EXECUTIVE TEAM
DON SIKORSKI
Over the last three years as an investigative journalist and television producer, Don Sikorski has embedded and reported on families who have been the victims of gun violence and death on the streets of Chicago, mainly mothers who lost their young sons or daughters. At the same time, Sikorski has been embedding with police departments and sheriff departments across the country to document a new recruiting class of young police officers who have been trained differently post George Floyd, as they do their work, day in and day out, as police departments implement new policies and procedures.
What I witnessed from the families was a lack of understanding on how America’s criminal justice system worked as it relates to homicide and shooting incidents at the street level and inside the criminal courts. On the side of the police, there was a lack of effort, communication, and empathy among criminal investigators who had to balance their caseload with a grieving network of family and friends.
DANNY O’TOOLE
Born 1974 in Lombard, Illinois, upon his graduating from high school, he joined the US Marine Corps, serving as an Infantry Squad Leader in Okinawa and stateside.
After a brief stint in Marketing and Sales in Boston, O’Toole returned home and joined The Chicago Police Department in 2000, reaching the rank of Sergeant. In that time, he has received over 300 citations for exemplary duty including Sergeant of the Year, the national ATF Award, the Latin American Police Association’s Officer of the Year, the department’s Blue Star Award (for being shot in the line of duty), and three awards for valor.
O’Toole is currently the second most decorated officer in the Chicago Police Department.
RICK PHILLIPS
Hailing from NYC, Rick Phillips has over 20yrs of experience in media and publishing.
With over four magazine titles under his belt, as well as working in music, tv and film, he has truly circled the bases, including in 1990, starting a 501 c 3 organization called Black to the Future, a charity organized to educate inner city children about environmental issues.
To that end, Phillips led a delegation of the most famous rap artists of the day, to the United Nations to be delivered a private audience with the head of the United Nations discussing environmental concerns.
GERALD “PRINCE” MILLER
Gerald Miller was born and raised in Queens, New York.
As a teenager, Miller started his path into a life of crime, as the founding member of the infamous Supreme Team drug organization. No one understands the legal, emotional, and street complexities involved with gun violence, its effects upon families in the community, and the street code of silence that prevents people from speaking about these crimes (and the police from solving them). Miller believes the key to stopping the violence in most communities at risk is that it takes understanding and awareness from people who can speak from different perspectives and experience.
Miller spent 30 years inside federal prison, paying a debt to society after he was arrested in his early twenties on narcotics offenses. While inside federal criminal institutions, Gerald served his penance by mentoring young men, who had found themselves in a cell, but had short enough sentences that they could have a second act in life and redemption. His personal journey was recently nominated for a television Emmy, in the documentary series The Supreme Team on Paramount+.
ANDY HILL
Andy Hill is a consultant to several law enforcement agencies nationwide, and he continues to serve as a crisis management consultant for many businesses and non-profit agencies.
As a cop, Hill worked for the Drug Enforcement Bureau, the Violent Crimes Task Force, and conspiracy investigations for the Phoenix Police Department.
Hill also volunteered his time overseas with the service organization Food for the Hungry International after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 200,000 people.