Lewis Lovelace has served Chicago’s youth and families since 1997 in many and varied forms. He has been a child welfare worker, a substance abuse counselor, an educational advocate for teens involved with the Department of Children and Family Services within the Chicago Public System, a clinical case manager in a residential facility, an Intake Manager for Independent Living Programs, and a supervisor for an afterschool enrichment program for specialized foster children. Mr. Lovelace landed at Youth Outreach Services as our Data Specialist three years ago and worked his way up to become our Director of Quality Improvement in October 2020.
Lewis earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Illinois in Urbana and a Master of Science in Information Systems Security Management from Colorado Technology University.