Wednesday, January 07, 2009
AmySue Mertens
About AmySue Mertens
CitizenPowered.org member since Sun 12-16-2007
AmySue Mertens has held public relations, communications, events planning, and development positions with local direct service and statewide public policy non-profit organizations. She has worked with issues including adult and family literacy, drug-use and ex-offender re-entry, and homelessness and affordable housing. With Extension, she is focused on branding strategies for Cook County, media and organizational outreach, and marketing support to the approximately 100 staff members throughout Cook County. Mertens is a member of the Publicity Club of Chicago, City Club of Chicago and West Loop Community Organization. She is a member, and volunteers with the League of Women Voters of Chicago, and is elected Vice Chair of the Whitney M. Young High School Local School Council. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degree in advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and recently completed a run for the Illinois State Senate.
School(s) Attended
U of IL at Urbana-Champaign St. Charles High Lane Tech High Geo. B. Armstrong Elem
Place(s) Worked
Victory Gardens Theater Michael Reese Hospital Literacy Chicago TASC Housing Opportunities for Women U of I Extension
Personal Statement
I live and work to be of service to communities.Postings (Latest 25 entries)
| Type | Post | Author | Replies | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog entry | Resolving These Days of Violence | AmySue Mertens | 1 | 39 weeks 1 day ago |
| Blog entry | Little City - Big Hearts | AmySue Mertens | 0 | 40 weeks 1 day ago |
| Blog entry | Preparing for our region's future, or 'We're so smart we don't need education.' | AmySue Mertens | 0 | 1 year 1 week ago |
