Candance Chow

Evanston, Illinois, United States Contact Info
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I am a community leader and business entrepreneur who uses my deep knowledge of strategy,…

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  • NextGroup, LLC

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    Mentor

    Chicago Innovation

    - Present 3 years 8 months

    Economic Empowerment

    I am honored to join the ranks of mentors for Chicago Innovation women's mentoring program. This program supports women who are both new to the arena of innovation or accelerating their careers in the space to coaching and career development. As a community partner, NextGroup founders provide mentoring and access to programs/services and career opportunities to women in the program who are re-entering or seeking to pivot in their careers.

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    Mentor

    mHUB

    - Present 3 years 3 months

    mHUB’s mentor networks is comprised of a broad base of industry leading experts. Mentors have backgrounds ranging from technical to business development. We provide support in areas that include but are not limited to manufacturing innovation, IoT, electronics and other cutting-edge technologies, business development, sales and marketing, various areas of the law, and financing. I look forward to especially work with women founders to grow their leadership and teams as new paths are carved and…

    mHUB’s mentor networks is comprised of a broad base of industry leading experts. Mentors have backgrounds ranging from technical to business development. We provide support in areas that include but are not limited to manufacturing innovation, IoT, electronics and other cutting-edge technologies, business development, sales and marketing, various areas of the law, and financing. I look forward to especially work with women founders to grow their leadership and teams as new paths are carved and firsts are achieved.

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    Board Member

    Community Partners for Affordable Housing

    - Present 7 years

    CPAH provides affordable housing options for families in northern Cook and Lake County. I first was introduced to the organization when searching for housing for a family in D65 schools and realized what a well managed and effective group it was. This was the start of helping to increase programs and services by CPAH in Evanston and surrounding communities as well as increasing awareness among our parents about the programs available. CPAH merged with two other strong housing organizations…

    CPAH provides affordable housing options for families in northern Cook and Lake County. I first was introduced to the organization when searching for housing for a family in D65 schools and realized what a well managed and effective group it was. This was the start of helping to increase programs and services by CPAH in Evanston and surrounding communities as well as increasing awareness among our parents about the programs available. CPAH merged with two other strong housing organizations in 2018 and I was honored to become part of the newly constructed board of directors where I serve on the program committee and liaison on strategic planning.

  • School Board Member

    Evanston/Skokie District 65 - Former President and Finance Chair

    - Present 11 years 4 months

    Education

    I serve on the seven-member elected school board for Evanston/Skokie's prek-8th grade school district. Evanston/Skokie District 65 includes more than 15 schools and serves over 7,000 students in the north suburbs of Chicago.

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    Member

    Evanston Development Cooperative

    - Present 3 years 11 months

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  • In Sight Consulting Services Overview

    Candance Parks Chow

    Key Service Offerings
    Since 2006, Ms. Parks Chow has managed her own consulting firm where she leads nonprofit and medium sized service organizations to diversify their revenue base and/or improve effectiveness and profitability of existing service offerings through the following key consulting services:

    • Revenue/Income Growth Planning and Opportunity Identification
    • Defining, building and launching new programs and services in a “market” or member driven way
    • Building and…

    Key Service Offerings
    Since 2006, Ms. Parks Chow has managed her own consulting firm where she leads nonprofit and medium sized service organizations to diversify their revenue base and/or improve effectiveness and profitability of existing service offerings through the following key consulting services:

    • Revenue/Income Growth Planning and Opportunity Identification
    • Defining, building and launching new programs and services in a “market” or member driven way
    • Building and executing a strategic marketing plan to meet growth objectives
    • Creating a 360 degree organizational performance dashboard and management discipline for staff and board leadership to evaluate, improve and communicate their success to all stakeholder groups
    • Technology evaluation, selection and implementation to better communicate with and engage members and/or donors
    • Operational Audit and/or Interim Staff Leadership to augment and build capacity in specific competencies critical to the organization

    Recent Clients
    • American Medical Association, Project AMAgine, Chicago IL
    • Family Business Network at Loyola University, Chicago IL
    • Loyola Executive Education at Loyola Business School, Chicago IL
    • American Trial Lawyers Association, Washington DC
    • Mahler Enterprises, Milwaukee WI

    For more information about how Ms. Parks Chow can assist your organization in developing and charting your roadmap for success, please contact her at 312-286-9036 or review her public profile at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/candance-parks-chow/0/57/888.

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  • Community Partners for Affordable Housing Advisory Board

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