Roscoe Village Man Honored for 3,000 Service Hours

A Roscoe Village resident has been honored for the thousands of hours he's tirelessly dedicated to worthy causes.

Executive Service Corps of Chicago presented Gordon Bieberle last month with its A. Dean Swift Distinguished Service Award, in recognition of the more-than 3,000 he has spent helping metropolitan nonprofits. The award was presented Nov. 8 at the 2012 Celebration of Service, an annual event acknowledging the impact of ESC’s 300 volunteer consultants and coaches in its more than 150 nonprofits.

Bieberle joined ESC in 2007 as a way to "give back" to his community using his years of business experience, according to a news release. He most recently served as a webmaster at Columbia College. Before that, he was the publisher for the National Safety Council and editor of The Professional Photographer, a national monthly magazine of the Professional Photographers of America.

He applied his expertise through the ESC to coaching services for nonprofit executives and up-and-coming talent; consulting with nonprofits in the areas of board development and strategic planning; and more.

His clients include the Association of Educational Therapists, Boys and Girls Club of Lake County, Center for Disability and Elder Law, and Connections for Abused Women and their Children.

In addition to volunteering with ESC, Bieberle dedicates time to Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly and is the former president and program chair of the Renaissance Club, a Lake View social club for residents 40 years old or older. He is also founder and president of another social organization, the Roscoe Village Social Group.

ESC is a nonprofit that enhances the overall impact of Chicago area nonprofits and public agencies through professional, affordable consulting services. Since 1978 it has completed more than 3,500 engagements with nonprofits to enable them to better meet the needs of those they serve.