Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™: How to Build and Sustain Communities, Episode 2, Part 2

Becoming a Regional Village: Cheri Tillis, COO

Contact and Bio
Email: ctillis@fatherssupport.org
Website: www.fatherssupportcenter.org
Twitter: @fatherssupport
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Cheri D. Tillis is the Executive VP/COO of award winning and nationally recognized Fathers’ and Families Support Center, St. Louis.  Mrs. Tillis is responsible for providing oversight of agency programs and daily operations of 6 current locations and the 55 staff positions with the help of her phenomenal team of Directors and Managers. She has 15+ years of experience in this role and currently focuses on building community partnerships, federal grant writing, program development and management.  Prior to her responsibilities at FFSC, she served as a Youth Specialist for the Division of Youth Services in St. Louis, MO.  She also served the St. Louis area as an Americorps member. Mrs. Tillis holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Jackson State University, a Masters of Science in HR Management from Lindenwood University, a Business Management for Non-Profit Leaders Certificate from Washington University Olin School of Business and was a 2016 Missouri Foundation for Health Fellow. She has also served as the PI on several Fatherhood research studies in partnership with Washington University Brown School of Social Work and The Brown School Evaluation Center in St. Louis, Mo. Most importantly, she is the wife of Bradford Tillis and the mother of 2 sons, Caleb and Nicholas. ​

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Episode 2, Part 2: Cheri Tillis, COO Fathers and Families and Support Center

• More information on the range of St. Louis and Missouri funders who have run interference for FFSC, provided essential trainings, and help grow their capacity
• FFSC as a village around youth and families; funders as a village around them
• The range of ways individuals, businesses, and sectors have joined the work and are needed to keep joining the work
• The kinds of FFSC partnerships available that support businesses too

Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™: How to Build and Sustain Communities
Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™ methods this podcast features

• Serving as a Bridge
  • Helping people understand how their fields and their expertise are needed to provide for specific community needs
  • IT support, data analytics, marketing, legal translation, any field can be a support
  • Helping organizations understand the services FFSC provides that are needed everywhere, not just in NSTL
  • Growing collective regional capacity in the process