Chicago
About This Chapter
Join a fun community of liberty-minded young professionals in the Windy City!
AFF-Chicago is a professional development network for individuals who believe in the power of personal liberty, entrepreneurship, and innovation–channeled through free markets–to promote positive social change.
AFF-Chicago events bring the “doers” of Chicago together to network, learn from each other, discuss key issues, and ultimately collaborate to improve themselves and the city as a whole. AFF-Chicago hosts variety of events; previous events have included a happy hour with David Boaz of the CATO Institute and a panel on school choice and education reform in Illinois.
Upcoming Events
Currenly no events. Please check back for updates!
Past Events
Criminal Justice Reform National Series | Part 4 – Police Reform
Join AFF-Nashville and the Beacon Center for our June Young Professionals Networking Night! This month, we are at a new location with a speaker who is a familiar face for...
Criminal Justice Reform National Series | Part 3 – Community Corrections
Community corrections is used to refer collectively to the programs that supervise offenders outside of the prison system, such as probation, parole/extended supervision, and work release. Join AFF-Milwaukee, Badger Institute...
Criminal Justice Reform National Series | Part 2 – Qualified Immunity
In the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, there have been calls to change or end the legal doctrine known as qualified...
Chapter Leader
Eric Kohn
Eric Kohn is marketing manager at the Illinois Policy Institute. In that role, he works to facilitate conversation, increase engagement, and drive advocacy within the Institute’s digital community. Prior to joining the Institute, Eric was founder and CEO of Curious Task Strategies, a public affairs consulting firm. Eric is also a board member of the Institute to Reduce Spending. He previously hosted The Eric Kohn Program on 1530-AM WJJG, and has guest-hosted the nationally syndicated The Guy Benson Show and Illinois Watchdog Radio on Cities 92.9FM in Bloomington-Normal. He has appeared as a commentator on Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg, The Michael Koolidge Show, WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, and numerous news broadcasts in the Chicagoland area. Eric’s writings have appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Belleville News-Democrat, the Madison/St. Clair Record, and other publications. Eric grew up in Belleville, Ill., and is a graduate of Millikin University in Decatur, IL.