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WELCOME TO THE BOOK Ever since Crain’s Chicago Business launched in 1978, we have made data-driven research, rankings and analysis a centerpiece of everything we do. Over time, our exclusive lists of virtually every facet of the Chicago-area economy—from our can’t-find-itanywhere-else list of privately held companies to our qualitytested rankings of the area’s largest law firms, money managers, banks, foundations and just about everything in between—have been a trusted yardstick to measure the health of the regional economy as well as a useful resource for executives looking to hire, raise capital, pitch new ideas to clients and understand the competition. This year’s edition of The Book, our annual compendium of a year’s worth of Chicago-centric data, comes at a remarkable time in the history of this city. We’re entering another year under the shadow of a global pandemic and yet, unlike this time last year, we know Chicago’s business community will emerge from this stress test leaner, stronger and ready to meet the challenges of the year ahead. How do we know? Crain’s lists give us some substantial cause for optimism. Just as a for-instance, 14 of the top 20 firms on our list of the largest privately held companies reported revenue growth in 2020, despite all the crosswinds that COVID-19 blew in their direction. It’s a similar story with our banks list, where each of the top 20 institutions reported growth in assets. The top 20 accounting firms also reported revenue growth, as did the majority of similarly situated law firms. Which isn’t to say the year just past was a picnic. No one who lived through it will soon forget the challenges the Chicago business community has faced since March 2020. And yet, Chicago organizations have done what people in the City That Works have always done: making do, teaming up, reaching out and thinking big to get the job done. And as we enter the year ahead, there’s reason to believe that by the time Crain’s publishes its next edition of The Book in December 2022, the pandemic will be in our rearview mirror, as COVID-19 vaccines are more widely embraced, new treatments mitigate the worst effects of the disease and Chicagoans get back to collaborating in person. Crain’s will be here every step of the way, chronicling this remarkable story of resilience and fortitude— and offering yet another numbers-driven snapshot of how well we are collectively doing as we seek a path to post-COVID renewal. Onward, JIM KIRK Publisher and Executive Editor

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CRAIN’S 2022

J.B. PRITZKER

Last year, we wrote about how the governor’s office had “more power over the fate of the state than anyone else.” That still holds true, as Pritzker helped steer the state through its vaccination campaign, phased reopening and pandemic budget. For the first time in decades, Illinois saw a bond rating upgrade—a promising sign, even as we still hover toward junk. Pritzker also oversaw the passage of a massive energy overhaul that he’ll now be responsible for seeing through, as well as a rewrite of the state’s cannabis licensing rules—after plenty of complaints—and an incentive package he hopes will make Illinois an electric vehicle hub. He’s lost on some political bets as the state’s power structure reshuffles post-Madigan: backing unsuccessful candidates for state Senate and leadership of the Democratic Party. Whether that hampers his re-election bid is a key question in 2022.

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MANUEL MARTINEZ

Governor of Illinois Position last year: 1

Last year’s Power 25 list was full of influencers who would set the course for Chicago and the state through the height of the pandemic and racial reckoning, including leaders like Dr. Ngozi Ezike of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Abbott CEO Robert Ford and My Block My Hood My City’s Jahmal Cole. With vaccines now widely available and an economic recovery underway, this year’s list focuses on those who found ways to adapt, rebound or build resilience in their power base. The latest list also reflects changing political dynamics: Mike Madigan—feared speaker of the Illinois House and longtime head of the state’s Democratic Party—has been dethroned, making room for other players to stake their claim. After years of delays, Barack Obama’s presidential center is finally getting started. A growing national focus on lifting up Black and Brown communities has also bolstered the power of minority-led financial firms helping to invest and build wealth across the country. Until the city’s ailing hospitality and entertainment sectors get back on track, don’t expect to see cultural scions on this year’s list. The same goes for some in the real estate community whose developments have yet to break ground or land major tenants. The 2022 list, a snapshot of local power players in business, labor, politics and the nonprofit world, takes into account each person’s sphere of influence (What power do they have beyond their title?), direct control (Do they make the final call?), access to capital and old-fashioned newsworthiness. If Crain’s power list doesn’t match your own—and even if it does—we’d like to hear from you. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.

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INNOVATION FUELS ILLINOIS. BUT WHO FUELS INNOVATION? The answer is all around you. All across our state, the University of Illinois System is partnering with companies, communities and entrepreneurs from every industry. Together, we’re driving advancements in areas like technology, education, agriculture, infrastructure and health to foster opportunity and economic growth for the people of Illinois and businesses large and small. Because when we unite the best in each of us, we are Altogether Extraordinary. Learn more about how we’re building a stronger, healthier Illinois at uillinois.edu/extraordinary.

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CRAIN’S 2022

LORI LIGHTFOOT

MELLODY HOBSON

Mayor of Chicago Position last year: 2

President and co-CEO, Ariel Investments Position last year: 6

STEPHEN J. SERIO

We promised to judge Lightfoot on her handling of the COVID fight, the city’s recovery and its budget. Lightfoot’s 2022 spending plan—including a massive pandemic recovery plan—sailed through the City Council with plaudits from many of the same progressives who have been among her loudest critics to date. She also landed five hefty bids for the long-sought Chicago casino. But her ability to share the sandbox with other big political players has improved only slightly—in no area was that more evident in 2021 than her conflict over the city’s violent crime with officials like Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Chief Judge Timothy Evans. Springfield also passed an elected school board bill over her objections. Like other big cities, Chicago experienced an increase in violent crime—leading to greater tension with aldermen, some in the downtown business community and the Police Department.

KEN GRIFFIN

Founder and CEO, Citadel Position last year: 3

Griffin has long been a household name in Chicago’s business community as the founder of Citadel, a leading philanthropist and an active political presence. Citadel Securities’ 2020 revenue surged 76% over 2019’s totals, and Citadel’s assets under management surpassed the $35 billion mark in 2021 (up from $32 billion a year earlier). Griffin entered the “white-hot national spotlight,” as Crain’s put it, thanks to the dust-up over the meme stock spree and Citadel’s rescue of a fellow hedge fund. That made him a magnet for political populists and Redditors alike. Griffin shrugged it off (and the Securities & Exchange Commission debunked conspiracy theories that funds like Citadel had forced trading to stop). Closer to home, how Griffin will deploy his checkbook is a key source of speculation for election-watchers: He’s pledged to go toe-to-toe with J.B. Pritzker by bankrolling any viable challenger heading into the 2022 contests. We might not see him on this list in the near future: Griffin threatened to move Citadel’s headquarters out of state if local leaders didn’t do more to address Chicago crime.

Hobson has ranked high on this list every year since its inception, not only for her pull locally— as the largest shareholder and public face of Chicago-based Ariel Investments, which added a West Coast office in 2021— but nationally. Hobson is not only the first black chairwoman of the Starbucks board, but has spent the past year building up Ariel’s new private-equity strategy focused on forging Black and Brown entrepreneurs: Project Black. She’s also been busy building up the galleries for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, where she splits her time. All the while, she has remained Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s eyes and ears with Chicago’s business community.

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SCOTT KIRBY

CEO, United Airlines Position last year: 17

Kirby, like the rest of Chicago, is betting on a recovery in air travel, which will test the new CEO’s bold vision to grow the airline. He cut jobs and space at Willis Tower but plans to increase flights at O’Hare International Airport. Since becoming CEO of one of Chicago’s biggest employers in 2020, Kirby has been in the national spotlight as a leading proponent of mandatory vaccines by employers, winning kudos from President Joe Biden. He’s also taken the lead on climate change and diversity, making high-profile, long-term commitments on both fronts. While his home base is in Dallas—United President Brett Hart might be a more familiar face to Chicago power players—Kirby still has a direct line to City Hall.

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1st U.S. city to publish a COVID-19 economic recovery plan, today driving equitable and inclusive growth throughout the city’s 77-neighborhoods.

Chicago’s culture, arts, theatre, world-class dining, sports, and network of 77-neighborhoods is second-to-none.

World Business Chicago’s mission is to drive economic growth and job creation, support businesses, and promote Chicago as the leading global city to attract new companies and help existing Chicago companies thrive and grow. Our vision is to make Chicago the most business-friendly city in the world by becoming a role model for truly inclusive eocnomic growth, ensuring that all Chicagoans prosper through equitable and inclusive economic development.

Follow World Business Chicago on LinkedIn for daily business and economic development news and announcements. To read our growing list of 100 reasons, visit worldbusinesschicago.com/100reasons.

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CRAIN’S 2022

JOHN ROGERS

Chairman, co-CEO and chief investment officer, Ariel Investments Position last year: 10

President, Cook County Board Position last year: 7

Politic, cautious and meticulous, this Hyde Park resident has led the Cook County Board for more than a decade now, helping steer the county’s jail and health system through the worst of the pandemic, doling out federal dollars and assistance to suburban communities and plotting a recovery focused on racial equity. Her team’s steady fiscal management landed the county its first bond upgrade in years and another budget without tax hikes or deepening debt. A key test for her other powerful leadership post, at the Cook County Democratic Party, will be in the 2022 midterm election, which is shaping up to be tough for Dems.

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MAURICE SMITH

President and CEO, Health Care Services Corp. Position in 2019: 17

ROZ BREWER

CEO, Walgreens Boots Alliance New to the list

ALEX GARCIA

TONI PRECKWINKLE

Rogers has established himself as one of the most important advocates for corporate diversity, with nonprofits like the MacArthur Foundation answering his call to action in 2021 and pledging to hire diverse professionals to help it manage its $8.2 billion in assets. Ariel Investments, which Rogers founded back in 1983, is now one of the largest U.S. Blackowned money management firms, with $17 billion under management, up from $12 billion in 2020. Rogers also reaches some of the world’s most influential brands, sitting on the boards of McDonald’s, the New York Times and Nike.

CHRIS KEMPCZINSKI

CEO, McDonald’s Position last year: 14

Two years into Kempczinski’s tenure as president and CEO of McDonald’s, most of his time has been spent embroiled in a pandemic that upended the restaurant industry. The fast-food chain has fared well, in part because of Kempczinski’s ongoing dependence on to-go orders. First, he simplified menus and sped up drive-thru times. Now he’s investing in digital pushes to get people through the line faster. Also drawing repeat customers are celebrity partnerships, a new loyalty program and crispy chicken sandwiches. Watch for deeper dependence on McDonald’s app and the U.S. rollout of the McPlant. Operational successes have been offset on the PR front, most recently a controversy over texts the CEO sent the mayor casting the parents of two young victims of Chicago violence in a negative light. For an image-conscious company, it wasn’t a great look.

Brewer took the helm from Stefano Pessina (still the company’s largest shareholder and executive chairman) in March and immediately set to work turning the pharmacy chain into a growth machine, gobbling up majority stakes in three health care firms with the hopes of transforming into an integrated health care company. The pandemic has helped, driving customers to become more dependent on Walgreens. But competitors such as CVS have set similar goals, and headwinds abound. Simultaneously, Brewer is conducting a $1.3 billion costcutting campaign and looking to snuff out tobacco sales at the drugstore chain.

Smith climbed the ladder at HCSC since starting out as an intern in 1993, ascending to CEO in June 2020. In the Chicago area, the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois parent now controls 59% of the overall health insurance marketplace and is the fifth-largest insurer nationwide, counting nearly 17 million members across health plans in Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The company is already increasing its footprint in the Medicare Advantage market. Smith’s civic gigs include chairing the Roosevelt University board of trustees and serving on the boards of Ventas, the Economic Club and World Business Chicago.

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DICK DURBIN

U.S. senator, Illinois New to the list

If you want something from Washington and you or your company is from Illinois, Durbin is the one to see. The veteran legislator is not only the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, but also chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the panel that approves judges and federal prosecutors. His influence is equally deep here at home, where he tends to get what he wants—including on such matters as selecting a new state Democratic Party chair.

BLOOMBERG

MARTIN CABRERA

LUKAS WALTON

Co-founder, Builders Initiative New to the list

HELENE GAYLE

President and CEO, Chicago Community Trust Position last year: 15

On top of being a nationally sought-after expert on poverty and infectious disease, Gayle was well suited to her leadership role of the trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nation’s second-largest community foundation (total assets of $3.7 billion as of the end of 2020) helped launch an immediate relief program plus the “We Rise Together” initiative, a commitment to ensuring Chicago’s Black and Latino communities hit hardest by the pandemic were not left behind during the recovery. For those efforts, Gayle earned the Chicago Mayor’s Medal of Honor for her work in 2021. Gayle also is on the boards of Coca-Cola, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the ONE Campaign.

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It’s rare for a 30-something who moves so quietly to make a list like this, but Lukas Walton is an exception. The Walmart family heir trades places now and then with Ken Griffin as Illinois’ richest man, depending on which yardstick you use. Bloomberg recently pegged Walton’s estimated net worth at just north of $21 billion. By all indications, he has just begun to emerge as one of the biggest philanthropic forces in the city. The Builders Initiative, which focuses on renewable food and energy programs and the outdoors, has pledged $2 billion to causes over the last three years. That’s more than other powerhouse local foundations like MacArthur. It’s syncing investment goals with other Walton interests, like S2G Ventures, the ag-tech VC firm.

DON THOMPSON

Founder and CEO, Cleveland Avenue New to the list

Since leaving his post as CEO of McDonald’s in 2015, Thompson has kept his influence in Chicago by investing in the city’s budding businesses. Through Cleveland Avenue, the investment firm he runs with his wife, Liz, Thompson is distributing tens of millions of dollars to companies in the restaurant, food and beverage industries. The fund’s earliest blockbuster investment was Beyond Meat, which had a successful public market debut in 2019. At the beginning of 2021, Cleveland Avenue announced a new $70 million fund to invest in minority and women entrepreneurs in Chicago and elsewhere. So far, the fund has cut checks to 10 startups.

Founder and CEO, Cabrera Capital Markets Position last year: 21

Cabrera’s investment banking and brokerage firm was climbing in 2020, and it’s now firmly one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the city. Cabrera and Chicago fixture Loop Capital Markets both had a breakout year in 2021, taking on more and more lucrative lead underwriting roles. Cabrera saw deal volume rise to about $160 billion in 2020 from the $90 billion range, and things are only looking up as companies move to meet diversity pledges in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Cabrera’s making a local commitment, too: The former head of the Chicago Plan Commission is now part of a $350 million redevelopment of LeClaire Courts, a former Chicago Housing Authority site near Midway Airport.

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CRAIN’S 2022

BOB REITER

President, Chicago Federation of Labor Position last year: 12

JOHN LAUSCH

U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois Position last year: 4

There’s only one thing that ultimately keeps crooked pols here from grabbing with both hands: Lausch, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. While he’s yet to catch what most consider his white whale, Mike Madigan, Lausch brought other high-profile indictments in 2021, including former Madigan associate Tim Mapes, former Ald. Ricardo Muñoz and sitting Alds. Patrick Daley Thompson and Carrie Austin. He’s got a lot of other things on his plate, be it fighting gang violence or battling narcotics traffickers. But, ultimately, his job is to keep government honest. With both of Illinois’ Democratic senators wanting to keep this GOPappointed holdover on the job, he could be here awhile longer.

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Chicago isn’t quite the union haven of Richard J. Daley’s days, but the relationship between organized labor and political power is still essential to the city’s DNA. Reiter, the leader of the umbrella organization representing local unions, has been neck-deep in negotiations during the pandemic—balancing more progressive forces like the Chicago Teachers Union with more conservative trades. After staving off union layoffs in last year’s city budget, he’s been a key stakeholder as the mayor rolled out her vaccine mandate. Also boosting Reiter’s influence: his service on the independent Cook County Health board and the CFL’s ownership stake in the Chicago Sun-Times.

PENNY PRITZKER

Co-chair, P33; founder and chair, PSP Partners Position last year: 23

Over the last few years, Pritzker has put much of her energy into growing Chicago’s technology and venture-capital industries. As the co-chair of P33, a tech-focused economic development organization, she helped organize a trip to Silicon Valley with Mayor Lori Lightfoot to sell coastal techies on what Chicago has to offer and launched

FRITZ KAEGI

Cook County assessor Position last year: 19

No year was more dreaded by the local commercial real estate community than 2021, when Kaegi turned his eye to the city of Chicago. Like previous rounds, the reformer’s valuations in a portion of downtown Chicago, for example, raised the total assessed value of nonresidential properties by 82.6%. But his big commercial critics—who say he’s stymieing investment and botched a COVID relief program—are only getting louder and could funnel campaign funds to a competitor in 2022. Kaegi says he’s living up to his promise to balance the scales of a broken system. Along the way, he’s polished his political bona fides by lining up early Democratic endorsements for his 2022 re-election bid.

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a nationwide ad campaign to attract more tech workers to the Windy City. Pritzker, whose net worth tops $3 billion, has also recently been working to develop more diverse tech talent through the $10 million Pritzker Tech Talent Labs at the Discovery Partners Institute.

TIM KILLEEN

President, University of Illinois System Position last year: 13

Despite the upheaval in higher ed during the pandemic, U of I once again logged record enrollment. Meanwhile, Killeen also championed a facultydeveloped COVID-19 saliva test that received federal emergency use authorization and is being used by more than 1,500 public schools, universities and employers. A for-profit arm of the venture—Shield T3—run by the Discovery Partners Institute generated nearly $50 million in revenue in its first year. U of I also is opening new university offices in India and Mexico to strengthen ties with international companies and prospective students.

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CRAIN’S 2022

VALERIE JARRETT

BLOOMBERG

President, Obama Foundation New to the list

Now that construction on the long-awaited and controversial Obama Presidential Center has begun in Jackson Park, a lot is riding on Jarrett’s ability to pull it off seamlessly. She’s off to a strong start, though, getting big players in Chicago’s corporate scene to give money to the foundation. A group of donors that included Prudential Financial, McDonald’s, Walgreens and Motorola Solutions collectively pitched in more than $300 million to the foundation this fall. The Obama Center is without a doubt one of the city’s most important real estate projects, as well as a defining piece of Barack and Michelle’s legacy in Chicago and beyond, which Jarrett still shapes as a sought-after Democratic media commentator.

ROBIN KELLY

MICHAEL SACKS

U.S. representative, Illinois’ 2nd District New to the list

Sacks, former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s business consigliere, has not strayed from his civic duties since Emanuel left City Hall. In 2021, Sacks became a key player in a massive overhaul of the city’s media ecosystem: the partnership between WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times. First investing in the newspaper in 2019 with Rocky Wirtz, Sacks doubled down, joining the MacArthur and Pritzker Traubert foundations to invest in what could be one of the biggest local nonprofit news orgs nationwide. Meanwhile, GCM’s assets under management grew 20% from fall of 2020 and stood at $70.5 billion.

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PEDRO MARTINEZ

CEO, Chicago Public Schools New to the list

In past years, we’ve weighed heavily in favor of leaders who have a tall task and plenty of potential to offer transformative change. There’s few in Chicago facing a taller task than Martinez, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s fresh, homegrown pick to replace the formidable Janice Jackson. He will be responsible for charting the course of the district’s recovery from COVID (flush with federal cash) and has already previewed big plans to stem dramatic enrollment losses, offer more robust programming at neighborhood schools and restore trust with the Chicago Teachers Union and its powerful leaders: Jesse Sharkey and Stacy Davis Gates.

In the wake of Mike Madigan’s fall, Robin Kelly was one of several local pols to pounce, winning over democratic insiders (with the help of No. 11 Durbin) to ascend to lead the Democratic Party of Illinois that he’d led for years. Though she’s been limited by federal regulators from one of the key functions of her role—fundraising— she’s turned her focus to creating a true party operation, helping urban, suburban and rural candidates up and down the ballot. In Washington, D.C., she’s been focused on maternal mortality, voting rights and health care access.

CURT BAILEY

President, Related Midwest Position in 2019: 8

BLOOMBERG

CEO, Grosvenor Capital Management New to the list

Bailey’s hunt continues for a company to anchor Related’s South Loop megaproject known as the 78. But he’s flexing his Chicago muscle in other ways to jumpstart that bold vision, including teaming up with magnate Neil Bluhm on a bid to put a casino on the parcel. Related continues to move ahead with the vaunted Discovery Partners Institute innovation and research center and broke ground on what will be the tallest building in the trendy Fulton Market District. Thanks to a new partnership, it will be the first Chicago high-rise to be built by a firm owned by a person of color.

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The pandemic has wreaked havoc on so much of life in Chicago and beyond, but it hasn’t stopped the young Chicagoans in our 40 Under 40 class of 2021 from doing great things. They’re in new industries—marijuana, cryptocurrency, solar energy—and old-line businesses—banking, health, logistics. They’re running their own firms and also making an impact at corporate giants. Many of this year’s honorees are committed to equity at their firms; one has made it his mission to hire the disabled. They’re creative thinkers thinking big, innovating in whatever field they’re in. They’re keeping Chicago moving during this tough time. Photography by John R. Boehm

JONATHAN BLACKBURN Sidley Austin

CHAD BRONSTEIN Fyllo

KAM BUCKNER State representative; Illinois House Black Caucus

CATE COSTA JPMorgan Chase

KYOKO CRAWFORD SkinIO

Chicago Children’s Museum gratefully recognizes the exceptionally generous sponsors of the November 13, 2021 Gala: A Million Ways to Play at levels of $15,000 or more. Their philanthropic leadership directly supports CCM’s general operations and underwrites significant access and engagement programs both in the museum and within our communities.

CR E ATOR S P ONS OR S $ 25,0 0 0 +

Lisa and Charles Tribbett | Russell Reynolds Associates L E AR NE R S P ONS OR S $ 1 5,0 0 0 - $ 24 ,9 9 9 @properties

John Geis and Sarah Berghorst

The Asiyanbi-Ozenne Family

Bill Kelley | Treehouse Foods

Linda Barham | Russell Reynolds & Associates

Dr. Nicholas A. and Tammy Pearce | The Vocati Group

Bob and Cece Barnett | Wexford Capital Partners

Jeffery and Dena Perry | Lead Mandates LLC

Blakely and Harvey Bundy

Sacks Family Foundation

Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.

Laura and Charles Tribbett | Outline Interiors

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

Jennifer Vachon and Craig Bonnell

ChicagoChildrensMuseum.org facebook.com/ChicagoChildrensMuseum @ChicagoChildrensMuseum Chicago Children’s Museum

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UNDER

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NAKHIA CROSSLEY Sunrun

ANTHONY DEL RIO Rush Health

ANDREA ELLIS Lime

JOE FLAMM Rose Mary

MELISSA GARCIA BMO Harris Bank

JUATISE GATHINGS Discover Financial Services

STEPHANIE GORECKI Cresco Labs

SARAH HAMILTON Kivvit

SAMARA HERNANDEZ Chingona Ventures

ALYSSA JAFFEE 7wireVentures

RASHARD JOHNSON Advocate South Suburban and Advocate Trinity hospitals

KANAV KARIYA Jump Crypto

WILL KERR Edge Logistics

LINDSAY KNIGHT Chicago Ventures

IAN MACK Tomahawk Science

MICHELLE MBEKEANI Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office

GRANT MILSTEAD United Airlines

SHARONE R. MITCHELL JR. Cook County public defender

KYLE NAKATSUJI Clearcover

BRAD NARDICK The Bazaar

ADAM OLALDE Xtreme Xperience

PRIYA PARRISH Impact Engine

DANIEL POLOTSKY CoinFlip

DELIA RAMIREZ State representative

PAUL REAUMOND CBRE

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RICARDO REGALADO Rozalado Services

JONATHAN RUDERSDORF Prologis

TIM SCHUMM Lucas James Talent Partners

LINDSEY SENN Fifield

KRISTEN SONDAY Paladin

JONATHON SPAGAT Rit Dye; Breakfast for Dinner

GREGORY STELLATOS Go Grocer

MARTIN SUCHARA Argonne National Laboratory

JEN WALLING Illinois Environmental Council

BENJAMIN WEISS CoinFlip

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CRAIN’S LIST

CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue. e = Crain’s estimate (in gray). * = Company estimate. Prior rank Company

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

STATE FARM MUTUAL 309-766-2311 AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE StateFarm.com CO. Bloomington

Michael L. Tipsord $78,900.0* Chairman, president, CEO -0.6%

200 57,500

Insurance, banking and mutual funds

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORP. Chicago

317-690-4734 HCSC.com

Maurice Smith President, CEO

$47,000.0 21.8%

7,889 23,995

Health insurer

REYES HOLDINGS LLC Rosemont

847-227-6500 ReyesHoldings.com

J. Christopher Reyes, M. $28,000.0* Jude Reyes, Co-chairmen -17.6%

2,700 29,400

Food and beverage distributor

ALDI U.S. Batavia

630-879-8100 ALDI.us

Jason Hart CEO

$20,242.0e 9.2%

2,200e 15,975e

Grocery chain

MEDLINE INDUSTRIES INC. Northfield

847-949-5500 Medline.com

Andy J. Mills, President Charlie N. Mills, CEO

$17,500.0 25.9%

4,800 27,000

Manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies

TOPCO ASSOCIATES LLC Elk Grove Village

847-676-3030 Topco.com

Randy Skoda President, CEO

$15,300.0 5.5%

415 509

Supplier to supermarkets and food-service companies

HAVI GROUP LP Downers Grove

630-353-4200 HAVI.com

Frank Ravndal CEO

$9,712.9e -11.3%

700 10,000

Supply chain, sourcing and marketing

ACE HARDWARE CORP. Oak Brook

630-990-6600 AceHardware.com

John Venhuizen President, CEO

$7,762.0 27.8%

966 7,250

Retail hardware cooperative

CITADEL SECURITIES Chicago

312-395-2100 CitadelSecurities.com

Ken C. Griffin, Founder Peng Zhao, CEO

$6,700.0e 76.3%

500 1.000

Market-making firm

OSI GROUP LLC Aurora

630-851-6600 OSIGroup.com

Sheldon Lavin Chairman, CEO

$6,100.0* -3.6%

2,146 19,800

Developer of fast-food, foodservice and retail food items

CITADEL Chicago

312-395-2100 Citadel.com

Ken C. Griffin CEO

$6,000.0e 36.4%

650 2,200

Hedge fund

KEHE DISTRIBUTORS LLC 630-343-0000 Naperville KeHE.com

Brandon K. Barnholt President, CEO

$5,500.01 19.6%

NA 5,4672

Distributor of specialty, fresh, natural and organic products to retailers

THE WALSH GROUP LTD. Chicago

312-563-5400 WalshGroup.com

Daniel J. Walsh, Matthew M. Walsh, Co-chairmen

$5,380.0 8.5%

1,500 8,000

General contractor, design-builder, construction manager

14 15

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Chicago

312-862-2000 Kirkland.com

Jon A. Ballis Chairman

$4,830.03 16.3%

1,600 4,930

Law firm

CLAYCO INC. Chicago

312-658-0747 ClayCorp.com

Robert G. Clark Executive chairman

$3,808.0 17.2%

1,040 2,600

Real estate development, architecture, engineering, design-build, construction

16 17 18 19

KOCH FOODS INC. Park Ridge

847-384-5940 KochFoodsInc.com

Joseph C. Grendys CEO

$3,600.0 0.0%

1,250 13,300

Supplier of fresh and frozen poultry

NAPLETON AUTOMOTIVE 630-530-3955 GROUP Oakbrook Terrace EdNapleton.com

Edward F. Napleton President

$3,347.3 10.5%

985 3,500

Auto dealerships

GUARANTEED RATE COS. 773-290-0505 Chicago Rate.com

Victor Ciardelli III President, CEO

$3,200.0* 211.8%

2,000* 9,000*

Mortgage lending and financial services

HEARTHSIDE FOOD SOLUTIONS LLC Downers Grove

630-967-3600 HearthsideFoods.com

Chuck Metzger CEO

$3,145.0 1.1%

2,517 10,088

Food contract manufacturing

20 21 22

AMSTED INDUSTRIES INC. Chicago

312-645-1700 Amsted.com

Stephen R. Smith Chairman, president, CEO

$3,062.9 -24.4%

440 11,700

Industrial components manufacturer

MADISON INDUSTRIES Chicago

312-277-0156 Madison.net

Larry Gies Founder

$2,908.1 6.7%

930 12,030

Industrial holding company

BAKER MCKENZIE Chicago

312-861-8000 BakerMcKenzie.com

David Malliband, Chicago $2,899.0 office managing partner -0.7%

515 11,991

Law firm

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Phone/website

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

RSM US LLP Chicago

980-233-4710 RSMUS.com

Joseph M. Adams CEO, managing partner

$2,878.5 6.4%

1,450 12,503

Audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market

INLAND REAL ESTATE GROUP OF COS. Oak Brook

630-218-8000 InlandGroup.com

Daniel L. Goodwin Chairman, CEO

$2,800.0e 0.0%

680e 1,070e

Commercial real estate, investment, property management, leasing

HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD. Chicago

800-432-2558 HubInternational.com

Marc I. Cohen President, CEO

$2,705.2 12.6%

731 13,425

Risk, insurance, employee benefits, retirement and private wealth

224-737-7000 Alight.com

Stephan Scholl CEO

$2,700.0 5.9%

2,084 15,858

Cloud-based provider of integrated digital human capital and business solutions

Prior rank Company

New ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC Lincolnshire

FOLLETT CORP. Westchester

800-365-5388 Follett.com

Todd A. Litzsinger Chairman, president and acting CEO

$2,674.0 -15.2%

1,915 4,959

Educational content and technology solutions provider

28 29 30

FERRARA Chicago

773-243-4300 FerraraUSA.com

Todd Siwak CEO

$2,500.0* 4.2%

3,000 6,000

Sweet packaged goods

TRUE VALUE CO. Chicago

773-695-5000 TrueValueCompany.com

Chris Kempa CEO

$2,494.2e 11.0%

500e 2,500e

Retail hardware cooperative

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Chicago

312-853-7000 Sidley.com

Larry A. Barden, Chairman, management committee

$2,462.9 5.4%

625 3,643

Law firm

HEICO COS. LLC Chicago

312-419-8220 HeicoCompanies.com

Emily Heisley Stoeckel Chairman

$2,400.0 -9.4%

616 8,300

Metal processing, construction, industrial products and cargo control

32 33

CC INDUSTRIES INC. Chicago

312-855-4000 GreatDane.com

William H. Crown President, CEO

$2,301.4e -10.8%

451e 7,698e

Diversified manufacturing and distribution

847-803-4888 NetworkDistribution.com

Alan R. Tomblin President, CEO

$2,235.0* 10.5%

183 207

New NETWORK DISTRIBUTION Schaumburg

Distributor of janitorial, food-service, packaging and printing products

BERLIN PACKAGING LLC Chicago

800-723-7546 BerlinPackaging.com

William J. Hayes President, CEO

$2,100.0 29.2%

236 1,669

Hybrid packaging supplier providing plastic, glass and metal components

35 36 37

NEWLY WEDS FOODS INC. Chicago

773-489-7000 NewlyWedsFoods.com

Charles T. Angel President

$2,030.0 8.0%

1,085 4,350

Manufacturer of food coatings and seasonings

WIRTZ CORP. Chicago

312-943-7000 WirtzCorp.com

W. Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz, Chairman

$2,000.0* 0.0%

1,200 2,500

Beverage distribution, real estate, Chicago Blackhawks

FRANK CONSOLIDATED ENTERPRISES INC. Des Plaines

847-699-7000 Wheels.com

Daniel Z. Frank President, CEO

$1,994.0 0.2%

NA 805

GRANT THORNTON LLP Chicago

312-856-0200 GrantThornton.com

Mark Sullivan, Office managing principal, Nichole Jordan, Central region managing partner

