Jerome Stermer

President, Voices for Illinois Children

Mr. Stermer is the founding President of Voices for Illinois Children, www.voices4kids.org, which he has led since 1987 under the guidance of a statewide Board of Directors who bring energy, passion and a vision that we can and must do better for our children and families.

Voices has worked to ensure earlier investments in children and has improved education, health care and other vital services, including the creation of state tax credits and health insurance for low-income families, and a dramatic expansion of preschool and other early childhood programs.

Mr. Stermer has served in key leadership roles with a variety of government and private groups, including the Governor's Task Force on Human Services Reform and the A+ Illinois campaign, which is working to reform the state's outdated school-finance system. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Early Learning Council.

He is past board chair of Voices for America's Children, and is a board member of the United Way of Illinois and the Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation.

Prior to joining Voices, Mr. Stermer served in both the executive and legislative branches of state government, worked for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador.

He holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Illinois. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy.

He and his wife, Nancy, have two adult children, Rachel and Daniel.

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