Theme: Community

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Barrington, Illinois, 60010
United States

Nathaniel Rouse

Director of Equity, Race & Cultural Diversity Initiatives at Barrington 220 School District

Nathaniel L. Rouse is an educational visionary that strategically leverages a rare combination of scholarship and unprecedented, fire-tested experiences addressing systemic inhibitors to achievement. After serving as Principal at Oak Park and River Forest High School from 2008-2019, he is currently serving as the first ever Director of Equity, Race, & Cultural Diversity Initiatives at Barrington Community School District 220. Nate has a proven track record of challenging the status quo to successfully lead and transform educational systems to attain equitable outcomes for all. OPRF was the high school featured on the 2018 Starz Docuseries America to Me; which focused on the achievement disparities of students of color in an affluent suburban school district. In his 26th year in education, he is dedicated to transformational leadership, service, and action that eradicates the systemic inhibitors in schools that create uneven outcomes for students based upon race and ability.

Rafael Malpica

Director of Hospital Programs at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital & Advocate Condell Medical Center

Rafael Malpica is the Director of Hospital Programs for Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (GSHP) & Condell Medical Center. In this capacity he aligns both hospitals’ community programs and charitable giving with the hospital’s current goals. He also defines, develops, and implements hospital initiatives and strategies to ensure that quality, patient care and services are provided in a cost-effective manner, utilizing continuous quality improvement techniques. Malpica serves as the President of Board of Directors for Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, and the Chair of the Healthier Barrington Coalition. He is also on the board of directors of the Harper College Educational Foundation and El Valor in Chicago’s South Side. A graduate of the University of Illinois – Champaign/Urbana, Malpica currently resides in Crystal Lake, IL with his wife and daughter.

Rev. Jeanne Hanson

Retired Executive Director of Samaritan Counseling Center of the Northwest Suburbs

Rev. Jeanne Hanson recently retired from the Samaritan Counseling Center of the Northwest Suburbs where she was Executive Director and a founding Board member. Prior to that she was the senior pastor at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Barrington. Jeanne served as president and treasurer of the Barrington Area Ministerial Association, founding Board member of BStrong Together, on the Board of Education for District 220, chairing two referenda efforts. Jeanne has been part of the Courageous Conversations program in Barrington, where she was a Fellow and now a Facilitator. She’s been active in many other community organizations and is currently a member of the Barrington Breakfast Rotary. Jeanne is a proud alumna of the University of Illinois and earned her Master of Divinity at Chicago Theological Seminary. She has been a resident of Barrington for 32 years. She has two amazing daughters and four awesome grandchildren.