$1,920.0 1.1%

932 8,752

Audit, tax and advisory services

39 40

BDO USA LLP Chicago

312-856-9100 BDO.com

Wayne Berson CEO

$1,808.0 10.2%

822 8,063

Accounting, assurance, tax and advisory services firm

847-821-9630 MATHoldingsInc.com

Steve W. Wang Chairman, CEO

$1,750.0 -7.9%

334 14,000

Manufacturer and distributor of automotive and consumer products Provider of rail cars and freight management services

New MAT HOLDINGS INC. Long Grove

Automotive fleet management

TTX CO. Chicago

312-853-3223 TTX.com

Thomas F. Wells President, CEO

$1,614.7 -4.6%

565 1,799

42 43 44

THE MCSHANE COS. Rosemont

847-292-4300 McShane.com

Molly McShane CEO

$1,598.7 -0.6%

90 400

MAYER BROWN LLP Chicago

312-782-0600 MayerBrown.com

Paul W. Theiss Chairman

$1,520.0 2.4%

835 3,672

Law firm

708-482-8881 VoyantBeauty.com

Richard McEvoy CEO

$1,500.0 188.5%

3,518 324

External manufacturer of beauty and personal care products

New VOYANT BEAUTY Hodgkins

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Real estate development and construction services

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue. e = Crain’s estimate (in gray). * = Company estimate. Phone/website

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

44 46

WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC Palatine

847-934-5700 Weber.com

Chris Scherzinger CEO

$1,500.04 -3.1%5

BOLER CO. (HENDRICKSON) Woodridge

630-773-9111 Hendrickson-Intl.com

CONVERGINT TECHNOLOGIES Schaumburg

Prior rank Company

NA NA

Manufacturer of barbecue grills

Matthew J. Boler $1,413.3e Chairman, president, CEO -9.8%

160e 6,000e

Manufacturer of truck and trailer suspension systems

847-620-5000 Convergint.com

Ken Lochiatto CEO

$1,400.07 9.4%

233e 5,0007

Integrator of security, fire alarm and life-safety systems

CULLIGAN INTERNATIONAL CO. Rosemont

847-430-2800 Culligan.com

Scott G. Clawson President, CEO

$1,400.0e 72.8%

260e 7,500e

Residential and commercial water filtration systems

INFORMATION RESOURCES INC. Chicago

312-726-1221 IRIWorldwide.com

Kirk Perry CEO

$1,400.0 7.7%

850 4,080

Consumer and retail market research firm

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP Chicago

312-372-2000 MWE.com

Michael L. Boykins, $1,381.8 Office managing partner 17.9% Ira J. Coleman, Chairman

499 2,065

Law firm

51 52 53 54

CLUNE CONSTRUCTION Chicago

312-726-6103 CluneGC.com

R. David Hall CEO

$1,336.0 -0.3%

246 658

General contractor

630-570-3050 Sirva.com

Tom Oberdorf Chairman, CEO

$1,330.0e -5.0%

NA NA

Relocation and moving services

55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 64 64 64 64

New SIRVA INC. Oakbrook Terrace 43

DUCHOSSOIS GROUP INC. Chicago

312-586-2110 Duch.com

Craig J. Duchossois Executive chairman

$1,321.7e -1.5%

800e 6,100e

Access control products and private equity

WILLIAM BLAIR & CO. Chicago

312-236-1600 WilliamBlair.com

John R. Ettelson President, CEO

$1,294.0 6.7%

1,183 1,576

Investment banking, investment management and private wealth management

KEARNEY Chicago

312-648-0111 Kearney.com

Alex Liu, Chairman, managing partner

$1,290.1e -7.9%

320 3,700

Management consulting firm

PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP Chicago

312-266-4700 PepperConstruction.com

J. Stanley Pepper Chairman, CEO

$1,255.8 0.2%

762 1,080

General construction and construction management

AIT WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS Itasca

800-669-4248 AITWorldwide.com

Vaughn Moore President, CEO

$1,220.0 68.5%

363 1,719

Freight forwarder and logistics provider

ROHRMAN AUTOMOTIVE 847-991-0444 GROUP Arlington Heights Rohrman.com

Ryan V. Rohrman President, CEO

$1,203.78 0.4%

NA NA

ZS ASSOCIATES INC. Evanston

847-492-3600 ZS.com

Chris Wright CEO

$1,175.0* 17.5%

550 8,550

Professional services firm

AHEAD INC. Chicago

312-924-4492 Ahead.com

Daniel Adamany CEO

$1,108.5* 30.8%

210 1,046

IT products, cloud solutions and strategic consulting

DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP Downers Grove

630-469-9200 DuPageMedicalGroup.com

Steve Nelson, CEO $1,100.0 Paul F. Merrick, Chairman 0.0%

4,486 4,506

Health care provider

READERLINK LLC Oak Brook

708-356-3600 ReaderLink.com

Dennis E. Abboud Sr. Chairman, president, CEO

$1,060.5 -0.5%

304 1,209

Book distributor

312-784-6001 RyanSG.com

Patrick G. Ryan Chairman, CEO

$1,018.3* 33.1%

467 3,256

Specialty insurance organization

312-729-8000 BakerTilly.com

Alan D. Whitman Chairman, CEO

$1,000.0 32.5%

357 4,003

Advisory, tax and assurance services firm

Brian L. Griffith Chairman

$1,000.0e -7.8%

700 4,500

Food ingredient developer and manufacturer

$1,000.0 0.0%

150 2,300

Kitchen products company

New RYAN SPECIALTY GROUP Chicago

Auto dealerships

BAKER TILLY Chicago

GRIFFITH FOODS GROUP 708-371-0900 INC. Alsip GriffithFoods.com

INSTANT BRANDS9 Downers Grove

847-233-8600 Ben Gadbois Corporate.InstantBrands.com CEO

KLEIN TOOLS INC. Lincolnshire

847-821-5500 KleinTools.com

Thomas R. Klein Sr. Chairman; Thomas R. Klein Jr., Mark P. Klein, Co-presidents

$1,000.0* 7.0%

275 2,000

Manufacturer of professional hand tools and protective equipment

PANDUIT CORP. Tinley Park

708-532-1800 Panduit.com

Dennis Renaud President, CEO

$1,000.0* 0.0%

1,222 4,663

Manufacturer of industrial, electrical and network infrastructure products

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Prior rank Company

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

OLD WORLD INDUSTRIES 847-559-2000 LLC Northbrook OWI.com

Greg Noethlich CEO

$993.0e -10.3%

318 378

Products for the automotive and heavyduty trucking industry

70 71

CROWE LLP Chicago

Stuart J. Miller Office managing partner

$983.3 3.3%

898 38,15410

Accounting, consulting and technology

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 312-558-5600 Chicago Winston.com

Thomas P. Fitzgerald, Chairman, Linda T. Coberly, Chicago managing partner

$981.2 -3.1%

564 1,651

72 73 74

POWER CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC Chicago

312-596-6960 PowerConstruction.net

Terry Graber CEO

$975.0 -3.4%

340 340

SRAM LLC Chicago

312-664-8800 Sram.com

Ken Lousberg CEO

$974.0 5.4%

150 3,600

Bicycle components manufacturer

S&C ELECTRIC CO. Chicago

773-338-1000 SandC.com

Anders B. Sjoelin President, CEO

$950.0* 6.7%

2,050 3,500

Manufacturer of electric switching, protective and automation products

SEKO WORLDWIDE LLC Itasca

800-228-2711 SekoLogistics.com

William J. Wascher Chairman

$928.0* 16.0%

120 2,000

Freight forwarding, logistics, freight transportation and e-commerce shipping

76 77 78

HOLLISTER INC. Libertyville

847-680-1000 Hollister.com

V. George Maliekel President, CEO

$915.3e -8.5%

470e 2,728e

Medical devices and supplies

FCL BUILDERS LLC Itasca

630-773-0050 FCLBuilders.com

Michael J. Boro President, chairman

$915.0* 13.7%

112 216

Design-build general contractor

MACLEAN-FOGG CO. Mundelein

847-566-0010 MacLean-Fogg.com

Barry L. MacLean Chairman

$900.0 -10.0%

390 3,350

Manufacturer of components for automotive, industrial and utility industries

79 80

MIDLAND PAPER CO. Wheeling

847-777-2700 MidlandPaper.com

Michael Graves President, CEO

$859.0 -16.4%

192 528

Distributor of printing paper and packaging materials

TRUSTMARK Lake Forest

847-283-1500 TrustmarkBenefits.com

Kevin R. Slawin President, CEO

$853.0 -2.5%

628 2,400

Employee benefits, administration, and health and fitness management

SHURE INC. Niles

847-600-2000 Shure.com

Christine Schyvinck President, CEO

$845.0e 0.0%

990e 2,760e

Manufacturer of microphones, headphones and audio electronics

82 83 84

DANIEL J. EDELMAN INC. 312-240-3000 Chicago Edelman.com

Richard W. Edelman President, CEO

$840.0 -5.8%

476 4,966

Communications marketing

SPENCER STUART Chicago

312-822-0080 SpencerStuart.com

Ben Williams CEO

$837.1 -4.9%

135 2,235

Executive search and assessment

WEATHERTECH DIRECT LLC Bolingbrook

630-241-0715 WeatherTech.com

David MacNeil CEO

$800.0 14.3%

1,741 1,763

Manufacturer of car floor mats and other automotive accessories

85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92

106 NOW HEALTH GROUP INC. Bloomingdale

630-545-9098 NowFoods.com

Jim Emme CEO

$798.0 25.9%

991 1,521

Manufacturer of natural products Software consultancy

312-899-7000 Crowe.com

Law firm

Construction management and general contracting firm

THOUGHTWORKS INC. Chicago

312-373-1000 ThoughtWorks.com

Guo Xiao President, CEO

$795.0* 7.0%

180 7,926

TANDEM HR INC. Westchester

630-928-0510 TandemHR.com

Salo Doko, President, chief operating officer

$791.8 -0.3%

117 117

PARTS TOWN (PT HOLDINGS LLC) Addison

800-438-8898 PartsTown.com

Steve Snower CEO

$788.4 9.6%

665 2,192

Restaurant equipment parts distribution and services

PREGIS LLC Deerfield

877-692-6163 Pregis.com

Kevin Baudhuin President, CEO

$780.0 15.6%

400 2,500

Protective packaging

EDWARD DON & CO. Woodridge

708-442-9400 Don.com

Steven R. Don President, CEO

$768.2 -31.8%

500 1,100

Distributor of food-service equipment and supplies

844-467-3396 RedwoodLogistics.com

Mark A. Yeager CEO

$764.7 20.8%

400 760

815-625-0980 Halo.com

Marc S. Simon CEO

$764.7 -2.9%

47 1,775

107 REDWOOD LOGISTICS Chicago 83

HALO BRANDED SOLUTIONS INC. Sterling

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HR outsourcing firm

Logistics platform company Distributor of promotional corporate products and employee recognition services

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue. e = Crain’s estimate (in gray). * = Company estimate. Prior rank Company

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

93 94 95

O’NEIL INDUSTRIES INC. Chicago

773-755-1611 WEONeil.com

Brian G. Ramsay, CEO John A. Russell, President

$763.4 -26.2%

138 450

General contractor, construction management

WHITE LODGING Merrillville

219-472-2900 WhiteLodging.com

Ken Barrett President

$750.0e -40.4%

1,209e 7,000e

Hotel ownership, development and management

F.H. PASCHEN S.N. NIELSEN & ASSOCIATES LLC Chicago

773-444-3474 FHPaschen.com

James V. Blair President, CEO

$732.0 8.0%

1,230 1,310

General contractor, construction management

96 97

127 ENDURANCE WARRANTY 866-918-1438 SERVICES Northbrook EnduranceWarranty.com

Paul Chernawsky CEO

$731.7 43.8%

384 675

CARL BUDDIG & CO. Homewood

708-798-0900 Buddig.com

Robert J. Buddig CEO

$720.0 2.1%

1,900 2,200

Maker of lunch meat, snack meats, barbecue meats and ribs

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Chicago

312-460-5000 Seyfarth.com

Tracy Billows, Cory Hirsch, Chicago co-managing partners

$717.0 0.0%

565 1,769

Law firm

105 EXP Chicago

312-616-0000 EXP.com

Mark Dvorak President, COO

$715.0* 12.6%

250 3,580

Engineering, architecture, design and consulting services

New NAPLETON AUTO GROUP 847-825-1800 Rosemont ShopNapleton.com

Paul Napleton, William Napleton, Presidents

$707.08 NA

NA NA

101 FELLOWES INC. Itasca

630-893-1600 Fellowes.com

John E. Fellowes II President, CEO

$701.5 5.2%

473 1,672

Manufacturer and distributor of office equipment, furniture, air purifiers and mobile phone accessories

800-353-0933 StampedeMeat.com

Brock Furlong President, CEO

$700.0e 3.7%

1,075e 1,625e

Meat processor

Ric Phillips President, CEO

$670.0 15.5%

451 2,271

Manufacturer of sinks, faucets, water delivery systems, bottle fillers, commercial interiors

100 101

Automotive extended warranty provider

Auto dealerships

102 103

STAMPEDE MEAT INC. Bridgeview

ELKAY MANUFACTURING 630-574-8484 CO. Downers Grove Elkay.com

104 105 106 107 108

110 ENSONO Downers Grove

866-880-8611 Ensono.com

Jeff VonDeylen CEO

$652.4 9.4%

462 2,436

Information technology managed service provider

100 KATTEN Chicago

312-902-5200 Katten.com

Gil M. Soffer Managing partner, Chicago

$646.6 -3.5%

450 1,103

Law firm Carpet, flooring and window treatment installation

EMPIRE TODAY LLC Northlake

844-519-1850 EmpireToday.com

Keith Weinberger CEO

$643.5e -21.5%

404e 1,439e

GRAYCOR Oakbrook Terrace

630-684-7110 Graycor.com

Melvin Gray Non-executive chairman

$640.8 -13.2%

85 543

108 BRAKE PARTS INC. McHenry

800-323-0354 BrakePartsInc.com

Rick Woodside, VP of global operations - braking

$640.0 3.9%

269 4,919

Manufacturer and distributor of automotive brake products

109 110

103 EMKAY INC. Itasca

630-250-7400 EMKAY.com

Gregory L. Tepas Vice chairman

$632.0 -1.7%

145 167

Corporate vehicle leasing and fleet management

133 W.S. DARLEY & CO. Itasca

630-735-3500 Darley.com

Paul C. Darley Chairman, president, CEO

$628.9 28.5%

80 310

Manufacturer and distributor of tactical and firefighting equipment

111

112 ABT ELECTRONICS INC. Glenview

847-967-8830 Abt.com

Ricky Abt, Jon Abt, Michael Abt, Billy Abt Co-presidents

$615.0e 4.2%

1,650 1,650

Retailer of consumer electronics and major appliances

112

111 PARKSITE INC. Batavia

630-761-9490 Parksite.com

Ron Heitzman CEO

$610.9 4.6%

88 732

113

109 CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS11 Chicago

312-222-4636 CCCIS.com

Githesh Ramamurthy Chairman, CEO

$600.012 -0.8%

60013 1,78013

Technology and AI for the automotive, insurance and collision repair industries

114

New HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Oak Brook

877-436-4331 Heniff.com

Robert J. Heniff President, CEO

$598.4e 8.8%

NA 1,700e

Liquid bulk transportation services provider

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Construction services

Sales, marketing and distribution of building products

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Prior rank Company

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126

113 ED MINIAT LLC South Holland

708-589-2400 Miniat.com

David J. Miniat Chairman

630-296-2223 ATIPT.com

116 BLACK HORSE CARRIERS Carol Stream

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

$593.0 4.0%

886 1,005

John L. Larsen Executive chairman

$592.315 -24.6%

NA 5,00015

Health care; physical therapy

630-690-8900 BlackHorseCarriers.com

Kenneth Landego President, CEO

$591.6 5.5%

810 3,820

Transportation and logistics

117 COMPSYCH CORP. Chicago

312-595-4000 ComPsych.com

Richard A. Chaifetz Chairman, CEO

$589.3e 6.0%

1,215 1,396

Employee services provider

102 ADDISON GROUP Chicago

312-424-0300 AddisonGroup.com

Thomas B. Moran CEO

$587.0* -7.3%

224 997

Consulting, contract and direct hire staffing

Angela M. Korompilas President, CEO

$582.0e -40.0%

375e 700e

Distributor and provider of hotel supplies and services Mortgage lender

ATI PHYSICAL THERAPY INC.14 Bolingbrook

AMERICAN HOTEL 847-743-6002 REGISTER CO. Vernon Hills AmericanHotel.com

Manufacturer of processed meats and cooking oils

173 THE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Chicago

312-738-6000 TheFederalSavingsBank.com

John Calk Chairman, CEO

$579.9 86.9%

827 1,761

132 BRIGHTSTAR GROUP HOLDINGS INC. Gurnee

866-777-7110 BrightStarCare.com

Shelly Sun CEO

$569.0 16.1%

67 88

129 ALDRIDGE ELECTRIC INC. 847-680-5200 Libertyville AldridgeGroup.com

Kenneth Aldridge Chairman

$565.6 12.9%

640 1,266

122 SMS ASSIST LLC Chicago

312-698-7000 SMSAssist.com

Marc Shiffman President, CEO

$530.0* 0.0%

574 727

Facilities maintenance contracting

126 WATERTON Chicago

312-948-4500 Waterton.com

David Schwartz Chairman, CEO

$529.0 3.9%

871 1,461

Real estate investment and management

124 VI Chicago

312-803-8880 ViLiving.com

Randal J. Richardson President

$517.6e -1.2%

322e 2,168e

Developer, owner and manager of senior living communities

127 128 129 130

144 MCHUGH ENTERPRISES Chicago

312-986-8000 McHughConstruction.com

Patricia H. McHugh Chairman

$514.4 14.5%

530e 560e

Construction services

815-923-2300 Intren.com

Sherina Maye Edwards President, CEO

$512.0 NA

NA NA

Utility contractor

130 FORT DEARBORN CO. Elk Grove Village

847-357-9500 FortDearborn.com

Kevin Kwilinski CEO

$511.0e -2.7%

362e 1,650e

118 ROYAL BUYING GROUP INC. Lisle

630-986-5416 RoyalBuying.com

Robert W. Juckniess Chairman

$506.1e -8.1%

53e 53e

Negotiates marketing programs for gas stations and convenience stores

131 132 133

115 MAZZETTA CO. LLC Highland Park

847-433-1150 Mazzetta.com

Thomas J. Mazzetta CEO

$501.0e -11.0%

23e NA

Importer of frozen seafood

150 ALERA GROUP INC. Deerfield

888-253-7288 AleraGroup.com

Alan J. Levitz CEO

$500.0* 23.8%

274 2,157

Insurance and wealth management firm

New VILLAGEMD Chicago

312-465-7900 VillageMD.com

Tim Barry CEO

$500.0* 45.2%

221 1,609

Technology and services firm serving primary care physicians

134 135

141 BOB LOQUERCIO AUTO GROUP Streamwood

773-728-5000 BLAutoGroup.com

Robert Loquercio President

$480.88 5.8%

NA NA

Auto dealerships

847-381-8900 MotorWerks.com

Paul D. Tamraz, Chairman Mick Austin, President, CEO

$479.016 -33.5%

320 320

Auto dealerships

136 137

New MCGRATH IMPORTS Chicago

773-342-6300 McGrathImports.com

Michael J. McGrath President, CEO

$478.7 -4.2%

566 566

Auto dealerships

136 ARCO/MURRAY NATIONAL 331-251-2726 CONSTRUCTION CO. ArcoMurray.com Downers Grove

Brad Dannegger President

$478.6 1.0%

315 315

Design and construction, specializing in commercial

138

120 SENIOR LIFESTYLE CORP. 312-673-4333 Chicago SeniorLifestyle.com

Jon DeLuca President, CEO

$478.1e -12.4%

556e 7,224e

Owner, operator and developer of senior living communities

139

140 RAJA FOODS LLC (PATEL BROTHERS) Skokie

Rakesh Patel President

$463.0e 0.7%

170e 753e

INTREN LLC30 Union

MOTOR WERKS AUTO GROUP Barrington

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847-675-4455 RajaFoods.com

Home health care, medical staffing, franchising Electrical and foundation contractor

Product labels

Retailer and importer of Indian foods

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue. e = Crain’s estimate (in gray). * = Company estimate. Prior rank Company

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

847-964-2700 TheMeridian.com

Jeff Murray CEO

$460.0* -13.5%

120 734

Information technology services provider and equipment lessor

630-584-2509 ParentPetroleum.com

Ryan M. Fuelling President

$460.0* -37.5%

284 284

Wholesaler and retailer of gasoline, diesel, lubricants and other petroleum-based products

140

121 MERIDIAN GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC. Deerfield

140

142 143 144 145 146

143 CLOVER IMAGING Hoffman Estates

866-734-6548 CloverImaging.com

Jim Cerkleski Executive chairman

$457.0e 1.6%

NA 5,099e

Recycler and remarketer of printer cartridges

138 PORTILLO’S HOT DOGS LLC Oak Brook

630-954-3773 Portillos.com

Michael Osanloo President, CEO

$450.0 -4.3%

5,550 6,500

Restaurant owner and operator

145 JENNER & BLOCK LLP Chicago

312-222-9350 Jenner.com

Randy E. Mehrberg Co-managing partner

$446.3 -0.4%

488 829

146 ATHLETICO PHYSICAL THERAPY Oak Brook

630-572-9700 Athletico.com

Ron Rodgers CEO

$432.0e -0.5%

2,800e 5,360e

Orthopedic rehabilitation services

172 @PROPERTIES (AT WORLD PROPERTIES LLC) Chicago

312-506-0200 AtProperties.com

Thaddeus Wong, Michael Golden, Co-CEOs

$423.8 30.8%

324 371

Real estate brokerage firm

147 148 149 150 151 152

123 CAREERBUILDER LLC Chicago

773-527-3600 CareerBuilder.com

Irina Novoselsky CEO

$418.5e -20.6%

600e 1,300e

Online recruiting and job listings

158 HIGHTOWER ADVISORS LLC Chicago

312-962-3800 HightowerAdvisors.com

Bob Oros CEO

$408.3* 18.4%

164 840

Financial services and wealth management

147 EMPLOYCO USA INC. Westmont

630-286-7356 Employco.com

Rob W. Wilson President

$404.0e -4.7%

NA NA

Human resources outsourcing

149 FLEXERA SOFTWARE LLC 847-466-4000 Itasca Flexera.com

Jim P. Ryan President, CEO

$400.017 -1.7%

NA NA

Software and IT asset management

148 SKENDER Chicago

312-781-0265 Skender.com

Justin Brown President, CEO

$389.5 -7.1%

185 189

General contracting, construction management

104 LETTUCE ENTERTAIN YOU ENTERPRISES INC. Chicago

773-878-7340 LEYE.com

Kevin J. Brown, CEO R.J. Melman, President

$386.1e -39.2%

3,830e 5,454e

153 154 155 156 157 158

156 UNITED SCRAP METAL INC. Cicero

708-780-6800 UnitedScrap.com

Marsha E. Serlin CEO

$379.0 3.8%

312 505

Metal buyer and recycler

134 PREMIER DESIGN & BUILD GROUP LLC Itasca

847-297-4200 PDBGroup.com

Michael Pacini President

$376.6* -23.0%

50 85

Design-build general contractor

139 TEMPEL STEEL CO. Chicago

773-250-8000 Tempel.com

Cliff Nastas President, CEO

$374.0e -19.8%

263e 1,516e

Manufacturer of magnetic steel laminations

154 PATRICK DEALER GROUP 847-605-4000 Schaumburg PatrickCars.com

Hanley Dawson IV President

$371.0e -3.6%

442e 442e

Auto dealerships

152 SAFEWAY INSURANCE CO. Westmont

630-887-8300 SafewayIns.com

Christopher Hidalgo Chairman, CEO

$363.2 -7.8%

105 502

Property and casualty insurance

128 BULLEY & ANDREWS LLC Chicago

773-235-2433 Bulley.com

Allan E. Bulley Jr. Executive chairman

$355.0* -29.4%

375 375

Construction management, general contracting, concrete and masonry restoration

159 160 161 162 163 164

New MR. BULT’S INC. Burnham

708-868-0059 MrBults.com

James Bult CEO

$351.0e 8.7%

NA NA

Long-haul waste transportation

188 LOEBER MOTORS INC. Lincolnwood

847-675-1000 LoeberMotors.com

Michael Loeber President

$350.8 32.7%

140 140

Automotive dealerships

170 TEMPERATURE EQUIPMENT CORP. Lansing

708-418-3062 TECMungo.com

R.F. “Skip” Mungo President, CEO

$350.0* 11.1%

435 450

Wholesale distributor of HVAC products

159 WEST MONROE PARTNERS LLC Chicago

312-602-4000 WestMonroe.com

Kevin J. McCarty Chairman, president, CEO

$350.0 6.7%

779 1,360

Business and technology consulting firm

153 ALDEN MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC. Chicago

773-286-3883 TheAldenNetwork.com

Randi SchlossbergSchullo, President

$344.2e -12.0%

4,850e 5,100e

Health care and senior living provider

Michael Binstein CEO

$343.4e 1.9%

NA NA

PARENT PETROLEUM INC. St. Charles

163 BINNY’S BEVERAGE 847-933-7600 DEPOT (GOLD STANDARD Binnys.com ENTERPRISES INC.) Niles

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Law firm

Restaurant owner

Retailer of wine, spirits, beer, cigars and related gifts

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Prior rank Company

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

165

174 MAGID GLOVE & SAFETY MANUFACTURING CO. LLC Romeoville

800-867-1083 MagidGlove.com

Greg Cohen CEO

$335.0 8.8%

458 1,131

Manufacturer and distributor of personal protective equipment

166

151 TERLATO WINE GROUP LTD. Lake Bluff

847-604-8900 TWG.com

William A. Terlato President, CEO

$325.0* -18.8%

130 310

Wine, spirits and non-alcoholic beverages production, marketing and sales

167 168

185 OPPFI18 Chicago

312-212-8079 OppFi.com

Jared Kaplan CEO

$323.0 20.5%

521 541

Financial technology platform

165 LEOPARDO COS. INC. Hoffman Estates

847-783-3000 Leopardo.com

Michael T. Leopardo President, CEO

$320.1 -4.5%

321 342

Construction, general contracting, design-build and development services

169 169

160 CAMPAGNA-TURANO BAKERY INC. Berwyn

708-788-9220 Turano.com

Joseph M. Turano President

$320.0 -7.0%

741 1,084

Maker of baked goods and breads

177 THE JEL SERT CO. West Chicago

630-231-7590 JelSert.com

Ken Wegner President, CEO

$320.0* 6.7%

900 1,100

Manufacturer of beverages, dessert mixes, medicinal foods and supplements

169

155 SKIDMORE OWINGS & MERRILL Chicago

312-554-9090 SOM.com

Xuan Fu, Jonathan Stein, Adam Semel Managing partners

$320.0 -16.3%

260 1,200

Architecture, engineering, urban planning, sustainable design, interior design

172

237 OSM WORLDWIDE (ONE STOP MAILING LLC) Glendale Heights

847-233-9999 OSMWorldwide.com

James Kelley President

$319.7 86.0%

75 150

Parcel shipping carrier serving companies that ship directly to consumers

173 174 175

166 MESIROW FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC. Chicago

312-595-6000 MesirowFinancial.com

Richard Price Chairman, CEO

$317e -5.0%

375 486

Financial services

169 CHICAGOLAND AUTOMOTIVE GROUP Lisle

630-852-7200 ChicagolandAutoGroup.com

Horst Korallus President

$306.0e -3.6%

358e 358e

Auto dealerships

142 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUB INC. Lake Forest

847-295-6600 ChicagoBears.com

George H. McCaskey Chairman

$300.0e -33.8%

250e 250e

National Football League team

175 175

176 CHICAGO BULLS Chicago

312-455-4000 Bulls.com

Jerry M. Reinsdorf Chairman

$300.019 -0.3%

151 156

National Basketball Association team

242 GRECIAN DELIGHT 847-364-1010 FOODS| KRONOS (WORLD GDKFoods.com FOODS HOLDINGS)20 Elk Grove Village

Peter Parthenis Jr. President, CEO

$300.021 114.3%

500 500

Manufacturer and marketer of Greek and Mediterranean foods

175 179

167 UNIVERSAL SCRAP METALS INC. Chicago

312-666-0011 USMRecycles.com

Jason I. Zeid CEO

$300.0e -6.3%

235e 280e

Scrap metal recycling

204 SUTTON AUTO TEAM Matteson

708-720-8000 SuttonAutoTeam.com

Karen M. Ford, Dealer manager, Nathaniel K. Sutton, President

$295.5* 25.1%

97 270

Auto dealerships

180 181

171 TY INC. Oak Brook

630-920-1515 Ty.com

H. Ty Warner Chairman, CEO

$292.0e -6.2%

NA NA

Manufacturer of toys and collectibles

179 BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION CO. Chicago

773-374-1000 BerglundCo.com

Fred Berglund President

$285.0* 0.0%

205 315

General contractor and construction manager

182 183

196 BEAR CONSTRUCTION CO. Rolling Meadows

847-222-1900 BEARCC.com

Jim Wienold, President George H. Wienold, CEO

$280.1 10.2%

246 246

General contractor and construction manager

218 ILLINOIS BONE & JOINT INSTITUTE LLC Des Plaines

847-375-3984 IBJI.com

Andre Blom CEO

$280.0e 37.3%

NA NA

Independent physicianowned musculoskeletal health system

184 185 186 187

178 LINCOLN PROVISION INC. Chicago

773-254-2400 LincolnProvision.com

James J. Stevens Jr. President, CEO

$279.9e -2.8%

98e 122e

Meat processing, export, carcass fabrication

168 HILL GROUP Franklin Park

847-451-5000 HillGrp.com

Jim B. Hill President

$277.0e -12.9%

885e 885e

HVAC building systems and maintenance

New MOLO SOLUTIONS Chicago

847-306-3557 ShipMolo.com

Andrew Silver CEO

$274.0 112.4%

281 301

Third-party logistics provider

189 GUARANTEE TRUST LIFE INSURANCE CO. Glenview

847-699-0600 GTLIC.com

Richard S. Holson III Chairman, president, CEO

$271.0 2.7%

286 294

Life and health insurance

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue. e = Crain’s estimate (in gray). * = Company estimate. Prior rank Company

