Name:
Isaac Reichman
How long have you been an ambassador?
Five years
What organization(s) have you been proud to sponsor?
Jane Addams Resource Corporation; World Relief Chicago
Thoughts you have on your advocacy and the organization(s).
It has been an honor to be able to sponsor these two organizations, both of which do incredible work directly serving critical populations in Chicago. World Relief Chicago supports immigrants and refugees, while JARC provides job training and adult education. I thank the Ascienzo Foundation for allowing me to help them bring a little bit of Red Hook to these great Chicago organizations in such generous way.
If you are in a profession or field of work, what background/present employment status would you like to share?
I am currently working as the Communication Director for the City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, while also helping out in Mayor Lightfoot's Press Office while Chicago's Press Secretary is out on Maternity Leave. It has been an incredibly challenging eight months during the pandemic, but I feel like I am working on the pressing issues facing our city and the entire country right now. It's the challenge of a lifetime but an honor to be in a role with a lot of responsibility.
Anything you'd like to share about your personal life? Fun thing or things you still do, in spite of the pandemic?
Honestly, it has been mostly work for the last eight months, but one thing that I started doing is a semi-weekly poker game with high school friends. That has been something that I very much look forward to that has helped get through these tough times.