HUNTER FAMILY FOUNDATION

Frank Baiocchi, Executive Director

Frank (he/him) previously served as the executive director of the Johnson Family Foundation and as a senior program officer with the Polk Bros. Foundation. Currently, he is on the board of directors of the Ravinia Festival, the Movement Advancement Project, Hoenig Theatre Artist Fund,  and Wide Angle Research (founding chair). To maximize collective approaches to meet community needs, Frank has co-created and/or led 13 funder collaboratives and six public-private partnerships, and he co-chaired two community planning processes with 350+ participants that resulted in two successful, community-driven, systems change social sector organizations: Ingenuity and AMPT: Advancing Nonprofits. Frank started his professional career in the arts as an administrator, educator, and actor, including performing on Broadway (Miss Saigon). He was an adjunct professor of leadership and philanthropy at the Loyola University School of Social Work and the DePaul University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. He holds a BA from the Gallatin School at New York University, an MA from the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago, and is an Executive Scholar with the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Satori Bailey, Program & Impact Manager

Satori (she/her) previously served as the Illinois Executive Director at America Needs You (ANY), where she led the growth and expansion of the Illinois site’s career development fellowship program for first-generation college students. Prior to ANY, Satori served as the Director of Asset Building Programs at the Center for Economic Progress, where she led the state’s largest Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program serving over 18,000 individuals and families across Illinois. She developed an innovative tax savings program and volunteer-led financial coaching program that were nationally recognized. She was also a proud Steering Committee member of the national Taxpayer Opportunity Network organized by Prosperity Now. Satori received her Bachelor’s degree in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and her Master's in Social Work from the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. 

 

Asia Canady, Program & Partnerships Manager

Asia (she/her) previously served as the Chief of Staff at the Chicago Public Education Fund, an early childhood legislative advocate in Illinois at Start Early, an elementary school teacher at the Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem in New York City, and an environmental policy specialist in California. Asia is the Vice-Chair of the Associates Board of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, an alumna of the Chicago chapter of the New Leaders Council, and an inaugural Rustandy Center Non-Profit Strategy and Finance fellow. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Occidental College, a Master of Science in Teaching from Fordham University, and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago. 

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Seema Patel, Team Coordinator

Seema’s (she/her) cumulative professional experiences span across topics that closely align with her values – alternative and renewable energy, social and sustainable entrepreneurship, network and coalition-building, small business management, and operational design and management. Previously, Seema consulted for Collective Mind, a small business dedicated to global network-building, where she specialized in knowledge management and peer learning, business and operational design and implementation, client research and analysis, and communications and marketing. In her work with the United Nations Foundation, Seema led a program on clean fuel alternatives to counter harmful cooking practices in the Global South, working in-country with global partners to design and implement adaptive interventions. Most recently, Seema served as Chief of Staff for a Chicago-based consultancy of coaches, facilitators, and leadership specialists working with senior leaders and organizations globally.  Seema’s education includes Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies with a minor in Peace Studies and Anthropology from Loyola University Chicago and a Master’s degree in international relations & environmental policy from Boston University. She also spent time as an English language tutor to the Tibetan migrant community in Dharamsala, India, and a researcher with the United Nations Environment Program in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Tyson Odoo Juma, 2024 HFF Fellow

Tyson (he/him) previously worked at Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies where he supported research-related activities to enhance program strategies for arts and culture grantmaking and developed comprehensive databases to visualize geographic reach of grants. He has also served as a programs and communications intern at the Grand Victoria Foundation and engaged in research at the Center for Nonprofit and NGO studies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s in political science from Northern Illinois University, with a focus on development research and social policy analysis.

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