Jordan Michael Filler Foundation

A Non-Profit Organization Born Out of Tragedy


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The JMFF Board

Executive Board
Mark Filler, Chairman
Julie Filler, Co-Chair
Tom Aronson, Treasurer
Jessica Filler, Secretary
Lauren Filler
Jennifer Filler
Matthew Coleman
Brian Boorstein
Jeffrey Hammes
Mark Koulogeorge
Dan Perlman
Jennifer Rothman
Howard Schiller
David Sheff
Debra Guggenheim, Director

Advisory Board
Commissioner Richard Boykin
Congressman Robert Dold
Senator Mark Kirk
Michael Nerheim
Peter Bensinger
Bruce Johnson
Andy Duran
Chelsea LaLiberte
David Lee

Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Michael Caplan
Dr. Kim Dennis
Dr. Laura Parisi
Dr. David Schreiber
Dr. Adam Rubenstein
​Dr Keith Sarpolis

About Our Board

The Jordan Michael Filler Foundation is about more than one family's loss and desire to remember their son.  It's about more than a group of boys looking back at a friend and remembering the good times.  We're here to make change.  Not just local change, but national change.  The kind of change that will save thousands of families from enduring the pain brought on by addiction.

Our board is filled with family, yes.  But it's also littered with people who can, will, and do make a difference in our society every day.  Our board consists of an Illinois Congressman and U.S. Senator, people who have the power to bring change not just in Illinois but in Washington D.C. as well.  Our medical board is filled with doctors who are at the top of their respective fields and with a lifetime of experience behind them.  We are comprised of Harvard Law graduates and yes, professional fundraisers too.  Why?  Because we need serious people to make serious changes.

Our initiatives which include: Providing Narcan (an anti-overdoes drug) to first responders.  Text-A-Tip, which allows anonymous help for you, a friend, or a loved one when its needed.  Fighting the HIPAA Laws so that doctors can work with parents when their underage children may be facing real dangers.  All these initiatives and others require more than a roomful of people talking, or bantering back and forth in strongly worded emails.  They take action, dedication and a sustained desire to make a change.  And that is the group we've put together.

While The Jordan Michael Filler Foundation's board is important, we don't want to forget, minimize or underestimate, the thousand's of volunteers and donor's who make what we do possible.  We wish we had a place and the resources to share every one of your wonderful deeds and generous contributions on this site.  It truly would be a spectacular series of moments. 

Thank you all from the bottom of our Hearts!
IS YOUR CHILD SAFE FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE?  DO THEY HAVE….
Good Friends

Jordan was always surrounded by good friends. He was well liked by everyone he knew.
Loving Family

Three sisters who adored Jordan and loving parents. What more could you ask for?
Bright Future

Jordan had the world at his feet. He had the intelligence and support to be almost anything.
SO YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE SAFE, RIGHT?
WRONG?

It can happen to anyone in any family. Don't let it happen to yours. Heroin doesn't care where you come from. It doesn't care how smart you are or how great your family life is. Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction and ultimately…..death.
The Jordan Michael Filler Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that was established to take Jordan’s fight with heroin addiction out from behind closed doors, into the spotlight, to create awareness of drug addiction. Through educating children and their parents, primarily through schools; working with legislators to improve privacy laws to enable treatment providers to work more effectively with families; and expanding a program called "text a tip," which provides students an opportunity to anonomously get help for themselves or others,  the Foundation will make a difference in the prevention and treatment of  substance abuse (including heroin).