ChiDEC - Chicagoland Doughnut Economics Coalition
ChiDEC promotes and facilitates Chicagoland activity related to Doughnut Economics. This includes facilitating synergy between various existing Chicago area organizations, and promoting a regenerative/circular and distributive/wellbeing/social equity economy. We are currently organized into four areas of support/action, using tools provided by the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL):
- Data Portrait of Place (any level)
- Grassroots, neighborhood, community
- Local governments
- Businesses
Our activities are all related to promoting the use of Doughnut Economics in the Chicago area, and promoting the work of other organizations contributing to a regenerative and redistributive economy. We will work towards integrating Doughnut Economics with the initiatives of other organizations – where there is compatibility. Activities may include: holding informational sessions, online workshops, and social gatherings.
We intend to work with community groups, local government, businesses, educational institutions, and NGOs located in the Chicago area.
Activities & Services
Public Declaration
We affirm that that our vision, values, and ways of working are aligned with those of Doughnut Economics.
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Anyone with a meaningful connection to our purpose is very welcome to join us - we’d love to hear from you!
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Julie Wang
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Julie is a recent graduate from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's degree in Global Studies and a concentration in Environmental Sustainability, Social Responsibility. As a young professional, she has experience and a passion for environmental and social impact projects within the business and energy sector. In her free time, she loves to street dance and experiment with new focaccia bread recipes. In ChiDEC, she serves as Co-Lead for the Business and Industry Sector Working Group and is active in the data team.
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Katy Osborn
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jeremy Robinson
Mundelein, Illinois, United States
Continuous Improvement Leader | Relentlessly Pursuing Improvements that Benefit Organizations and Humans | Co-Founder of Human CI Practicing Continuous Improvement to drive impactful results and adapt with agility to evolving market and regulatory conditions creates a competitive advantage that stands the test of time. Working in both the manufacturing and financial industries, I’ve designed, installed, and maintained improvement systems that deliver results and support a thriving improvement culture. I am at my best when I can pursue impactful results for my organizations while also improving the real-life experiences of fellow employees and customers. I am a natural people developer and coach with experience working at all leadership levels within an organization to ensure they support improvement culture as a priority. I Co-Founded Human CI, a think tank established to bring humanity into the way we define value and make decisions, because I wanted to be part of creating a brighter future for all humans. I hope to use my expertise in continuous improvement in service of others, and I believe being a part of the DEAL community will help connect me to opportunities that allow me to do just that.
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Bill Morrisett
Chicago, Illinois, United States
In May 2025 we launched ChiDEC - Chicagoland Doughnut Economics Coalition, http://chidec.org. Search DEAL for chidec to see our DEAL organization profile. We are organized into four working groups: Data, Grassroots, Business, and Local Government. Creating a Chicago Data Portrait is a top priority project for us.
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Robert Whitmore IV
Chicago, IL
Southside Chicago native with a passion for leveraging education, cross-cultural collaboration, and social innovation to enhance sustainable development on a local and global scale. Currently studying Global Wealth and Poverty part-time at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), while working full-time as a Senior ESG Analyst at Nasdaq on the Corporate ESG Strategy and Reporting team. During my studies at UIUC, I have gained sustainable development practitioner experience through participating in four international programs in three countries on the African continent. These programs included conducting research on gender-based violence at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in 2018, working as a micro-enterprise consultant in Cape Town, South Africa and Arusha, Tanzania in 2019, and spending a semester taking courses in International Development and Kiswahili at the University of Nairobi in Kenya in 2020. I take pride in continuing to leverage these bottom-up/local engagement experiences to inform potential macro-impact strategies in the private sector.
