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Victor Dickson

Organization - President & Chief Executive Officer, Safer Foundation

County - Cook

Victor B. Dickson is the President and CEO of Safer Foundation in Chicago IL. The Safer Foundation is a national leader in the fields of community corrections, reentry, and workforce development. Mr. Dickson has led the Safer Foundation as President & CEO the past 8 years. His leadership experience includes more than 20 years in the corporate sector with AT&T and Sprint where he was National Vice President of Sales Support & Infrastructure Services. In this role Victor led a team of more than 3500 network & systems engineers, software developers and technical account consultants, supporting national and multi-national business clients. His team was responsible for maintaining an $11B revenue stream. Victor serves on the Illinois Workforce Innovation Opportunity Board, the Illinois Growth Fund Advisory Council, Illinois Reentry Council, the Illinois Reentry Housing Task Force, and Co-chairs the City of Chicago Equity Advisory Council. He has also served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Advisory Council and Chicago Police Accountability Task Force. Mr. Dickson is a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago. Victor and his wife Talese have four adult children and reside in Chicago.