Illinois Mentoring Partnership

JP Morgan Chase Hosts Luncheon to Support the Creation of the Illinois Mentoring Partnership

Accenture, the multinational management consulting and technology services company, pledged its support and a financial commitment September 27 for the creation of an Illinois Mentoring Partnership, joining JPMorgan Chase and other funders who are making the Partnership a civic priority.

Mark Anderson, Accenture's director of U.S. Local Markets and Chicago, made the announcement during a luncheon hosted by JPMorgan Chase and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership at Chase Tower in Chicago. The event included local leaders from government, the corporate sector, the foundation and philanthropic community, and nonprofit organizations.

Attendees and speakers included JP Morgan Chase's Senior Vice President Francee Harrington; Accenture's Mark Anderson; the City of Chicago's Chief Service Officer Jenné Myers; student and mentee Deneen Borner; the Honorable Alderman Roderick Sawyer of Chicago's Sixth Ward; MENTOR’s Board Chairman Willem Kooyker; and MENTOR’s President and CEO Dr. Larry M. Wright.

Video Presented at the Event

• MENTOR Video

Photos from the Event

Linda Stewart, senior director, MENTOR; Laura Ferris Anderson, managing director, JPMorgan Chase		Michael G. Vitek, President and COO, X-Change Financial Access, LLC; Jenné Myers, chief service officer, City of Chicago
Genita Robinson, executive director, Lawyers Lend-A-Hand; Jenné Myers, chief service officer, City of Chicago		Daniel Bassill, president, Tutor-Mentor Connection; John McGovern, executive vice president, Resolute Consulting
Linda Hogan, assistant general counsel, Chicago Public Schools; Laura Ferris Anderson, managing director, JPMorgan Chase; Ellen Christman, senior advisor, MENTOR		Larry Wright, president and CEO, MENTOR
Clifford Borner, Deneen's father; Quiana George, mentor, Polished Pebbles; Mimi Clark, public relations coordinator, Bloomingdale's; Jenné Myers, chief service officer, City of Chicago; Deneen Borner, student and mentee; Stephen Powell, executive director, Mentoring USA		Beverly Meek, vice president and community relations officer, Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase
Francee Harrington, senior vice president, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase		Willem Kooyker, chairman, MENTOR
Mark Anderson, director of U.S. Local Markets & Chicago, Accenture		Jenné Myers, chief service officer, City of Chicago
Deneen Borner, student and mentee		An-Me Chung, associate director of Education for U.S. Programs, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Alderman Roderick Sawyer, Chicago's Sixth Ward		Art Mollenhauer, CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
Barbara Cempura, CEO and president, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois		Deneen Borner, student and mentee; Ellen Christman, senior advisor, MENTOR; Clifford Borner, Deneen's father
Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein, development coordinator, Universidad Popular; Patrick Smith, program coordinator, Future Founders Foundation		Willem Kooyker, chairman, MENTOR; Francee Harrington, senior vice president, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase
Karin Norington-Reaves, director, Cook County Works		Virgil Jones, president, Link Unlimited