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Mainstay’s Management Team and Strategic Alliances
Jim Vail
Mainstay, President and CEO
Pertinent Career and Education Highlights
- Executive Director of Orchard Village (5 years), a social service
provider in Illinois
Reputation of agency skyrocketed; failing financials and programs
were restored within 2 years of being asked to step into this role.
Unprecedented back-to-back 3 and 4 year elite CQL accreditations
achieved—for the first time ever Orchard Village was ranked among
the top 1% of providers in the nation.
- BA, Economics, Davidson College
- MBA, Finance and Marketing, Northwestern University, Kellogg
School of Management, highest honors
- Director, Dartmouth Medical School Board
- Advisory Board Member, Greater Chicago Food Depository
- Co-founder Special Chefs®
Sylvia Landy
Mainstay, Chief Operating Officer
Pertinent Career and Education Highlights
- Launched healthcare company from her basement, grew it to a
national concern and sold the profitable business to Fortune 500
Baxter Healthcare International.
- Published book author
- BA, Special Education, University of Illinois, highest honors
- MBA, Finance and Marketing, Northwestern University, Kellogg
School of Management, high honors
- Various nonprofit Board affiliations, including co-founding Special Chefs®
Charles Loiseau
Mainstay, Full-time Head Chef
Pertinent Career and Education Highlights
- Graduate, School of Culinary Arts of nationally acclaimed Kendall
College
- Years of successfully implementing Fiore in community-integrated
living arrangements and effectively managing a variety of restrictive
diets within highly constrained budgets.
Alan Drizd
Mainstay, Director, Board of Directors
Pertinent Career Highlights
- 30 years of successful top-level management experience in the
human resources field
- Former, longstanding Senior VP of HR at Anixter Internat’l, a $4.9
billion Fortune 500 company headquartered in IL
- HR and Management Consultant with specific focus and success
regarding change management strategies
- Successfully served as member and President of Board for Orchard
Village (10 years)—a premier IL social service provider—
spearheading its financial and programmatic turnaround
Bob Doak
Mainstay, Director, Board of Directors
Pertinent Career Highlights
- Former Chief Financial Officer for Carson, Pirie and Scott’s retail
operations
- Currently works in a variety of administrative and financial capacities
for a number of diverse nonprofits
The USDA learned of Mainstay’s success, scrutinized its results, and backed Mainstay’s efforts to further develop the Fiore initiative as a commercial enterprise. Mainstay engages in ongoing dialog with experts at the USDA, continually refining nutrition and approaches to ensure success, and learning more about food stamp funding.
Advisory Board
Mainstay continually seeks insights and advice from individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness regarding strategies, products and services that reflect choice, ease-of-implementation, and innovative directions.
Additional Strategic Alliances
Mainstay employs a variety of leading consultants, industry experts, and preventative health professionals
- Staff and consumer training—Northwestern University and Edu-Media
- Nutrition—American Dietetic Association and Northwestern University
- Database and content management software architects—Aztek
Consulting and Mark Begale
- Health trends and new initiatives—University of Illinois-Chicago,
Institute on Disability and Human Development
- Health trends and new initiatives—The Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University
Special Chefs is the first-ever national initiative celebrating the culinary accomplishments of individuals with DD through a high-profile cooking competition. Special Chefs was founded in 2000 by Jim Vail and Sylvia Landy.
Contact Mainstay professionals at: goodideas@eMainstay.com
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