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

188

192 ATLAS TOYOTA MATERIAL HANDLING LLC Elk Grove Village

847-678-3450 AtlasToyota.com

Allen C. Rawson President, CEO

$270.0* 5.0%

380 450

Distributor of Toyota material handling equipment

188

184 BALDWIN RICHARDSON FOODS CO. Oakbrook Terrace

866-644-2732 BRFoods.com

Eric G. Johnson CEO

$270.0 -0.7%

21 385

Manufacturer of sauces and condiments

188 191

New SEGERDAHL (SG360) Wheeling

847-541-1080 SG360.com

John A. Wallace Jr. President, CEO

$270.0e -10.0%

NA NA

Direct mail and marketing services company

161 EXECUTIVE CONSTRUCTION INC. Hillside

708-236-3300 ECIBuild.com

John F. Blacketor CEO

$265.0* -22.1%

149 149

General contracting and construction management

192 193

164 AVANT Chicago

800-712-5407 Avant.com

Matthew Bochenek CEO

$264.7* -16.4%

228 419

Financial technology company

214 BECKNELL INDUSTRIAL La Grange

708-443-9300 BecknellIndustrial.com

Dan Harrington President, CEO

$262.7* 47.8%

54 83

Real estate development firm focused exclusively on industrial buildings

194

312-243-2122 FlyingFood.com

David L. Cotton CEO

$260.0e -62.0%

325e 3,800e

Meals and snacks catering for airlines and global retail partners

195

162 COOPER’S HAWK 708-215-5674 WINERY & RESTAURANTS CHWinery.com Downers Grove

Tim McEnery CEO

$255.0e -24.7%

550e 1,250e

Winery, modern casual restaurants, tasting rooms, artisan markets, wine club

195 197

194 VEDDER PRICE Chicago

312-609-7500 VedderPrice.com

Michael A. Nemeroff President, CEO

$255.0 0.0%

414 576

Law firm

240 MEDIX STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC. Chicago

886-446-3349 MedixTeam.com

Andrew Limouris President, CEO

$253.7 48.2%

140 478

Health care, life sciences, technology and engineering/construction staffing

198 199

199 MIRACAPO PIZZA CO. Elk Grove Village

847-631-3500 MiraCapoPizza.com

Steven Kunkle President

$252.2e 4.1%

469e 469e

Frozen-food processor

206 ITSAVVY LLC Addison

877-487-2899 ITsavvy.com

Michael A. Theriault CEO

$251.3 12.1%

125 225

IT products reseller and technology services provider

200 201

183 VISTEX INC. Hoffman Estates

847-490-0420 Vistex.com

Sanjay Shah CEO

$248.4 -10.7%

312 1,579

Enterprise software and services provider

186 VENTURI RESTORATION22 Wheeling

262-437-7400 VenturiRestoration.com

Mark San Fratello CEO

$247.6e -7.4%

95e 777e

Disaster restoration, reconstruction and renovation

202 203 204

190 RTC INC. Rolling Meadows

847-640-2400 RTC.com

Richard Nathan CEO

$245.6e -6.0%

38623 NA

Retail merchandising products and services

198 TONY’S FINER FOODS ENTERPRISES INC. Itasca

630-735-6760 TonysFreshMarket.com

Tony Ingraffia President

$245.1e 0.5%

815e 815e

Retail grocery

210 LAKESHORE RECYCLING SYSTEMS (LRS) Morton Grove

773-685-8811 LRSRecycles.com

Alan T. Handley CEO

$244.1* 14.2%

1,200 1,200

Waste management

205

222 BAIRD & WARNER INC. Chicago

312-644-1855 BairdWarner.com

Stephen W. Baird President, CEO

$241.8 22.3%

394 394

Real estate services; mortgage, title and real estate sales

206 207

201 EN ENGINEERING LLC Warrenville

630-353-4000 EnEngineering.com

Steve Knowles CEO

$240.0* 4.3%

600 1,850

Engineering, consulting and automation services

175 DOALL CO. Wheeling

847-495-6800 DGISupply.com

Michael L. Wilkie Chairman

$239.0 -20.9%

131 420

Industrial supplies distributor, machine tool manufacturer

208 209

203 GONNELLA BAKING CO. Schaumburg

312-733-2020 Gonnella.com

Robert Gonnella President

$238.0* 0.0%

500 674

Manufacturer and distributor of bakery products

114 CONTINENTAL MOTORS GROUP Hodgkins

708-716-4497 ContinentalMotors.com

Cheryl Nelson, Jay Weinberger, Joel F. Weinberger Owners

$235.0* -58.5%

350 350

Auto dealerships

210

193 PLS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. Chicago

312-491-7300 PLS247.com

Dan Wolfberg, Bob Wolfberg, Co-presidents

$232.8* -8.9%

693 3,516

FLYING FOOD GROUP LLC Chicago

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Check cashing and related services

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2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Prior rank Company

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

211 212

215 MILLENNIUM TRUST CO. Oak Brook

800-258-7878 MTrustCompany.com

Gary Anetsberger CEO

$230.7 10.9%

340 352

Financial services

207 SENTINEL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Downers Grove

800-769-4343 Sentinel.com

Timothy Hill, Robert Keblusek, Brian Osborne Co-presidents

$229.4 10.5%

329 536

Technology design, deployment, support and integration

213 214 215 216

209 CHAPMAN AND CUTLER LLP Chicago

312-845-3000 Chapman.com

Timothy P. Mohan Chief executive partner

$226.7 4.4%

315 405

Law firm

261 HICKORY FARMS INC. Chicago

800-433-6005 HickoryFarms.com

Diane Pearse CEO

$225.0e 50.0%

NA NA

Food gift retailer

179 PARIS PRESENTS INC. Gurnee

847-263-5500 ParisPresents.com

Bill George CEO

$222.3* -22.0%

NA NA

Manufacturer and distributor of cosmetic accessories

201 STEINER ELECTRIC CO. Elk Grove Village

847-228-0400 SteinerElectric.com

Richard A. Kerman CEO

$222.0e -7.5%

390e 390e

Electrical and industrial supplies, automation products, generators

217

211 SCHULZE & BURCH BISCUIT CO. Chicago

773-927-6622 SchulzeBurch.com

Kevin M. Boyle President, COO

$220.0 4.0%5

300 700

Contract manufacturer and marketer of pastries and snacks

218

235 RIM LOGISTICS LTD. Roselle

224-306-5700 RimLogistics.com

Robert J. Mueller IV, President, Robert J. Mueller III, Chairman, CEO

$219.3 24.3%

144 234

Freight forwarding, distribution, logistics, supply chain, import, export

219

205 ENERGY DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS (EDPO LLC) Chicago

312-254-5950 EDPLP.net

Thomas E. Knauff CEO

$217.0 -7.7%

22 564

Residential and commercial marketing and distribution of propane and light fuels

220 221

197 BIGGERS CHEVROLET/ ISUZU INC. Elgin

866-431-1555 BiggersChevy.com

Jim Leichter President, CEO

$216.0 -11.8%

145 145

Auto dealership

250 PARAGON MICRO INC. Lake Zurich

847-719-8406 ParagonMicro.com

Jeff Reimer CEO

$208.0 26.4%

71 96

Computing hardware, software and services provider

222 223 224

260 BURWOOD GROUP INC. Chicago

312-327-4600 Burwood.com

Mark Theoharous CEO

$207.0 37.1%

74 190

IT integration and consulting firm

New AMERICORP LTD. Chicago

708-250-2696 MattLaricyGroup.com

Matt Laricy Managing partner

$203.5 11.9%

14 14

Real estate

243 IHC CONSTRUCTION COS. LLC Elgin

847-742-1516 IHCConstruction.com

David J. Rock CEO

$201.6 20.0%

160 160

General contracting, construction management and design-build

225 226

220 CLIMATE PROS Glendale Heights

630-893-8511 ClimatePros.com

Todd Ernest President, CEO

$200.0e 0.6%

NA NA

Commercial and industrial refrigeration and HVAC

231 HALLSTAR Chicago

312-554-7400 Hallstar.com

John J. Paro Chairman, CEO

$200.0* 8.0%5

100* 250*

Specialty chemical supplier for beauty and industrial sectors

227 228 229 230 231

221 FIDELITONE INC. Wauconda

847-487-3300 Fidelitone.com

Josh Johnson CEO

$197.1 -0.9%

100 750

Supply chain management

194 HENRICKSEN & CO. INC. Itasca

630-250-9090 Henricksen.com

Russell Frees President, CEO

$191.0e -25.1%

110e 228e

Contract office furniture dealer

223 ADVANTAGE CHEVROLET 708-231-4618 OF HODGKINS Hodgkins HodgkinsChevrolet.com

Desmond A. Roberts President

$190.5e -3.6%

90 500

Auto dealerships

208 MINER ENTERPRISES INC. Geneva

630-232-3000 MinerEnt.com

David W. Withall CEO

$188.0e -13.7%

120e 380e

Manufacturer of rail car components

228 GEORGE SOLLITT CONSTRUCTION CO. Wood Dale

630-860-7333 Sollitt.com

James Zielinski, John D. Pridmore, Presidents

$187.4e 0.0%

64e 64e

General contractor, construction manager

232 233 234

187 WILLIAM A. RANDOLPH INC. Gurnee

847-856-0123 WARandolph.com

Anthony Riccardi President

$185.0* -30.2%

80 80

Construction, general contractor

244 SIKICH LLP Chicago

312-648-6666 Sikich.com

Christopher L. Geier CEO, managing partner

$184.2 10.0%

313 957

Accounting, technology and advisory services

217 TUTHILL CORP. Burr Ridge

630-382-4900 Tuthill.com

James G. Tuthill Jr. Chairman

$184.0e -9.9%

128e 538e

Manufacturer specializing in pumps, meters and other rotating equipment

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue. e = Crain’s estimate (in gray). * = Company estimate.

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Prior rank Company

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

235 236

212 ENESCO LLC Itasca

630-875-5300 Enesco.com

Todd L. Mavis CEO

$181.0e -13.8%

195e 693e

Designer and marketer of gifts and collectibles

252 MNJ TECHNOLOGIES DIRECT INC. Buffalo Grove

847-634-0700 MNJTech.com

Susan L. Kozak CEO

$180.2 10.6%

101 113

Valued-added IT reseller and managed services provider

237 238 239 239 241

226 HINSHAW & CULBERTSON 312-704-3000 LLP Chicago HinshawLaw.com

Peter D. Sullivan Chairman

$180.1 -6.5%

232 612

Law firm

368 CELEBRITY HOME LOANS24 Oakbrook Terrace

Pete Gabrione COO

$180.0 260.0%

230 950

Mortgage banking

249 PEER FOODS GROUP INC. 773-475-2375 Chicago PeerFoods.com

Larry O’Connell President

$180.0* 9.1%

9 490

Processor of meats for food-service and retail

130 PROSPECT AIRPORT 847-299-3636 SERVICES INC. Des Plaines ProspectAir.com

Vicki Strobel President, CEO

$180.0e -64.0%

NA 4,000e

232 WEBER PACKAGING SOLUTIONS INC. Arlington Heights

800-843-4242 WeberPackaging.com

Doug Weber President, CEO

$177.0e -2.5%

350e 700e

Labeling and coding solutions

242 243

238 WILLIAM RYAN HOMES INC. Glenview

847-995-8700 WilliamRyanHomes.com

William J. Ryan Chairman, CEO

$175.8 2.4%

37 111

Homebuilding, construction

212 CAPITAL FITNESS INC. (XSPORT FITNESS) St. Charles

630-556-3731 XSportFitness.com

Dan Morrissey CEO

$175.0e -16.7%

2,730e 3,320e

243 245 246 247 248 248 248 251

256 PHUSION PROJECTS LLC Chicago

312-667-1071 PhusionProjects.com

Jaisen Freeman, Jeff Wright, Managing partners

$175.0 12.2%5

100 230

Alcoholic beverage manufacturer

263 ALFRED BENESCH & CO. Chicago

312-565-0450 Benesch.com

Kevin J. Fitzpatrick President, CEO

$174.0 16.4%

126 641

Engineering consultant

230 SCHIFF HARDIN LLP Chicago

312-258-5545 SchiffHardin.com

Joseph Krasovec III Managing partner

$174.0 -6.7%

277 369

Law firm

200 TYSON MOTOR LLC Shorewood

815-741-5530 TysonMotor.com

Anthony H. Blake President

$170.9 -25.7%

75 75

Auto dealerships and real estate

233 GARY LANG AUTO GROUP McHenry

815-385-2100 GaryLangAuto.com

Gary L. Lang President

$170.0 -5.6%

158 158

Automotive sales and service

New LOOP CAPITAL LLC Chicago

312-913-4900 LoopCapital.com

James Reynolds Jr. Chairman, CEO

$170.0 86.8%

90 191

Investment banking, brokerage and advisory firm

239 THE ROOMPLACE Lombard

630-261-1600 TheRoomPlace.com

Bruce Berman Chairman

$170.0 -0.9%

404 517

Furniture retailer

236 INTERNATIONAL SERVICES INC. Buffalo Grove

224-676-7272 ISI-Services.com

Tyler P. Burgess Managing director

$169.0 -1.7%

398 910

Management consulting

251

245 SIPI METALS CORP. Chicago

773-276-0070 SipiCorp.com

Marion Cameron CEO

$169.0e 1.2%

168e 197e

Refiner of precious metal scrap, producer of copper alloys

253

241 WISS JANNEY ELSTNER ASSOCIATES INC. Northbrook

847-272-7400 WJE.com

William J. Nugent President, CEO

$167.0 -2.3%

234 649

Engineering, architecture and materials science consulting

254

137 CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL CLUB LLC Chicago

800-843-2827 Cubs.com

Thomas S. Ricketts Chairman

$163.019 -65.4%

NA NA

Major League Baseball team

255

258 BLISTEX INC. Oak Brook

630-571-2870 Blistex.com

Justin Arch CEO

$162.4* 6.6%

241 257

Manufacturer and marketer of consumer health care products

256 257 258

272 CENTRO INC. Chicago

312-423-1565 Centro.net

Shawn Riegsecker CEO

$160.0* 14.3%

218 642

Technology and media services

288 MEDSPEED LLC Elmhurst

866-901-4201 MedSpeed.com

Jake Crampton CEO

$159.9 24.9%

414 1,864

Health care logistics, same-day transportation

257 TURTLE WAX INC. Addison

630-455-3700 TurtleWax.com

Denis J. Healy Jr. Executive chairman

$155.4e 0.0%

404e 911e

Manufacturer of automotive products

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630-572-8200 CelebrityHomeLoans.com

Airport services

Owner and operator of XSport gyms

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2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Prior rank Company

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266

259 BENESTAR BRANDS25 Chicago

773-254-7400 BenestarBrands.com

Carl Lee CEO

$155.3e 2.2%

87e 345e

Food and beverage

285 RAISE Chicago

888-578-8422 Raise.com

Jay Klauminzer CEO

$155.0e 19.2%

NA 115

Gift card marketplace

282 ADVANCED CLINICAL LLC Deerfield

847-267-1176 AdvancedClinical.com

Julie Ross President

$153.5* 14.5%

58 300

Clinical development

216 AMSIVE26 Bolingbrook

331-318-7800 Amsive.com

Brad Moore CEO

$152.0 -25.9%

325 652

Strategic marketing services provider

261 BUTERA FINER FOODS INC. Elgin

847-741-1010 ButeraMarket.com

Paul Butera CEO

$151.0e 0.7%

633e 633e

Retail grocery chain

277 AMERICAN TRANSPORT GROUP LLC Chicago

888-284-5623 ATGFreight.com

Harold Gross President

$149.9e 8.8%

112e 128e

Third-party logistics

275 H.W. LOCHNER INC. Chicago

312-372-7346 HWLochner.com

Jeanne T. Cormier President, CEO

$149.1 6.8%

65 591

Engineering consultant

290 OTHER WORLD COMPUTING INC. Woodstock

815-338-8685 MacSales.com

Lawrence R. O’Connor CEO

$147.5* 17.3%

159 286

Online seller of computer software and equipment

267 267 269 270 271

266 NATIONAL VAN LINES INC. Broadview

708-450-2900 NationalVanLines.com

Timothy Helenthal Chairman, CEO

$146.0 0.7%

130 141

Interstate moving and storage of household goods

251 STOUT Chicago

312-857-9000 Stout.com

Craige L. Stout Chairman, CEO

$146.0 -10.4%

134 468

Global investment bank and advisory firm

267 SUNSET FOODS MART INC. Highland Park

847-432-0035 SunsetFoods.com

John E. Cortesi President, CEO

$145.1e 0.5%

883e 883e

Retail grocery

268 NOVAK CONSTRUCTION CO. Chicago

773-278-1100 NovakConstruction.com

John Novak President

$143.0e 0.0%

97e 97e

General contractor

271 IMPACT NETWORKING LLC Lake Forest

847-785-2250 ImpactMyBiz.com

Frank Cucco CEO

$140.9 0.3%

476 677

Managed services provider focusing on IT, cybersecurity, marketing and innovation

272

269 INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS INC. Elmhurst

630-834-8043 ICIBuilds.com

Bruce R. Bronge President

$139.8e -2.1%

59e 59e

Construction manager, general contractor, design builder

273 273 273 276 277

305 NITEL Chicago

888-450-2100 NitelUSA.com

Ron Grason, President Rick Stern, CEO

$139.0 21.1%

209 209

Network and security solutions provider

309 CREATIVE WERKS LLC Elk Grove Village

630-860-2222 Creative-Werks.com

Steve Schroeder President

$139.0 26.4%

148 148

Food co-packer; packaging designer and manufacturer

287 PEERLESS NETWORK INC. Chicago

312-506-0920 PeerlessNetwork.com

John Barnicle President, CEO

$139.0e 7.8%

100e 140e

Telecom services

253 HAMMACHER SCHLEMMER & CO. Niles

847-581-8600 Hammacher.com

Richard W. Tinberg CEO

$130.0e -20.0%

NA NA

Specialty retail catalog

295 JOHN BURNS CONSTRUCTION CO. Orland Park

708-326-3500 JBConstructionCo.com

William J. O’Malley CEO

$130.0e 5.4%

209e 384e

General contractor, electrical subcontractor

278 279 280

280 NETRIX LLC Bannockburn

847-283-7300 NetrixLLC.com

Rob Dang CEO

$130.0* 3.2%

328 505

Information technology services firm

293 PANGEA PROPERTIES Chicago

312-924-5745 PangeaProperties.com

Peter Martay CEO

$129.7 4.2%

382 500

Owner and operator of apartment units

294 TRADING TECHNOLOGIES 312-476-1000 INTERNATIONAL INC. TradingTechnologies.com Chicago

Tim Geannopulos, Chairman, CEO, Farley Owens, President

$129.3e -4.0%

188 302

Professional trading software, infrastructure and data services

281

274 SCHUMACHER ELECTRIC CORP. Mount Prospect

800-621-5485 BatteryChargers.com

Donald A. Schumacher Founder

$129.2e -7.6%

70e NA

Manufacturer of battery chargers, transformers and welders

282 283

278 NELSON WESTERBERG INC. Elk Grove Village

847-437-2080 NelsonWesterberg.com

John R. Westerberg Chairman

$128.7 -6.3%

158 265

Corporate, office and industrial moving services

283 SAYERS TECHNOLOGY Vernon Hills

800-323-5357 Sayers.com

Chris Callahan President, CEO

$128.6e -4.0%

88e 157e

Information technology products and services provider

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2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

284

280 WINDY CITY-FOX MOTORSPORTS LLC Rosemont

630-621-8528 WindyCityMC.com

Ozzie G. Giglio CEO

$128.0* -5.2%

310 310

Motorcycle sales and service

285 286 287

276 BUSINESS IT SOURCE INC. Buffalo Grove

847-793-0600 BitsInc.com

Bob Frauenheim CEO

$127.7 -4.8%

62 62

IT products and services provider

New OVERTURE PROMOTIONS 888-456-9564 INC. Waukegan OverturePromotions.com

JoAnn Gilley CEO

$126.9 NA

144 150

Promotional products

284 MARINO CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (UPTOWN MOTORS INC.) Chicago

888-649-3332 MarinoChryslerJeepDodge. net

Anthony Marino President

$126.4e -3.5%

105e 105e

Auto dealership

264 KELSO-BURNETT CO. Rolling Meadows

847-259-0720 Kelso-Burnett.com

Stefan R. Lopata CEO

$125.2 -14.5%

500 500

Electrical and telecommunications contractor

New AMERICAN LITHO Carol Stream

630-949-3456 ALitho.com

Michael Fontana President

$125.0* -3.1%

350 350

Printing and direct marketing services company

David Musial CEO

$124.4e -12.8%

NA NA

HVAC, plumbing, home remodeling contractor

800-735-1300 ColonyDisplay.com

Chuck Zich CEO

$124.3 26.3%

114 179

Retail display manufacturer, consolidator and installer

179 CHICAGO WHITE SOX Chicago

312-674-1000 WhiteSox.com

Jerry M. Reinsdorf Chairman

$124.019 -56.5%

NA NA

Major League Baseball team

New SHIPBOB Chicago

844-474-4726 ShipBob.com

Dhruv Saxena, CEO, Divey Gulati, Chief operating officer

$123.7 113.7%

360 670

Cloud-based logistics platform specializing in fulfillment services

224 GIBSONS RESTAURANT GROUP Chicago

312-587-0575 GRGMC.com

Steve J. Lombardo III Chairman, general counsel

$120.0e -39.2%

1,000e 1,364e

Owner and operator of restaurants

New BOS Roselle

877-267-0267 BOS.com

George Pfeiffer CEO

$120.0 12.1%

117 150

Contract office furniture company

300 KENNICOTT BROTHERS CO. Chicago

312-492-8200 Kennicott.com

Gustavo Gilchrist President

$120.0* 0.0%

152 342

Wholesale flowers and supplies

296 PRODUCERS NATIONAL CORP. Niles

773-299-7500 ProducersNational.com

Matthew J. Dutkanych CEO

$119.0 -3.3%

215 235

Insurance conglomerate specializing in personal and commercial insurance

299 GALLANT BUILDING SOLUTIONS Crystal Lake

815-568-1880 EGallant.com

James J. Stahl President

$118.5e -2.1%

76e 76e

General contractor

340 HOME RUN INN INC. Woodridge

630-783-9696 HomeRunInnPizza.com

Dan Costello CEO

$117.3e 38.0%

293e 293e

Frozen pizza; restaurants

New NEIGHBORHOOD LOANS INC. Downers Grove

630-246-4777 NeighborhoodLoans.com

Reno Manuele President

$116.2 170.4%

242 392

Residential mortgage lender

304 FORWARD SPACE LLC Chicago

312-942-1100 ForwardSpace.com

Jenny Niemann President, CEO

$116.0 0.9%

114 135

Contract furniture, flooring, asset management, architectural wall systems and technology solutions

302 303 304

297 CURRAN CONTRACTING CO. Crystal Lake

815-455-5100 CurranContracting.com

James “Rick” Noe President

$113.8e -7.1%

152e 206e

Asphalt paver, road builder, excavating contractor

246 INTERIOR INVESTMENTS 847-325-1000 Lincolnshire InteriorInvestments.com

Michael Greenberg Principal

$112.5* -32.5%

100 175

Contract office furniture dealer

306 MADISON CONSTRUCTION CO. Orland Park

708-535-7716 MadisonConstruction.net

Rob Ferrino President, CEO

$111.0e -2.1%

96e 96e

General contractor

305 306

285 DAUBERT INDUSTRIES INC. Chicago

708-496-7350 Daubert.com

Matthew Puz President

$111.0e -14.6%

NA NA

Chemical manufacturer and car care product provider

New HBR CONSULTING LLC Chicago

312-201-8400 HBRConsulting.com

Christopher Petrini-Poli Executive chairman

$110.5 NA

117 328

Strategic guidance and operational solutions for the legal industry

307

332 HONEY-CAN-DO Berkeley

708-240-8100 HoneyCanDo.com

Steve Greenspon CEO

$108.0* 19.7%

102 119

Manufacturer of home organization and storage items

288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301

270 FOUR SEASONS HEATING 855-837-8361 & AIR CONDITIONING FourSeasonsHeatingCoolINC. Bedford Park ing.com NR

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2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Prior rank Company

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

308 309 310

302 SMITHBUCKLIN Chicago

800-539-9740 SmithBucklin.com

Matthew Sanderson President, CEO

$106.2 -10.6%

375 625

Association management and services

289 FLORSTAR SALES INC. Romeoville

815-836-2800 Florstar.com

F. Wade Cassidy Chairman

$104.4e -17.8%

NA NA

Distributor of floor coverings; logistics

313 CORPORATE CONCEPTS INC. Lombard

630-691-8800 CorpConc.com

Victoria M. Hansel, CEO Lawrence C. Zerante, President

$104.1 -3.8%

66 66

Office furniture dealer

311

292 THE MUMFORD COS. Chicago

312-733-2600 MumfordCompanies.com

Phil Mumford Sr. Phil Mumford Jr. Co-owners

$103.6 -17.3%

52 492

Manufacturing, construction and real estate

312 313

308 PLOTE CONSTRUCTION INC. Hoffman Estates

847-695-9300 Plote.com

Daniel Plote President, CEO

$103.4e -6.3%

NA NA

Paving and roadbuilding; general contractor

New NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS/INDIANA Oak Brook

630-573-5000 NephDocs.com

Brian J. O’Dea CEO

$102.8 35.6%

318 417

Private specialty physician practice specializing in nephrology

314

307 RABINE Schaumburg

888-722-4633 Rabine.com

Austin Rabine CEO

$102.3* -7.8%

130 210

Provider of commercial paving, roofing, snow removal, assessments and pipeline televising

315

New MERGE27 Chicago

312-803-1900 MergeWorld.com

Patrick Venetucci, CEO Mark Goble, Chief operating officer

$102.3* -12.0%

230 515

Marketing services

316

326 BCD INTERNATIONAL Buffalo Grove

847-205-1922 BCDVideo.com

Jeff Burgess President, CEO

$101.1 7.6%

67 74

Video data infrastructure manufacturer for the security industry

317 317 319

New BOUNTEOUS Chicago

877-220-5862 Bounteous.com

Keith Schwartz CEO

$101.1 61.7%

156 616

Digital experience consultancy

354 MILLER COOPER & CO. LTD. Deerfield

847-205-5000 MillerCooper.com

Kristen L. Fitzpatrick Managing principal

$101.1 35.7%

390 NA

Audit, accounting, tax and business advisory services

New LAUNCH TECHNICAL 888-888-7195 WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LaunchTWS.com Oak Brook

Mike Guagenti CEO

$100.6 -34.8%

104 1,112

Technical workforce solutions provider focused on aviation, industrial and transportation

320 321

319 HIGHLAND PARK FORD Highland Park

Marty Price, Alan Frisch Dealer principals

$100.1e -3.5%

50e 50e

Auto sales and service

298 OTTO ENGINEERING INC. 847-428-7171 Carpentersville OttoExcellence.com

Thomas J. Roeser President

$100.0 -18.0%

501 501

Manufacturer of audio accessories, industrial controls and dies for metal stampings

