Tasha Levy

Tasha L. Levy serves as Executive Director of Just The Beginning, bringing more than 25 years of leadership experience across nonprofit management, education, workforce development, youth programming, and community-based organizations. Her career has focused on expanding opportunity, strengthening organizations, and building pathways for young people to thrive.

Before joining JTB, Tasha held executive and senior leadership roles with Storycatchers Theatre, Firebird Community Arts, Grow Your Own Illinois, and i.c.stars. Her work has included organizational strategy, board partnership, fundraising, financial stewardship, staff leadership, program development, and partnerships with schools, foundations, public agencies, corporations, and community leaders. At Storycatchers Theatre, she helped stabilize operations, strengthen financial systems, expand workforce development programming, and secure new funding and partnerships for justice-involved youth.

Tasha is known for leading with clarity, accountability, and a deep belief in the potential of young people. Her background as an educator, nonprofit executive, and community leader shapes her commitment to helping students see possibilities for themselves and access the relationships, experiences, and support needed to pursue them.

She holds an MBA from the University of Illinois Chicago, a Master of Arts in Education from National Louis University, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Eastern Illinois University. Tasha also serves as President of the Chicago Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and as Illinois State Coordinator for the Sorority’s Midwest Region.

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