Bev Pomering is founder and executive director of the Live R.E.A.L. Foundation. Bev is a lifelong resident of the IL/WI stateline area. She married Terry Pomering over 25 years ago and together they raised two boys in Roscoe, Illinois. The Pomerings lost their first born son, Alex in August 2019 at age 20 from a fentanyl overdose.