321 323 324 325 326

229 WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE INC. Chicago

773-847-4600 WorldsFinestChocolate.com

Edmond F. Opler Chairman, CEO

$100.028 -46.5%

NA NA

Candy manufacturer

New COMPACT INDUSTRIES INC. St. Charles

630-513-9600 CompactInd.com

Dale V. Brown CEO

$99.2 -4.2%

105 105

Contract manufacturer and co-packer of dry foods

191 FIRST HOSPITALITY Rosemont

224-257-4000 FirstHospitality.com

David Duncan President, CEO

$99.1 -64.1%

280 1,070

Hotel management, acquisitions, development

324 FGMK LLC Bannockburn

847-374-0400 FGMK.com

Mario J. Donato Managing partner

$99.029 0.0%

33129 33129

Assurance, tax and advisory services firm

New ZIEGLER Chicago

312-263-0110 Ziegler.com

Daniel J. Hermann President, CEO, head of investment banking

$98.4 12.1%

100 195

Boutique investment bank, capital markets and proprietary investments firm

327 328

New GP TRANSPORTATION Joliet

800-460-5071 GPTransCo.com

Dominic Zastarskis CEO

$96.8 14.1%

260 326

Truckload services

323 A. EPSTEIN AND SONS INTERNATIONAL INC. Chicago

312-454-9100 EpsteinGlobal.com

Jim A. Jirsa, Executive managing director, CFO

$95.4* -4.0%

130 225

Architecture, interior design, engineering, construction

329

317 CHICAGO MEAT AUTHORITY INC. Chicago

800-383-3811 ChicagoMeat.com

Jordan M. Dorfman President

$95.0 -9.5%

300 300

Meat processor

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Phone/website

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

330 331

314 TRIO MANAGEMENT INC. 708-375-1407 Chicago TrioManagement.us

Doug Cook CEO

$93.7e -13.2%

197e 275e

Home services, management consulting

345 FARMINGTON FOODS INC. Forest Park

708-771-3600 FarmingtonFoods.com

Anthony M. DiJohn, President, Albert A. La Valle, COO, CFO

$92.0 12.9%

165 170

Meat processor

332 332

322 MOREY Woodridge

630-754-2300 MoreyCorp.com

Dana Morey CEO

$90.0e -10.0%

400e 400e

Designer and manufacturer of electronics

New POWERS & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. Gary

219-949-3100 PowersAndSons.com

Kelly P. Baria Vice president

$90.0e 0.0%

40e 70e

General contracting, construction management, design-build and owner’s rep firm

334 335 336

310 NEW WORLD VAN LINES INC. Chicago

800-422-9300 NWVL.com

Patricia Marx Chairman, treasurer

$89.6* -18.2%

148 534

Moving and storage company

327 WALTER E. SMITHE FURNITURE INC. Itasca

630-285-8000 Smithe.com

Walter E. Smithe III President

$89.5e -3.9%

395e 395e

Furniture retailer

321 WESTSIDE MECHANICAL GROUP Naperville

630-369-6690 WSMech.com

James F. Reiss CEO

$89.2 -0.3%

350 350

HVAC, construction, engineering, mechanical services

337

331 FREEBORN & PETERS LLP 312-360-6000 Chicago Freeborn.com

Joseph L. Fogel William E. Russell Co-managing partners

$89.0e -2.1%

220e 280e

Law firm

338

355 AMERICANEAGLE.COM (SVANACO INC.) Des Plaines

847-699-0300 Americaneagle.com

Tony Svanascini CEO

$87.5* 18.8%

405 570

Website design, development, hosting and digital marketing

339

New REDSHELF Chicago

312-878-8586 RedShelf.com

Greg Fenton CEO

$87.1 33.5%

91 109

Provider of digital textbooks and related distribution software

340 341 342 343

344 ESD Chicago

312-372-1200 ESDGlobal.com

Raj P. Gupta Executive chairman

$86.9* 5.9%

286 303

Consulting engineering firm

New VISTA TRANS Lake in the Hills

773-904-0023 VistaTrans.com

Oleksandr Popovych CEO

$86.5 59.9%

42 85

Transportation logistics

342 CHS ACQUISITION CORP. Chicago Heights

708-756-5619 CHS.com

Bradley R. Corral President

$85.7 1.9%

160 160

Re-rolling steel mill

341 ATTORNEYS’ TITLE GUARANTY FUND INC. Chicago

312-372-8361 ATGF.com

Peter J. Birnbaum President, CEO

$85.6 0.9%

145 199

Provider of title insurance and real estate services

344

335 GREELEY AND HANSEN Chicago

800-837-9779 Greeley-Hansen.com

John C. Robak CEO

$85.1 -2.2%

105 256

Global civil and environmental engineering, architecture and consulting firm

345 346 347

314 WOZNIAK INDUSTRIES INC. Schaumburg

630-954-3400 WozniakIndustries.com

Michael R. Wozniak President, CEO

$85.0* -21.3%

65 179

Manufacturer of metal components

353 BECKER LOGISTICS LLC Glendale Heights

630-529-0700 BeckerLogistics.com

Jim Becker CEO

$83.2e 8.8%

82e 103e

Third-party logistics

328 SEVAN MULTI-SITE SOLUTIONS INC. Downers Grove

312-756-7778 SevanSolutions.com

Jim Evans President, CEO

$83.2 -10.2%

122 382

Design, construction, program management and data analytics services

348 348

329 HOFFER PLASTICS CORP. South Elgin

847-741-5740 HofferPlastics.com

William A. Hoffer Chairman

$83.0 -9.8%

348 350

Custom plastic injection molding

New KI INDUSTRIES Berkeley

708-449-1990 KIIndustries.com

Michael MacLean President, CEO

$83.0 -3.5%

53 700

Manufacturer of decorative plastic and die-cast components

350

333 BLUE CHIP MARKETING Chicago

847-418-8001 BlueChipWW.com

Stanton Kawer Chairman, CEO

$82.8e -8.0%

225e 225e

Creative marketing agency with expertise in brand and shopper marketing

351

316 226 COMPANIES Bannockburn

312-222-1110 226Companies.com

David Feder, Managing partner; Mark Knepper, Bernie Donaldson, Principals

$82.0 -23.6%

177 189

Office, health care, senior living furniture and custom solutions

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2020 revenue Full-time local (millions); employees as of 12/31/2020; % change worldwide Type of business from 2019

Prior rank Company

Phone/website

Top executive(s)

351 353

336 BIGANE PAVING CO. Chicago

312-738-0600 BiganePaving.com

Anne Bigane Wilson President, CEO

$82.0e -5.5%

90e 90e

Highway paving contractor

337 IMPACT ADVISORS LLC Naperville

800-680-7570 Impact-Advisors.com

Peter C. Smith, CEO Andrew M. Smith, President

$80.8 NA

22 199

Health care IT consulting

354

350 HORTON GROUP Orland Park

800-383-8283 TheHortonGroup.com

Glenn M. Horton, Chairman, Dan Horton, President, CEO

$80.5* 3.9%

271 359

Insurance and consulting

355

339 CRAMER-KRASSELT CO. Chicago

312-616-9600 C-K.com

Peter G. Krivkovich Chairman, CEO

$80.4 -6.7%

239 297

Provider of advertising, media, interactive and public relations

356 356 356

300 QST INDUSTRIES INC. Chicago

312-930-9400 QST.com

Michael Danch, Alexander Danch, Co-CEOs

$80.0 -33.3%

17 542

Manufacturer and distributor of apparel components

333 SUPERIOR GRAPHITE CO. 312-559-2999 Chicago SuperiorGraphite.com

Edward O. Carney Chairman, CEO

$80.0 -11.1%

69 191

Graphite and carbon manufacturer

219 TPS PARKING MANAGEMENT LLC Chicago

312-453-1700 TheParkingSpot.com

Jeff Foland President, CEO

$80.0e -59.9%

30e 1,100e

359

New LA GALERA PRODUCE Chicago

773-446-6161 LaGaleraProduce.com

Francisco Vega, Jose D. Vega, Partners; Erica Vega, Chief operating officer

$79.7 14.0%

62 62

Wholesale produce distributor

360 361 362

New SDI PRESENCE Chicago

312-580-7500 SDIPresence.com

David A. Gupta CEO

$79.6 60.2%

193 240

IT services firm

311 J.C. ANDERSON INC. Elmhurst

630-834-1669 JCAndersonInc.com

Michael L. Yazbec President

$79.5 -24.2%

120 120

General contractor

325 INTEC GROUP INC. Palatine

847-358-0088 IntecGrp.com

Steve M. Perlman Chairman, CEO

$78.0 -18.8%

85 780

Manufacturer of precision injection and insert molded components and assemblies

363 364 365 366 367

338 MAGNECO/METREL INC. Addison

630-543-6660 Magneco-Metrel.com

Charles W. Connors Jr. President, CEO

$78.0e -9.7%

NA NA

Manufacturer of colloidal silica bonded refractories

362 BANNER WHOLESALE GROCERIES Chicago

312-421-2650 BannerWholesale.com

Richard Saltzman President

$77.6* 19.4%

103 103

Grocer

New SPECIALTY PRINT COMMUNICATIONS Niles

847-588-2580 SpecialtyPrintComm.com

Adam LeFebvre President

$75.8 -12.1%

330 330

Direct mail printing and fulfillment company

330 MARILYN MIGLIN LP Chicago

312-266-4600 MarilynMiglin.com

Marilyn J. Miglin President, CEO

$75.3e -17.6%

32e 74e

Fragrance, cosmetics, skincare products

New ELEMENTS GLOBAL SERVICES Chicago

312-423-3642 ElementsGS.com

Rick Hammell CEO

$75.1 NA

26 160

HR services company specializing in supporting global expansion

New TRANSPORTATION ONE Chicago

312-429-6670 TransportationOne.com

Jamie Teets CEO

$75.0 NA

45 45

Logistics services

346 AAKASH CHEMICALS (VIVIFY) Glendale Heights

630-469-3838 VivifyCompany.com

Devlin Riley CEO

$75.0 -7.4%

27 80

Ingredients distribution for the food, cosmetic, inks and coatings industries

368 369

Off-airport parking

WANT 390 COMPANIES WITH MORE THAN $30 MILLION IN REVENUE? BECOME A CRAIN’S DATA MEMBER: CHICAGOBUSINESS.COM/DATA-LISTS. Most information for this list is provided by the companies. Figures estimated by Crain’s are produced using various sources of information about the companies and their industries. The list includes companies based in the Chicago area: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake (Ill.), Lake (Ind.), McHenry and Will counties. State Farm and certain other large companies based outside of Crain’s seven-county area are also included. Companies are listed as “New” in the prior year rank if they did not appear on last year’s list. NA: Not available. NC: No change. e = Crain’s estimate. * = Company estimate. 1. From Moody’s. 2. Total employment, from April 2020 impact report. 3. From American Lawyer. 4. From Moody’s, for 12 months ending June 30. 5. 2019 figure is a Crain’s estimate. 6. From March 2021 news release. 7. From April 2021 news release. 8. From Automotive News. 9. Formerly Corelle Brands Holdings, which acquired Instant Brands in March 2019. 10. Includes international membership firms. 11. CCC Intelligent Solutions went public in August 2021 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company called Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. The company was named CCC Information Services until June 2021. 12. From the company’s website. 2019 revenue figure is from Moody’s and as of September 2019. 13. From February 2021 Crain’s story. 14. ATI went public in June 2021 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company called Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II. 15. From proxy statement filed by Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II. 16. Decrease reflects the sale of four dealerships. 17. Estimate from Moody’s for 12 month period ending Sept. 30, 2020. 18. Formerly OppLoans. OppFi went public in July 2021 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, FG New America Acquisition Corp. 19. Estimate from Forbes. 20 Kronos Foods Corp. and Grecian Delight were acquired by Entrepreneurial Equity Partners and merged in spring 2020. 21. 2019 figure represents Grecian Delight only. 22. Formerly Response Team 1 Holdings LLC. 23. SBA PPP loan data, jobs retained. 24. Formerly Midwest Equity Mortgage LLC. 25. Formerly Evans Food Group Ltd. 26. Formerly Vision. 27. Includes Sandbox Agency, which combined with Merge in March 2020. 28. From Candy Industry. 29. From Accounting Today. 30. From ENR.

Researched by Chuck Soder and Crain’s staff (researcher@chicagobusiness.com) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: APRIL 19, 2021

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CRAIN’S LIST

CHICAGO’S LARGEST PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue. 2020 rank Company

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue 2020 net income (millions); (millions); % change 2020 profit % change from 2019 margin from 2019

Employees Market cap worldwide (millions) (FTE); 12/31/2020 1-year change 1-year change Primary industry

WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC. Deerfield; WBA; 847-315-2500 WalgreensBootsAlliance.com

Stefano Pessina, Executive chairman, Rosalind Brewer, CEO

$139,537.0 2.0%

$456.0 -88.5%

0.30%

$34,532.7 -34%

277,000 -3.5%

Drugstores, mail-order pharmaceuticals

ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO. Chicago; ADM; 312-634-8100; ADM.com

Juan R. Luciano Chairman, president, CEO

$64,355.0 -0.5%

$1,772.0 28.5%

2.80%

$28,047.6 8.7%

38,332 0.6%

Agricultural products

BOEING CO. Chicago; BA; 312-544-2000 Boeing.com

David L. Calhoun President, CEO

$58,158.0 -24.0%

-$11,873.0 NM

$120,843.0 -34%

141,000 -12.5%

Aerospace, defense

ABBVIE INC. North Chicago; ABBV; 847-932-7900; AbbVie.com

Richard A. Gonzalez Chairman, CEO

$45,804.0 37.7%

$4,616.0 -41.4%

10.10%

$189,171.0 44.4%

47,000 56.7%

Pharmaceuticals, medical products

ALLSTATE CORP. Northbrook; ALL; 847-402-5000; Allstate.com

Thomas J. Wilson II Chairman, president, CEO

$44,791.0 0.3%

$5,576.0 15.0%

12.40%

$33,426.2 -8.2%

42,010 -8.7%

Property, casualty, and life insurance

CATERPILLAR INC. Deerfield; CAT; 224-551-4000 Caterpillar.com

D. James Umpleby III Chairman, CEO

$41,748.0 -22.4%

$2,998.0 -50.8%

7.20%

$98,883.9 21.2%

97,300 -4.9%

Construction and mining machinery

DEERE & CO. Moline; DE; 309-765-8000 Deere.com

John C. May II Chairman, CEO

$35,540.0 -9.5%

$2,751.0 -15.4%

7.70%

$84,309.9 55.3%

69,634 -5.2%

Construction and farm machinery

ABBOTT LABORATORIES Abbott Park; ABT; 224-667-6100 Abbott.com

Miles White, Executive chairman, Robert B. Ford, President, CEO

$34,608.0 8.5%

$4,495.0 21.9%

13%

$187,600.0 21.8%

109,000 1.9%

Pharmaceuticals, medical products

EXELON CORP. Chicago; EXC; 800-483-3220 ExelonCorp.com

Christopher M. Crane President, CEO

$33,039.0 -4.1%

$1,963.0 -33.1%

5.90%

$41,188.7 -7.1%

32,340 -1.1%

Electricity supplier

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC. Chicago; MDLZ; 847-9434000; MondelezInternational.com

Dirk Van de Put Chairman, CEO

$26,581.0 2.8%

$3,555.0 -9.5%

13.40%

$83,621.6 5.4%

79,000 -1.3%

Snacks, beverages, packaged meals

KRAFT HEINZ CO. Chicago; KHC; 412-456-5700 KraftHeinzCompany.com

Miguel Patricio CEO

$26,185.0 4.8%

$356.0 -81.6%

1.40%

$42,376.2 8%

38,000 2.7%

Food processing

US FOODS HOLDING CORP. Rosemont; USFD; 847-720-8000; USFoods.com

Pietro Satriano Chairman, CEO

$22,885.0 -11.8%

-$226.0 NM

$7,356.5 -20%

26,000 -7.1%

Food distribution

MCDONALD’S CORP. Chicago; MCD; 630-623-3000 McDonalds.com

Christopher J. Kempczinski President, CEO

$19,207.8 -10.1%

$4,730.5 -21.5%

24.60%

$159,886.0 7.3%

200,000 -2.4%

Fast-food restaurants

CDW CORP. Lincolnshire; CDW; 847-465-6000; CDW.com

Christine A. Leahy President, CEO

$18,467.5 2.4%

$788.5 7.0%

4.30%

$18,844.4 -8.2%

10,000 1%

IT products and services

JONES LANG LASALLE INC. Chicago; JLL; 312-782-5800 US.JLL.com

Christian Ulbrich Chairman, president, CEO

$16,589.9 -7.7%

$402.5 -24.8%

2.40%

$7,611.8 -15.2%

90,800 -2.8%

Commercial real estate

TENNECO INC. Lake Forest; TEN; 847-482-5000; Tenneco.com

Brian J. Kesseler CEO

$15,379.0 -11.9%

-$1,521.0 NM

$863.2 -18.5%

73,000 -6.4%

Auto parts and equipment

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Employees Market cap worldwide (millions) (FTE); 12/31/2020 1-year change 1-year change Primary industry

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue 2020 net income (millions); (millions); % change from % change from 2020 profit 2019 margin 2019

UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC. Chicago; UAL; 872-825-4000; United.com

J. Scott Kirby CEO

$15,355.0 -64.5%

-$7,069.0 NM

$12,585.4 -43.5%

74,400 -22.5%

Airline

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES Riverwoods; DFS; 224-405-0900; Discover.com

Roger C. Hochschild President, CEO

$12,953.0 -7.4%

$1,141.0 -61.4%

8.80%

$27,747.1 4.4%

17,600 2.3%

Credit card issuer

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. Glenview; ITW; 847-724-7500; ITW.com

E. Scott Santi Chairman, CEO

$12,574.0 -10.9%

$2,109.0 -16.3%

16.80%

$64,532.2 11.8%

43,000 -4.4%

Industrial machinery

W.W. GRAINGER INC. Lake Forest; GWW; 847-535-1000; Grainger.com

D.G. Macpherson Chairman, CEO

$11,797.0 2.7%

$695.0 -18.1%

5.90%

$21,914.8 20.2%

22,450 -8.6%

Industrial supply

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. Deerfield; BAX; 224-948-2000; Baxter.com

José E. Almeida Chairman, president, CEO

$11,673.0 2.7%

$1,102.0 10.1%

9.40%

$40,981.1 -4%

50,000 0%

Medical products and services

LKQ CORP. Chicago; LKQ; 312-621-1950 LKQCorp.com

Dominick Zarcone President, CEO

$11,628.8 -7.0%

$638.4 18.0%

5.50%

$10,725.1 -2%

44,000 -13.7%

Recycled auto parts

CONAGRA BRANDS INC. Chicago; CAG; 312-549-5000 ConagraBrands.com

Sean M. Connolly President, CEO

$11,054.4 15.9%

$840.1 23.9%

7.60%

$17,713.7 6.3%

16,500 -8.3%

Packaged foods

CNA FINANCIAL CORP. Chicago; CNA; 312-822-5000 CNA.com

Dino E. Robusto Chairman, CEO

$10,808.0 0.4%

$690.0 -31.0%

6.40%

$10,573.3 -13.1%

5,800 -1.7%

Property and casualty insurance

UNIVAR SOLUTIONS INC. Downers Grove; UNVR; 331-777-6000; Univar.com

David C. Jukes President, CEO

$8,265.0 -11.0%

$52.9 NM

0.60%

$3,214.6 -21.4%

9,457 -8.2%

Chemical and ingredient distributor

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PLC Chicago; CWK; 312-470-1800; CushmanWakefield.com

Brett W. White Executive chairman, CEO

$7,843.7 -10.4%

-$220.5 NM

$3,286.8 -26.6%

50,000 -5.7%

Commercial real estate

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORP. Lisle; NAV; 331-332-5000; Navistar.com

Mathias Carlbaum President, CEO

$7,503.0 -33.3%

-$347.0 NM

$4,378.5 52.5%

12,100 -9%

Trucks and buses

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. Chicago; MSI; 847-576-5000 MotorolaSolutions.com

Gregory Q. Brown Chairman, CEO

$7,414.0 -6.0%

$949.0 9.3%

12.80%

$28,829.1 4.4%

18,000 5.9%

Communications equipment

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP. Chicago; ORI; 312-3468100; OldRepublic.com

Craig R. Smiddy President, CEO

$7,166.0 -3.9%

$558.6 -47.1%

7.80%

$5,912.4 -11.4%

9,000 0%

Insurance holding company

ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. J. Patrick Gallagher Rolling Meadows; AJG; 630-773- Jr. Chairman, presi3800; AJG.com dent, CEO

$7,003.6 -2.7%

$818.8 22.4%

11.70%

$23,792.2 33.9%

32,401 -2.5%

Insurance brokerage

DOVER CORP. Downers Grove; DOV; 630-5411540; DoverCorporation.com

Richard J. Tobin President, CEO

$6,683.8 -6.3%

$683.5 0.8%

10.20%

$18,193.0 8.7%

23,000 -4.2%

Industrial products manufacturing

PACKAGING CORP. OF AMERICA Lake Forest; PKG; 847-4823000; PackagingCorp.com

Mark W. Kowlzan Chairman, CEO

$6,658.2 -4.4%

$461.0 -33.8%

6.90%

$12,985.7 23.4%

15,200 -1.9%

Paper packaging

NORTHERN TRUST CORP. Chicago; NTRS; 312-630-6000 NorthernTrust.com

Michael G. O’Grady Chairman, president, CEO

$6,301.1 -8.6%

$1,209.3 -19.0%

19.20%

$19,384.4 -13.9%

20,900 5.6%

Commercial banks

ULTA BEAUTY INC. Bolingbrook; ULTA; 630-410-4800; Ulta.com

Dave Kimbell CEO

$6,152.0 -16.8%

$175.8 -75.1%

2.90%

$16,178.2 11.8%

26,500 -14.5%

Beauty products retailer

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY INC. Deerfield; FBHS; 847-484-4400; FBHS.com

Nicholas I. Fink CEO

$6,090.3 5.7%

$553.1 28.1%

9.10%

$11,909.0 31%

27,505 11.4%

Homebuilding products

2020 rank Company

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Top executive(s)

2020 revenue 2020 net income (millions); (millions); % change from % change from 2020 profit 2019 margin 2019

Employees Market cap worldwide (millions) (FTE); 12/31/2020 1-year change 1-year change Primary industry

INGREDION INC. Westchester; INGR; 708-551-2600; Ingredion.com

James P. Zallie President, CEO

$5,987.0 -3.6%

$348.0 -15.7%

5.80%

$5,270.1 -15.1%

12,000 9.1%

Food and ingredient processor

CAMPING WORLD HOLDINGS INC. Lincolnshire; CWH; 847808-3000; CampingWorld.com

Marcus A. Lemonis Chairman, CEO

$5,446.6 11.3%

$122.3 NM

2.20%

$1,113.8 102.1%

11,427 -0.7%

RVs and camping gear

TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS INC. Chicago; TDS; 312-630-1900; TDSInc.com

LeRoy T. Carlson Jr. President, CEO

$5,225.0 0.9%

$226.0 86.8%

4.30%

$2,123.0 -27.2%

9,200 -2.1%

Telecommunication services

KEMPER CORP. Chicago; KMPR; 312-661-4600 Kemper.com

Joseph P. Lacher Jr. President, CEO

$5,205.7 3.3%

$409.9 -22.8%

7.90%

$5,025.3 -2.7%

9,500 6.7%

Insurance and financial services

CME GROUP INC. Chicago; CME; 312-930-3310 CMEGroup.com

Terrence A. Duffy Chairman, CEO

$4,883.6 0.3%

$2,105.2 -0.5%

43.10%

$65,354.2 -9.1%

4,370 0.2%

Security and commodity brokers

R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. Chicago; RRD; 630-963-9494 RRD.com

Daniel L. Knotts President, CEO

$4,766.3 -12.9%

$98.5 NM

2.10%

$161.4 -42.4%

33,000 -9.3%

Commercial printing

Michael King CEO

$4,689.0 -9.7%

-$27.0 NM

$3,213.6 NA

14,600 NA

Food and beverage packaging

New PACTIV EVERGREEN INC. Lake Forest; PTVE; 847-482-2000; Pactiv.com

NISOURCE INC. Merrillville; NI; 877-647-5990 NiSource.com

Joseph J. Hamrock President, CEO

$4,681.7 -10.1%

-$17.6 NM

$8,790.9 -15.5%

7,345 -12.2%

Natural gas and electric utility

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Lincolnshire; ZBRA; 847370-2317; Zebra.com

Anders Gustafsson CEO

$4,448.0 -0.8%

$504.0 -7.4%

11.30%

$20,491.1 48.8%

8,800 7.3%

Printers and scanners

TREEHOUSE FOODS INC. Oak Brook; THS; 708-483-1300 TreeHouseFoods.com

Steven T. Oakland President, CEO

$4,349.7 1.4%

$13.8 NM

0.30%

$2,401.1 -11.9%

10,900 0.9%

Private-label food processing

BRUNSWICK CORP. Mettawa; BC; 847-735-4700 Brunswick.com

David M. Foulkes CEO

$4,347.5 5.8%

$372.7 NM

8.60%

$5,972.8 22.1%

14,382 12.1%

Boating and leisure products

CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC. Deerfield; CF; 847-4052400; CFIndustries.com

W. Anthony Will President, CEO

$4,124.0 -10.2%

$317.0 -35.7%

7.70%

$8,280.7 -20.2%

2,985 -0.5%

Agricultural chemicals

UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP. Chicago; USM; 773-3998900; USCellular.com

Laurent C. Therivel President, CEO

$4,037.0 0.4%

$229.0 80.3%

5.70%

$2,640.4 -15.4%

5,300 -3.6%

Telecommunication services

VENTAS INC. Chicago; VTR; 877-483-6827 VentasREIT.com

Debra A. Cafaro Chairman, CEO

$3,795.4 -2.0%

$439.1 1.4%

11.60%

$18,369.0 -14.6%

448 -13.2%

Real estate investment trust

HUB GROUP INC. Oak Brook; HUBG; 630-271-3600; HubGroup.com

David P. Yeager Chairman, CEO

$3,495.6 -4.7%

$73.6 -31.4%

2.10%

$1,946.9 11.5%

5,000 0%

Global intermodal transportation

RYERSON HOLDING CORP. Chicago; RYI; 312-292-5000 Ryerson.com

Edward J. Lehner President, CEO

$3,466.6 -23.0%

-$65.8 NM

$519.9 16.3%

3,900 -13.3%

Metal processing and distribution

CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS INC. Edward T. Tilly Chicago; CBOE; Chairman, 312-786-5600; CBOE.com president, CEO

$3,427.1 37.3%

$468.2 24.9%

13.70%

$10,060.9 -24.3%

1,010 22.7%

Options exchange

REYNOLDS CONSUMER PROD- Lance Mitchell UCTS INC. Lake Forest; REYN; President, CEO 800-879-5067; ReynoldsConsumerProducts.com

$3,263.0 7.6%

$363.0 61.3%

11.10%

$6,299.4 NA

5,450 6.9%

Household products

OPTION CARE HEALTH INC. Bannockburn; OPCH; 866-8278203; OptionCareHealth.com

$3,032.6 31.3%

-$8.1 NM

$2,920.9 10.9%

5,499 0.1%

Medical in-home infusion services

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2020 rank Company

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue 2020 net income (millions); (millions); % change from % change from 2020 profit 2019 margin 2019

Employees Market cap worldwide (millions) (FTE); 12/31/2020 1-year change 1-year change Primary industry

APTARGROUP INC. Crystal Lake; ATR; 815-477-0424; Aptar.com

Stephan B. Tanda President, CEO

$2,929.3 2.4%

$214.0 -11.6%

7.30%

$8,859.9 19.9%

13,000 -7.1%

Dispensing products

HILL-ROM HOLDINGS INC. Chicago; HRC; 312-819-7200 HillRom.com

John P. Groetelaars President, CEO

$2,881.0 -0.9%

$223.0 46.5%

7.70%

$6,545.7 -13.6%

10,000 0%

Maker of medical equipment

TRANSUNION Chicago; TRU; 312-985-2000 TransUnion.com

Christopher A. Cartwright President, CEO

$2,716.6 2.3%

$343.2 -1.1%

12.60%

$18,881.6 17.1%

8,200 2.5%

Credit information services

STERICYCLE INC. Bannockburn; SRCL; 847-3675910; Stericycle.com

Cindy J. Miller President, CEO

$2,675.5 -19.1%

-$57.3 NM

$6,347.3 9.2%

14,700 -24.6%

Medical waste disposal services

EQUITY RESIDENTIAL Chicago; EQR; 312-474-1300 EquityApartments.com

Mark J. Parrell President, CEO

$2,571.7 -4.8%

$913.6 -5.8%

35.50%

$22,067.2 -26.6%

2,600 -3.7%

Real estate investment trust

THE MIDDLEBY CORP. Elgin; MIDD; 847-741-3300 Middleby.com

Timothy J. FitzGerald CEO

$2,513.3 -15.1%

$207.3 -41.1%

8.20%

$7,169.5 16.6%

9,289 -5%

Food-service equipment

ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS INC. Chicago; ECHO; 800-354-7993; Echo.com

Doug Waggoner Chairman, CEO

$2,511.5 14.9%

$15.8 6.6%

0.60%

$713.6 26.3%

2,593 2.1%

Logistics

IDEX CORP. Northbrook; IEX; 847-498-7070; IDEXCorp.com

Eric Ashleman President, CEO

$2,351.6 -5.7%

$377.8 -11.2%

16.10%

$15,080.6 15.3%

7,075 -4.9%

Industrial machinery

AAR CORP. Wood Dale; AIR; 630-227-2000; AARCorp.com

John M. Holmes III President, CEO

$2,072.0 1.0%

$4.4 -41.3%

0.20%

$1,264.3 -18.5%

4,800 -15%

Aviation services

HYATT HOTELS CORP. Chicago; H; 312-750-1234 Hyatt.com

Thomas J. Pritzker Executive chairman Mark S. Hoplamazian President, CEO

$2,066.0 -58.8%

-$703.0 NM

$7,512.3 -18.5%

37,000 -32.7%

Hospitality

CDK GLOBAL INC. Hoffman Estates; CDK; 847-3971700; CDKGlobal.com

Brian M. Krzanich President, CEO

$1,960.1 2.4%

$207.5 67.3%

10.60%

$6,307.3 -5%

9,000 0%

Software for vehicle dealerships

WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP. Rosemont; WTFC; 847-939-9000; Wintrust.com

