Guy Schingoethe
Senior Operations Consultant
Founding Partner
Guy Schingoethe is a Founding Partner of Be Strong Families and is currently serving as a Senior Operations Consultant. Guy comes to this role with more than 19 years’ experience working in the family support field. From 2000–2005, he worked as executive assistant and project administrator in partnership with the COO of Family Support America, helping to map family support programs across the country before assuming the role of conference manager, where he oversaw the planning and implementation of a national gathering of more than 1500 people. In 2005, Guy assumed a lead role in creating and managing Strengthening Families Illinois—working on that initiative as it evolved into Be Strong Families in 2012.
Like many Be Strong Families staff members, Guy is also a master trainer on Be Strong Families Parent Cafés as well as other training offerings. As a Parent Leader, Guy is passionate about the importance of male involvement in raising their children and engaging dads in being an active part of their children’s lives and through Be Strong Families has helped spearhead the development of Dads Cafés and the Dads Parent Café in a Box resource.
Guy received his BA in Theatre Arts/English/Communications from the University of Hartford and has completed additional certificate programs on Project Management through Loyola University Chicago and Financial Management through Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
In addition to his professional career with Be Strong Families, he remains an active performer in Chicago both as an actor and singer / pianist and is the lead singer of the hard rock band Faith in the Fallen. He also currently serves on the board of directors for the Arizona Masters of Poetry.
Guy lives in South Suburban Chicagoland area with his wife Ericka and son Sterling.
“Being a dad has become my purpose. And being the best dad I can, my mission. Even with the best intentions, a loving partner, and the means to support them, it is an everyday battle to keep my head above water, be the kind of person that my family can look up to and trust, and maintain my individuality and personal and artistic goals. Being my true self and fully engaging in all endeavors with an open heart and mind are my goals for both my family and Be Strong Families.”