Meet Our Staff
Hope For The Day® (H.F.T.D) is a non-profit movement empowering the conversation on proactive suicide prevention and mental health education.
HFTD was founded in 2011, starting in Chicago music venues doing outreach. Since those humble beginnings, we have evolved and grown to pioneer programming that we call Proactive Prevention. Thanks to our team of passionately dedicated staff and volunteers, we are committed to starting the conversation, raising the visibility of resources, and educating why IT’S OK NOT TO BE OK®!
Benjamin Kohn
Interim Executive Director
Rae'Jean Alford
Director of Marketing
Becca Hall
Director of Operations
Allison Herman
Director of Education
Apoorva Katikaneni
Director of Development
Erick De Santiago
Art Director
Tyler Wagner
Manager, Specialty Fundraising and Individual Giving
Kira Berkoff
Education Project Specialist
Mary Grace Ritter
Events & Multimedia Coordinator
Bev Schwartz
Development Coordinator
Catrina Cano
Outreach Coordinator
Maria Curiel
Bilingual Education Coordinator
Haniyyah King
Education Instructor, IL Schools
Maria Requena
Education Instructor, IL Schools
