2019 Campaign Co-Charis, Patrick Urich and Brooke Spellman
Patrick Urich
As the Peoria City Manager, Urich is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of the City of Peoria, including the $208 million budget, 14 departments, and approximately 660 full-time and part-time employees; and instilling the value of excellence in public service within the organization. Mr. Urich has spent eighteen years in local government service in Peoria. He served ten years as the Peoria County Administrator before becoming the 18th City Manager for the City of Peoria in 2011.
Brooke Spellman
As the Principal Associate with Abt Associates, Spellman is a national leader with more than 20 years of experience conducting research and developing strategies to improve policy and programmatic responses to homelessness and poverty. Her work focuses on strategic planning, system-level and program-level service delivery, research and evaluation, technical assistance and training, performance measurement, outcomes-based funding and grants management for local government and nonprofits related to homelessness, the CoC planning processes, and HMIS.
Heart of Illinois United Way Campaign Cabinet
The Campaign Cabinet is a group of leaders dedicated to engaging the community for a successful annual campaign.
Campaign Chairs
Brooke E. Spellman, Abt Associates
Patrick F. Urich, City of Peoria
Campaign Vice-Chairs
Seth A. Davis, RLI
Sylvia Davis, Traders Realty Corp.
Caterpillar Employee United Way Appeal
Erika C. Kempf, Caterpillar
GENeration United
Haley Krus, Bradley University
Pacesetters
Don Johnson, Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois
John Sutherland, River City Construction, LLC
Pillars Society Chairs
Karl and Jill Weiss, Caterpillar
Tocqueville Society Chairs
Leonard W. Sachs, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
Sally P. Snyder, Community Volunteer
Volunteer Training
Erica K. Baird, Caterpillar
Campaign Divisions
Accounting Division
Daniel Bender, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Michael W. Nitz, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Architects and Engineers Division
Dan Gavin, Farnsworth Group, Inc.
Jamie Moehling, Dewberry
Business Services Division
Matt Coulter, Peoria Disposal Company
Michael R. Keene, Ameren Illinois
James Weekley, Commerce Bank
Construction and Manufacturing Division
Cody Gerdes, River City Construction, LLC
Charles Kim, CORE Construction
John E. McKinley, Mexichem Specialty Resins
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Division
Kevin J. Anderson, PNC
Pamela A. Cain, Illinois National Bank
Patrick D. Ferrell, RLI
Legal Division
Robert Brandfass, OSF HealthCare
Gregory A. Cerulo, Quinn, Johnston, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo
Tim Gronewold, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
Maureen T. Mulville, Illinois Mutual
Medical Division
Patricia J. Bash, Community Volunteer
Anne Bowman, UnityPoint Health – Central Illinois
Michelle A. Carrothers, OSF HealthCare
Retail and Commerce Division
Joshua Bennett, CEFCU
Jim Burwitz, Kuhl Insurance
Service Industries Division
Nathan P. Thomas, Bradley University
Lee Shaw Jr., Boy Scouts of America – W.D. Boyce Council
Union Treasuries Division
Clinton J. Drury, West Central Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council
Bill Stieglitz, Plasterers Cement Masons Local 18