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Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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Arc and Grace Hou is Leaving DHS

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Dear Ellen,

I am very sad to report to you that Grace Hou is

leaving her important work at DHS. Grace has been a strong advocate for the

community and I will miss her support of The Arc. See her message below.

Tony

I wish I could talk with you all individually, but as

always, time does not permit us to do all that we want.

It’s with great excitement and sadness that I announce

that, effective 1/31/12, I have resigned my position as Assistant Secretary of

the Illinois Department of Human Services to serve as the President of the Woods

Fund of Chicago.

If you know the work of the Woods Fund of Chicago, I

hope that you are smiling as you read this and understand why this next move in

my career is the right one for me. The Woods Fund of Chicago strives for racial

equality and social justice through participatory policymaking; therefore, in

this regard, our work together will certainly continue.

It has been my great honor to serve you, to serve our

clients, and to serve our state as Assistant Secretary for the past 8 ½ years.

I came to this position in June of 2003, blurry out of maternity leave with my

first child – and I immediately felt embraced and educated by you from day

one. All that I have learned about this job, I have learned from you and others

who care about this work and the people of DHS. One of the best decisions I

made when I came to DHS was to learn the work from those who know it and from

those who live it.

I am proud of the work that I have accomplished and

believe that every decision I made was for the betterment of the less fortunate

in our state.

I have faith in our Secretary Saddler and our

Division Directors and our able staff at DHS that they will push as hard as they

can for the people who need care, concern, and assistance the most.

Thank you for being there for me along this journey.

The next leg of the trip will be an equally exciting one. As the President of

the Woods Fund, I intend to help change the world for the better!

Sincerely,

Grace

Tony auski

Executive Director

The Arc of Illinois

20901 S. LaGrange Rd. Suite 209

fort, IL 60423

815-464-1832 (OFFICE)

708-828-0188 (CELL)

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