2007 Slated nominee bios for the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference Board of Directors for the September 16, 2007 Annual Meeting election
HPKCC- news, about, and membership
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2007 Slated nominee bios for the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference Board of Directors for the September 16, 2007 Annual Meeting election HPKCC- news, about, and membership |
New:
Lenora M. Austin
I started by tenure as Executive Director of the Hyde Park Chamber of commerce on June 15, 2006. This is a transition to a new career after spending 30 years with Chicago Public Schools as a teacher, administrator, and principal. In some ways my work at the Chamber is similar to my work with CPS--it's an administrative position and also allows for community involvement and service.
I am also a long time resident of Hyde Park and have always been a concerned and active member of th community. I am a long standing member of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference and have served on the Board of Directors of the Glue Gargoyle Youth Service Center. I also serve on the Parish Council a St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church.
In this new role I am even more involved with the community as I walk around and talk with our merchants and residents. There are many exciting changes on the horizon and I want to make sure that I am doing my part to contribute in a positive manner. I would welcome the opportunity to further my community commitment by serving on the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference board.
Richard Buchner
Richard Buchner has been a resident of Hyde Park for 11 years. He is active in community affairs and committed to Hyde Park as a very special place to live. In 1995, he founded Hyde Park Systems Group (HPSG), a computer software development and systems integration company.
As a computer technologist, Buchner worked for Time Life Inc.'s Food Industry Market Research unit. He later moved to London, England, where he was a consultant for the Bettelsmann publishing company. After returning to the U.S., he was Information Technology Manager for Empire Glue Cross Blue Shield in New York City.
He is member of the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce, a board member of t he Hyde Park Coop, and an active member of several professional organizations, including the Food Marketing Institute, Chicago Access user Group, the Professional Association fo SQL Server, and the Illinois Technology Association.
He and his wife, Osa, live in Regents Prk with their cat, Dusty. In their leisure time, the Buchners enjoy music, theater, reading, and walking along the lakefront.
Peter Cassel
Peter is the Executive Director of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. Peter lives with his wife, Danielle Meltzer Cassel, and their two children, Henry and Amanda at 54th and Drexel. Peter attended Carleton College and earned a Masters in Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an MBA at The University of Chicago. Prior to joining the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, Peter was the Business Development Manager t MRC Polymers, a plastic recycler with two factories on the southwest side. Recently Peter has been involved on the west side of Hyde Park, organizing and chairing the Bessie Coleman Park Advisory Council nd the West Hyde Park Neighbors group.
Mike Doss
A Hyde Park resident since 1996, Mike is a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP. He moved to Hyde Prk from Philadelphia, where he had been a federal prosecutor for the United States Attorney General's Office for five years. Before joining the United States Attorney's office, Mike was a litigator for another firm in Washington D.C. and, from 1987 to 1988, a law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. Mike and his wife Emily have thre children, two girls who attend the University of Chicago Laboratory School and one boy who attends CPS's Christopher School.
Mark Granfors
I came the Hyde Park as a graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago in 1972 and formerly worked in computer support and network administration t the American Bar Foundation. I have been affiliated with the Interfaith Open Communities since its inception in 2000, and am a member of its Affordable Housing advocacy (AHA) Group. I serve on the board of the Hyde Park Transitional Housing Project (HPTHP) as its Publicity and Resources chair and was a mentor with HPTHP from 2003 to 20o7. I have been a member of the Nichols Park Advisory Council since 2004. I am a member of Augustana Lutheran Church and currently serve on its Congregation Council.
I am most interested in the Conference's Parks Committee (particularly with respect to planning for the 2016 Olympics) and the new Affordable Housing initiative.
Tracy Lampkins
My name is Tracy Lampkins and I'm interested in becoming apart of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference.
I have lived in Hyde Park all my life, and have started a family of my own here. I attended schools in the community, The U of C Laboratory School, The Ancona School, and Kenwood Academy. Now as a mother I have two children (Geneva, 7 and Gabriel, 10) currently attending B. Shoesmith Elementary and Murray Language academy, so naturally I care deeply about the educational opportunities that our neighborhood has to offer. I also worked with the Ancona School, After-School Program with children from Kindergarten through 8th for many years and understand the importance of children having quality programs after school.
Though I attended college and traveled outside of Chicago, I always seem to find my way back home to Hyde Park.
I have held the position of Office Administrator at the United Church of Hyde Park (on the corner of 53rd and Blackstone Ave.) for a little over 3 years. I'm also a member of UCHP and have a great respect for its physical building, surrounding structures, and the neighbors living around it.
I understand how unique Hyde Park and Kenwood communities are and feel very blessed to have grown up in such a wonderfully diverse place. I hope my involvement with HPKCC would demonstrated how much I care about our neighborhood and how it grows.
On a personal note I enjoy quilting, traveling, and reading. I'm involved with our church quilt show and neighborhood quilt guild; I'm co-chair of the church property committee, and a church deacon.
Nominated for a Second Term:
Nancy B. Baum
In addition to HPKCC, Nancy's memberships include the Hyde Park Co-op (since 1970), 5200 S. Blackstone Block Club, and t he Seminary Co-op Bookstore. With degrees from Georgetown University and the University of Chicago, she was a professor of Foreign Languages from 1963-2001 at the City Colleges of Chicago, and served as department Chair at Olive-Harvey and Harold Washington Colleges. She wa also a Peace Corps Volunteer in Gabon, Africa.
Her interests are tennis, bridge, computers, and literature. She is active in community affairs including reading to the elderly at Montgomery Place, volunteering at the Oriental Institute, and in hr Block Club at 54nd and Blackstone.
Since 2006, Nancy has chaired the Schools Committee of the Conference.
Trish Morse
Trish is the managing editor of The American Naturalist, a biological science journal published by the University Press. While earning her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago Department of English, she worked at the Laboratory Schools, getting to know the area. After a stint teaching literature American studies in upstate New York and a Michigan State University, Trish came home to Hyde Park. She is a member of the Hyde Park Garden Fair Committee and the Hyde Park Historical Society (putting down both literal and metaphorical roots) and has volunteered at Robie House and at the Art fair. She has contributed to the HPKCC website (the walking tour of the Midway) and is researching other tours to encourage visitors and residents of Hyde Park/Kenwood to come and enjoy the neighborhood.
In 2006, Trish was elected as vice President of the Conference; she also works on the Editorial and Planning and Development Committees.