Ted has been the CEO of the LEED Council since February, 2002. For over 26 years,
LEED Council has advanced a community development model, which integrates economic and employment development programs by partnering with local businesses.
LEED Council was instrumental in creating Chicago’s Planned Manufacturing Districts
(PMDs)
, starting in 1988, and currently manages four of Chicago’s 15 PMDs.
LEED Council ’s strategic plan, “Advancing Economic Opportunity.” focuses on:
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Business Development to continue advocacy for local manufacturers, while striving to balance new business growth among industrial, commercial, and service firms;
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Workforce Development to provide skills training & job placement for low-income
Chicagoans;
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Sustainable Development to promote environmental initiatives that advance innovative pollution-reduction strategies and green collar jobs development; and
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Community Development to offer financial education for workers, trainees, and public housing residents.
For seven years, LEED Council has been conducting Entry-Level Industrial Skills
Training [ELIST] . In 2008, LEED Council launched its Computer Skills Training program and an adult education program for public housing residents. Since 2003, LEED Council has been advancing “green” practices by promoting transportation options, innovative pollution-reduction strategies, and energy efficiency. It is a co-convener of the
Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs Initiative.
In the fall of 2009, LEED Council launched its new weatherization and energy-efficiency skills training program, funded by the City of
Chicago through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.
During Ted’s preceding 17-year tenure as CEO of the Chicago Association of
Neighborhood Development Organizations , CANDO was the primary advocate for industrial retention and retail expansion in Chicago neighborhoods, working with the City to designate "Model Industrial Corridors" and launch the "Ret ail Chicago” program.
At the end of 1998, Ted completed a three-year term on the Federal Reserve Board's
Consumer Advisory Council, serving as Vice-Chair of the Bank Regulation Committee in his final year. He also served as a co-convener with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago of the Small Enterprise Capital Access Partnership.
Previously, Ted worked for over 12 years for Gale Cincotta
, the “mother” of the Community
Reinvestment Act, at the National Training & Information Center [NTIC] . Ted was the founding editor in 1974 of NTIC’s national publication, DISCLOSURE .
Currently, Ted is board chairman of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition .