Are You Ready to Serve?
The Associate Board is more than a board role—it’s an opportunity to find meaningful ways to engage and partner with young professionals like you in support of a high impact nonprofit delivering early childhood and youth development programming.
As a founding member, the Associate Board will:
- Increase the Center’s impact across Chicago
- Support forming new partnerships
- Help develop infrastructure and bylaws
- Help bring life to a long-held vision and strategic priority
This is your moment to make a tangible difference while growing alongside other purpose-driven professionals.
Are you ready to serve — and help shape what comes next?
Who will be on the board?
- Early-career professionals from the Chicagoland corporate community who are passionate about advancing educational opportunities for children birth to 18 years of age
- Enthusiastic individuals who want to be champions for children from under-resourced neighborhoods
- Individuals who want to contribute to our mission to educate, enrich and empower children and youth
Your Impact:
- Lend strategic expertise and professional support to the Center
- Engage in advocacy and awareness
- Support with fundraising and donor engagement
- Lead partnership events and volunteering opportunities
Why Join?
- Develop your network amongst like- minded peers
- Make a positive impact on the lives of thousands of children and families
- Take part in mission-driven experiences
- Learn about nonprofit operations
About Us
Our Mission
To educate, enrich, and empower children and their families.
Who We Serve
We serve over 2,500 families of children and youth from birth through age 17 through high-quality early education, youth development, after-school, and summer programs.
OUR IMPACT
Our Legacy
An Honor & Responsibility: Since its inception, the Center has worked to honor the life and memory of Carole Robertson who, together with her friends Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Denise McNair, was killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Membership
Associate Board Responsibilities
Interested in Joining?
20 Total Members
- 10 members will begin in Spring 2026
- Composed of early-career professionals from the corporate community in Chicagoland who are new to board leadership
Chairperson Role
- Liaison to the governing Board of Directors
- Will attend Board meetings to share updates, capture information, and coordinate for relationship building between the groups
- Will undergo approval process expected of all governing Board of Directors
Your Role
- Increase the Center’s visibility, brand, and public support
Support
- Advocacy and awareness
- Fundraising/donor engagement
- Event planning
- Volunteering strategic support
Commitment
- 2-year term commitment
- $500 annual give-get minimum for each member
- Attendance at 6 meetings a year Participation in advocacy and/or fundraising events
Please email akoym@carolerobertsoncenter.org
- Your resume
- Headshot (png or jpg file)
- Phone number and mailing address
