Success Stories

Harvard University Doctoral Candidate and Superintendent Fellow

Alicia Ozier is vice president of clinical and community services at The Maslow Consortium. Her work focuses on healthcare, behavioral health, policy development, and community engagement across Illinois.

Pawar is alderman of Chicago's 47th Ward and won with a 1,000 vote margin over 35 year incumbent Eugene Schulter's hand-picked would-be successor, Tom O'Donnell.

Petersen worked with the Heartland Alliance's Integrated Torture Treatment Services in Rural Iraq project.

Pleitez is currently Director of Operations at Vertex Partnership Academies in the Bronx in New York City.

Protess's investigative reporting projects helped free four African Americans (dubbed the Ford Heights Four) who served eighteen years in prison for an interracial homicide they did not commit, and helped secure the release of Anthony Porter just two days before he was schedule to be executed for a double murder for which he was wrongfully convicted.

Quinn is an Associate Professor in Community Engagement Research at the School of Social Work, Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-being at the University of Michigan, where her scholarship continues to reflect her ability to tackle tough topics to help achieve greater equity and social justice.

Quinn is a recipient of the Edith Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement, vice president of the Children's Aid Society in New York City, and the director of its National Center for Community Schools; she was a crucial architect in the formulation of the community schools model and a leader in the strategic planning process of determining how best to invest $30 million a year to serve low-income children.

2026 Edith Abbott Award Recipient Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve; Leader in Veterans Behavioral Health

Rankin is the Vice President and Managing Director of The Ruth and Jesse Owens Scholars Foundation at The Ohio State University and currently serves on the Know Your Chicago Committee of the University Of Chicago Graham School Of General Studies.

Reamer, a professor in the graduate program at the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, chaired the national taskforce that wrote a major revision of the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).

Reed helps bring promise the Austin neighborhood through the Westside Health Authority.

Reitan is now Associate Executive Director for Operations at the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago.

Reyes was a part of the University’s BA/MA program and completed her field work in therapy at Resurrection Outpatient Behavior Health, working closely with the Latino population; she hopes to continue her work in mental health care as a clinician in Chicago.

Jared Reynold's journey to Crown Family School to study social policy began in Alaska, where he worked with at-risk youth in a counseling job at a hospital.

Rodriguez leads Enlace Chicago in its comprehensive approach to improving his neighborhood.

Rodriguez is executive vice president of Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, Inc., an organization dedicated to treating individuals who are ensnared in the criminal justice system and have a history of substance abuse.

The Rosens are a part of a family of social workers. Steve is working with a north suburban group practice serving couples, parents, and families, launching an innovative technology resource and app called "Dad's Place". As the first Crown Family School recipient of the German Chancellor Fellowship, Naomi is exploring the intersection of arts with social work therapies, and developing a resource for practitioners serving women who are survivors of female genital mutilation arts-based methods.

Rosenblatt participated in the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy (GPHAP) and was awarded a GPHAP Erikson Fellowship at Access Community Health Network in Chicago. Her training and Fellowship led to her first post-graduation job as the behavioral health care coordinator at Access, where her responsibilities included connecting psychiatric patients with therapists and easing the transition from inpatient to outpatient care.

At Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Rubovits works among a variety of programs that help patients and their families prepare for a longer life.