Edward J. Wehmer CEO

$1,897.2 5.9%

$293.0 -17.6%

15.40%

$3,521.0 -13%

5,230 3.4%

Commercial banks

STEPAN CO. Northfield; SCL; 847-446-7500 Stepan.com

F. Quinn Stepan Jr. Chairman, CEO

$1,869.8 0.6%

$126.8 22.9%

6.80%

$2,680.1 16.3%

2,293 0.4%

Specialty chemicals

GRUBHUB INC. Chicago; GRUB; 877-585-7878 Grubhub.com

Adam DeWitt CEO

$1,820.0 38.7%

-$155.9 NM

$6,888.9 54.9%

2,841 4.7%

Online food ordering

ATKORE INC. Harvey; ATKR; 708-339-1610 Atkore.com

William E. Waltz Jr. President, CEO

$1,765.4 -7.9%

$152.3 9.5%

8.60%

$1,955.2 2.5%

3,256 -16.5%

Electrical products manufacturer

JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Chicago; JBT; 312-8615900; JBTC.com

Brian A. Deck President, CEO

$1,727.8 -11.2%

$108.8 -15.7%

6.30%

$3,613.0 1.3%

6,200 -3.1%

Food processing, air transportation

ACCO BRANDS CORP. Lake Zurich; ACCO; 847-5419500; ACCOBrands.com

Boris Y. Elisman Chairman, CEO

$1,655.2 -15.4%

$62.0 -41.9%

3.70%

$798.5 -12%

6,100 -12.9%

Office products

CENTURY ALUMINUM CO. Chicago; CENX; 312-696-3101 CenturyAluminum.com

Jesse E. Gary President, CEO

$1,605.1 -12.6%

-$123.3 NM

$987.0 47.8%

2,078 -0%

Aluminum products

ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS INC. Chicago; MDRX; 800-334-8534 Allscripts.com

Paul M. Black CEO

$1,502.7 -8.0%

$700.4 NM

46.60%

$2,281.3 43.2%

8,400 -12.5%

Health care IT

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue. 2020 rank Company

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue 2020 net income (millions); (millions); % change from % change from 2020 profit 2019 margin 2019

Employees Market cap worldwide (millions) (FTE); 12/31/2020 1-year change 1-year change Primary industry

LITTELFUSE INC. Chicago; LFUS; 773-628-1000; Littelfuse.com

David W. Heinzmann President, CEO

$1,445.7 -3.9%

$130.0 -6.5%

$6,207.3 33.2%

12,200 8%

Circuit protection devices

GROUPON INC. Chicago; GRPN; 312-334-1579; Groupon.com

Aaron Z. Cooper Interim CEO

$1,416.9 -36.1%

-$287.9 NM

$1,094.7 -18.9%

4,159 -34.5%

Deals website

MORNINGSTAR INC. Chicago; MORN; 312-696-6000 Morningstar.com

Kunal Kapoor, CEO, Joseph D. Mansueto, Executive chairman

$1,389.5 17.9%

$223.6 47.1%

16.10%

$9,918.8 53.1%

7,979 18.4%

Investment research

IAA INC. Westchester; IAA; 708-492-7000; IAAI.com

John W. Kett President, CEO

$1,384.9 -3.6%

$194.8 0.8%

14.10%

$8,737.6 39.1%

3,622 -3.7%

Vehicle auction software and services

SUNCOKE ENERGY INC. Lisle; SXC; 630-824-1000; SunCoke.com

Michael G. Rippey President, CEO

$1,333.0 -16.7%

$3.7 NM

0.30%

$360.0 -33.4%

1,133 -3.2%

Metallurgical coke

R1 RCM INC. Chicago; RCM; 312-324-7820 R1RCM.com

Joseph G. Flanagan President, CEO

$1,270.8 7.1%

$117.1 875.8%

9.20%

$2,802.2 91.3%

19,600 -5.5%

Hospital debt collector

GATX CORP. Chicago; GATX; 312-621-6200 GATX.com

Brian A. Kenney Chairman, president, CEO

$1,209.2 0.6%

$151.3 -28.4%

12.50%

$2,909.8 0.1%

1,904 -12.1%

Rail transportation services

FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP. Oak Brook; FSS; 630-954-2000; FederalSignal.com

Jennifer L. Sherman President, CEO

$1,130.8 -7.4%

$96.2 -11.3%

8.50%

$2,007.6 2.9%

3,500 -2.8%

Safety and security systems

CMC MATERIALS INC. Aurora; CCMP; 630-375-6631 CMCMaterials.com

David H. Li President, CEO

$1,116.3 7.6%

$142.8 264.2%

12.80%

$4,400.0 5.2%

2,082 1.7%

Semiconductor equipment

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC. Chicago; ELS; 312-279-1400; EquityLifestyleProperties.com

Marguerite M. Nader President, CEO

$1,091.4 5.2%

$228.3 -18.2%

20.90%

$11,545.8 -9.9%

4,000 -4.8%

Real estate investment trust

SP PLUS CORP. Chicago; SP; 312-274-2000; SPPlus.com

G. Marc Baumann President, CEO

$1,086.9 -34.7%

-$172.8 NM

$665.6 -29.4%

10,400 -46.1%

Parking facilities management

ENOVA INTERNATIONAL INC. Chicago; ENVA; 312-568-4200; Enova.com

David A. Fisher CEO

$1,083.7 -7.8%

$377.8 932.0%

34.90%

$883.4 8.7%

1,549 16.9%

Online financial services

ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC. Chicago; ATGE; 312651-1400; Adtalem.com

Stephen W. Beard President, CEO

$1,052.0 3.8%

-$85.3 NM

$1,768.5 -6.3%

3,971 -47.6%

Postsecondary education

METHODE ELECTRONICS INC. Chicago; MEI; 708-867-6777; Methode.com

Donald W. Duda President, CEO

$1,023.9 2.4%

$123.4 34.7%

12.10%

$2,959.9 102.8%

6,044 -2.3%

Electronic connectors

ENVESTNET INC. Chicago; ENV; 312-827-2800 Envestnet.com

Bill Crager CEO

$998.2 10.9%

-$3.1 NM

$4,439.5 21.5%

4,250 1.4%

Investment management

RLI CORP. Peoria; RLI; 309-692-1000; RLICorp.com

Jonathan E. Michael Chairman, CEO

$983.6 -2.0%

$157.1 -18.0%

16%

$4,692.5 16.3%

869 -2.8%

Specialty insurance

Jesse Singh President, CEO

$899.3 13.2%

-$122.2 NM

$5,945.8 NA

1,663 NA

Building products

Daniel N. Leib President, CEO

$894.5 2.3%

-$25.9 NM

$566.4 57.7%

NA NA

Communications, data, analytics services

Michael Pykosz CEO

$882.8 58.6%

-$188.0 NM

$14,729.1 NA

3,200 NA

90 91 92

New THE AZEK CO. Chicago; AZEK; 877-275-2935; AzekCo.com 96

DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. Chicago; DFIN; 800-823-5304 DFINSolutions.com

New OAK STREET HEALTH INC. Chicago; OSH; 312-733-9730 OakStreetHealth.com

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2020 rank Company

93 94

JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON INC. Elgin; JBSS; 847-289-1800; JBSSInc.com

New GOHEALTH INC. Chicago; GOCO; 312-386-8200 GoHealth.com

Top executive(s)

2020 revenue 2020 net income (millions); (millions); % change from % change from 2020 profit 2019 margin 2019

Employees Market cap worldwide (millions) (FTE); 12/31/2020 1-year change 1-year change Primary industry

Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo Chairman, CEO

$880.1 0.4%

$54.1 37.1%

6.10%

$900.6 -13.4%

1,370 -6.8%

Nuts, snacks, candy, bulk foods

Clint Jones CEO

$877.4 62.6%

-$44.3 NM

$1,149.9 NA

3,067 NA

Health insurance technology

HURON CONSULTING GROUP INC. Chicago; HURN; 312-5838700 HuronConsultingGroup.com

James H. Roth CEO

$871.0 -9.8%

-$23.8 NM

$1,270.8 -14.9%

3,807 1.5%

Management consulting

FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INC. Chicago; FMBI; 630-8757463; FirstMidwest.com

Michael L. Scudder Chairman, CEO

$792.0 -8.1%

$107.9 -46.0%

13.60%

$1,819.7 -28.2%

2,074 -2.3%

Commercial banks

102 COEUR MINING INC. Chicago; CDE; 312-489-5800 Coeur.com

Mitchell J. Krebs President, CEO

$785.5 10.4%

$25.6 NM

3.30%

$2,522.6 29.8%

1,959 -9.1%

Precious metals mining

KNOWLES CORP. Itasca; KN; 630-250-5100 Knowles.com

Jeffrey S. Niew President, CEO

$764.3 -10.6%

$6.6 -86.6%

0.90%

$1,689.5 -12.7%

7,000 -17.6%

Micro-acoustic solutions

TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO.1 Chicago; TPCO; 312-222-9100 TribPub.com

Terry Jimenez President, CEO

$746.3 -21.1%

-$39.0 NM

$500.5 5.6%

2,865 -30.4%

Newspapers, niche publications

100

104 PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP. Todd S. Nelson Schaumburg; PRDO; 847-781-3600 Chairman, PerdoceoEd.com president, CEO

$687.3 9.5%

$124.3 77.6%

18.10%

$875.1 -32.4%

3,625 16%

Educational services

101

100 HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC. Chicago; HSII; 312-496-1200; Heidrick.com

Krishnan Rajagopalan President, CEO

$629.4 -13.3%

-$37.7 NM

$568.8 -8.7%

1,563 -12.2%

Executive search firm

102

110 PAYLOCITY HOLDING CORP. Schaumburg; PCTY; 847-4633200; Paylocity.com

Steve R. Beauchamp CEO

$561.3 20.0%

$64.5 19.8%

11.50%

$11,169.7 72.8%

3,600 18%

Online payroll and human services

103

105 CARS.COM INC. Chicago; CARS; 312-601-5000; Cars.com

T. Alex Vetter President, CEO

$547.5 -9.8%

-$817.1 NM

$761.5 -6.7%

1,500 0%

Online automotive marketplace

104

107 TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC. Chicago; TR; 773-838-3400 Tootsie.com

Ellen R. Gordon Chairman, CEO

$471.1 -10.6%

$59.0 -9.1%

12.50%

$1,949.2 -13.2%

2,000 0%

Candy maker

105

112 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC. Chicago; FR; 312344-4300; FirstIndustrial.com

Peter E. Baccile President, CEO

$448.0 5.2%

$196.0 -17.9%

43.70%

$5,436.9 3.2%

153 -1.3%

Real estate investment trust

106

108 RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA INC.2 Oak Brook; RPAI; 630-634-4200; RPAI.com

Steven Grimes CEO

$430.0 -10.7%

$14.6 -55.0%

3.40%

$1,826.6 -36%

214 -0.5%

Real estate investment trust

Michael J. Sacks Chairman, CEO

$430.0 3.3%

$7.5 0.0%

1.70%

$531.7 NA

492 NA

Alternative asset manager

107 New

GCM GROSVENOR Chicago; GCMG; 312-506-6500; GCMGrosvenor.com

108

109 CTS CORP. Lisle; CTS; 630-577-8800 CTSCorp.com

Kieran M. O’Sullivan Chairman, president, CEO

$424.1 -9.6%

$34.7 -4.0%

8.20%

$1,107.8 13.2%

3,786 6.1%

Electronic components

109

111 HERITAGE-CRYSTAL CLEAN INC. Elgin; HCCI; 847-836-5670 Crystal-Clean.com

Brian J. Recatto President, CEO

$406.0 -8.7%

$11.9 42.7%

2.90%

$505.5 -30.5%

1,246 -8.2%

Environmental cleaning parts and services

110

106 A.M. CASTLE & CO. Oak Brook; CTAM; 847-455-7111; CastleMetals.com

Marec E. Edgar President, CEO

$368.3 -34.2%

-$40.7 NM

$22.4 272.1%

681 -22%

Metal products distribution

111

115 LAWSON PRODUCTS INC. Chicago; LAWS; 773-304-5050; LawsonProducts.com

Michael G. Decata President, CEO

$351.6 -5.2%

$15.1 109.3%

4.30%

$459.7 -1.5%

1,910 7.9%

Repair and maintenance supplies distributor

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES Ranked by 2020 revenue.

2020 revenue 2020 net income (millions); (millions); % change from % change from 2020 profit 2019 margin 2019

Employees Market cap worldwide (millions) (FTE); 12/31/2020 1-year change 1-year change Primary industry

2020 rank Company

Top executive(s)

112

113 ACCEL ENTERTAINMENT INC. Burr Ridge; ACEL; 630-280-6144; AccelEntertainment.com

Andrew H. Rubenstein President, CEO

$316.4 -26.2%

-$13.0 NM

$965.0 -5.4%

770 5.5%

Slot machine provider

113

116 BYLINE BANCORP INC. Chicago; BY; 773-244-7000 BylineBank.com

Roberto R. Herencia Executive chairman Alberto J. Paracchini President, CEO

$301.3 -6.0%

$37.5 -34.3%

12.40%

$596.1 -20.2%

918 -8.3%

Personal, business and commercial banking

114

114 POTBELLY CORP. Chicago; PBPB; 312-951-0600; Potbelly.com

Robert D. Wright President, CEO

$291.3 -28.9%

-$65.4 NM

$106.5 6.9%

5,500 -8.3%

Restaurant chain

115

118 OIL-DRI CORP. OF AMERICA Chicago; ODC; 312321-1515; OilDri.com

Daniel S. Jaffee Chairman, president, CEO

$283.2 2.2%

$18.9 49.9%

6.70%

$254.5 -7.8%

803 0.2%

Absorbent products

116

117 SIGMATRON INTERNATIONAL INC. Elk Grove Village; SGMA; 847956-8000; SigmaTronIntl.com

Gary R. Fairhead Chairman, president, CEO

$281.0 -3.3%

$0.4 NM

0.20%

$19.9 16.4%

3,065 -1.3%

Electronics manufacturing

Gregory Carlin CEO

$278.5 337.4%

-$0.6 NM

$969.8 NA

264 NA

119 CAMBIUM NETWORKS CORP. Atul Bhatnagar Rolling Meadows; CMBM; 888-863- President, CEO 5250; CambiumNetworks.com

$278.5 4.3%

$18.6 NM

6.70%

$646.6 188.7%

512 -3.9%

Wireless communications equipment

117 New 118

RUSH STREET INTERACTIVE Chicago; RSI; 312-915-2815; RushStreetInteractive.com

Casinos and gaming

119 New

WHOLE EARTH BRANDS INC. Chicago; FREE; 312-840-6000; WholeEarthBrands.com

Albert Manzone CEO

$275.5 1.2%

-$42.6 NM

$418.9 NA

583 NA

Packaged foods

120

GOGO INC. Chicago; GOGO; 312-517-5000; GogoAir.com

Oakleigh B. Thorne President, CEO

$269.7 -12.7%

-$250.0 NM

$821.0 45.5%

348 -68.8%

In-aircraft connectivity services

121

120 ONESPAN INC. Chicago; OSPN; 312-766-4001; OneSpan.com

Scott Clements President, CEO

$215.7 -14.9%

-$5.5 NM

$837.8 22.5%

870 16.9%

Cybersecurity products

122

124 BROADWIND INC. Cicero; BWEN; 708-780-4800; BWEN.com

Eric B. Blashford President, CEO

$198.5 11.4%

-$1.5 NM

$134.3 393.8%

512 -1.7%

Wind energy

123

123 MANITEX INTERNATIONAL INC. Stoyan Filipov Bridgeview; MNTX; 708-430-7500; CEO ManitexInternational.com

$167.5 -22.3%

-$13.6 NM

$102.1 -12.9%

475 -20.6%

Lifting equipment

124

125 RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS LTD. LaFox; RELL; 630-208-2200; RELL.com

Edward J. Richardson Chairman, president, CEO

$155.9 -6.5%

-$1.8 NM

$62.2 -15.9%

394 3.7%

Electron tubes and power semiconductors

125

127 VERICITY INC. Chicago; VERY; 312-379-2397; Vericity.com

James E. Hohmann CEO

$147.8 9.3%

-$25.0 NM

$148.9 -20.5%

421 -4.1%

Life insurance

126

126 OLD SECOND BANCORP INC. Aurora; OSBC; 630-892-0202; OldSecond.com

James L. Eccher President, CEO

$141.7 -6.4%

$27.8 -29.5%

19.60%

$296.5 -26.4%

533 -0.4%

Commercial banks

127

131 SPROUT SOCIAL INC. Chicago; SPT; 866-878-3231 SproutSocial.com

Justyn R. Howard CEO

$132.9 29.4%

-$31.7 NM

$2,403.8 212.8%

700 12.4%

Social media management software

128

121 FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC. Chicago; RAIL; 312-928-0850 FreightCarAmerica.com

James R. Meyer President, CEO

$108.4 -52.8%

-$84.4 NM

$37.4 42.2%

669 34.9%

Railroad equipment

129

122 ASSERTIO HOLDINGS INC. Lake Forest; ASRT; 224-419-7106; Assertio.com

Daniel A. Peisert President, CEO

$106.3 -53.7%

-$28.1 NM

$38.3 -62%

27 -78.4%

Pharmaceuticals

130

132 LIFEWAY FOODS INC. Morton Grove; LWAY; 847967-1010; LifewayKefir.com

Julie Smolyansky President, CEO

$102.0 8.9%

$3.2 613.5%

3.20%

$84.4 169.6%

316 2.9%

Probiotic beverages and snacks

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2020 rank Company

131

New SURGALIGN HOLDINGS INC. Deerfield; SRGA; 224-303-4651; Surgalign.com

132 133

Top executive(s)

Employees Market cap worldwide (millions) (FTE); 12/31/2020 1-year change 1-year change Primary industry

$101.7 -13.3%

-$33.8 NM

$175.1 NA

197 NA

129 PERMA-PIPE INTERNATIONAL- David J. Mansfield HOLDINGS INC. Niles; PPIH; President, CEO 847-966-2235; PermaPipe.com

$84.7 -33.7%

-$7.6 NM

$49.7 -34.1%

504 -20.3%

Piping systems, filtration, cooling

133 PCTEL INC. Bloomingdale; PCTI; 630-372-6800; PCTel.com

David A. Neumann CEO

$77.5 -14.5%

$3.4 -8.9%

4.40%

$120.1 -21.1%

326 -1.5%

Wireless communications equipment

John T. Fitzgerald President, CEO

$69.0 1.1%

-$6.7 NM

$103.2 NA

239 NA

Property and casualty insurance

134 New

KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. Itasca; KFS; 847-700-9100 Kingsway-Financial.com

Terry Rich President, CEO

2020 revenue 2020 net income (millions); (millions); % change from % change from 2020 profit 2019 margin 2019

Health care supplies

135

128 EQUITY COMMONWEALTH Chicago; EQC; 312-646-2800; EQCRE.com

David A. Helfand President, CEO

$66.3 -48.2%

$451.3 -8.4%

680.90%

$3,315.2 -17.2%

28 0%

Real estate investment trust

136

134 BANKFINANCIAL CORP. Burr Ridge; BFIN; 800-894-6900; BankFinancial.com

F. Morgan Gasior CEO

$58.2 -18.6%

$9.2 -21.5%

15.70%

$129.8 -35.5%

209 -5%

Bank holding company

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More than a year into the pandemic, most office workers are still doing their thing from home, making office perks like catered lunches, table tennis and happy hours moot points. But the best companies came up with ways to support their troops working remotely in tough times: cash for office equipment and child care, additional PTO to deal with COVID challenges. Once again this year, Crain’s partnered with Best Companies Group to survey employees and identify the 100 Best Places to Work, a list that gets more competitive each year. Here they are in ranked order, along with facts about what makes them great: flexible hours, 401(k) matches, generous health benefits and more. Perks

Local/U.S. Employees

Percentage female executives

Voluntary turnover

100% paid medical

Flexible hours

401(k) match

Name

Industry

Location

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

BLUEDOG DESIGN

Advertising/PR

Fulton Market

33/33

67%

POPULUS GROUP

Staffing

Lisle

58/270

17%

15%

AVIONOS

Consulting

Loop

71/71

25%

12%

RADIO FLYER

Consumer products

Elmwood Park

78/78

38%

YCHARTS

Technology

River North

48/64

20%

STUMM INSURANCE

Health care/ insurance

Rosemont, Warrenville

39/39

TOPSTEP

Financial services

West Loop

61/61

44%

10%

CITY STAFFING

Staffing

Loop

25/25

100%

BALASA DINVERNO FOLTZ

Financial services

Itsaca

64/64

33%

PRIME TSR

Technology

Loop

42/42

25%

INSTANT ALLIANCE

Staffing

Loop

25/25

60%

REDMOND CONSTRUCTION

Construction

River North

27/27

33%

INFUTOR DATA SOLUTIONS

Technology

Oakbrook Terrace

78/98

ALL CAMPUS

Advertising/PR

West Loop Gate

109/109

40%

BURWOOD GROUP

Consulting

Loop

93/193

27%

16%

THE SALEM GROUP

Staffing

Loop, Oakbrook Terrace, Naperville, Buffalo Grove

25/72

50%

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

RALPH H. SIMPSON

Construction

Elmhurst

27/27

40%

BRAVIANT HOLDINGS

Fintech/financial

Loop

36/37

43%

26%

DUANE MORRIS

Legal

Loop

86/1,433

28%

STRATOSPHERE NETWORKS

Technology

Evanston

51/51

RYAN LLC

Corporate tax advisory services

Loop, Downers Grove

ASSURANCE

Financial services

Schaumburg, West Loop

GLENSTAR

Real estate

Chicago

PERKINS COIE

Legal

Loop

BOLD INSIGHT

Consulting

Downers Grove, Loop

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4 4

29%

88/1,836

20%

12%

529/530

33%

10%

35/48

20%

251/2,444

n/a

34/36

73%

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Willis Tower Transformation Project

Zurich North American HQ

Upshore Chapter

Cook County Central Campus Health Center

Fulton East at 215 N. Peoria

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CRAIN’S 2022

Local/U.S. Employees

Percentage female executives

Voluntary turnover

100% paid medical

Perks Flexible hours

401(k) match

Name

Industry

Location

26 27 28 29

PSC GROUP

Consulting

Schaumburg

59/59

PARIVEDA SOLUTIONS

Consulting

Loop

72/702

20%

10%

LENDLEASE

Real estate

Loop

139/1,335

30%

14%

NEIGHBORHOOD LOANS

Financial services

Downers Grove, Bucktown, Old Irving Park, Midway

224/343

25%

n/a

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

INTEGRATED PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Consulting

Burr Ridge

103/217

29%

14%

CLARO HEALTHCARE

Consulting

Loop

137/137

25%

HORIZON THERAPEUTICS

Life sciences/biotech

Lake Forest, Loop

499/1,193

15%

12%

ARCO/MURRAY

Construction

Downers Grove, West Loop

222/222

13%

MAGENIUM SOLUTIONS

Consulting

Glen Ellyn

54/54

25%

KI INDUSTRIES

Manufacturing

Berkeley

54/54

BUILTECH SERVICES

Construction

Schaumburg

KOVITZ INVESTMENT GROUP

Financial services

GROTEFELD HOFFMANN

4 4

17%

55/57

25%

Loop

73/87

15%

Legal

Loop and Geneva

33/68

30%

SMOKEBALL

Technology

Loop

69/69

67%

54%

APTITIVE

Consulting

Loop

38/50

25%

17%

CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

Real estate

Mag Mile, River North, Cicero

39/39

40%

LIBERTY ADVISOR GROUP

Consulting

Loop

43/43

10%

15%

LOGICGATE

Technology

River North

113/133

17%

FIRST BANK OF HIGHLAND PARK

Banking

Highland Park, Northbrook, Skokie

135/135

31%

BOS

Office furniture dealership

Roselle, Chicago

105/160

50%

CENTRO

Technology

Loop

227/580

56%

18%

HUNT CLUB

Staffing

River North

70/70

20%

10%

CLUNE CONSTRUCTION

Construction

River West

138/667

13%

THE OFFICE OF EXPERIENCE

Advertising/PR Marketing

West Loop

47/47

30%

OBJECTIVE PARADIGM

Staffing

Loop

36/36

22%

10%

C+R RESEARCH

Market research

Loop

123/123

70%

LASALLE NETWORK

Staffing

Loop, Schaumburg, Oak Brook

184/203

60%

23%

SQN ASSOCIATES

Construction

Loop

57/57

80%

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4 4

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Local/U.S. Employees

Percentage female executives

Voluntary turnover

100% paid medical

Perks Flexible hours

401(k) match

Name

Industry

Location

54 55 56 57 58 59 60

ADAGE TECHNOLOGIES

Technology

West Loop Gate

63/63

17%

NEIGHBORHOODS.COM

Real estate

Fulton Market

70/70

38%

10%

IMANAGE

Technology

West Loop

332/416

12%

11%

KLEIN & HOFFMAN

Engineering

Loop

56/56

33%

KEYPATH EDUCATION

Education

Schaumburg

204/220

31%

OPTIMA

Real estate

Glencoe

33/86

30%

10%

SIKICH

Professional services: Naperville, Loop accounting, tech and advisory

279/918

19%

14%

61 62 63 64 65

MUELLER & CO.

Accounting

Loop, Orland Park, Elgin

150/150

34%

14%

BIG CONSTRUCTION

Construction

West Loop

26/26

20%

KENWAY CONSULTING

Consulting

Loop

43/43

43%

17%

MEDIAFLY

Technology

Loop

75/75

10%

11%

HONEY CAN DO INTERNATIONAL

Consumer packaged goods wholesale

Berkeley

101/101

71%

21%

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66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88

CRAIN’S 2022

Local/U.S. Employees

Percentage female executives

Voluntary turnover

100% paid medical

Perks Flexible hours

401(k) match

Name

Industry

Location

BEACON HILL STAFFING GROUP

Staffing

Loop

78/975

37%

n/a

MCSHANE CONSTRUCTION

Construction

Rosemont

83/196

18%

13%

LAUGHLIN CONSTABLE

Advertising/PR

Chicago

55/155

50%

17%

NEW HOME STAR

Real estate

Western suburbs

48/378

28%

10%

ALTAIR ADVISERS

Financial services

Loop

53/53

41%

WHITNEY ARCHITECTS

Architecture

Loop

39/39

33%

DISTINCTIVE SCHOOLS

Education

West Loop

361/452

67%

17%

ACTIVECAMPAIGN

Technology

Loop

544/544

33%

13%

MNJ TECHNOLOGIES

Managed services provider

Loop, Buffalo Grove

101/117

33%

12%

CARRIERDIRECT

Consulting

Loop

27/27

20%

28%

MESIROW FINANCIAL

Financial services

River North, Highland Park, Oak Brook

374/467

24%

10%

BARNES & THORNBURG

Legal

Loop

201/1,173

n/a

INFOSEC

Technology

Loop

35/126

16%

24%

BAKER TILLY US

Accounting

Loop

364/4,300

n/a

13%

THE MARKETING STORE

Advertising/PR

Loop

305/305

30%

17%

TALMAN CONSULTANTS

Engineering

Loop

65/65

40%

SCALE MARKETING

Advertising/PR

River North

25/25

40%

REVERB

Retail

Lakeview

191/191

33%

19%

LEAHY-IFP

Manufacturing

Glenview

45/51

n/a

M. HOLLAND

Distribution

Northbrook

252/256

n/a

CONCORD MARKETING SOLUTIONS

Promotional marketing

Glendale Heights

55/55

56%

BEACON FUNDING

Financial services

Northbrook, West Loop

98/98

22%

WEISS & CO.

Accounting

Glenview, Arlington Heights

61/61

15%

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METHODOLOGY: Who was eligible? The Best Places to Work in Chicago program was open to all publicly or privately held organizations, either for-profit or not-for-profit. To be eligible for consideration, organizations had to have at least 25 employees working in the seven-county area of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will in Illinois and Lake in Indiana. Published employee totals are as of October 2020.

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What criteria were used? Best Companies Group (BCG), an independent workplace excellence research firm, conducted a two-part survey. Part one of the assessment consisted of an employer questionnaire, used to collect information about benefits, policies, practices and other general information. Part two was a confidential 78-question employee survey used to evaluate local employees’

workplace experience and culture. BCG collected data from the companies in October and November of 2020. How was it scored? BCG combined the scores of the two surveys, with the employee responses making up 75% of the total, and conducted in-depth analysis to determine the number of companies that met its standard of excellence.

12/1/21 3:27 PM

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89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Perks Flexible hours

401(k) match

10%

14%

15%

4 4

Local/U.S. Employees

Percentage female executives

Voluntary turnover

298/2,400

16%

142/142

100% paid medical

Name

Industry

Location

CLAYCO

Construction

Loop

REVENUEWELL

Technology

Bannockburn, Loop

EBCO

Manufacturing

Elgin

36/44

33%

BENCHPREP

Ed tech

Loop

131/132

14%

CLARITY PARTNERS

Consulting

Loop

102/105

17%

20%

PREMIER INTERNATIONAL

Consulting

Loop

46/46

33%

EVERGREEN BANK GROUP

Banking

Oak Brook, Hinsdale, Evergreen Park

109/153

25%

12%

DELTA DENTAL OF ILLINOIS

Health care/insurance

Naperville

183/183

67%

15%

SDI PRESENCE

Technology

Loop, Pilsen

209/231

63%

13%

MPAC HEALTHCARE

Health care

Loop

63/90

40%

23%

WAYSTAR

Technology

West Loop

55/1,160

17%

SKENDER

Construction

West Loop

193/193

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: APRIL 12, 2021

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CRAIN’S 2022

CRAIN’S LIST FAST 50 Ranked by 5-year growth Company/town

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Total full-time Local full-time employees as of employees as of 12/31/2020 12/31/2020 5-year growth

2020 revenue

Profitable in 2020?

