Tom Tresser

About Tom Tresser

Civic educator. Public defender. Creativity champion. Offering trainings and workshops on nonprofit policy and advocacy, civic engagement, social change, creativity and leadership, and community organizing. I\'ve done 200 public presentations and community forums since 2008. Co-Founded the CivicLab, America\'s only co-working space dedicated to collaboration, education and innovation for social justice and civic engagement in Chicago\'s West Loop, July 2013. We remain active as a community facing \"do tank\" accelerating work for government accountability, civic engagement, and social just - Organizer and editor of \"Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve\"- Organizer of the TIF Illumination Project - a volunteer-driven investigation and civic education project.

Experience

1. Civics Instructor

   i.c.stars |* Chicago

   Jan 2013 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   I teach a six week class on \"Civic 101\"​ to the tech interns at i c stars These sessions cover the basics of civic engagement, community organizing, leadership and economic justice.

Education

• Roosevelt University

  Certificate, Nonprofit Management

  1985 — 1985

• Leadership Greater Chicago

  Fellow

  1990 — 1990

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  Certificate, Business Management

  2004 — 2004

• Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership

  M.S., Urban Development

  1994 — 1995