Friends of Summer Salon 2

Anna Barnes

A persistent organizer, Anna is always up to something good. Whether gathering the community around gardening or public health issues, she is a welcoming and engaging partner.

Steve Gentry

Contrary to possible expectations given his surname, Mr. Gentry works with the people, many different people. Steve is a Public Defender here in Chicago.

Shannon Heffernan

Shannon is a freelance radio producer and participant in the Vocolo.org project in Community-based Radio journalism.

Matt Krepsik

Matt loves hard questions, nearly as much as he loves economics. He spends his days consulting to multi-national companies in an effort to help consumers and sellers alike access product.

Michael Low

Michael has recently moved to Chicago, ready to start his first full year as an educator. He will be teaching 12th grade English on the Southwest side starting next week, but has previous years of teaching experience from which to draw.

Craig & Cory Stevenson

Craig & Cory are a great of example of Chicagoans who not only understand the value of education, but also implement mentorship into their practice and their lives. A standout project with which they work is Project Osmosis, which facilitates ‘design education for underserved minority youth’.

Lyndon Valicenti

Lyndon spends her week days with the Department of the Environment here in Chicago. As you may or may not know, she’s spent a good deal of her adult life immersed in climate change research, environmental & food policy initiatives, and most recently community gardening in Chicago. She likes refuses to eat fish.

Anna Daisey Viertel

Whether you know her as Anna, Daisey, or Anna Daisey, you likely know that she brings Urban Agriculture to the people. She also brings food to the table, nuturing a second career in preparing the same food she helps folks learn to grow.