Company description

COINFLIP Chicago

1.72 million%

182

$50.6 million

Yes

Cryptocurrency ATM banker

GREEN THUMB INDUSTRIES Near North

95,651%

2,219

405

$556.6 million

Yes

Producer and seller of cannabis

RHM STAFFING SOLUTIONS Oak Brook

39,605%1

110

$33.4 million

Yes

Staffing contractor

INSPIRE11 West Loop

24,299%2

156

135

$39.5 million

Yes

Digital and analytical consulting

SHIPBOB West Loop

12,279.8%

670

360

$123.7 million

E-commerce packaging and shipping

REDSHELF Chicago

6,483.3%

109

$87.1 million

Provider of digital textbooks and related distribution software

OPPFI Chicago

3,592.6%

541

521

$323.0 million

Yes

Financial technology platform

WAVICLE DATA SOLUTIONS Chicago

2,371.7%

100

$21.1 million

Yes

Data and analytics

REDMOND CONSTRUCTION CORP. Chicago

1,987.2%

$33.5 million

Yes

Commercial general contractor

RICHARD GROUP Glenview

1,691.4%

$28.1 million

Yes

Commercial general contractor

CLOUDBAKERS Chicago

1,367.0%

$42.4 million

Yes

Cloud technology migration

VISTA TRANS Lake in the Hills

1,089.7%

$86.5 million

Yes

Transportation logistics

ELEMENTS GLOBAL SERVICES Chicago

1,033.3%3

186

$75.1 million

HR services company specializing in global expansion

ARDMORE RODERICK Chicago

856.0%

217

188

$46.2 million

Yes

Engineering design and construction management firm

NEIGHBORHOOD LOANS INC. Downers Grove

777.7%

392

242

$116.2 million

Yes

Residential mortgage lender

HIREOLOGY Chicago

715.6%

163

125

$29.4 million

Yes

Developer of web-based hiringmanagement software

EDGE LOGISTICS Chicago

693.6%

$70.1 million

Freight broker

GOHEALTH Chicago

616.1%

3,000

779

$877.4 million

Yes

Health insurance technology

C&G CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CO. Calumet City

590.3%

$15.4 million

Yes

Construction materials supplier

THE MATHER GROUP Chicago

537.8%

$25.5 million

Yes

Registered investment adviser

SPROUT SOCIAL Chicago

494.8%

703

474

$132.9 million

Social media management software for businesses

FULTON GRACE REALTY Chicago

484.3%

$18.9 million

Yes

Real estate management and brokerage services

ENDURANCE WARRANTY SERVICES Northbrook

466.0%

675

384

$731.7 million

Yes

Automotive extended warranty provider

AGB INNOVATIVE SECURITY SOLUTIONS Chicago

463.8%

1,000

980

$31.6 million

Yes

Security firm protecting people, property and data

CAPGROW PARTNERS Chicago

434.6%

$15.7 million

Yes

Community housing for individuals with behavioral health needs

TRANSPORTATION ONE Chicago

433.5%

$75.0 million

Yes

Logistics services

OSM WORLDWIDE Glendale Heights

431.9%

150

$319.7 million

Yes

Parcel shipping carrier

BOUNTEOUS Chicago

419.2%

616

156

$101.1 million

Yes

Digital experience consultancy

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THE BOOK

5-year growth

Total full-time employees as of 12/31/2020

Local full-time employees as of 12/31/2020

2020 revenue

Profitable in 2020?

WYNNDALCO ENTERPRISES LLC Addison

415.1%

$20.0 million

Yes

IT managed services firm

GRUBHUB Chicago

403.0%

2,714

1,163

$1.8 billion

Yes

Online food ordering

DEVBRIDGE Chicago

387.5%

502

$51.8 million

Yes

Custom software design and development

MILLENNIUM TRUST CO. Oak Brook

384.1%

352

340

$230.7 million

Yes

Financial services

PERKSPOT Chicago

384.0%

$22.2 million

Yes

Employee discount and recognition platform

PARTS TOWN LLC Addison

322.3%

2,192

665

$788.4 million

Yes

Restaurant equipment parts distribution and services

W.S. DARLEY & CO. Itasca

317.9%

310

$628.9 million

Yes

Manufacturer and distributor of first responder equipment

LAUNCH TECHNICAL WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS Oak Brook

306.1%

1,112

104

$100.6 million

Yes

Technical workforce solutions provider for aviation, industrial and transportation

HBR CONSULTING Chicago

301.5%

328

117

$110.5 million

Yes

Strategic guidance and operational solutions for the legal industry

RIGHT AT SCHOOL Evanston

287.5%

275

$22.5 million

In-school child care and extracurricular programs

PAYLOCITY Schaumburg

267.6%

3,600

1,227

$561.3 million

Yes

Cloud-based payroll and HR management software

GP TRANSCO Joliet

244.6%

326

260

$96.8 million

Yes

Truckload services

REDWOOD LOGISTICS Chicago

236.3%

760

400

$764.7 million

Yes

Logistics platform company

HALO BRANDED SOLUTIONS Oakbrook Terrace

206.4%

1,775

$764.7 million

Yes

Distributor of promotional products and employee recognition services

WALKER SANDS Chicago

204.9%

139

114

$21.3 million

Yes

B2B marketing

EGEN Naperville

203.8%

204

130

$51.2 million

Yes

Data engineering and cloud services

OVERTURE PROMOTIONS Waukegan

199.1%

150

144

$126.9 million

Yes

Promotional products

AARETE Chicago

189.8%

287

192

$74.5 million

Yes

Management consulting

BCD INTERNATIONAL Buffalo Grove

183.0%

$101.1 million

Yes

Video surveillance recording systems

CMC MATERIALS Aurora

169.6%

2,085

397

$1.1 billion

Yes

Supplier of materials to semiconductor manufacturers and pipeline operators

MEDSPEED Elmhurst

166.7%

1,864

414

$159.9 million

Yes

Health care logistics, same-day transportation

ARCO/MURRAY NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CO. Downers Grove

150.4%

315

$478.6 million

Yes

Design and construction, specializing in commercial

Company/town

29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Company description

1. RHM’s growth rate is based on prorated 2015 revenue of $84,204 because the company was founded in late May 2015; actual 2015 revenue was $49,119. 2. Inspire11’s growth rate is based on 2016 revenue because the company was incorporated on Dec. 31, 2015. 3. Elements Global Services’ growth rate is based on 2016 revenue; the company did not submit 2015 revenue because it became independent in September 2015. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 14, 2021

Research by Plante Moran and Crain’s (researcher@chicagobusiness.com)

METHODOLOGY: Working with accounting firm Plante Moran, we had these ground rules for choosing the Fast 50: w We considered only firms that have been in business at least since Dec. 31, 2015, and were located in the seven-county metro area.

P044-P045_CCB_20211213.indd 45

w We excluded real estate investment trusts, regulated banks, real estate developers, utilities, holding companies, subsidiaries/divisions, franchises and nonprofit organizations. w Small companies (those reporting less than $15

million in 2020 revenue) were likewise not considered. w Another criterion: no more than one drop in revenue from 2015 to 2020.

12/2/21 10:51 AM

CRAIN’S 2022

CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S TOP TECH UNICORNS Ranked by valuation. Company

Top local executive(s)

Founder; Year founded

Valuation (millions)

Total venture capital raised Largest local venture capital to date (millions) investors

Largest venture capital investors

Full-time local 2020 revenue employees (millions) 12/31/2020

TEMPUS LABS 600 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago 60654 800-976-5448; Tempus.com

Eric Lefkofsky CEO

Eric Lefkofsky 2015

$8,100.0

$1,050.0

Lightbank

New Enterprise Associates (NEA); Revolution Growth; Funds and accounts managed by T. Rowe Price; Novo Holdings; Google; Franklin Templeton; Baillie Gifford

900

RELATIVITY 231 S. LaSalle St., Chicago 60604; 312-263-1177; Relativity.com

Mike Gamson CEO

Andrew Sieja 2001 (as kCura)

$3,600.01

$481.42

None

Silver Lake; ICONIQ Capital1

1,075

VILLAGEMD 125 S. Clark St., Chicago 60603; 312-465-7900; VillageMD.com

Tim Barry CEO

Tim Barry, $3,416.02 $1,350.02 Walgreens Clive Fields, Boots Alliance; Paul Martino Adams Street 2013 Partners2

$500.03

221

ACTIVECAMPAIGN 1 N. Dearborn St., Chicago 60602; 800-357-0402; ActiveCampaign.com

Jason VandeBoom CEO

Jason VandeBoom 2003

$3,000.0

$360.0

None

Dragoneer Investment Group; Tiger Global Management; Susquehanna Growth Equity; Silversmith Capital Partners

450

UPTAKE TECHNOLOGIES 600 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago 60654 312-242-2200; Uptake.com

Kayne Grau CEO

Brad Keywell $2,300.0 2014

$258.0

Lightbank; DNS Capital

GreatPoint Ventures; Revolution Growth; Baillie Gifford

153

PROJECT44 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago 60654 312-376-8883; Project44.com

Jett McCandless CEO

Jett McCandless 2014

$2,200.0

$441.0

1818 Co-Invest- Goldman Sachs; ment Fund; Insight Ventures; Pritzker Group Emergence Capital Venture Capital; Chicago Ventures

$50.04

213

AVANT 222 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 60601; 800-712-5407; Avant.com

Matthew Bochenek CEO

Al Goldstein, $2,000.02 $1,360.02 Origin Ventures; Tiger Global ManagePaul Zhang Balyasny Asset ment; RRE Ventures2 2012 Management; Hyde Park Venture Partners2

$264.73

228

NATURE’S FYND 815 W. Pershing Road, Chicago 60614; 414-7311704; NaturesFynd.com

Thomas Jonas Thomas Jonas, $1,750.02 CEO Matthew Strongin, Mark Kozubal 2012

$463.0

BAM Elevate; ADM Ventures Investment Corp.

1955 Capital; Breakthrough Energy Ventures; Generation Investment Management; Softbank

M1 FINANCE 200 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 60601; 312-600-2883; M1Finance.com

Brian Barnes CEO

Brian Barnes 2015

$1,450.0

$310.0

Jump Capital; Chicago Ventures

Left Lane; Coatue; Soft Bank Vision Fund II

$6.4

SHIPBOB 120 N. Racine Ave., Chicago 60607; 844-474-4726; ShipBob.com

Dhruv Saxena, CEO Divey Gulati Chief operating officer

Dhruv Saxena, Divey Gulati 2014

$1,300.0

$330.5

Hyde Park Angels; Hyde Park Venture Partners

Bain Capital Ventures; Soft Bank Vision Fund 2; Menlo Ventures

$123.7

360

COPADO 20 W. Kinzie St., Chicago 60654; 424-282-3684; Copado.com

Sanjay Gidwani Chief operating officer Walker Mitchell CFO

Federico Larsen, Philipp Rackwitz 2013

$1,100.0

$257.0

Copado

IBM Ventures; Perpetual Investors; Lead Edge Capital; ISAI Cap Venture; Salesforce Ventures; DG Ventures; Declaration Partners; Softbank Vision Fund; Insight Partners

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Town Hall Ventures; Oxeon Partners; Oak HC/ FT; Kinnevik; Athyrium Capital Management2

12/2/21 11:36 AM

THE BOOK

Company

Top local executive(s)

Founder; Year founded

Valuation (millions)

Total venture capital raised Largest local venture capital to date (millions) investors

Largest venture capital investors

G2 100 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; 847-748-7559; G2.com

Godard Abel CEO

Godard Abel, $1,100.0 Mike Wheeler, Tim Handorf 2012

$257.0

Hyde Park Ven- IVP; Accel; Permira ture Partners; Growth Chicago Ventures; Pritzker Group Venture Capital

CAMEO 2045 W. Grand Ave., Chicago 60612; 847-529-5202; Cameo.com

Steven Galanis CEO

Steven Galanis, Devon Spinnler, Martin Blencowe 2017

$1,000.0

$165.7

Starting Line; Chicago Ventures; Origin Ventures

Softbank Vision Fund 2; Kleiner Perkins; Lightspeed Venture Partners

AMOUNT 222 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 60601; 872-760-9100; Amount.com

Adam Al Goldstein Hughes, 2020 CEO; Rob Reynolds, chief strategy officer; Fred Lee, chief technology officer

$1,000.0

$144.0

None

Tiger Global; General Atlantic; August Capital; Goldman Sachs; Westcap

SMS ASSIST LLC 875 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60611; 312-6987000; SMSAssist.com

Marc Michael Shiffman Rothman President, CEO 1999

$1,000.02

$265.0

Pritzker Group Goldman Sachs Venture Capital Investment Partners

Full-time local 2020 revenue employees (millions) 12/31/2020

200

$27.6

317

$530.03

574

Includes companies in the seven-county Chicago area: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will in Illinois and Lake in Indiana. NA: Not available. 1. As reported by Crain’s Chicago Business. 2. From PitchBook. 3. Company estimate. 4. Annual recurring revenue from May 2021 company press release.

Researched by Sophie Rodgers (sophie.rodgers@crain.com), with additional data provided by PitchBook.

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CRAIN’S 2022

CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S BIGGEST MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES Ranked by 2020 revenue. Crain’s estimates are in gray. 2020 rank Company

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions) employees as % change of 12/31/2020; worldwide from 2019

Total % minority owned Minority group(s) of ownership

Majority owner(s)

Type of business

MAT HOLDINGS INC. 6700 Wildlife Way, Long Grove 60047 847-821-9630; MATHoldingsInc.com

$1,750.0 -7.9%

334 14,000

100% Asian

Steve W. Wang Chairman, CEO

Manufacturer and distributor of automotive and consumer products

RAJA FOODS LLC (PATEL BROTHERS) 8110 N. St. Louis Ave., Skokie 60076 847-675-4455; RajaFoods.com

$463.0e 0.7%

170e 753e

NA Asian

Patel family

Retailer and importer of Indian foods

SUTTON AUTO TEAM 21315 Central Ave., Matteson 60443 708-720-8000; SuttonAutoTeam.com

$295.51 25.1%

97 270

100% Black/African American

Nathaniel K. Sutton President

Auto dealerships

BALDWIN RICHARDSON FOODS CO. 1 Tower Lane, Oakbrook Terrace 60181 630-607-1780; BRFoods.com

$270.0 -0.7%

21 385

100% Black/African American

Eric G. Johnson CEO

Manufacturer of sauces and condiments

VISTEX INC. 2300 Barrington Road, Hoffman Estates 60169; 847-490-0420; Vistex.com

$248.4 -10.7%

312 1,579

75% Asian

Sanjay Shah CEO

Enterprise software and services provider

ADVANTAGE CHEVROLET OF HODGKINS $190.5e 9510 W. Joliet Road, Hodgkins 60525 -3.6%e 708-352-2400; HodgkinsChevrolet.com

90 500

100% Black/African American

Desmond A. Roberts President

Auto dealerships

TYSON MOTOR LLC 1 S.W. Frontage Road, Shorewood 60404 815-741-5530; TysonMotor.com

$170.9 -25.7%

75 75

100% Hispanic/Latino

Anthony H. Blake President

Auto dealerships and real estate

10 LOOP CAPITAL LLC 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 60604 312-913-4900; LoopCapital.com

$170.0 86.8%

90 191

100% Black/African American

James Reynolds Jr. Chairman, CEO

Investment banking, brokerage and advisory firm

New SAYERS TECHNOLOGY 825 Corporate Woods Parkway, Vernon Hills 60061; 800-323-5357; Sayers.com

$128.6e -4.0%

88e 157e

51% Asian

Hemanth Parasuram Chairman

Information technology products and services provider

$90.0 e -0.0%

40e 70e

100% Black/African American

Claude Powers, President, COO, Mamon Powers Jr., Chairman, CEO

General contracting, construction management, design-build and owner’s rep firm

11 ESD 233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 312-372-1200; ESDGlobal.com

$86.91 5.9%

286 303

71% Asian

Raj P. Gupta Executive chairman

Consulting engineering firm

SDI PRESENCE 12 New 200 E. Randolph St., Chicago 60601

$79.6 60.2%

193 240

52% Asian

David Gupta CEO

IT services firm

$75.1 NA

26 160

100% Black/African American

Rick Hammell CEO

Tech firm and employer of record for businesses’ international expansion

POWERS & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. 2636 W. 15th Ave., Gary 46404 219-949-3100; PowersAndSons.com

312-580-7500; SDIPresence.com

New ELEMENTS GLOBAL SERVICES 1 N. Franklin St., Chicago 60606 312-423-3642; ElementsGS.com

12 ARIEL INVESTMENTS LLC 200 E. Randolph St., Chicago 60601 312-726-0140; ArielInvestments.com

$72.5 -6.3%

77 103

16 THE WILL GROUP 4647 W. Polk St., Chicago 60644 630-462-0230; TheWillGroup.com

$70.0 40.0%

115 130

100% Black/African American

14 LEVEL CONSTRUCTION INC. 4701 N. Ronald St., Harwood Heights 60706; 773-930-4695; LevelConstruction.net

$57.0 -16.2%

35 67

19 ARDMORE RODERICK 1500 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago 60607 312-795-1400; ArdmoreRoderick.com

$46.2 28.4%

CAPITAL MARKETS LLC 18 New 10CABRERA S. LaSalle St., Chicago 60603

$46.01 NA

312-236-8888; CabreraCapital.com

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82% Employee owners Black/African American; Asian; Hispanic/Latino2

Investment management firm

Stephen L. Davis Chairman

Electrical, lighting, construction, technology and energy related business

100% Asian

T.J. Patel, President Mitesh Patel, Managing partner

Commercial construction firm specializing in retail, medical, restaurant and industry

188 217

100% Black/African American

Rashod R. Johnson President, CEO

Engineering, program management and construction management

40 50

100% Hispanic/Latino; Asian3

Martin Cabrera CEO

Investment bank and full-service institutional broker dealer

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2020 rank Company

2020 revenue Full-time local (millions) employees as % change of 12/31/2020; worldwide from 2019

Total % minority owned Minority group(s) of ownership

Majority owner(s)

Type of business

17 BOWA CONSTRUCTION 7050 S. Stony Island Ave., Chicago 60649 312-238-9899; BowaConstruction.com

$46.0 9.5%

50 70

100% Black/African American

Nosa Ehimwenman President, CEO

General contractor and construction management firm

20 MILHOUSE ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION INC. 333 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 60604; 312-987-0061; MilhouseInc.com

$42.0 22.5%

256 267

85% Black/African American

Wilbur C. Milhouse III Chairman, CEO

Interdisciplinary engineering/ construction firm

18 AGEATIA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS 949 N. Plum Grove Road, Schaumburg 60173; 847-517-8415; Ageatia.com

$41.0 10.8%

180 452

100% Asian

Chuck Srinivasan President

Information technology staffing and employment services firm

$33.0 -5.7%

42 78

100% Asian

Steven Wang President

Building materials

David C. Namkung Managing partner

Management and technology consulting firm

John H. Griffin Jr. CEO

Security firm protecting people, property and data

Warner Cruz President, CEO

Restoration contractor

PLUMBING & HEATING 22 New WELLS SUPPLIES 916 W. 21st St., Chicago 60608 312-850-1500; WellsPlumbing.com

21 CLARITY PARTNERS LLC 20 N. Clark St., Chicago 60602 312-920-0550; ClarityPartners.com

$32.0 6.5%

120 145

51% Asian

23 AGB INNOVATIVE SECURITY SOLUTIONS 7545 S. Western Ave., Chicago 60620; 773-445-4300; AGBInvestigative.com

$31.6 11.1%

980 1,000

100% Black/African American

27 J.C. RESTORATION INC. 3200 Squibb Ave., Rolling Meadows 60008 800-956-8844; JCR24.com

$28.3 18.2%

124 124

100% Hispanic/Latino

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Companies on this list must be at least 51% minority owned and be headquartered in the seven-county area of Cook, Kane, Lake, DuPage, Will and McHenry counties in Illinois and Lake County in Indiana. Crain’s estimates are in gray. NA: Not available. (e) Crain’s estimate. 1. Company estimate. 2. 5% Asian; 0.1% Hispanic/Latino. 3. 76% Latino; 24% Asian. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOV. 15, 2021

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CRAIN’S 2022

This cohort of 72 Notable Black Leaders worked for decades to reach prominent places in law, banking, media and nonprofits and lift their communities. Following the murder of George Floyd and reckoning over systemic racism, they found themselves in new positions. For the first time, they say, they’ve had an opportunity to share their experiences with racism and how they overcame obstacles. They’ve been encouraged to share their views and open deeper conversations on race with colleagues. Many observe that their insights have a wider impact

and are aiming to use that visibility to speak out on inequality in the workplace. Many have taken on new roles leading new or expanded diversity initiatives as companies vow to improve their practices in recruiting, hiring and retaining talent from diverse backgrounds. And these leaders have redoubled efforts to boost the next generation through nonprofits that help young people succeed in school and prepare for a career. These leaders are seizing the moment. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The individuals featured did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from the nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by editors. To qualify for the list, nominees demonstrated that they made a difference in contributing to the Black community in any number of ways.

JUDITH ALLEN Chief operating officer and clinical director Communities in Schools of Chicago

As COO and clinical director of CIS of Chicago, Judith Allen advances the organization’s goal of promoting high-school graduation through her oversight of finance, human resources and programming. During the pandemic, Allen adapted CIS’ capabilities to online platforms and launched new programming initiatives to support the mental health of families of color. These include certification training to empower teachers, parents, social service staff and concerned community members to act as first responders to signs of youth mental health crisis, as well as providing essentials like school supplies, hygiene products and cash assistance to families impacted by the pandemic-induced recession. She is a certified youth and adult mental health first aid instructor with the National Council on Mental Wellbeing and vice chair with the CircEsteem board of directors.

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BRENDA B. ASARE

BRENDA PALMS BARBER

President and CEO The Alford Group

President and CEO North Lawndale Employment Network

Brenda B. Asare oversees vision and strategy for growth and is responsible for all sales, client service and day-to-day operations at the Alford Group, a professional consultancy for mission-based, not-for-profit organizations. Advising on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is a specialty, and Asare is said to have coined the term “equity-centered philanthropy” and developed a first-of-its-kind culture of equity assessment. Prior to joining the Alford Group, she was chief development officer with the American Red Cross in Chicago, where she spearheaded its campaign to build the country’s first disaster operations center. She is vice chair of the Giving Institute, a board member with the Children’s Place Association and an advisory board member with Women of Color in Fundraising & Philanthropy.

Brenda Palms Barber is president and CEO of North Lawndale Employment Network and CEO of its social ventures, Sweet Beginnings and Beelove Cafe. Recently, she led NLEN—which focuses on workforce development, digital literacy and financial-capability programs—in its partnership with Chicago Public Schools elementary and high schools to provide broadband access, computer equipment and training. From 2019 to 2021, she led “The Campaign That Works,” raising $11.5 million to develop a new campus. Known as the “Bee Lady” of the West Side, Barber in 2020 was selected by the Elevate Prize Foundation as one of five international fellows for her social impact work. She is an advisory board member of DePaul University’s Social Enterprise Collaborative and chair of the Workforce Development committee for the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council.

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CRAIN’S 2022

KELLY POWERS BARIA

KEIANA BARRETT

ROBERT BLACKWELL JR.

Vice president Powers & Sons Construction

Director, diversity and strategic development Sterling Bay

Founder and CEO EKI-Digital

Kelly Powers Baria manages Powers & Sons Construction operations in the northwest Indiana and Chicago markets for multimillion-dollar public and private clients. This includes leading business development, negotiating contracts and overseeing marketing communications. She also represents the firm within the Lakeside Alliance, a joint venture of five companies overseeing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, and leads their DEI efforts. Within the Obama Center procurement process, more than 50% of all contracting dollars awarded have gone to diverse businesses including women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community. She is on the board of trustees for the Chicago Architecture Center and an operations committee member for the Lincoln Park Zoo.

As Sterling Bay’s director of diversity and strategic development, Keiana Barrett is responsible for designing the company’s public-facing DEI strategy, targeting minority- and women-owned businesses. She manages community cultivation initiatives with a concentration on the South and West sides of Chicago, develops the communications plan with an emphasis on crisis management and is cultivating external partnerships to buttress local government compliance guidelines. Recently, she developed a partnership with radio station WVON-AM 1690 titled “Bay Breaks” that helps to socialize key equity milestones. She also developed a DEI summer internship and scholarship program and a strategic partnership with Gallery Guichard on a multicultural art exhibition at Prudential Plaza. She is a member of Dems on the Move.

CIERE BOATRIGHT

ANDRE BRUMFIELD

WILLIAM COLLINS

Vice president of real estate and community development CRG/Clayco

Principal, design director and Cities & Urban Design global leader Gensler

Chief advancement officer Surge Institute

Ciere Boatright, who joined CRG during the summer of 2021, oversees the planning and development of some of its real estate projects in Chicago, including securing land entitlements and public/private financing, negotiating terms of agreements with government, working with community organizations and developing feasibility studies. She’s helping to launch a program to support commercial developers of color as well as a national philanthropic program, CRG Cares. She joined CRG from Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, a nonprofit community development organization in Pullman, where she helped achieve 30% to 50% minority business enterprise contractor participation on projects. She’s addressed food and retail deserts in Chicago neighborhoods, helping to bring Mariano’s to Bronzeville and Whole Foods to Pullman. She also is on the board of the Urban Land Institute Women’s Leadership Initiative, the Metropolitan Planning Council and Landmarks Illinois.

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Andre Brumfield leads teams working with developers, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations to revitalize economically challenged urban environments and develop affordable and mixed-income housing. In the past 18 months, he joined Gensler’s board of directors, was appointed to the Chicago Plan Commission, and was named to Chicago’s first Committee on Design, advising Commissioner Maurice Cox and his staff. Brumfield helped establish Gensler’s global race and diversity committee, working with the board to pursue equitable design solutions in cities and communities. Prior to his nine years at Gensler, he was a principal and director of urban design and planning at AECOM for five years, and an associate and senior designer at Skidmore Owings & Merrill for 10 years. He’s a board member for the South East Chicago Commission.

Robert Blackwell Jr. is the founder and CEO of EKI-Digital, a Chicago-based software solutions provider, and founder and chairman of Killerspin, a Chicago-based table tennis company. A member of the U.S. Black Business Participation Taskforce, he launched Alpha Mission Chicago, an initiative to help generate $2 billion in contracts for Black businesses with a special emphasis on mathematics instruction for young Black males. Blackwell began his career at IBM in 1981 building technology. As an entrepreneur, he’s also founded several Chicago-based companies, including Urban Fishing Development, a company focused on digitally enabling Black neighborhoods. Blackwell is on the executive committee of the Business Leadership Council and on the board of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.

As chief advancement officer, William Collins leads strategies to build a large, diverse coalition that can advance Surge Institute’s cause of educational equity. He is responsible for creating an integrated vision for external affairs and directly managing external partnerships, new site growth, fundraising and alumni impact. In recent years, he has raised more than $7.7 million nationally in support of Surge’s work, launched several new sites to expand its national footprint, and helped to expand the organization from a startup team of 11 to a national staff of 20, alongside plans to extend the Surge Fellowship to five more cities by 2023. He was selected as an inaugural member of the Black Bench Chicago fellowship in 2021 and is a board member of Open Books Chicago.

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Honoring bold leaders.

Ann Marie Wright U.S. Chief Risk Officer, BMO Financial Group

Tracie Morris U.S. Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Inclusion Officer, BMO Financial Group

Bernard Narine Regional President Chicago Metro South, Head of Retail Banking, BMO Financial Group

Darrel Hackett President, BMO Wealth Management U.S.

Leslie Anderson Global Head of Employee Tech Experience and U.S. Chief Technology, Resiliency and Experience Operations Officer, BMO Financial Group

Eric Smith Vice Chairman, BMO Harris Bank

Wallace Harris Head, BMO Investment Services

Our commitment to advancing POC in banking and finance is an essential part of our purpose: to boldly grow the good. This year, we’d like to congratulate our outstanding nominees and honorees featured on Crain’s Notable Black Leaders and Executives list.

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TIANA CONLEY Vice president, global cereal Kellogg

MELODY SPANN COOPER Chair and CEO Midway Broadcasting

REGINA CROSS Vice president Goldman Sachs

Regina Cross leads a multibillion-dollar portfolio management team that creates optimized portfolios for ultra-high-networth clients, ensuring that long-term, intergenerational wealth management and legacy needs are met. Her responsibilities include business development, managing for operational efficiency and setting compliance/risk measures in a highly regulated environment. For the past two years, Goldman Sachs has recognized her group as a top growth team. She’s also an ambassador for Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women initiative, which is investing $10 billion in Black women entrepreneurs. At the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, she leads a task force recruiting Black candidates to its Emerging Leaders program, and at Victory Gardens Theater, she co-chairs the Inclusion/Diversity/ Equality Access committee that helped spur the hiring of its first Black artistic director.

Tiana Conley oversees Kellogg’s $6 billion flagship portfolio of brands, such as Special K, Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes. She is responsible for setting the growth vision, strategies and an innovation pipeline across the global portfolio. In 2020, she repositioned Special K, creating its first-ever global marketing campaign and returning it to growth for the first time in nine years. She implemented an innovation strategy that scaled six individual regional processes into one cohesive approach. Conley’s responsibilities included the creation of Feeding Freedom, a campaign spotlighting the intersection of racial injustice and food insecurity. She established Kellogg’s Black Marketers mentor program, personally mentoring 11 Black leaders. She is on the boards of the North Lawndale Employment Network and Ladies of Virtue, which helps underserved Black girls in Chicago.

Melody Spann Cooper is chairman of Midway Broadcasting, an independently owned media boutique with various broadcast and digital platforms, including WVON-AM 1690, one of the nation’s legacy radio stations. Her responsibilities include management, marketing and community engagement; developing public/ private partnerships; and melding Midway’s strategies with the socioeconomic impact of emerging communities and constituencies. Cooper’s deal with Clear Channel (now iHeart Communications) expanded the coverage of the company’s flagship station, leading to increased revenues of 60% within two years. She’s a commissioner on the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Council for the Obama Foundation, and vice chair of the Illinois Broadcasters Association.

