Commissioner ABBEY EUSEBIO

Abbey Eusebio is CASL’s Manager of the Anti-Hate Action Center.  She has been part of CASL’s mission to catalyze the transformation of individuals, families, and the community for an equitable future since 2022.  She focuses on implementing the objectives of the Center, which include tracking and responding to hate crimes and hate incidents, protecting AANHPI communities, and ultimately preventing further incidents from occurring.  Abbey ensures that survivors of hate crimes have access to comprehensive services and works to lead CASL’s efforts in being a partner in fighting such injustices.

Abbey brings over 18 years of experience in federal and state government, constituent services, outreach, and nonprofit work.  She was appointed to the City of Chicago’s New Americans Advisory Council.  Outside of work, she has served on several boards of Chicagoland area non-profit organizations in leadership positions that aid and empower the immigrant community and concentrate on early childhood education.  She is a public servant at heart.  Abbey is particularly focused on the underserved and providing direction and access to important vital resources to help them feel welcome and included in our society.

Abbey holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in Spanish from the University of Missouri-Columbia. 

Commissioner DOMINIQUE JORDAN TURNER

Dominique Jordan Turner is Loyola University Chicago’s Chief Diversity Officer and the Vice President of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Sitting on the University’s Leadership Council, Jordan Turner leads and coordinates DEI efforts across Loyola’s campuses and is working collaboratively to establish the university as a powerful example for other higher education institutions striving to become more equitable, inclusive and justice-oriented in alignment with our Jesuit Catholic tradition. Jordan Turner’s work is helping to foster a climate and culture at the institution that supports growth and development, access, and opportunity for every Loyolan.

Equity, justice and excellence are central to her value system.  She was born on Chicago’s South Side and was the first person in her family to graduate high school and college. College sent her to Clark Atlanta University, a historically Black research university. Like a lot of high-performing graduates in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Jordan Turner began her career in management consulting, working for Deloitte. After hitting what she calls her “quarter-life crisis”, she decided to leave Deloitte after four years for a position in the Peace Corps. Her placement was in Panama, where she used her business training to empower some of the regions most marginalized residents. That decision and experience abroad gave her life a renewed purpose. 

Since the Peace Corps, she received her MBA from Marquette University with a focus in Urban Leadership. She has dedicated her career to helping first-generation, low-income Chicago students get to and through college and become leaders. She has held senior leadership positions at KIPP Foundation, Posse Foundation and Chicago Scholars. As the CEO of Chicago Scholars, she oversaw a five-fold expansion of its staff and budget. (In 2020, LeBron James named Chicago Scholars his nonprofit of choice during the NBA's All-Star Game festivities in Chicago.) 

One of her most notable accomplishments is being selected as one of 20 inaugural Obama Fellows among an applicant pool of over 20,000. Outside of her professional duties, she is a proud mom to a teen daughter who is a scholar at Whitney Young High School. They share a passion for inspiring others. They co-authored an Amazon best-selling book in 2020 entitled: Little Black Pearls for Little Black Girls which is meant to inspire pride and confidence in little girls who will be tomorrow’s leaders.  

Dominique Jordan Turner is the first person in Loyola’s history to occupy her position. 

Chairman LAURIE J. DITTMAN

Laurie J. Dittman recently retired from the City of Chicago after serving 30 years in various capacities. Most recently, Laurie served as the Senior Policy Analyst for the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) and the Acting Commissioner of MOPD. During her time as Acting Commissioner, Laurie also represented MOPD as a Director of the Pace Board. Preceding her time at MOPD, Laurie served as Deputy City Treasurer and Special Assistant to the Treasurer at the Chicago City Treasurer’s Office.

Prior to joining the City, Laurie was the Executive Director of IMPACT; the Midwest Coordinator for the Human Rights Campaign; and the Administrative Director of the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization (IVI-IPO).  Dittman was inducted into the Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1998.

Laurie holds a Bachelor of Art degree in Political Science from Knox College and lives in the Uptown neighborhood.