The Team

Thomasina Madden serves as the Licensing Supervisor for the Center For Youth and Family Solutions in Peoria. She has been in this position for four years. Prior to this, Thomasina worked as the Operations Mangers and Resource Specialist at the Children's Home Association of Illinois. Thomasina worked in various roles at the Children's Home Association of Illinois since May 2017. Thomasina has worked within the social service and education fields for over ten years. 

Thomasina is a double graduate of Bradley University with a Master's in Leadership in Human Service Administration as well as a Bachelor's in At-Risk Prevention. She is a member of the 10th Mountain Division Descendanta and a lifetime member of Alpha Chi Omega Women's Fraternity. She currently serves as President for the Peoria Area  and Bradley University Alpha Chi Omega Bradley Alumnae Chapter. She also serves as the positional advisor for Alpha Chi Omega at Bradley University and for Lambda Chi Alpha at Eureka College. She currently serving the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation as a committee member for the Growing Our Cirlce Initiative. She has volunteered nationally for Alpha Chi Omega within the Education and Leadership Initiatives Departments as a collegiate awards reveiwer and breakout facilitator for Leadership Academy. She served previously as a volunteer with Alpha Chi Omega Collegiate Experience remotely as a Lead Risk Management Specialist. She has a served the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation as a Campaign Influencer for their Common Bond. Uncommon Impact, captial campagin. She has a also served with the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation as a Cmpaign Ambassador for their Day of Giving and Founders Day Challenge.

Thomasina and her life partner, Grant, have just begun their foster journey with fostering youth aged 10 and above They previously foster dogs through a local no-kill shelter where they also adopted three pups. Though two of the pups are no longer with them they still have their first adoptee, Casper, a Jack Russell Terrier mix. Casper is also happy to have children in the home who he gets to spread love to.

Thomasina is orignally from the south suberbs of Chicago. Go White Sox! She is happy to call Peoria her home for over 10 years. She enjoys volunteering, reading, traveling and spending time with family and friends.