Ellen Garber Bronfeld Bio

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Ellen Garber Bronfeld, mother of two sons, Jordan (22) and Noah

(20). Noah has autism with minimal verbal language. I am on the

Board of The ARC of Illinois and Anixter Center. I am also on the

Executive Board of a newer, non-profit group called Progressive

Services Network (PSN) that raises funds to supplement the budget's

of cutting edge, best-practice community based supports and services

for adults with developmental disabilities. I am also on the Exec.

Board of a parent group called Best Futures. Best Futures has 23

families who are working together to provide practical assistance

and emotional support to one another, provide social interaction

among our children with disabilities and all members of our

families, and to promote public awareness of the supports and

services needed by individuals with developmental disabilities to be

productive members of our community. We also lobby at the state and

federal level. We hope to provide a template whereby we can help

mentor other Best Futures groups.

I was on the Keshet Board for ten years and still write a column on

political advocacy in the twice yearly newsletter. I am on

committes at Glenkirk. I meet regularly with our local state

legislators.

My goal is to help build a larger coalition of like-minded

individuals and families to work together for change in Illinois.