Who We Are
The Springboard Foundation was founded in 1998 by 10 young professionals who wanted to get personally involved in improving the lives of inner-city children in Chicago. From that first year, in which Springboard distributed $50,000 in grants, Springboard has more than 45 members from the city and suburbs, all of whom share the original founders’ belief that our personal involvement in supporting grass-roots neighborhood organizations can make a real difference.
| 2009-2010 Directors | |
| Tony Hoban, President | |
| Dave McGranahan, Vice President | |
| Doug Mabie, Founder | |
| Prudence R. Beidler | Richard Driehaus |
| E. David Coolidge III | James J. Glasser |
| Active Members | |||
| George Atkinson | Jack Keller | Bill Patterson | |
| Doug Armstrong | Craig Kirby | Mike Revord | |
| George Bennett | Laird Koldyke | Jim Robinson | |
| Todd Berlinghof | Ian Larkin | Ken Rose | |
| Julie Bessent | Stuart Larkins | Tom Seftenberg | |
| Chandler Bigelow | Bruce Lee | Doug Thompson | |
| Brad Bissell | Josh Lesnik | Jeff Urban | |
| R.J. Bukovac | Doug Mabie* | Greg Welch | |
| Ray Crosland | Ernie Butch MacVicar | Keith Yavitt | |
| Peter Doerr | Rob Mathias | ||
| Nick Etten | Ken McAtamney | ||
| Mark Ferguson* | Dave McGranahan | ||
| Gregory Frezados | Drew McNally | ||
| Colleen Gallagher | Corey Minturn | ||
| Heather Gardner | Eric Mogentale | ||
| John Henderson | Mike Ochsenhirt | ||
| Andy Hick | |||
| Roger Hochschild | |||
| Tony Hoban | |||
| Arthur Howe | |||
| Scott Hunken | |||
| Steve Kaiser* | |||
| Sustaining Members | |
| Barb Sessions | Nate and Sharon Stearns |
| Brad Bissell | Mark Simanton |
| Brian White | Michael Boehm |
| Chris Lindblad | Mike Carothers |
| George Bennett | Ned Jannotta |
| Hall Addams III | Paul Johnson |
| Jim Crowder | Paul Svoboda |
| Joe Nolan | Phil Rooney |
| Keith Olson* | Steve Ashmore |
| Mark Fuller* | Ted Bowen |
| Jeff Kautz | Tim Dolan |
| *Past President | Todd Berlinghof |
Program Spotlight
T.E.A.M. Inc. mission is to provide boys and girls between the ages of 6-13 years of age (who are currently enrolled in a elementary, junior high, or high school) with a program that will help them to address social and ethical values that are very prevalent in society today. T.e.a.m. program’s address the need for establishing and maintaining structured activities for disadvantage, low-income, inner city children. Our programs provide a safe environment that foster positive peer interactions, teamwork, positive adult interactions, and respect for authority.
Website: www.t.e.a.m.8m.com
Early childhood education expert James Heckman concludes that a compliment of early education and participation in afterschool programs can reduce initiating drug use among youth by nearly 50 percent (45.8) while reducing the likelihood of them skipping school by half. (Investing in Our Young People, University of Chicago, 2006)