RONALD DAMPER

LINDSEY D.G. DATES

GWEN PERRY DAVIS

President and CEO Damron

Partner Barnes & Thornburg

Ronald Damper is the founder of Damron, a 100% veteran- and minority-owned tea manufacturer that was McDonald’s first diverse national supplier. With expertise in corporate and financial management, product distribution and contract packaging, Damper is also a principal in Vivacelle Bio, a biotech company, and Damron Packaging & Logistics, which is involved in hemp cultivation and processing. Located on Chicago’s West Side, Damron hires through North Lawndale Employment Network’s U-Turn Permitted program, which offers opportunities to previously incarcerated individuals. In April, Damper submitted a grant application to become a Minority Business Development Agency export center to provide opportunities to African Americans and other disenfranchised groups. The grant submission was the impetus for a further-reaching program called Safer Cities, designed to reduce crime in the community.

Lindsey D.G. Dates guides U.S. and global clients (companies that conduct business in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) through litigation in both federal and state courts. He focuses on complex breach-of-contract cases and large-scale litigation that requires coordination among parties in multiple jurisdictions; he also offers general counseling services with respect to dispute resolution using alternative methods. He created and is the chair of the Don Hubert Scholars program, a mock-trial competition for at-risk minority boys, as well as the Black Boy Joy experience, a one-day event that consists of seminars, workshops and games. Dates is on the board of the Black Men Lawyers’ Association and is the immediate past chair of the Chicago Committee, an organization that seeks racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession.

Senior director of operations Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

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Gwen Perry Davis leads strategy for the museum’s physical campus, information technology, human resources and permanent collection programs. She is the leadership sponsor for the MCA’s first Black Employee Resource Group and recently led the museum through the creation of its first external compensation audit, resulting in a transparent compensation philosophy that has become the model for its future. Under her leadership, the MCA has also committed to and is measuring the museum’s recruitment and talent development plans for Black employees. For 20 years, she has been an adjunct faculty member at Indiana University. She is also on the board of the Poetry Foundation.

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ZENA DIGGS

LA TOYA DIXON

DONNA DORSEY

Midwest market executive Bank of America

Partner and chief administrative officer Comprehensive Construction Consulting

Senior vice president, chief people and culture officer Navistar

La Toya Dixon manages human resources, marketing, legal, accounting and finance operations for CCC, and was named a partner in 2019. Her responsibilities include reviewing and negotiating contracts, acting as liaison to government officials and community organizations, and ensuring that company policies follow employment law. She also conducts investigations into workplace complaints and advises management on the appropriate resolution and any legal response as needed. Under Dixon’s leadership, CCC was recently selected to serve the Illinois Tollway’s Technical Assistance Program, which prepares minority- and women-owned firms to participate on construction contracts. In 2019, she was the youngest member appointed to Planned Parenthood Illinois Action as fundraising chair, and in 2021, she was appointed to the advisory council of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women & Girls by U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly.

Donna Dorsey leads all human resources activities at Navistar and, as a member of the executive leadership team, interacts extensively with the compensation committee to revamp programs during a period of changing business conditions. She led the strategy and execution of the company’s first-ever Organizational Health Index Survey and Pulse Survey, which has resulted in a six-point improvement in six months, considered best-in-class results. She has been a catalyst for change within Navistar in how it recruits, retains and mentors Black Americans through alliances with the YWCA Racial Justice League and My Block, My Hood, My City as well as a partnership with Howard University’s Supply Chain Management Program. She holds board positions with Allen Robinson’s Within Reach Foundation, HealthConnect One and Junior Achievement of Chicago.

Zena Diggs leads a team of senior relationship managers and manages a $12 billion loan portfolio. She led the recast of a private-equity investor’s maturing term loan that was oversubscribed with $729 million in commitments, sparking a return to normalcy in the local bank debt market. She also is a commercial banking adviser to the inaugural class of Yield Cohort, a program created by the Urban Land Institute and LISC Chicago. It supports diverse developers on projects with the potential to spur wealth creation in Black and Brown

communities. An HBCU graduate who is African American and Native Alaskan Indian, she is a board member of the Metropolitan Planning Council and the Brookfield Zoo and a member of the ULI Yield Cohort and the National Black MBA Association.

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BOBBY EARLES Partner Cooley

Bobby Earles’ law practice focuses on private-equity, venture-capital, and mergers and acquisitions-related disputes. He regularly advises on white-collar cases, including international risk assessment, internal investigations and anti-corruption compliance. His pro bono work is focused on victims of domestic violence and those who have been or are currently incarcerated. In 2017, he co-founded “It’s Just [Black Lawyers Having] Lunch,” a 250-member group that provides a platform for strengthening the network of Black attorneys in Chicago. He is a member of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms and is a fellow of the Chicago Urban League IMPACT Leadership Development Program. He’s also a mentor with Link Unlimited Scholars and is a member of Chicago Lincoln American Inn of Court.

COLLETE ENGLISH DIXON

CHIMAOBI ENYIA

Executive director Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University

Executive vice president of SEED Cresco Labs

Collete English Dixon oversees all real estate academic programs, including two graduate degrees, an undergraduate business degree major and two graduate certificate programs within MBIRE at Roosevelt University. She manages all finances and operations and developed a curriculum that combines urban economics with hands-on real estate learning. In recent years, she has doubled enrollment of new undergraduate majors in real estate, established a new $1 million Louis & Ruth Kahnweiler Scholarship, and partnered with minority-owned real estate development firm DL3 Realty to provide scholarships for certificate programs for students from disadvantaged communities. English Dixon is a global governing trustee and member of the ULI Americas executive committee, chair of the investment committee for Housing Partnership Equity Trust and on the board of directors for the Community Investment Corp.

Chimaobi Enyia leads Cresco’s Social Equity & Educational Development initiatives, which are focused on restorative justice, community business incubation, education and workforce development. He oversees lobbying efforts to change national and state drug laws, financial and legal resource programs to support cannabis entrepreneurship, and college/university partnerships to develop culturally competent curriculum and career fairs. In recent months, Enyia was involved in spearheading a summerlong social justice campaign featuring more than 20 community expungement events in support of more than 1,000 people; the release of a documentary examining the impact of unjust cannabis offense prosecution; $100,000 in donations from Sunnyside store promotions and Cresco brand proceeds, plus another $150,000 in financial contributions from Cresco Labs and its third-party vendors.

Congratulations,

DR. DEREK ROBINSON

for being honored as one of Crain’s 2021 Notable Black Leaders and Executives. Through your professional and philanthropic achievements, you help champion an inclusive community that supports our company’s commitment to health equity for all our members. Thank you for your continued dedication to our company and our communities.

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CRAIN’S 2022

MELVIN FLOWERS

CORLISS GARNER

Midwest market unit CE legal lead Accenture

Senior vice president First Midwest Bank

President Governors State University

Corliss Garner works closely with First Midwest’s board, executives, and colleagues to develop and integrate corporate social responsibility and diversity, equity and inclusion goals and strategies into its processes, practices and programs. In recent months, Garner developed a DePaul University finance school partnership to build diverse talent and recruit for the bank’s early career programs; guided leadership to sign a CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge; launched CEO listening sessions for Black and Latino colleagues; and doubled employee-match for donations to COVID-19 funds as well as social justice, anti-racism and racial equity causes. Garner created the Murry L. Garner Scholarship Fund supporting college aspirations for African American girls from the West Side of Chicago, as well as the West Side Giving Circle.

Cheryl Green has oversight, accountability and responsibility for GSU’s strategic direction, ensuring academic excellence and an engaging experience for an estimated 5,000 students. After taking office on July 1, 2020, during the pandemic, she successfully led and implemented a return-to-campus plan. She also hired GSU’s first chief diversity officer and director of compliance, refinanced GSU’s debt service for a net value savings of $4.5 million, completed the initial work on a strategic enrollment plan and led a GSU Economic Impact Study to identify the university’s impact ($324 million) on the region. Green currently or previously served on 10 boards and task forces, including the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s Regional Economic Recovery Task Force and the Will County Center for Economic Development.

Melvin Flowers leads a team of lawyers located throughout North and South America focused on developing and managing client legal/contractual relationships, supporting venture and acquisition opportunities, and providing legal advice to Accenture senior leadership in relation to legal strategy, marketing, disputes and client account teams. A member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar and an English solicitor, Flowers is also the Chicago lead for Accenture’s Black Founders Development Program, which is focused on venture investing in promising Black entrepreneurs. As president of the Chicago alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, he leads an organization that feeds more than 1,000 Woodlawn residents each month through a weekly food pantry.

Midwest native. Global perspective.

CHERYL GREEN

Congratulations to Bobby Earles, a founding partner at Cooley’s Chicago office, on his recognition as one of Crain’s 2021 Notable Black Leaders and Executives.

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TOINETTE GUNN

DARREL HACKETT

Executive director Chicago Debates

President, BMO Wealth Management U.S. BMO Financial Group

Principal at Michael Best Strategies Senior counsel at Michael Best & Friedrich

Darrel Hackett leads BMO Financial Group’s private-wealth management businesses in the U.S., which includes BMO Private Bank, BMO Family Office and BMO Investment Services, and accounts for more than $130 billion in assets under management and assets under administration. Over the past 18 months, he led the acceleration of growth within BMO Wealth Management and the business achieved its highest customer net promoter score (a gauge of client loyalty) in several years under his leadership. Before joining BMO, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. Hackett is on the board of directors of BMO Harris Bank, as well as the board of the Art Institute of Chicago. He’s also on the Adler Planetarium Executive Committee and is a trustee for Rush University Medical Center.

Aaron Harris operates in a dual capacity, working for the law firm of Michael Best as an attorney specializing in regulatory and cannabis law, while also employed as a government relations lobbyist and public policy specialist for Michael Best Strategies. In May 2021, he partnered with various HBCUs to launch a public policy internship, a 10-week paid program that enables two college students to work in either Washington, D.C., or Chicago in state or federal government. In previous positions held within government, Harris oversaw 16 state agencies and helped draft legislation improving infrastructure, creating jobs and expanding public services that disproportionately affect Black individuals. He is a member of the Center for Conflict Resolution, Gordon Foundation for Kids and University of Illinois College of Law Alumni board.

Toinette Gunn has more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector working with at-risk youth. At Chicago Debates, she is responsible for the strategic direction, overall management and all aspects of the organization’s operations. Due to COVID-19, students were forced to forgo all extracurricular activities. Knowing that student debaters are three times less likely to drop out of high school, Chicago Debates quickly pivoted to virtual programming, helping nearly 1,100 students (30% identify as Black) from 66 schools and facilitating 50 virtual tournaments. Chicago Public Schools data finds that Black students, particularly males, perform at extremely lower rates than their counterparts, so Gunn doubled the number of Black male students participating in debate and established programs at 10 new Title I schools on the South and West sides.

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Congratulations Crain’s Notable Black Leaders & Executives Zena Diggs, Midwest Market Executive Commercial Real Estate Banking

Mark Williams, Managing Director Debt Private Placements

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MELLODY HOBSON

JENNIFER HODGES

CALVIN HOLMES

Co-CEO and president Ariel Investments

Vice president, Whole Child Initiative & Community Impact

Mellody Hobson is responsible for the management, strategic planning, and growth for all areas of Ariel Investments outside of research and portfolio management. Hobson is also chair of the board of trustees of the Ariel Investment Trust, the company’s publicly traded mutual funds. She is co-founder of the Black Corporate Directors Conference, which fosters corporate diversity and inclusion and encourages directors to promote the civil rights agenda. She also chairs After School Matters; is a co-founder of Ariel Alternatives, a private investment initiative introduced in February 2021 to support Fortune 500 supply-chain diversity; and founded the Ariel Community Academy, a public school on the South Side dedicated to providing financial literacy to underserved children, providing them with a $20,000 investment portfolio.

President Chicago Community Loan Fund

KIPP Chicago Jennifer Hodges is responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of KIPP Chicago. During the pandemic, she led food distribution efforts and also coordinated with the Illinois Department of Public Health to provide free and immediate access to vaccine clinics for Englewood and Austin residents. In recent months, KIPP implemented the 1619 Project into the curriculum of middle schools to help reframe how history is taught and to share the contributions of Black people to U.S. and global societies. Another initiative featured 18 weeks of content aligned to topics that parents said was critical to their families’ success, such as nutrition education, financial literacy, mental health and assisting formerly incarcerated people. Prior to joining KIPP, she was director of corporate development at the United Way of Metro Chicago.

Calvin Holmes leads a 26-person team that provides loans and technical assistance for community development projects in low-income neighborhoods. Under his leadership, the fund has grown from $3.7 million in total assets to $137 million. During the pandemic, Holmes transitioned CCLF to remote working to ensure it could continue to provide loans when other markets were closing to Black borrowers. CCLF completed 48 loans totaling $24.2 million, which created 567 housing units and 1,156 jobs. He also led CCLF to operate a Paycheck Protection Program call center and online guide of grants and loans, and shifted work within CCLF to help disburse $11.9 million in COVID relief funds to small businesses of color. He is also a board member for the African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs.

CONGRATULATIONS

Delia Jervier

A CRAIN’S 2021 NOTABLE BLACK LEADER AND EXECUTIVE Thank you for your continued and inspiring work as the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter executive director and a region leader. Your passion and strategic leadership make a difference in the lives of the millions of Americans impacted by Alzheimer’s. Your commitment to growth and inclusion help drive us toward our vision of a world with Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association is a worldwide voluntary health organization dedicated to Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Visit alz.org or call 800.272.3900.

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PATRICIA BROWN HOLMES

DELIA JERVIER Regional lead/ executive director Alzheimer’s Association, Illinois chapter

Managing partner Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila

In addition to managing her company’s 145 employees, Patricia Brown Holmes serves Fortune’s Future 50 and other highprofile clients in complex commercial, regulatory and class-action litigation. She is on the executive committee of the board of trustees for the University of Illinois System. In March 2021, she led the Civil Procedures session in the Illinois Judges Association and Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism’s educational series, addressing racial disparities and other equity issues in Illinois’ legal system. She was appointed special prosecutor in the matter related to Laquan McDonald’s death, was a trustee of the Burr Oak Cemetery Oversight Task Force and was on the Illinois Judicial Conference COVID-19 Task Force.

Delia Jervier is responsible for the operations and management of the Illinois chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and oversees Region 9, which includes the Greater Kentucky and Greater Indiana chapters. Alzheimer’s affects African Americans disproportionately and Jervier has worked to partner with community organizations (including the Chicago Urban League and Northern District of the Prince Hall Masons) to spread knowledge on how early detection can help positively affect outcomes. During the pandemic, she led her team as it pivoted key programs and services to remote service, using virtual platforms and Zoom to reach almost 8,000 people. In addition, the chapter and region posted positive revenue results, ending the year in a financial surplus instead of an expected budget deficit.

DERRICK JOHNSON Senior vice president Zeller

Derrick Johnson oversees the management of Zeller’s Illinois and Indiana assets, providing supervision to assist property managers and helping to ensure consistency of services and reporting throughout the region, which includes Zeller-owned properties and third-party management assignments. Other responsibilities include directing, reviewing, writing and submission of business plans, operating budgets and support schedules for all properties, and coordinating and directing all contractual management relationships with Zeller-affiliated owner/clients. He was on Zeller’s Forward Vision committee, which formulated the company’s COVID response, developing safety protocols and procedures for the Zeller portfolio across the country, while also overseeing tenant reengagement efforts.

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RASHOD JOHNSON President and CEO Ardmore Roderick

Rashod Johnson is the president and CEO of Ardmore Roderick, one of the top five Black-owned infrastructure and construction engineering firms in the United States, with more than 250 employees and six offices across the country and Puerto Rico. During the pandemic, he helped increase Ardmore Roderick’s diversity percentages (currently at 57%), grow top-line revenue by 50% and firm headcount by 35%. He is an advocate for raising city of Chicago equity caps and helped persuade the City Council to increase the revenue caps on minority-certified businesses in September 2021. Previously, he was president and CEO of Material Service Testing laboratories. He also has vested interests in multiple minority-owned firms, ranging from equipment rental and leasing to multifamily and commercial real estate.

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VALINDA SCARBRO KENNEDY Global university specialty programs manager IBM

Valinda Scarbro Kennedy drives engagement with HBCU faculty and students to use industry resources (including access to data, analytics and security) to bridge the gap between academic programs and the skills needed worldwide. She led the deployment of more than $103 million of “In Kind Give” in student labs across the United States and created partnerships with the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education, 100 Black Men of America, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering and the United Negro College Fund. She also published a paper on the power of partnering with HBCUs. She was a recipient of the 2020 IBM Research Landmark Cube for her diversity initiatives. Kennedy is a member of Chicago Women’s Networking Group and is an academic officer for Chicago Black Networking Group.

ALAN KING Partner Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila

Alan King chairs the firm’s national labor & employment practice. Recent accomplishments include defending a Fortune 100 retailer and an international airline in discrimination suits, with both clients winning summary judgments on all claims. King joined Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila last year from Drinker Biddle & Reath (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath), where he was partner and vice chair of the national labor & employment practice. King is also legal counsel for a number of Chicago-based, Black-owned businesses. Outside of the law, King is board chair of the Children First Fund: The Chicago Public Schools Foundation, which helps raise funding for CPS initiatives and schools. He’s a producer of the Chosen Few Picnic, a music festival that’s a signature annual event of the Black community.

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HUGH LAROCHE

JAMAL MALONE

ZEB MCLAURIN

Chief executive officer Tandem HR

CEO Ada S. McKinley Community Services

CEO McLaurin Development Partners

Earlier this year, Hugh LaRoche joined Tandem HR and oversees operations including finance, sales and marketing, benefits brokerage and the employee assistance program. The professional employer organization handles payroll, benefits and HR services for employers. Previously, LaRoche was product executive at HR outsourcing firm TriNet in New York. Earlier, LaRoche led business development initiatives at Ambrose Employer Group that led to a $200 million cash sale in 2013 to TriNet, where he continued in his leadership role assisting small and midsize businesses. LaRoche is vice chairman of the New York Peace Institute and a member of the National Black MBA Association. He’s established diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging as a regular part of the company’s recruiting processes, and designated Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day as Tandem HR observed holidays.

Jamal Malone heads the human services nonprofit that serves 7,000 people each year at more than 70 program sites. During the pandemic, the organization focused on providing food, housing, mental wellness, employment and education to South Side residents. Malone expanded a jobs program to include COVID-19 cleaning for military bases, federal buildings and day care centers. He increased the use of technology and virtual mental health services, which reduced the number of mental health crisis arrests and emergency room admissions on the South Side. The organization’s college placement services went virtual to help 1,700 CPS high-school students pursue graduation and college, helping seniors win $14.2 million in scholarships. Malone led a campaign encouraging residents to complete their 2020 census forms to ensure congressional representation and essential program funding.

Developer Zeb McLaurin is part of the team developing the 100-acre, mixed-use, Bronzeville Lakefront project at the former Michael Reese Hospital site and is helping minority suppliers secure work on the megaproject. McLaurin and partner Farpoint landed one of the first projects awarded under the Invest South/ West program, which will convert a 98-year-old Englewood firehouse to an eco-food hub. In the past 18 months, McLaurin acquired a bankrupt multifamily housing portfolio on the South Side, preserving hundreds of affordable units. And he completed three Black-owned businesses/restaurants at Ogden Commons, Chicago’s largest mixed-use project in an Opportunity Zone, enabling entrepreneurs to take advantage of proximity to Cinespace Studios and Mount Sinai Hospital. McLaurin joined the ULI Chicago advisory board and the board of the cannabis accelerator Gromentum Lab.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

CORLISS GARNER Named one of Crain’s 2021 Notable Black Leaders and Executives

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MICHAEL MCMURRAY

WILBUR C. MILHOUSE III

KIMBERLY MOORE

President, transportation and infrastructure Wight

Chairman and CEO Milhouse Engineering & Construction

Founder and president KDM Engineering

At the architectural, engineering and construction firm, Michael McMurray guides efforts to offer innovative solutions to complex transportation and mobility projects. He also is the Chicago office managing director. McMurray has overseen a revitalization of Wight’s transportation and infrastructure practice, piloting programs that focus on sustainability and equitable community engagement. Following George Floyd’s murder, McMurray recognized that his words could have a wider impact, and he leveraged the increased visibility to speak out on issues of race and the workplace. McMurray joined Wight in 2019 from Globetrotters Engineering, where he was president. As a board member at 1871, McMurray is active with BLK Tech, an accelerator program that supports Black entrepreneurs.

Wilbur C. Milhouse III in 2001 founded the engineering and construction firm, which has grown to what he says is the largest minority-owned engineering firm in the U.S. The firm recently has enjoyed a year-over-year increase in revenue and also has seen a 257% increase in headcount since April 2020. This year, Milhouse launched Milhouse Forestry, which provides line clearance services to the utility industry. Milhouse founded power and energy companies in Nigeria, where he is developing a 60-megawatt thermal power plant. He works through his own charity organization and community partnerships to support the Black community, including sponsoring Polished Pebbles, a mentoring program for Black and Latina girls. He helped form a partnership with Polished Pebbles that teaches girls about careers in the trades.

Kimberly Moore heads one of the largest Black- and woman-owned electrical engineering firms. Founded in 2009, KDM specializes in power distribution design, gas distribution and telecommunications design. The company has offices in Baltimore and Philadelphia and recently opened in Atlanta. KDM recently moved its headquarters from the Loop to the North Branch area, offering staff more space and amenities. Last year, Moore hired a career coach to help employees navigate the traumas of COVID and the exposure of racial injustice. Five years ago, Moore founded Calculated Genius to support students in engineering. This year, the nonprofit hosted 12 students at its six-week Summer Scholars Program and awarded $46,000 in scholarships to high school girls pursuing STEM studies. Moore is a member of the Chicago Affirmative Action Advisory Board.

Ranked among the Best in the Midwest for Social Mobility, Governors State University is the jewel of the Chicago Southland.

Dr. Cheryl Green, President

is among Crain’s 2021 Notable Black Leaders & Executives.

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RALPH G. MOORE

TRACIE MORRIS

D.L. MORRISS

President Ralph G. Moore & Associates

U.S. chief human resources officer and chief inclusion officer BMO Harris Bank

Diversity, equity and inclusion partner Hinshaw & Culbertson

Consultant Ralph G. Moore is an authority on supplier diversity and minority business development. He developed a model for benchmarking supplier diversity initiatives and recently developed a digital assessment platform. And he’s recently led webinars and written articles on advancing supplier diversity. As a student at Southern Illinois University in 1968, Moore participated in marches in Cairo to protest racial discrimination by downtown merchants. That summer, he marched with the Rev. Jesse Jackson to protest discriminatory hiring and contracting practices at A&P. Moore started his career at Arthur Andersen and launched his consultancy in 1979. His clients have included Major League Baseball, the University of Chicago, McDonald’s and United Airlines. He created the state of Illinois’ first minority certification program and participated in supplier diversity training in South Africa.

As chief HR officer, Tracie Morris led BMO Harris’ pandemic response: transitioning 90% of employees to remote work and managing vaccine rollout, mandates and return to office. As the leader for DEI, Morris launched five-year diversity goals to address systemic barriers to inclusion with a final goal of zero barriers. She renewed BMO Harris’ talent acquisition strategy to simplify, integrate and digitize recruitment. She revamped practices to reduce turnover and improve retention, particularly for people of color. Morris is on the HR and benefits investment committees of BMO Financial and is chair of the U.S. compensation oversight and benefits administration committees. Morris previously held HR positions at Exelon and Commonwealth Edison. She is on the board of Junior Achievement of Chicago.

With a team of three associates and two partners, D.L. Morriss manages firmwide cultural initiatives and affinity groups for Black, Asian, Hispanic, women, Mediterranean, LGBTQ and veteran employees. Following the George Floyd murder, Morriss worked to develop programming on a wider range of issues and included speakers on implicit bias and identity. He’s a member of the associate hiring and compensation committees and oversees recruitment, retention, talent development and advancement of attorneys from diverse backgrounds. Morriss was instrumental in the firm’s commitment in June to join the Mansfield Rule 5.0 certification process designed to diversify representation. Morriss specializes in commercial litigation. He’s been a Joffrey Ballet board member since 2016.

NOTABLE BLACK LEADERS & EXECUTIVES Aaron D. Harris, J.D.

Principal & Senior Counsel

Aaron understands the complexities of the most important regulatory and policy issues affecting the Illinois business community and navigates the processes of government to get things done. Congratulations Aaron and all 2021 Notable Black Leaders & Executives!

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STEPHANIE NEELY

JENNIFER NICHOLS

Managing director J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Senior vice president and general counsel CRG/Clayco

At J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Stephanie Neely heads the North America Institutional Central U.S. & Canada team. In addition to managing the region, she is client adviser for several public, corporate and hospital pension funds. She’s also a member of the North America Institutional management team and the Asset Management CEO’s Black Employees Roundtable. Neely was part of a team that worked on improving the DEI data transparency and disclosure. She joined J.P. Morgan in 2018 from Allstate, where she was vice president and assistant treasurer. As the city of Chicago treasurer for two terms, Neely managed the city’s $7 billion financial portfolio. She developed a small-business, micro-loan program that targeted minority communities and pushed for inclusion of diverse managers for city pension funds.

Jennifer Nichols last year joined CRG, the real estate development and investment arm of Clayco. Nichols is facilitating CRG’s expansion in more than 30 markets with projects from student housing to big-box industrial. She also is helping lead CRG’s DEI initiatives. That includes increasing women- and minority-owned business partner participation to 25% in a Country Club Hills industrial spec development and targeting 10% minority and women investors in CRG’s $1.5 billion USLF II fund. Before joining CRG, Nichols was vice president and general counsel at Harsch Investment Properties in Portland, Ore. After George Floyd’s murder, Nichols took a leading role in establishing a corporate DEI program there. She co-chairs the in-house committee for the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law, which helps women lawyers advance their careers.

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JANICE PARKS Chief human resources officer First Hospitality

As chief HR officer at the Rosemont hotel manager and developer, Janice Parks oversees talent management, organizational development and culture transformation. She is on the executive leadership team and helped the company form its first diversity and inclusion advisory council last year. She’s implementing a paid internship program for young adults from underserved communities that will provide educational tools and training needed to pursue a career in hospitality. Parks implemented training in branding and management for 1,000 operators. Her talent development program led to the promotion of 50 individuals in one year. And she worked collaboratively to move thousands of documents to digital files. Before joining First Hospitality last year, Parks spent nine years in HR positions at McDonald’s in the Chicago area, most recently in global HR.

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GERALD PAULING

NADIA M. QUARLES

ARNOLD RANDALL

Equity partner Seyfarth Shaw

Assistant vice president for business diversity University of Chicago

General superintendent Forest Preserves of Cook County

Nadia M. Quarles provides leadership in promoting consistency of business diversity practices and identifies opportunities to expand relationships with minority-owned businesses. Quarles hosted the university’s 12th symposium (virtually), which introduced firms in legal, money management, financial services and other fields. The companies present their capabilities during 45-minute closed door meetings. Bringing firms to the table this way has generated $166 million of spend with more than 100 minority- and women-owned professional services enterprises. Quarles’ efforts in 2010 paved the way for the university’s endowment hiring its first two Black money-management firms. There are now 26 minority- and women-owned asset managers investing university endowment funds.

As general superintendent of Cook County Forest Preserves, Arnold Randall manages one of the country’s oldest and largest conservation districts with 70,000 acres of public land and 500 employees. During the pandemic, Randall worked with staff to ensure that the preserves remained open during a time when people turned to nature to alleviate stress and safely socialize. The number of trail users nearly doubled in 2020. Under Randall’s leadership, the Forest Preserves in 2018 established a racial, equity, diversity and inclusion committee. Last year, the organization adopted a position paper that makes several recommendations, including applying a racial equity lens to future plans, programs, policies and investments. Before joining the Forest Preserves, Randall was the director of the Office of Civic Engagement at the University of Chicago.

Litigator and trial attorney Gerald Pauling is co-chair of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Action Team. Last year, he was elected to Seyfarth’s executive committee, becoming the first African American to serve in this capacity. Pauling was instrumental in the launch of the Belonging Project, a nationwide collaborative initiative developed by Seyfarth to combat the effects of the pandemic on attorneys of color. The project created a virtual hub through which industry organizations, law firms, and D&I professionals supported and delivered professional resources to students and attorneys from diverse backgrounds. Pauling is a trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its Negaunee Music Institute, which delivers classical music to a variety of communities including underserved groups. And he’s president of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School board of education.

The University of Chicago is committed to business diversity and making a strong, lasting contribution to Chicago’s economic health. Under the leadership of Nadia Quarles, named by Crain’s as a 2021 Notable Black Leader and Executive, UChicago’s efforts have been recognized as a model for advancing business diversity. Through our influential Professional Services Symposium over the past 13 years, UChicago leaders have engaged with more than 350 minority- and women-owned businesses, resulting in contracts with more than 100 firms totaling over $166 million. The University of Chicago Office of Business Diversity is honored by Crain’s recognition of the impact that Nadia and her colleagues have had on this vital priority.

businessdiversity.uchicago.edu @UChicagoOBD

NADIA M. QUARLES, ESQ. Assistant Vice President for Business Diversity

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DAYLA RANDOLPH System vice president, organizational learning and development Advocate Aurora Health

CRAIG RICHEY Senior managing director Accenture

At Advocate Aurora Health, Dayla Randolph manages a team of 65 and oversees workforce, team member and leadership development. During the pandemic, she secured additional resources in the form of full-time employees and financial support to build a diverse talent pipeline. She recently secured organizational funding to support a community scholarship program and a strategy to connect with historically Black colleges and universities. Recognizing that she is one of the few leaders of color at her level, Randolph leveraged her platform to assist in advancing Advocate Aurora’s DEI strategy. Randolph joined the health care organization 15 years ago as an intern and was quickly promoted to leadership development consultant at Advocate South Suburban Hospital. She was promoted to her current position in 2018.

