Staff & Associates

 

Curtis Roeschley, Director of the Small Business Development Unit and the IL SBDC at Hull House-Uptown. As director he oversees all small business programs and is responsible for program design and implementation, development, and financial management, and provides counseling to small business clients.

Kathleen Robbins, Director of the IL SBDC at Hull House-Parkway, coordinates the small business development activities at the South Side office and provides counseling and training to local businesses.

Tom Ullmann, Small Business Specialist, provides and coordinates individual counseling for Latino clients with the assistance of bilingual volunteer mentors.

Johanna Torres is our Financial Literacy specialist. Before joining Hull House, Johanna worked as the Non-Profit Management Consultant for Executive Service Corp (ESC) where she worked with several non-profit organizations in Chicago.

Lisa Heidorn, SBDC Program Manager, assists with one-on-one counseling for business owners and teaching workshops.

Victoria Vastalo is a Small Business Counselor and business owner. She regularly facilitates our workshops on various small business development issues.

Monroe Saybay, Small Business Counselor, primarily works out of our Parkway office and teaches our 10-week long entrepreneurship program.

Chemia Davis, Small Business Counselor, teaches entrepreneurship courses and counsels our small business clients.

 

 

Associates

John Howard works one-on-one with entrepreneurs offering business advice with a special emphasis on business planning and marketing.

David Tilson works one-on-one with entrepreneurs offering sound business and technical advice, positive encouragement and relevant research sources in financing, e-Commerce, and marketing.