UCAN (Chicago)
Channa Bush has a strong background in human resources, with their most recent position being the Assistant Vice President of Human Resources at UCAN (Chicago) since April 2022. Prior to that, they worked as the Human Resources Director at Centers for New Horizons from November 2016 to April 2022. In this role, they oversaw human resources operations and provided strategic guidance. Channa also has experience as a District Recruiter at AlliedBarton Security Services from July 2007 to October 2016. In this position, they managed recruitment efforts and handled FMLA administration for the district.
Channa Bush obtained a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources from Northern Illinois University, where they studied from 2000 to 2004. Continuing their education, they pursued a Master of Jurisprudence degree in Business Corporate Governance Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, completing their studies from 2010 to 2012.
UCAN (Chicago)
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UCAN builds strong youth and families through compassionate healing, education, and empowerment. Since the Civil War, UCAN has served the most vulnerable children, youth, and families, and has grown over 145 years into a premier social service agency serving over 10,000 individuals annually. UCAN programs address the impact of trauma: with a consistent presence, meaningful programs, and unrivaled organizational diversity and cultural competence. These trauma-informed programs include clinical and counseling services, support for pregnant or parenting teens, foster care placement, a therapeutic youth home, a therapeutic day school, transitional living programs, workforce development, youth leadership development, and violence prevention. At the heart of it all, UCAN’s vision is that youth who have suffered trauma can become our future leaders. UCAN is a consistent and compassionate presence in the lives of those who are most at risk. We start with the premise that communities with challenges possess strengths upon which they can build. From this premise evolves an approach to community support that fosters collaboration with existing neighborhood resources to strengthen communities, one youth at a time. UCAN’s community efforts provide leadership development, supportive jobs for youth, individual healing, and mentoring. UCAN's founding is rooted in spirituality. In 1869, UCAN was founded by members of St. Pauls United Church of Christ (UCC) to provide a home for orphaned children of Civil War soldiers. The UCC and its predecessors have long advocated for social justice, including the struggle for the abolition of slavery and being the first to ordain African-Americans, women, and openly gay persons as clergy. Diversity is a core UCAN value, reflected in our staff, our minority-led Board of Directors, and our clients. It is vitally important that UCAN counteract the influence of discrimination on our communities, families and youth.