Gayla Brockman, MA, is named Michael Reese president and CEO, and the foundation undertakes a year-long, board-led strategic planning process. The comprehensive, self-reflective process leads to a new consensus on strengths, opportunities, and strategic priorities.Michael Reese, together with the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation and Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, commission an assessment of oral health in Illinois. The report’s findings—including the facts that one in five children in 2013–14 had untreated tooth decay and that from 2005 to 2015, the percentage of adults who reported not having visited the dentist in the past year grew by 10 percent—confirm oral health as a funding priority.
