PARTICIPANTS The following pages contain a detailed listing of organizations and participants involved in the Advisory Council. The information provided is to aid in networking and collaboration among agencies. Listed in alphabetical order, you will find detailed information about the following organizations and representatives: • 100 Club of Illinois • Illinois Fire Services Institute • Chicago Fire Department • Illinois Firefighter Peer Support • Cornerstone Retreat Center • Illinois Sheriffs’ Association • First Responders Wellness Center • Illinois State Police • Heroes Family Fund • McHenry County Sheriff’s Office • Illinois Concerns of Police Survivors • Training and Research Institute for Public Safety • IL Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Teams June 2021 100 Club of Illinois www.100ClubIL.org The 100 Club of Illinois provides resources, several forms of financial support, access to training, and moral support to both the families of first responders killed in the line of duty and active duty first responders throughout the state of Illinois. All sworn federal, state, county and local first responders stationed in Illinois are included. Specific programming includes: For families of fallen first responders: For active duty first responders: • $50,000 financial assistance • Individual emergency response funding • Educational assistance for dependents • Department emergency response funding • Emergency response funding • Wellness First training series • Wellness programming • LODD response Caitlyn Brennan, CEO [email protected] Caitlyn Brennan has been with the 100 Club of Illinois for the past seven years. She moved into the role of Chief Executive Officer in March of 2020. Previous to Caitlyn’s leadership of the 100 Club, she served as the Assistant Director for DePaul University’s School of Public Service. Caitlyn continues to work with the students of the School of Public Service as an Adjunct Faculty Member. She is the Vice President of The Difference Engine, a nonprofit which hosts a web development apprenticeship program to assist those who do not have a typical background for entering the technology sector to launch new careers in the field. Caitlyn is a member of the International Chiefs of Police Association (IACP); International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC); InfraGard, an FBI Infrastructure Alliance; The Chicago Cyber Fraud Task Force, an USSS Group. Danielle Brengel, COO [email protected] Danielle has worked in the fields of prevention education and health and wellness for 10 years. She earned her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Marquette University and her Masters in Counseling from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Using her knowledge from these experiences, has previously led statewide program implementation of health and wellness programming. Being married to a first responder, she is excited to be leading efforts in wellness programming for the first responder community though the 100 Club of Illinois. Chicago Fire Department https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cfd.html 5,000 firefighter and single roll paramedic employees. Elizabeth Crowe [email protected] Francisco Velez, Deputy District Chief [email protected] Francisco has 26 years of experience providing administrative support to the Chicago Fire Department’s sworn members and civilian employees. He serves as the Deputy District Chief/Coordinator of Special Events Liaison and the Commander in the 1st Deputy Fire Commissioner’s Office. Cornerstone Retreat Center https://cornerstoneretreatcenter.com/ The mission of CRC is to provide preventative and restorative emotional health and wellness services and education to 1st Responders and their families. The CRC property exists to provide a safe place for the 1st Responder Community to connect with one another, to learn, and to recover from the unique stressors inherent of the job- all in a naturally peaceful environment. In addition to the CRC property (in development), we offer Individual/Group Peer Support, Spiritual Direction, Chaplain Services, and Presentations/trainings on trauma, resiliency, and Spiritual Wellness. Tammy Roach, COO [email protected] Serving as our Chief Operating Officer, Tammy is an ordained pastor with the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC); In her pastoral role, Tammy regularly preaches and presides over worship, funerals, and weddings. She develops/teaches adult curriculum, teaches Spiritual Practices, and plans/leads Women's Retreats. Tammy provides Spiritual Direction to the First Responder Community and serves as a chaplain for both Plainfield PD/ FD and CRC. Dan Roach, CEO [email protected] Serving as our CEO, Dan worked as a law enforcement officer/executive for 31 years. He retired from the Illinois State Police as an Investigations Commander having served there for over 26 years. He then served as the Deputy Chief of the Schaumburg (IL) Police Department for five (5) years. He has extensive experience (over 23 years) in criminal investigations, undercover narcotics/gang enforcement, homicide investigations, and officer-involved shooting investigations. Dan is an active member of the 'We Never Walk Alone" IL Peer Support Team, and the NICISM team (currently serving as a LE Peer Supporter and Training Coordinator. Additionally, he has extensive peer support training, and holds several certifications in peer support. Dan is currently working towards a Certificate of Spiritual Direction First Responders Wellness Center, LLC https://www.firstresponderswellnesscenter.com/ Full psychological services and presentations of officer wellness. Dr. Carrie Steiner [email protected] Dr. Carrie Steiner is nationally recognized police psychologist & trauma expert Carrie Steiner is a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of the First Responders Wellness Center, a private practice full service agency to meet the needs of police and first responders’ emotional wellness. As a psychologist, she conducts police and public safety psychological evaluations and specializes in trauma therapy utilizing EMDR, exposure, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Further, she develops wellness programs for police and fire departments including yearly wellness checks and does individual and group de-briefings after critical incidents. Dr. Steiner is a certified trauma professional and member of the ILCAP and ICAP. Dr. Steiner is a 13 year former Chicago Police Officer, Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator, peer support member, and Chicago Police Academy instructor. While working for the Chicago Police Department she spearheaded their veteran CIT training and autism spectrum training for law enforcement. She also has FBI hostage negotiation training, has worked as a psychologist for Cook County and Kane County Jails as well as collaborated with federal government agencies on high-risk cases. She speaks national on officer wellness, police suicide, mental illness and police response, de-escalation techniques, cumulative trauma, CIT, Peer support, PTSD, and has several national and local awards. Heroes Family Fund https://ippfa.org/services/heroes-family-fund/ The Heroes Family Fund is the charity wing of the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association (IPPFA). We originally offered monetary assistance following a line of duty death, however; we have expanded our ability to assist firefighter and police officer families in financial need due to illness or injury not necessarily related to the line of duty. The IPPFA also offers PTSD awareness training through our Blue Lives Matters program as well as financial training to help alleviate that form of stress in one's life. Dan Collins [email protected] Dan Collins is a career firefighter paramedic with 25 years of service in the field. Dan currently serves at the rank of Lieutenant with the Skokie Fire Department. As a 22 year pension board trustee, Dan has seen the anxiety and stress which accompanies line of duty injuries or death. Families face significant hardships due to line of duty injury and Dan has done everything within his capability to assist them through these difficult times. He has helped to transform the Heroes Family Fund into an entity which assists public safety officers and their families who have slipped through the cracks of traditional benefits. His focus is on helping those who do not have anyone else to turn to or cannot find the resources necessary to weather difficult times. Dan and his wife, Julie, have two adult children who they fostered and subsequently adopted at the ages of nine and thirteen. Illinois Concerns of Police Survivors https://www.ilcops.net/ Provides support and ongoing resources to families and co-workers of fallen law enforcement officers. The mission is to rebuild shattered lives of survivors and co-workers affected by line of duty deaths. Nationally each year, between 140 and 160 officers die in the line of duty and their families and co-workers are left to cope. C.O.P.S. provides resources to help them rebuild their shattered lives. There is no membership fee to join C.O.P.S. Today, C.O.P.S. membership is over 54,000 survivors. Survivors include spouses, children, parents, siblings, significant others, and co- workers of officers who have died in the line of duty according to Federal government criteria. C.O.P.S. is governed by a national board of law enforcement survivors. All programs and services are administered by the National Office in Camdenton, Missouri. C.O.P.S. has over 50 chapters