Opportunity

 Looking to help organizations and individuals raise funding for projects.


Brian L. Banks
BAC Partners
332 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1032-B918, Chicago Ill. 60604

Telephone # 312 985-7715 

twitter:  @Brian_Banks

Welcome to BAC Partners

Hourly Rate: $60-$125
Daily Rate: $500-$1,000
Ethnicity: African-American
Professional Affiliations: Governor’s Exoffender and Employment Taskforce, Institute for Athletics and Education, Chicago Area Transportation Study, City of Chicago Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development Tax Increment Finance Works Advisory Committee 

30 Years Consulting, Sales, Marketing experience

Qualifications: Our focus is on improved outcomes for low-moderate income communities employment, public education, business enterprise development, community organizing, and collaboration building. We design and implement action research projects based on client needs. We engage in organizational and situational analysis with our clients prior to helping them do strategic planning and select from among a range of strategic directions. We assemble and manage consulting teams based on project and client needs. Clients have included the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicagoland Youth and Adult Training Center, New City Ministers’ Coalition, United States Department of Labor, Creating Opportunities in Illinois Construction Industry Taskforce, University of Chicago and Ford Motor Company. 

Education: Harvard University, Bachelor of Arts, Government, 1978

Specialties:  BAC Partners (BACP) provides research-based strategy consulting, grants writing and development, and technical assistance to community-based and faith-based organizations interested in education, economic development and jobs creation. BACP helps these organizations develop collaborative partnerships with universities, government, business and philanthropic organizations. Competencies include community organizing, strategy consulting, grants writing, participatory evaluation, action research, organizational assessment, board and volunteer training, program development, meeting facilitation, media relations and business systems planning.   

  
Selected Research:

Mayfield, Loomis; Maureen Hellwig and Brian Banks,  “The Chicago Response To Urban Problems: Building University/Community Collaborations” American Behavioral Scientist, v42 n5 p863-75 Feb 1999


Wilson, Jose and Brian Banks, “Chicagoland Youth and Adult Training Center:  Building Strong Relationships Between Faith-Based Organizations, Government and Corporations to Transform Low-Income Communities Evaluation of a faith-based workforce development startup”, February, 2004  (http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/papers2004/wilson.htm)



 Todd Swanstrom and Brian Banks, "Going Regional: Community-Based Regionalism, Transportation, and Local Hiring Agreements" Journal of Planning Education and Research, March 2009; 28: 355 - 367





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