About Our Mentoring

Mentors with Northern Illinois SCORE represent many industries, backgrounds and skill sets.

Since 1986, Northern Illinois SCORE small business mentors have collectively accounted for about 3,500 years of business and industrial experience.  Together they have held more than 6,600 mentoring sessions with local entrepreneurs and businesses .

Listed in the table to your right are the career backgrounds and personal biographies of current SCORE mentors. When evaluating your mentoring needs, you may choose to request a mentor that has experience in the area of your need.  While SCORE will do their best to accommodate your request, please understand SCORE can not guarantee the availability of that mentor for your specific situation.



When Does SCORE Counsel?

On Wednesday and Friday from 9 am until 12 noon.  Sessions are 1 hour in length. Visit our in-person business mentoring page for more information.

May I Return for Additional Mentoring?

Sure!  There is no limit on the number of sessions you may have.  Just schedule an appointment for each session.

Is It Possibly to Schedule My Mentoring Online?

Yes!  There are two ways to counsel online. 

If you have counseled with someone at in person locally, then you can email or call that person and request online mentoring at a mutually agreeable time.

Or, you may select an online mentor from the national SCORE site at  www.score.org.  You will have the several options in choosing your mentor.  For more information visit the online mentoring information page.