Our Board

Executive Committee:

Frank Whiting, Chairman
President and Founder, The Whiting Group
YMEN Volunteer

Dave Schuurman, Vice-Chairman / Treasurer
President Residual Management, LLC
Free the Children Trust Scholarships

Percy Ollie
Business Analyst, Verizon Wireless
Founder, Ollie Photography
YMEN Alumni and Capital Campaign Volunteer

Development Committee:

Joe Riley, Asset Manager
Engineer for METRA
YMEN Volunteer

Program Committee:

Dakota Foster, Student Liaison
12th grade student at Little Village HS
YMEN Student Staff

Toby Eng, Academic Projects
Financial Analyst, Northwestern Mutual

Mark Petersen, Character Development
Director, Astellas Pharma

Communications Committee:

Dwayne Hurley, Community Relations (Deceased 2010)
Lifetime North Lawndale Resident
Father of 3 YMEN Students / 2 EVE students

Michael Trout, Executive Director
Founder, Young Men’s Educational Network
Resident of North Lawndale
Father of 3 YMEN Students

Friends of the Board: (Non-Members)

Ken Hooten, Development Committee

Mike Goreman, Executive Service CORPS

John Farr, Executive Service CORPS

Gus Wilhelmy, Capital Campaign

Steve Nelson, Capital Campaign