Staff

Amy Mummery

Senior Advisor, Sport for Good Chicago

Amy Mummery is the former Executive Director of America SCORES Chicago, a sports-based youth development program that uses soccer, poetry, and service-learning to help youth lead healthy lives, be engaged students and build the confidence and character to make a difference in the world. She is also a trainer for the Center for Healing & Justice Through Sport and holds a BA from Purdue University in Human Development. She believes in the transformative power of teamwork, sport, and the spoken word, and creating opportunities for youth to build lasting relationships with caring adults is what drives her daily work and commitment to the growth of SBYD programs across communities. In her free time, she enjoys Tabata workouts, playing the piano, and cheering on her favorite Chicago sports teams with family and friends.

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Joanne Pasternack

Joanne Pasternack is a dynamic and visionary philanthropic impact strategist who, over the past two decades, has galvanized community engagement with internationally recognized brands including the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers, ServiceNow, City of Mountain View, and Special Olympics.

Rachelle Patel (Boyer)

Rachelle Boyer has extensive experience building successful partnerships between corporates, government organizations, and community organizations.

Ben Schornack

Ben is an experienced coalition-builder, fundraiser, and facilitator in the field of Sports-Based Youth Development.

Fatima Alabdullah

Fatima Alabdullah has five years of experience in supporting underserved populations through accounting and financial management.

Peter Feldman

Peter Feldman has more than a decade of experience as an educator and sports-based youth development professional. As a former…

Julia M. Lankford

Julia M. Lankford has over 19 years of nonprofit management experience, and has been the recipient of numerous community service awards. Her work is centered on the core belief that the best way to improve quality of life for those who need it most is to empower them, passing on a sense of shared responsibility and individual self-efficacy.

Rob Saltares

Rob believes that sport programming has the ability to reach those furthest from opportunity in ways nothing else can when designed intentionally.

Tiffany Aidoo

Tiffany has dedicated her years of experience to sport as a catalyst for youth development.

Sara McLaughlin

As a lifelong sports fan and soccer player, Sara recognizes the unique power and ability that sports have, to educate young people and impact communities.

Kip O’Rourke-Brown

Kip is a leading professional in the emerging field of sports-based youth development, possessing extensive experience in program design, delivery and evaluation, with a special emphasis on school communities.

Maggie Munoff

Maggie’s ultimate goal is to tell the collective stories of Laureus USA’s partners and unite us under a common mission – to increase equal access to competitive, recreational, and therapeutic sports programs for all.

Grace Curtin

At the root of it, Grace believes that coalitions are the best way to create innovative, inclusive and sustainable programs for all young people.

Nneka Arinze

Nneka Arinze is from the Metro-Atlanta community and has always had a desire to learn more around the impact of sports programming, having grown up as an avid soccer player.

Mariana Niekamp

Chicago Grant Manager, Mariana Niekamp, comes to Laureus USA as an alumni of the Laureus USA Emerging Leaders Program, having experience…