Chicago Housing Authority CEO Eugene Jones, Jr., Big Brothers Big Sisters CEO Art Mollenhauer and Smyth Elementary School Principal Ronald R. Whitmore kicked off the CHA/Big Brothers Big Sisters Workplace Mentoring Program this week. CHA is the first City of Chicago sister government agency to participate in the program. Employees are serving as mentors to students from Smyth, many of whom are public housing residents. The workplace mentoring partnership is part of CHA’s “Year of the Youth” year-long youth engagement campaign that will include unique business partnerships, internship programs and youth-related programs that focus on mentoring young people and putting them on a strong career path to college and jobs. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago helps children realize their potential and build their futures. Its vision is that all children achieve success in life. Employees of the CHA were matched up with students at Smyth Elementary and met earlier this year. At Monday’s kickoff meeting, they spent some time catching up before volunteers spoke about their experiences so far in the program.