Meghan Harte

Responsible for strategy, funding and implementation of LISC’s services in Illinois. As a community development finance institution, the LISC Illinois team of 13 supports over 30 communities, with planning, capacity building, fundraising, lending, technical assistance and advocacy.

2023 Impact

• People served: 1700 youth with sports and summer programming and 3900 community residents provided with financial support services
• Small Businesses: 600 businesses received technical or financial assistance
• Homeowners: Helped 42 families purchase a home
• Organizations supported: Supported 75 community partners with capacity building, advocacy and planning
• Grants and Lending: Deployed over $9M in grants and loans

Responsible for operations and capital programs for all City Sister Agencies including the Chicago Park District, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Housing Authority, Public Building Commission, Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago.

Duties included directing mayoral priorities, facilitating policy development and ensuring implementation.

Responsible for managing the Midwest region for AECOM’s Planning, Economics, Architecture and Building Engineering business earning $51 million in revenue with 300 employees.

Responsible for strategic direction and implementation of supplemental services, including social services, workforce development, youth programming and case management to over 50,000 families in public housing and the Housing Choice Voucher program.

• Managed day-to-day operations of three departments with a staff of over 120 employees and an annual budget of over $430 million.
• Leveraged over $160 million in social services from public/private agencies and contracted with social service agencies, collaborated with the human capital departments at the City of Chicago and Chicago Park District and developed partnerships with private and not-for-profit agencies to ensure that families receive access to needed services during the transformation process.
• Implemented a major workforce development program incorporating national best practices which placed over 6,000 residents in jobs.

Supported the Chief of Staff on implementing policy and administrative initiatives including change management for a new financial management and purchasing system, procurement reforms and workforce development initiatives.

• Responsible for creating, managing and supervising a team of over 70 people representing each city department, handling all City operations outside of the convention hall.
• Responsibilities also included negotiating tri-party contracts between the City, the Democratic National Convention Committee and all companies making in-kind donations.
• Managed various projects including Water Department reorganization, new river tour boat licensing and river beautification. Tracked and reported progress on citywide seasonal construction and overall management reporting system for the Mayor and Chief of Staff.

Responsibilities included volunteer management, city decoration, monitoring city services and supervising coordination of public information booths and brochures.