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 Cosette Nazon Yisrael

Executive Director, Love, Unity and Values Institute (The Luv Institute)

Cosette Nazon Yisrael is a humanitarian, teacher, author, marketing entrepreneur and Co-Founder of the Love, Unity and Values (LUV) Institute.

Her commitment to nurturing human capital began as a teenager working under the guidance of her parents in the nursing home they owned in Illinois. There, she noticed the unhealthy impact of loneliness on the long-term well-being of the elderly residents and devised a way to address it. Her response was the development of an Adopt a Grandparent program that helped seniors connect with families and build wholesome relationships that uplifted their spirits and brought quality to their lives.

Growing up, Yisrael spent holidays working with her family in soup kitchens lovingly dispensing sustenance for the body and spirit to those who came to partake in the meals. This strong foundation of caring for others lead to her ultimately creating The LUV Institute, a 501(c)(3) organization which actively works at reducing poverty among a target group of vulnerable children and young adults ages 11 to 24 at critical stages in their life.

Through its programs and workshops, LUV helps build self-esteem, college and workforce readiness and job placement in sustainable employment which reflects market demands. Yisrael’s book, Journey to My Better Self, is the foundation of all of her work and LUV’s flagship program, the Journey to My Better Self Career Academy. The innovative 12-week series provides career and life readiness skills to youths 17 to 24 who are wards of the state and on parole.

With the help of 15 full- and part-time team members, The LUV Institute facilitates five (5) programs and delivers services to over 500 youth and young adults annually. Under Yisrael’s leadership, The LUV Institute has raised nearly $1 million in little more than three years to launch and grow its programs. At ease with technology, Yisrael launched the 2012 Social Innovation Summit, a seven-day teleconference featuring 18 nonprofit founders and thought leaders.

Author of Manifesting Your Nonprofit Vision, Yisrael also is an experienced business coach to for-profit companies and individuals interested in creating nonprofit visions that “do well while doing good.” Her 12-week online coaching program takes organizations from vision to manifestation and delivers on reaching scalable income and impact goals within 6 to 12 months. One hundred percent of the income generated from the adult coaching practice goes towards funding new programs for at-risk youth.

Yisrael is recognized as having been one of the top leadership coaches for Landmark Education, an international training and development company which help people unlock their potential. Yisrael is an executive board member of the Sylvia Wellness Institute, a senior housing development organization. Her role there has been to lead rezoning and funding efforts for The Sylvia House, the non-profit’s planned seven-story apartment building in Chicago’s Bronzeville area scheduled for completion in 2016.

Prior to The LUV Institute, Yisrael founded the Harmoni Group, an integrated marketing and communications company specializing in digital/online/viral strategies, where she was chief creative officer. Over the years she has received five industry awards for marketing and communications excellence. Her portfolio of clients includes Aon Hewitt, JBC Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute, Wal-Mart Corporation, League of Black Women, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, CEDA, Nurses Plus, 14 Stations in the Clear Channel Radio cluster, Community Mental Health Council, Inc., NAAAHR, SalonSENSE Magazine, Dr. Earles LLC, Letke & Associates, The Smiley Group, Chicago State University and the Women of Purpose Global Summit.

Yisrael studied the sciences at Knox College and graduated with a degree in chemistry.

 

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