Mark Michaels Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

The Candidate's Coach provides pro-bono coaching and consulting to progressive state legislative, and local municipal and school board candidates and their political committees in the greater Chicago area. Services include overall strategy, position research and development, messaging, and debate preparation. Purpose is to provide poorly funded progressive candidates the ability to have professional support without using precious campaign funds.

Chicago

Greater Chicago Area

Provide consulting services to nonprofit organizations in the Chicagoland area including strategic planning, governance and board development, human resource management and more.

Il Senate District 27

Ann Gillespie is running for the Illinois State Senate in District 27. The district includes parts of Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village and Mt. Prospect.

Greater Chicago Area

Provide training and public speaking programs covering change in complex environments in corporate and conference settings.Write blog and articles on leadership and change issues.Assists non-profit organizations develop board of directors, board self-evaluation, and board/staff issues.Assist local community organizations engage and organize their communities to improve community life. Facilitate groups for large systems change, strategic planning, team building, and interest-based (win-win) bargaining.

Illinois

Regional director providing organizing, negotiations, grievance representation, and political services to local teachers' unions.Served on or facilitated statewide committees addressing reorganizing the state association, political planning, and state pension issues.Statewide specialist relating to political organizing, health insurance and outsourcing issues.

Lisle, Il

Taught courses in Systems Thinking and Board Agency Relations in Nonprofits.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

People Technologies offered consulting services including change facilitation, human resource management, training, and non-profit management assistance. The company also was the organizer of The Chaos Network, an international collaborative applying the science of chaos and complex systems to social systems.

Master’S Degree, Public Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Religion/Religious Studies

High School

Activities and Societies: Solo first trombone in orchestra, band, and the All-Philadelphia High School Orchestra.