Ayom Siengo is the senior director of the Critical Needs strategy at The Chicago Community Trust.
Ayom came to the Trust from Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin & Metropolitan Chicago, where he was vice president of mission services. Before that, he was vice president of community and strategic initiatives with Skills for Chicagoland’s Future and was a program officer for financial stability with United Way of Metropolitan Chicago.
A native Chicagoan, Ayom earned his bachelor’s in political science international studies from Illinois State University and attended the University of Illinois for a master’s of urban planning and policy. He was a member of the 2017 class of the Chicago Urban League’s IMPACT program and a member of the 2018 class of the Latino Policy Forum’s Multicultural Leadership Academy. Ayom currently serves on the boards of the Chicago Jobs Council and Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy.
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