628 2,109,051

2008-2009 Financial Position

Financial Review


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Board of Directors

Dr. Dennis Detzel ChairmanPresident, Eastlake, Organiza-tion ConsultingChicago, Illinois

Ms. Delmarie Cobb ViceChairmanPresident, The Publicity WorksChicago, Illinois

Dr. Steve Blutza TreasurerPresident, SJB Advertising/Mar-ketingChicago, Illinois

Fr. Rudy Juarez SecretarySt. Patricks Church

Iowa City, IowaMr. Carl AnthonyCo-Founder, Earth House Lead-ership CenterBerkeley, California

Mr. Norman AxelradCivic ActivistLincolnwood, Illinois

Governance

Fr. Larry DorschSt. Paul Catholic ChurchWeirton, WV

Mr. Ed GrossmanExecutive Director, ChicagoLegal ClinicChicago, Illinois

Mr. Al Johnson*Civic ActivistChicago, Illinois

Rev. Robert KlonowskiFaith Lutheran ChurchHomewood, Illinois

Mr. Harvey Lyon

President, HTL, Inc.Beverly Shores, Indiana

Ms. Pamela McElvanePresident, P&L Group Ltd.Chicago, Illinois

Mr. John McKnightDirector, Institute for Policy Re-search, Northwestern UniversityChicago, Illinois

Ms. Consuelo MillerAttorney at LawChicago, Illinois

Emeritus Member

Hon. Harold Sullivan*Judge Emeritus, Second Mu-nicipal DistrictEvanston, Illinois

* Mr. Al Johnson and Hon. Har-old Sullivan have passed awaysince their service on the Gama-liel board from 2009-2010.


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