FOUNDER

Arloa Sutter
asutter@breakthrough.org

ADMINISTRATION

Yolanda Fields
Executive Director
yfields@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1713

John Smith
Chief Administrative Officer
jsmith@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1730

Marissa Butler
Director, Human Resources
mbutler@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1731

Cheryl Anderson
Accounting Coordinator
canderson@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1732

DEVELOPMENT

Alexandra Cesario
Chief Development Officer
acesario@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1782

Kirsten Strand
Director, Donor Relations
kstrand@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1777

Bob Marsh
Director, Donor Relations
rmarsh@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1741

Bradley Troast
Director, Institutional Giving
btroast@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1783

Tanya Whitten
Director, Communications
twhitten@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1774

Lindsey Tollefson
Communications Coordinator
ltollefson@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1780

VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT

Ann Healing
Director, Church & Volunteer Engagement
ahealing@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1773

Tony Daniels
Associate Director, Church & Volunteer Engagement
adaniels@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1719

Courtney Porte
Church Engagement Coordinator
cporte@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1771

Gynger Garcia
Community Liaison
ggarcia@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8205

BREAKTHROUGH YOUTH NETWORK

Lisa Gwin
Chief Program Officer, Breakthrough Youth Network
lgwin@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8210

Kimberly Graham
Early Childhood Director
kgraham@breakthrough.org (773) 444-8237

Iris Ramirez
Youth Education Director
iramirez@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8207

Myisha McGee
Director, High School and Post-Secondary
mmcgee@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8216

Alece McFadden, MSW
Youth Behavioral Health Coordinator
amcfadden@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8219

Lamar Taylor
Associate Director, Youth & Development
ltaylor@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8220

DeAngelo Johnson
Director of Operations & Recreation
d.johnson@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8236

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Cheron Massonburg, BSN, RN 
Chief Program Officer, Housing, Health and Wellness
cmassonburg@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8251

Wendy Daniels
Director of Food Services
wdaniels@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8260

Lisa Wiese, LCSW, RDDP
Director, Behavioral Health Services
lwiese@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1723

Astoria Griggs-Burns
Associate Director, Community Health and Wellness
agriggs-burns@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1776

Cornelius Chandler
Community Health Worker
cchandler@breakthrough.org (773) 970-4158

HOUSING

Craig Whitney
Program Coordinator, Men’s Center
cwhitney@breakthrough.org (773)-346-1711

Tenisha Gibbs
Program Coordinator, Women’s Center
tgibbs@breakthrough.org (773) 722-0179

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Nate Bedell
Senior Director of Housing and Community Economic Development
nbedell@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1382

Carolyn Crockett
Community Economic Development Program Coordinator
ccrockett@breakthrough.org (872) 444-8265

VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Damien Morris
Chief Program Officer, Violence Prevention
dmorris@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1734

Martin Coffer
Director, Community Relations
mcoffer@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1714

Tashee Poplous
Associate Director, Violence Prevention
tpoplous@breakthrough.org (773) 346-1708

 

We are truly grateful for all of our staff