Leadership

Laura Sabino has spent the last fourteen years as a nonprofit director, working with issues as diverse as homelessness, domestic violence, addiction, and mental illnesses.  In the organizations she leads, Ms Sabino strives to facilitate growth in order to better serve the community.  She has designed and presented trainings and university classes on a wide range of issues for both local and national audiences.  Community outreach, capacity building, program development, and strategic planning are her areas of greatest expertise. Ms. Sabino believes that it is the job of the executive director, the board of directors, and the staff to understand and respect the trust that the community places in them to care for some of its most vulnerable citizens.

Ms. Sabino holds a BA from the University of Colorado, an MA from Ohio State, and certificates in financial management and fundraising.  She is a certified mediator with the Center for Conflict Resolution.

Debra Hill, President, Board of Directors

Housing Options Board of Directors President Debra A. Hill has been involved with Housing Options for a number of years, holding a variety of positions.  She is well known in the educational community for her expertise in administration, curriculum development and community relations. Dr. Hill has served on several professional education international boards. Before her retirement in 2007, she held senior level positions in Evanston/ Skokie School District 65.  Most recently, she was Superintendent for West Northfield School District 31, Northbrook, Illinois.  In addition to her work with Housing Options, Dr. Hill serves as an independent consultant on educational strategies, is an adjunct professor at National Louis  University, is an associate professor at Argosy University of Chicago, and serves as  a consultant for the educational executive search firm of Bickert, Webb, Plath and Associates. 

Dr. Hill holds a PhD in Curriculum/Human Resources from Loyola University, Chicago, a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Northwestern University, Evanston, and a Bachelors of Science from Northwestern University, Evanston.

Board of Directors

Debra Hill, President
Deborah Taber, Vice President
Peter Michaels, Treasurer
Edwin Getz, Secretary

Richard Abrams
Al Belmonte
Geno Benvenuti
Patsy Campbell
Marvin Cohen
Ed Fortino
Kevin Hopkins
Sue Lafferty
Wendy Metter
Fred Miller
Carol Mullins
Claire McCarthy Peterson
Nancy Rickett
Marge Wold

Advisory Council

Woods Bowman
Janet Dotson
Dayle Duchossois
Mark Epstein
Naomi Feldman
Ellen Rockwell Galland
Lawrence Gavin
John Harris
Paul Larson
Dorothy Lloyd-Still
Scott Morgan
Patricia Reece
Eleanor Revelle
Jeffrey Ross
Angela L. Schwartz
Lynne Simon
Susan Turner
Patricia Vance