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Our Team

Our talented and devoted staff members are deeply involved in the lives of our youth and families.

Looking for Y.O.U. team members from a specific program site or department? Use the filter below to customize your search.

Megan Berger

Program Coordinator - Old Orchard

mberger@youthopportunity.org 847.915.6198

Courtney Boyd

Afterschool Program Manager - Bessie Rhodes

cboyd@youthopportunity.org 847.905.9173

Cheyenne Buford

AmeriCorps Y.O.U.th Serve Member - Washington

cbuford@youthopportunity.org

Sheryl Coaxum

Afterschool Program Manager - Washington

scoaxum@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0319

Orlando Cooper

Advancement and Communications Coordinator

ocooper@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0221

Teresa Cortas, LCSW

Executive Director of Clinical and Outreach Services

tcortas@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0238

Hannah Dahm

Afterschool Program Manager - Nichols

hdahm@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0311

Laurie Dayon

Executive Director of Advancement

ldayon@youthopportunity.org 847. 801.0226

Suheoll Diaz

Afterschool Program Manager - Old Orchard Jr High

sudiaz@youthopportunity.org 847.915.4459

Amanda Goad

Afterschool Program Manager - Walker Elementary

agoad@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0326

Simone Hampton

Senior Program Manager of Elementary School

shampton@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0329

August Hupp

Juvenile Justice Case Manager

ahupp@youthopportunity.org

April Langworthy

Executive Director of Out-of-School-Time Programs

alangworthy@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0301

Emily Lien

Grants and Communications Specialist

elien@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0280

Martin Maxwell

Executive Director of Finance

847.801.0211

Jafet Melendez

Afterschool Program Manager - Middle Schools

jmelendez@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0245

Jordan Metter

Program Coordinator - Bessie Rhodes

jmetter@youthopportunity.org

George Morrison

AmeriCorps Y.O.U.th Serve Member

gmorrison@youthopportunity.org

Shai Sardin

Afterschool Program Manager - Dawes

ssardin@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0329

Joseph Seidman

Afterschool Program Manager - King Arts

jseidman@youthopportunity.org

Abraham Syffray

AmeriCorps Y.O.U.th Serve Member - Chute

asyffray@youthopportunity.org

JayLashay Young

Afterschool Program Manager - Oakton

jyoung@youthopportunity.org 847.801.0296

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