Jer­ry Witkowsky, (MSW, Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois), is a beloved men­tor to thou­sands of indi­vid­u­als and gen­er­a­tions of fam­i­lies after 47 years of pro­fes­sion­al lead­er­ship — 18 as gen­er­al direc­tor of the Chica­go Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ters. He was named one of Chicago’s ​“Most Effec­tive Non-Prof­it CEO’s”.Since retir­ing, he has focused on grand par­ent­ing. help­ing inter­gen­er­a­tional fam­i­lies cre­ate rich fam­i­ly lives, and devel­oped pro­grams for grand­par­ents in high schools.