Board Member Profile
Anixter Center’s newly elected Board Chair, Eric Gastevich, is the founder and principal of ATG Real Estate Development, a privately owned real estate development firm that is currently headquartered in northwest Indiana.
Thank You New Donors
One way Anixter Center is able to achieve its mission is through corporate partnerships. We’ve had the honor of working with Comcast, one of our many partners, throughout multiple aspects of our organization.
Hear The Cheers
Chicago Hearing Society, a division of Anixter Center, is poised to begin its second century of service to deaf, deafblind and hard-of hearing individuals living in Chicago. Celebrate this milestone with us on August 19, 2016.
President’s Corner
A Message From Dr. Teresa Garate
Dear Anixter Center Friends, Colleagues and Supporters:
I am happy to announce that I have completed my first year as Anixter’s President and CEO and continue to marvel at the wondrous impact we have every day in the lives of so many people. I would like to use this issue of our newsletter to tell you a little bit about what we have been up to ensure that Anixter Center continues to grow and soar all throughout Chicagoland and beyond.
Anixter Center announces the appointment of four new members to our Board of Directors: Julie Faulhaber (Vice President, Enterprise Medicaid for Health Care Service Corporation), Tiffany Miller (Senior Labor Counsel, McDonald’s Corporation), Elio Montenegro (CEO, Genesis Healthcare Inc.), Sean Murphy (President/CEO, SP Murphy, Inc.) and Lisa Ouzounian (Director of Government Relations for the Greater Chicago Region, Comcast). The diverse group comes from a variety of private-sector backgrounds and will use their knowledge and networks to help Anixter Center thrive in the coming years.
We also wish to acknowledge our retiring board members Susan Jun and Adam Schaeffer. Thank you both for all of your hard work and dedication to Anixter Center.
Anixter Center and its three divisions—CALOR, Chicago Hearing Society (CHS) and Lekotek—form one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the Chicago area serving children, teens, adults and seniors with disabilities.
CALOR has built a unique niche supporting people of color on Chicago’s West side, particularly those affected by HIV/AIDS.
Chicago Hearing Society (CHS) empowers deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people to communicate and collaborate.
National Lekotek Center provides an array of services to improve the lives of children with special needs through toys and play therapy.