Hope Chicago
Pete Kadens is a seasoned entrepreneur and community leader, currently serving as Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board at Fello, a peer support platform, and Board Member at the John Howard Association of Illinois, where efforts focus on humane treatment in prisons. Kadens is also a member of the President's Advisory Council at Bucknell University, and a Partner/Owner of Honey Butter Fried Chicken, a well-established Chicago restaurant. Additional roles include Trustee at National Louis University and Director at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. As the Founder and Co-Chairman of Hope Chicago, and Founder and Evangelist of HOPE, Kadens advocates for closing education and wealth gaps in urban areas. Kadens is a 2019 Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and Chairman of the Kadens Family Foundation, which aims to empower at-risk urban communities. Education includes a degree from Bucknell University and attendance at Ottawa Hills High School.
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Hope Chicago
Launched in 2021 and led by former CPS CEO Dr. Janice Jackson, Hope Chicago is pioneering a new two-generational approach to building equity and breaking the cycle of poverty in Chicago’s underserved neighborhoods on the South, Southwest and West Sides. Our work focuses on removing the financial and systemic barriers that limit access and completion of higher education for first-generation college students and their parents.