UNITED POWER LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE & PROFESSIONAL STAFF
Executive Committee:
United Power’s Executive Committee is made up of 20 to 30 primary leaders elected by the Collective Leadership. It plans and chairs all Collective Leadership meetings, meets, speaks and acts for the entire organization in emergency situations, and is responsible for development and recruitment of new leaders and member institutions. Executive Committee members commit to attend national/regional training, deliver dues for their member institution and help organize other money, organize turnout for their member institution, and engage in at least one issue/action team.
Executive Team Members:
• Rabbi Marc Belgrad,Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim, Deerfield
• John Bouman, Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
• Nick Brunick, Ascension Catholic Church, Oak Park
• Fr. Ed Cronin, St. Jane de Chantel Catholic Church, Chicago
• Samuel de la Rosa, Chicago, PACT
• Susan Drucker, Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim, Deerfield
• Stephen Dunning, Third Baptist Church of Chicago
• Richard Fung, St. James Catholic Church, Arlington Heights
• Arturo Gonzalez, Interfaith Leadership Project of Cicero & Berwyn
• Oussama Jammal, Mosque Foundation, Bridgeview
• Kathleen Kearns, St. Viator Catholic Church, Chicago
• Sam Knight, Progress Center for Independent Living, Forest Park
• Mimi Ko, Chicago, PACT
• Maggie Perales, Southwest Organizing Project, Chicago
• Greg Pierce, St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church, Chicago
• Rev. Alan Ragland, Third Baptist Church of Chicago
• Dennis Ryan, Southwest Organizing Project, Chicago
• Jim Schwarber, Ascension Catholic Church, Oak Park
• Jim Thompson, Euclid Avenue Methodist Church, Oak Park
• Bill Totsch, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Park Ridge
• Lora Walsh, The Julian Year & Episcopal Charities and Community Services, PACT
• Hannah Willage,Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago
Administrative Committee:
The Administrative Committee is made up of four to six members appointed by the Collective Leadership. It handles a range of mainly administrative dues, such as overseeing the budget, dues collection, personnel matters and compliance with state and federal audits and filings.
Collective Leadership Team:
The Collective Leadership Team is open to all leaders from member institutions and meets roughly quarterly. It is responsible for strategic planning, issue selection, and planning actions for the whole organization.
Issue Teams and Geographic Assemblies:
Issue teams are created and disbanded by Collective Leadership Team, to which they report. They craft and execute campaigns around issues such as health care, housing and immigration. In addition, United Power organizes clusters of institutions to work on more local issues when needed.
Professional Staff:
Tom Lenz, Lead Organizer
312.925.6505
tomlenz@uic.edu
Amy Totsch, Organizer
773.803.8830
amy.totsch@gmail.com
Susana Lopez, PACT organizer
773.517.5947
lopez.a.susana@gmail.com
