Trainers

  Tamra Bienemann
Associate Director
Will County Center for Community Concerns
2455 Glenwood Ave
Joliet, IL 60435
8157220722 x2240
tbienemann@wcccc.net


  Krystle Henderson
Program Assistant
CEDA - The Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc.
6141 West Roosevelt Rd.
Cicero, IL 60804
312-758-1256
khenderson@cedaorg.net


  Vanessa Hoffeditz
Community Services Coordinator
Tri-County Opportunities Council
1019 N. Main St.
Princeton, IL 61356
8158756064
vhoffeditz@tcochelps.org


  Jennifer Orban
CCBHC Project Director
North Central Behavioral Health Systems
2960 Chartres Street
LaSalle, IL 61301
8152241610
jennifermorban@gmail.com


  Roger Pavey
President and CEO
Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies
3435 Liberty Drive
Springfield, IL 62704
217-789-0125
rpavey@iacaanet.org

Roger Pavey is the President and CEO of the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies. He has 20+ years of Community Action leadership experience as an Executive Director.


  Gina Strafford-Ahmed
Administrator Intake and Referral
DuPage County
421 N. County Farm Road
Wheaton, IL 60187
630-407-6444
grs69rhea@yahoo.com

Gina Strafford-Ahmed is the Administrator of Intake and Referral and the CSBG Coordinator for DuPage County Department of Community Services in Wheaton, Illinois. She has over twenty five years of experience in Community Action. She is a Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP), Nationally Certified ROMA (Results Oriented Management and Accountability) trainer, Certified Public Manager (CPM), and a Certified Referral Specialist (CRS). She serves on two statewide boards: Illinois Ventures in Community Action, Board Chair; and Inform Illinois, Board Member. She also is the Board Member for Inform USA and Parent's Alliance Employment Project organization. She graduated with a B.A. in Public Administration from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.


  Stormy Udell
Director of Professional Development
IACAA
3435 Liberty Drive
Springfield, IL 62704
217-789-0125
sudell@iacaanet.org


  Susan Wilson
C.E.F.S. Adult Literacy and Education Resource Coordinator & NCRT, NCRI
C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation
1010 W Jefferson
Effingham, IL 62401
2173477033
swilson2@cefseoc.org

Susan Wilson has been the C.E.F.S. Adult Literacy and Education Resource Coordinator since 2011. She is president of the Community Area Service Providers and an active member of the Effingham Chamber of Commerce. Susan is a nationally-certified ROMA Trainer and Implementer. She and her husband own a small fruit and vegetable farm in southern Illinois.