Lindsay Alvis is the education program associate at the McCormick Tribune Foundation. Lindsay assists with the implementation and monitoring of projects, helps to evaluate new education grant proposals and works to broaden her knowledge of the early care and education field and to stay connected to the current issues in the field.
Lindsay started at the foundation in February of 2005 after graduating from the University of Kansas with a BA in early childhood development. She is a member of the Illinois Early Learning Council"s Public Awareness Committee as well as the Donors Forum"s Peer Network for New Grantmakers and the Young Nonprofits Professional Network.
Lindsay grew up in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago. Her passion for young children and families and her work at the McCormick Tribune Foundation come with her commitment to service and improving the lives of our children and their families. This passion continues to grow with the work that she does every day.
Kay Berkson, Founder is a social documentary photographer who has photographed in diverse Chicago communities for decades. In the 1980s, she became active in human rights work with Central American refugees who sought political asylum in the United States.
Her involvement with refugees who wanted to tell their stories led to her interest in oral history and to the idea for the Changing Worlds photography and oral history project. She began the project in 1996 in collaboration with Hibbard School and coordinated its expansion into the nonprofit organization in 2000.
Kay holds a master's in social work from the University of Chicago. She worked with families of young children and consulted to day care centers before returning to school to study photography at Columbia College.
