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The mission of Marklund is to make Everyday Life Possible for individuals with profound disabilities. Over the years, Marklund has gained the trust of more than 1800 families for meeting the residential, therapeutic, vocational and educational needs of children and adults with developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum. It continues to be a premier provider of these services in the Chicagoland area.
Making Everyday life possible for individuals with profound disabilities, Marklund ensures that high-quality programs and services are available to children and adult of all ages with developmental disabilities. Marklund offers 24-hour residential care as well as a wide variety of professional therapy services such as: OT, PT, Speech Therapy for both residents and community clients. The Marklund Day School in Bloomingdale and Elgin serve children ages 3-22 with multi-needs, and has a specialized educational program for children with Autism. A NEW state-of-the-art School facility located on our Campus in Geneva, Illinois opened in the Fall of 2020. This school will serve additional 66 students with a primary goal of providing support to the neighboring school districts.
Marklund's residential program currently serves the most medically and developmentally frail children and adults. Residents include 96 at the Geneva campus, 57 at the Wasmond Center in Elgin and 21 at the Marklund Philip Center in Bloomingdale. The 174 residents enjoy appropriately designed programming, outings, pre-vocational and therapeutic activities tailored to their individual needs and provided by qualified professional. The Wasmond Center will be increasing its capacity by four to 61 residents in the next reporting period.
Marklund offers both full and part-time day programming for community clients of all ages. Marklund is committed to providing individualized educational and pre-vocational programming for both Marklund residents and community students ages 3 and older. The Marklund Day School is a non-public, special education facility serves students on the Autism spectrum, PDD-NOS and those with profound developmental disabilities. Staffing ratios are designed with the need of the student in mind. The Marklund Community Day Service program provides pre-vocational services to adult clients and offers age appropriate therapies, outings and volunteer activities.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Gilbert Fonger | President/CEO | 40 | $296,552 |
| Kudus Badmus | Chief Financial Officer | 40 | $200,998 |
| Heather Graves | Chief Development Officer | 40 | $145,822 |
| Paula Bodzioch | Director of Education | 40 | $137,197 |
| Gunjan Patel | Administrator of Children Services | 40 | $124,182 |
| Joan Rubino | Director of Human Resources | 40 | $124,125 |
| Lois Sheaffer-Kramer | Dir of Governmental Relations & Community Support | 40 | $109,735 |
| Michelle Orwig | Administrator | 40 | $108,082 |
| Deena Bonnike | Therapy Manager | 40 | $107,019 |
| Kristin Dolen | Administrator | 40 | $101,467 |
| Jerry Finis | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Karlins | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Melissa Kud | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Sonya Evanosky | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Foley | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Howard Brandeisky | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Gerry Estes | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Frank J Murnane Jr | Chairman | 1 | $0 |
| Yaneth Medina | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jack Zimmerman | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Herlihy | Treasurer and Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Carie Carney | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Risch | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Duane Fitch | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Blanchette | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Armbruster | Member | 1 | $0 |
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