Vince Foglia
Board Chair
Vince Foglia serves as the Board Chair of Let It Be Us. Vince is a major leader and philanthropist and has been a supporter of Let It Be Us for many years. Vince served in the United States Navy and earned a BS in Marketing from the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. Vince is the founder of Sage Products and is widely respected as an innovator in the development, manufacturing and marketing of prevention products designed for hospitals in the United States and abroad. Sage Products was sold in 2016 to Stryker and continues to be successful to this day.
Vince is very active in providing leadership and support to YMCA organizations (including the Foglia YMCA in North Barrington), healthcare facilities, youth and community programs. His support of Gigi’s Playhouse and children experiencing Down syndrome is renowned and ties into his support of the efforts of Let It Be Us and serving children in foster care with varying abilities. To that end, he has been instrumental in the formation of the Let It Be Us Special Families Program which provides foster and adoptive homes for children of all ages with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, and medical complexities.
Vince and his wife, Pat, have been named to the prestigious list of Distinguished Benefactors by the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.