Craig Richey leads Accenture’s strategy and consulting business in the Midwest, with responsibility for 2,000 team members. The team consults in finance, talent and human potential, supply chain and operations, customer sales and service, applied intelligence and technology. Richey led the digital transformation for many of the consultancy’s largest global clients. He leads Accenture’s African American employee resource group, including efforts to celebrate Juneteenth and MLK Jr. Day as well as mentoring young professionals. He is on the board of LINK Unlimited Scholars, the nonprofit that supports high-potential, African American youth with academic and financial support, leadership development and mentorship. Richey joined Accenture in 2017 from EY, where he was a principal in the advisory performance improvement practice. He was named to his current position last year.

DERRECK ROBINSON

ANTHONY SIMPKINS

Managing director, national sales leader Deloitte

President and CEO Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

At Deloitte, Derreck Robinson manages sales teams for Deloitte Consulting’s cloud engineering organization and also its ServiceNow organization, a platform for IT management. Early this year, Robinson created and launched Deloitte’s Connections Mentorship Program for Black professionals, which focuses on improving the experience of Black professionals through career development, network expansion, retention and advancement. He’s also the executive sponsor for the Deloitte Chicago Black & Allies Community and executive member of the organization’s Chicago/Midwest Inclusion Counsel. He joined Deloitte in 2007 from IBM Global Services, where he was a business development executive. Robinson is board president of Breakthrough Urban Ministries and is an executive sponsor for Deloitte’s volunteer program with the nonprofit. He is on the advisory board of his alma mater, Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.

Last year, Anthony Simpkins was named CEO of the 46-year-old community development financial institution and is the first person of color to lead the nonprofit. Neighborhood Housing Services provides lending, housing development, foreclosure counseling, advocacy and other services. The group works to close the racial wealth gap by increasing homeownership levels among Black Americans. It also strives to curb predatory lending, foreclosure, and disinvestment on the South and West sides. During the pandemic, the organization distributed more than $2 million in mortgage and rental assistance to people who lost income. Simpkins joined NHS from the city Department of Housing, where he was managing deputy commissioner. Earlier, he was a Cook County Circuit Court judge. He is on the board and is past president of the Muslim Bar Association of Chicago.

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DEREK J. ROBINSON Vice president and chief medical officer Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois

Derek J. Robinson oversees care management operations, clinical leadership and oversight. He’s founding chair of the Health Equity Steering Committee, which develops health equity strategy at parent Health Care Service Corp. Last year, Robinson led the launch of BCBSIL Institute for Physician Diversity to increase the number of physicians from minority and underrepresented groups. During the pandemic, Robinson has provided a scientific perspective in media interviews and regularly speaks on WVON-AM 1690 to the radio station’s predominately Black audience. Robinson joined Blue Cross in 2014 from the Illinois Health & Hospital Association, where he was executive director of the Institute for Innovations in Care & Quality. He is vice chair of the board of trustees at Xavier University of Louisiana.

ERIC SMITH Vice chairman BMO Harris Bank

As vice chairman, Eric Smith is engaged in several firmwide initiatives, including regulatory affairs, community affairs, and diversity and inclusion. Last year, Smith led the launch of BMO EMpower, the bank’s $5 billion commitment over five years to address barriers faced by minority businesses, communities and families through lending, investing, giving and engagement. The initiative has helped fund the new Rush BMO Institute for Health Equity and the Construction Workforce Initiative for the Obama Presidential Center. Smith joined BMO last year from Fifth Third Bank, where he was regional president. Earlier, he spent 12 years at JPMorgan Chase, most recently as chief financial officer for middle-market banking. Smith is board chair of the Chicago Urban League and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Foundation.

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JONATHAN SWAIN President and CEO LINK Unlimited Scholars

LINDA SWAYZE

SHEILA TALTON

Director of community engagement Joffrey Ballet

CEO and president Gray Matter Analytics

Sheila Talton leads the young data analytics/ predictive modeling consultancy that specializes in health care and financial services. Over the past year, Talton raised more than $2 million in funding. And she led negotiations that resulted in a three-year contract with a large health system in the Midwest. Talton had tenures at large organizations that have pioneered the technology environment. She managed the Midwest technology practice at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and held executive positions at EDS. She was a vice president at Cisco Systems, where she was global consulting executive responsible for international practices. Talton is on corporate boards at Sysco, John Deere Construction & Forestry and OGE Energy. And she is a member of the Chicago Urban League and Chicago Shakespeare Theater boards.

During the pandemic, Jonathan Swain led the nonprofit that supports high-potential Black students though a shift to virtual programs. Support from Kirkland & Ellis and Mesirow enabled the organization to double its fall 2021 class to 100 students. Swain also is president of his family business, Kimbark Beverage Shoppe, which temporarily closed in 2020 due to damage from looting. Swain organizes community events, including the Hyde Park Brew Fest. And he sits on the board of Black Bench Chicago, which aims to train the next generation of Black civic leaders. Swain was a Chicago Board of Elections commissioner for more than 14 years, including more than eight years as chairman. Earlier, he was deputy commissioner for legislative and intergovernmental affairs for the Department of Planning and Development.

Over the past 18 months, Linda Swayze was instrumental in developing the Joffrey’s virtual education curriculum, which brought dance education to students around the city. The Joffrey’s e-learning curriculum reaches more than 400 students in Chicago Public Schools. Last year, Swayze worked with the Joffrey artistic team to produce a “Nutcracker” documentary in lieu of live performances, which was seen by more than 17,000 CPS students. Swayze had a performance career with the Dance Theatre of Harlem for 17 years. She returned to her native Chicago and has held a variety of positions with the Joffrey, including as a teaching artist and community engagement program supervisor. She was named to her current position in 2020. Swayze was a lead architect of the Joffrey’s studio expansion in the South Loop.

ELIZABETH THOMPSON

JUDY TOLAND

ROXANNE WARD

Vice president and head of scaled solutions, global business marketing Meta Chicago

Chief of staff Women’s Business Development Center

President Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education

As president of the CAFE, Elizabeth “Liz” Thompson is engaged in education, Black philanthropy, and youth and professional development. The nonprofit founded with her husband, former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson, invests in organizations that help low-income students gain access to and succeed in college and prepare for a career. The couple are co-founders of Cleveland Avenue, a venture fund that provides financial resources and support to entrepreneurs. The couple last year launched the 1954 Project to raise $100 million to support Black educators. Before moving into nonprofit work in the 1990s, Thompson was a manager at Ameritech. She is on the board of Chicago Public Media/ WBEZ-FM. And she’s a national director for Braven, which supports low-income college students, and is chair of Braven’s Chicago board.

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In this global role at Facebook’s rebranded Meta, Judy Toland is responsible for digital marketing, marketing analytics, governance and operations, as well as business education and certifications for the Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger B2B brands. She’s also head of the Chicago office. Under Toland’s leadership last year, the Facebook business education team reached 20 million users with digital skills training. Toland led a team that worked with Coursera to launch the Facebook social media professional certification program. During the pandemic, she helped minority-owned businesses on the South and West sides by providing community grants, mentoring, and training on Facebook products and services. Toland joined Facebook in 2019 from Life Fitness, where she was vice president and chief marketing officer.

At the Women’s Business Development Center, Roxanne Ward heads the staff and is director of community relations and corporate initiatives. Ward oversees marketing and communications, IT, management of certification appeals and coordination of government grant proposals. In the past 18 months of the pandemic, Ward managed the transition to work from home. She oversaw the WBDC team’s DEI initiative. And she handled oversight of a website redesign. In her time at WBDC, she’s worked with government agencies to enhance access to capital for small minority- and women-owned businesses. Before joining WBDC in 2014, Ward was project manager for the restructuring of regional councils at the National Minority Supplier Development Council. Earlier, she held positions at DeVry University, Business Leadership Council and Ariel Investments.

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MELISSA Y. WASHINGTON Senior vice president, governmental and external affairs ComEd

GREG WHITE President and CEO LEARN Charter School Network

ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS Of counsel Jones Day

Greg White leads a network of 11 public charter schools (pre-K through 8th grade) serving 4,200 students in Chicago, Lake County and Washington, D.C. The Chicago schools are located on the South and West sides and serve a 98% minority population. When schools closed in March 2020, White led a shift to remote learning. The network raised nearly $115,000 to support families in need. LEARN also distributed more than 6 million meals to students’ homes while schools were closed. Following the reckoning on race, educators received training in culturally responsive teaching. With a BBB investment grade rating from Standard & Poor’s, LEARN recently closed a $27 million revenue bond issue through the Illinois Finance Authority that will be used to fund expansion and the purchase of new facilities.

Retired federal Judge Ann Claire Williams joined Jones Day in 2018 after a long career on the bench. She leads the firm’s pro bono Rule of Law in Africa Initiative, in which she’s led six-day training of new Kenyan prosecutors and co-led 13-week mediation training for Zambian judges and leaders of the bar. Williams was appointed co-chair of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois’ newly created Racial Justice Diversity Committee by Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer. In 1999, President Bill Clinton’s nomination made her the first judge of color to sit on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the third Black woman to sit on any federal circuit court. Earlier, she served as judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District.

CHARISE WILLIAMS

CLAIRE WILLIAMS

LIZETTE WILLIAMS

Chief of staff Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

Executive vice president KDM Engineering

Global head of vertical solutions marketing Meta Chicago

At the state agency, Charise Williams manages a $300 million budget, oversees 80 employees, and implements policy decisions and research on criminal justice reform. Williams also helps shape DEI strategies, which led to pay equity reform for minorities and women at the agency. Williams worked with the Illinois lieutenant governor’s office to administer the Restore, Reinvest and Renew Program, which invests 25% of revenue from cannabis sales in communities with the highest rates of unemployment, poverty, gun violence and incarceration. Under her leadership, ICJIA granted $35 million to communities affected by the war on drugs. Before joining ICJIA last year, Williams was director of external affairs for the Chicago Federation of Labor, where she was a founding member of Hire360, which trains minority candidates for union trades.

As executive vice president, Claire Williams works with the president to promote growth, while maintaining quality deliverables. She’s used her knowledge, experience and industry connections to help KDM bring in more public-sector work, including obtaining Illinois Department of Transportation prequalification in electrical engineering services. She helped oversee construction of and the move to the new Chicago headquarters in the North Branch neighborhood. Williams joined KDM in 2019 from Environmental Design International, where she spent 19 years and was president for four years. At EDI, Williams established the first African American construction management joint venture that oversaw a $225 million construction project on the Dan Ryan Expressway. She then took that same team to the Illinois Tollway to win a $15 million, three-year contract to oversee I-294 construction.

Lizette Williams leads a global marketing team of 20 at Facebook’s rebranded Meta, charged with B2B marketing for consumer-packaged goods, retail, auto and other sectors. She’s worked to introduce traditional CPG and retail companies to discovery commerce, where marketers anticipate what consumers are likely to embrace. She acts as executive sponsor for diverse employee resource groups in the Chicago office. As chair of a Chicago Advertising Federation diversity leadership group, Williams helped lead a collaboration with Feeding South Shore to address food shortages on the South Side after looting impaired grocery stores. The federation raised more than $5,000 in donations. Williams joined Facebook in 2020 from McDonald’s, where she was senior director, U.S. brand strategy.

Melissa Y. Washington leads legislative and external affairs, economic development, and relationships with civic and charitable organizations for ComEd. During the pandemic, Washington’s team coordinated with local organizations and municipalities to provide food, clothing and shelter to people in need. The team also joined with chambers of commerce to support small businesses. Washington elevates the Chicago Black community by raising awareness of the opportunities and resources available through ComEd, including partnerships with local businesses. She aims to create opportunities for students pursuing a career in the trades and in STEM. And she supports Black media through advertising dollars. Washington has been with ComEd and parent Exelon since 2003. She is board chair of the Metropolitan Planning Council and is a member of the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center board.

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MARK WILLIAMS

ANN MARIE WRIGHT

Managing director, debt private placements Bank of America Securities

U.S. chief risk officer BMO Financial Group

At BofA Securities, Mark Williams is a managing director in the debt private placements group and head of distribution. He manages the Chicago office and leads the team responsible for marketing and executing private placements across a variety of industries globally. Williams also leads origination and structuring for the group’s sports-related transactions. Over the past 20 years,

he has led more than 100 transactions aggregating more than $30 billion for leagues, teams and venues. Following the racial reckoning of last year, Williams says he became more involved in conversations about systemic racism and was encouraged to broadly share his perspective. Williams started a new team focused on recruiting and retaining talent from diverse backgrounds in the high-grade capital markets business.

As the U.S. chief risk officer, Ann Marie Wright works to manage risk while not inhibiting the bank’s growth. She teams with other leaders to maintain the safety of employees as they return to the office. Wright was promoted to the position earlier this year from U.S. chief auditor, where she was responsible for ensuring the bank’s environment didn’t deteriorate while employees transitioned to remote work. She recently was named co-chair of BMO’s Leadership Council for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in which she leads the DEI agenda for BMO globally. Wright has been with BMO since 2002 and has held positions in operations, compliance and supervision, business intelligence and treasury management. She is board chair for the Chicago Foundation for Women.

PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES BY RACE Hispanic/Latino Asian Other employees of color

White Black

Front-line (hourly) 19% Front-line (salary) 13% Entry level 12% Manager 7% Senior manager 5% Vice president 5% Senior vice president 4% Executive 6% Board of directors 11% Note: Aggregated from 23 participating companies Source: McKinsey & Co.

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LGBTQ EXECUTIVES These 50 Notable LGBTQ executives are accomplished in banking, finance, law, health care, retail, young ventures and nonprofits. The list includes the well-established organizations that serve the LGBTQ community, including Howard Brown Health, AIDS Foundation Chicago and Center on Halsted as well as newer entrants such as the Care Plan. The Notables already had track records of supporting LGBTQ causes. But the reckoning last year over inequality opened an opportunity for them to work on redoubled corporate initiatives in diversity and inclusion. Many are involved in broadening recruiting and employee

development to grow more diverse workforces. A number of them lead Pride resource groups at their companies and help organize participation in the Pride parade and other events. They don’t hesitate to raise awareness of issues of importance to the community such as all-gender restrooms and domestic partner benefits. They make a point of mentoring LGBTQ colleagues at their companies or through professional organizations. They also reach out to students—the next generation that will continue to push for change and equality in the workplace. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The individuals and companies featured did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from the nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by editors. To qualify for the list, nominees must serve in a senior role, make significant contributions to advancing equality at their own workplace or beyond, and act as a role model or mentor.

KARA ALBERT Head of U.S. engagement, diversity and inclusion Kraft Heinz

In her diversity and inclusion role, Kara Albert has developed data-driven strategies to improve representation and culture through recruitment, development and retention. In the past 18 months, Albert launched the Black Business Resource Group mentoring program and other programs to accelerate growth and development of Black employees. She developed an inclusivity curriculum focused on eliminating bias in hiring and employee evaluations. She leads six business resource groups, and she teamed with resource group leaders to grow membership by 60 percent and establish supportive forums for employees. Albert joined Kraft Heinz in 2019; she previously was self-employed as a consultant, facilitator and trainer. She has almost 20 years of experience working with companies, nonprofits and educational organizations in personal and professional development, engagement, manager and leader training, team building and culture.

AMY ARMSTRONG

MARK W. BENNETT

Vice president, compliance advisory Discover Financial Services

Partner Laner Muchin

A specialist in corporate risk management, Amy Armstrong is responsible for compliance advisory for deposits, home equity, personal loans and e-business. Armstrong and her team translated 1,000 complex legal requirements to plain language compliance standards, which helped business units design controls to manage consumer risks. Armstrong, who has more than 15 years of compliance experience, began her career with the Federal Reserve System. She joined Riverwoods-based Discover in 2019 from Dutch-owned Rabobank in California, where she was senior vice president and director of compliance and fair lending. Armstrong recently was executive co-sponsor for a recent DEI event that assessed the impact of the George Floyd murder. She also co-sponsored an event for Pride month. She’s a member of the Center on Halsted Director’s Circle.

Attorney Mark W. Bennett represents employers in labor relations, employment litigation, employee benefits and business immigration matters. He oversees the work of 10 attorneys and staff. He negotiates collective bargaining agreements on behalf of employers and represents them in union election and representation cases and unfair labor practice cases before government labor boards. Since September Bennett successfully sought injunctions preventing public health care workers from striking in three labor disputes. He’s a charter member of the firm’s DEI Committee and is active in the Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chicago. As a resident of Ravenswood, he is active in the Second Unitarian Church of Chicago and is a liaison between the church and the Lighthouse Foundation, an organization focused on Black LGBTQ issues.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: AUG. 9, 2021

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JACQUELINE BOYD

WILLIAM BUTLER

ELLIOTT CRIGGER

Founder and CEO The Care Plan

Senior vice president, retail Cresco Labs

Director of ethics policy American Medical Association

At Cresco Labs, William Butler steers retail operations of 32 stores in seven states, including 10 in Illinois. Managing the merchant organization includes inventory, vendor relationships and employee training. Cresco’s Sunnyside retail operations last year more than tripled, and average revenue per store increased to $3.9 million in the first quarter of this year. With a focus on diversity, the retail arm last year reached a milestone: 59 percent of hires were women or minorities. Butler joined Cresco last year from Carnival Cruise Line, where he was vice president, retail. One highlight was delivering a large, multi-deck retail space on the Carnival Horizon. Earlier, he was vice president and general manager at FAO Schwarz in New York. He is on the board of the nonprofit Soles4Souls.

Elliott Crigger provides expertise on ethics in medicine for the AMA’s Council on Ethical & Judicial Affairs. In a series of essays for the AMA’s online COVID-19 Resource Center, Crigger applied the AMA Code of Medical Ethics to analyze dilemmas arising in the COVID-19 pandemic and provide guidance for physicians. Crigger is co-leading a team to implement policy on racism in medicine adopted by the AMA House of Delegates in 2020. Before joining the AMA in 2007, Crigger was chief of ethics communications for the National Center for Ethnics in Health Care at the Veterans Health Administration in Washington, D.C. In December, he participated with fellow out trans leaders in business at Brandeis University’s LGBTQ+ panel discussion. He is on the board of Howard Brown Health.

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RYAN GARRISON

Jacqueline Boyd is the founder of the young company that helps people navigate the challenges of health and aging, with a focus on the LGBTQ community. The organization offers help on same-sex relationship rights, HIV discrimination prevention and trans and gender concerns. During the pandemic, Boyd retained all team members and provided a cost-of-living bonus. Before starting her business, Boyd was director of operations at Home Instead Senior Care. She’s consulted with LGBTQ nonprofits, including Howard Brown Health and the AIDS Foundation Chicago. Boyd has presented at conferences including the American Society on Aging National Conference and the Los Angeles County Older Adult Summit. Boyd is co-chair of the nonprofit One Roof Chicago. And she hosts South Side Swell, which connects South Side LGBTQ communities.

PAUL DESOUSA Vice president, talent management Ulta Beauty

At Ulta Beauty, Paul DeSousa is responsible for building the talent pipeline, onboarding, leadership development, succession planning, performance management and store associate training. During the pandemic, DeSousa converted onboarding and leadership development offerings to virtual experiences and led new in-store health and safety training. He leads the Pride group within the retailer’s diversity and inclusion network. Recently, he developed programs in support of key LGBTQ dates, including Transgender Day of Visibility, Transgender Day of Remembrance and National Coming Out Day. During the last three years, he facilitated diversity and inclusion curriculum for corporate and store associates. DeSousa was promoted to his current position earlier this year; previously he was vice president, enterprise training. He joined Bolingbrook-based Ulta in 2007 from Old Navy, where he was a district manager.

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President and CEO Illinois Science & Technology Coalition & Institute

Last year, Colleen D. Egan became the first woman and LGBTQ person to lead the nonprofit organization that cultivates technology-based economic development in Illinois. The institute focuses on STEM education and mentoring programs. Egan created the organization’s first equity framework and developed new programs. She’s been asked to serve on technology, innovation, equity and education, and planning groups for city and state organizations. Egan also is a founding member of the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute at DePaul University, which recently completed its fourth cohort and started a new program with the YWCA serving Black women entrepreneurs. Egan mentors entrepreneurs through several programs, including the Chicago Innovation Women’s Mentoring Co-op. She recently joined the advisory board of the nonprofit Chicago:Blend, which aims for diversity and inclusion in venture capital.

Co-founder and principal Garrison Olson

Ryan Garrison is co-founder of the digital marketing agency specializing in SEO, content marketing, paid media, social media, digital PR and branding. Despite the challenges of the last 18 months, Garrison’s team posted 100 percent revenue growth and lost no clients. Clients include national firms Prudential and Catalina Marketing and local pizza chain Home Run Inn. Garrison co-founded Garrison Olson in 2019. Previously he was senior client strategist at content marketing agency Imagination and also held positions at Digital Third Coast Internet Marketing and seoClarity. Garrison is chair of Chicago House, where he oversees the organization’s finances, the recent relocation of its corporate headquarters to Chicago’s Near South Side, its five-year strategic plan, funding for its new Englewood housing initiative, donor strategy and board recruitment.

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KEN J.A. GRIFFIN Chief operating officer Howard Brown Health

As COO, Ken J.A. Griffin oversees more than 100 staff in practice operations, patient services, patient experience, facilities, safety, executive management and Broadway Youth Center. Since joining Howard Brown in December, Griffin led the organizing and hosting of Chicago’s first COVID-19 mass vaccination event, enhanced COVID-19 testing by finding new community ambassador organizations and prepared the agency to continue offering primary care with the city’s reopening. Griffin previously was COO for the St. Louis County Department of Public Health, overseeing 18 departments including three clinic locations. He was on the Coronavirus Emergency Management team, helping the county’s response. Griffin was able to expand services to include telehealth for 38,000 uninsured adults, children and people in homeless shelters. Earlier, Griffin worked at Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.

DARRIOUS HILMON Executive director Chicago State Foundation

In his two years leading the foundation at Chicago State University, Darrious Hilmon grew revenues to $3.5 million from $694,000 and the endowment to $9.7 million from $6.7 million. The endowment’s growth was fueled by a $1 million gift. In October, the foundation hosted an inaugural fundraising event in a virtual format. Hilmon also worked to build a diverse board and empaneled nine directors: Seven are women, and seven are people of color. Before joining Chicago State in 2019, Hilmon was chief of external affairs at Chicago International Charter School and earlier was a top executive at Chicago Urban League. He recently was selected as a reviewer for the Racial Equity 2030 project co-sponsored by the George D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

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CHRIS HAEN Executive director Lurie Children’s Health Partners Care Coordination

NEENA HEMMADY Vice president, support services Commonwealth Edison

Chris Haen runs a care coordination program operated by Lurie Children’s Hospital. Started in 2014, the team of clinical social workers and registered nurses coordinates services to families with medically complex children. In the first year of the program, Medicaid patients enrolled in the program had a 50 percent decrease in hospital days, a 22 percent reduction in emergency room visits and an overall 18 percent decrease in cost of care. Last year, Lurie Children’s won a $16 million award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement a program, All Hands Health Network, to improve the health of children on the West Side. Haen joined Lurie Children’s Hospital in 1999 as a senior social worker and has been in his current position since 2014.

Neena Hemmady oversees a team of 320 supporting environmental, safety and human performance programs, training, real estate and facilities, mapping, and fleet maintenance. Before starting the new position in February, Hemmady was vice president of enterprise risk management at Exelon. In that role, she spearheaded creation of a tool that manages top risks across the company and led the development of a model that identifies and implements best operating practices. Hemmady is the executive sponsor for the company’s Pride employee resource group, which raised awareness for all-gender restrooms and created domestic partner benefits. She is also involved in the company’s racial equity task force. Hemmady is on the board of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights and is on the steering committee for Equality Illinois.

DANIEL HOPPE

TIFFANY HUDSON

Partner Kirkland & Ellis

Corporate partner Daniel Hoppe counsels leveraged buyout and private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Hoppe has represented clients in more than 25 matters with an estimated value of $4 billion. Key clients include AE Industrial Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners and Thoma Bravo. Hoppe’s pro bono service focuses on the rights of the LGBTQ community. He’s assisted Howard Brown Health Center and provided the youth-led GenderCool Project with a review of its nonprofit incorporation documents. Hoppe also is coordinator for the firm’s LGBTQ+ affinity group in the Chicago office and helps organize Kirkland’s annual Pride retreat. He’s involved in the affinity group’s Pride mentorship program focused on the needs of LGBTQ attorneys. He also mentors LGBTQ students at local law schools through a Kirkland program.

Co-founder and head of accounts Nova Collective

Tiffany Hudson is a co-founder of Nova Collective, which provides consulting, training and learning programs with a DEI focus. She oversees Nova’s accounts team. Hudson started Nova in 2017 with three women partners. Since its start, revenue has grown to $4 million and the workforce tripled in the past year to 30. Nova Collective worked with 75 organizations within the past year, including several Fortune 500 companies. Before starting Nova Collective, Hudson was senior client relationship manager at Second City Works, the professional training arm of Second City comedy theater. The partners donate 4 percent of profits to organizations that share its goal of representation and inclusion. She is on the board of the nonprofit Race Conscious Dialogues and is a frequent speaker on diversity in the workplace.

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CHRIS JAMERSON Chief medical informatics officer Advocate Aurora Health

CRAIG JOHNSON Group manager, minority affairs section American Medical Association

GEORGE JORDAN President Oxford Hotels & Resorts

At Advocate Aurora in Downers Grove, Dr. Chris Jamerson is responsible for enhancing clinical care through the thoughtful use of technology at 26 hospitals and 500 care sites. Throughout the pandemic, he’s had responsibility for implementing rapidly emerging clinical guidance into the system’s electronic health record. In the past year, he completed the consolidation of 30 electronic medical record systems. He also created a standardized training curriculum that switched to a remote format. Jamerson teamed with community organizations and created algorithms to prioritize access to vaccinations. He also shepherded an overhaul of how sexual orientation and gender identity are reflected in patient records. Jamerson teaches an elective at Rosalind Franklin University Medical School on Sexual and Gender Minority Health. He began his medical career in pediatrics.

At the AMA, Craig Johnson manages the Minority Affairs Section that focuses on enhancing minority health policy and improving workforce diversity in medicine. For four of his six years at the AMA, he managed the Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues and its 500-member caucus. Johnson is also chair of the AIDS Foundation Chicago. This year he was appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to the Advisory Council on LGBTQ+ Issues, where he is a co-lead on public health priorities. At the AMA, Johnson contributed to policy briefs on transgender health care, affirmation surgeries and public accommodations for transgender persons. Johnson also directs the AMA’s Doctors Back to School program, in which volunteer physicians and medical students visit schools to encourage youth from underrepresented communities to consider careers in medicine.

George Jordan leads Chicago-based Oxford Hotels & Resorts and is general manager for the Chicago-area hotel cluster. Oxford operates 22 hotels nationally, including six in Chicago. During the pandemic, he secured 1,100 rooms for the city of Chicago’s use, which enabled the company to continue operations and keep employees on the payroll. Jordan was instrumental in securing PPE for team members. He joined Oxford in 2009 as executive vice president and was named president in 2019. One highlight was repositioning the Hotel Versey as a hip urban oasis with a large LGBTQ customer base. He’s worked in hotels for 30 years and spent 12 years with Hilton International, including a four-year assignment at the Drake Hotel. He is on the DePaul University School of Hospitality board of advisors.

DANIEL KEDISH

LOUIS KLAPP

Vice president and strategic assistant to the North America CEO Zurich North America

Partner Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila

JANET KORANDA

At the insurance giant in Schaumburg, Daniel Kedish coordinates stakeholders to ensure optimal operations and delivery. He coordinates executive team meetings and agendas and serves on projects such as the COVID Crisis Management Team. Kedish is a founding member of Zurich’s Executive Diversity & Inclusion Council, formed after George Floyd’s death. He championed a dashboard showing gender, race and ethnicity representation in the workforce. Before being named to his current position in 2019, Kedish was director of diversity and inclusion and worked with HR to develop a multiyear strategy supporting recruitment, retention and development of diverse talent. As past national chair of the PrideZ employee resource group, Kedish successfully made the business case to executive leadership for Zurich’s first participation in the Chicago Pride parade in 2019.

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Litigation partner Louis Klapp represents clients in patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret disputes. For a well-known smartphone company accused of patent infringement, Klapp convinced the court to dismiss the case and bar an attempt to refile. Through his pro bono practice, he’s advanced the rights of the LGBTQ community. For example, he assisted or led teams challenging the constitutionality of a statute that barred transgender prisoners from accessing hormonal therapy treatment. Klapp is on the firm’s recruiting and development committee, responsible for hiring and training associate attorneys. He also co-developed and manages the firm’s internship program, which aims to hire students from diverse backgrounds and expand the talent pipeline. Klapp joined Riley Safer Homes & Cancila in 2019 from Quarles & Brady, where he was a partner.

Senior vice president, senior credit officer Wintrust Bank

At Wintrust Bank, Janet Koranda oversees credit administration, underwriting, risk management and portfolio monitoring for Wintrust Bank’s commercial real estate business. She also leads and develops a team of portfolio managers and rotational credit analysts. Koranda’s leadership and oversight contributed to commercial real estate growth, including $240 million in increased loans last year. Recently, Koranda completed the Winning at Wintrust program at the Lake Forest Center for Leadership, a yearlong leadership development program. Koranda has participated as a mentor for the commercial banking mentorship program. Earlier, she developed new hire training for Wintrust Credit Academy and participated as a training facilitator. Koranda has been a Federal Club Member and volunteer for Human Rights Campaign, as well as a volunteer for American Cancer Society and PAWS Chicago.

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FRANCO LA MARCA Vice president, wealth advisor Bernstein Private Wealth Management

Wealth advisor Franco La Marca manages assets of $200 million for high-net worth entrepreneurs and nonprofits. La Marca serves as a faculty member in Bernstein’s training program for new advisors. He is also Bernstein’s Midwest Region LGBTQ Community Ambassador, engaging LGBTQ business leaders and nonprofits for new business opportunities. La Marca is board vice president of the Center on Halsted, and chairs the development committee. He’s hosted Bernstein Chicago’s LGBTQ Pride Event for the past four years. And he is a national mentor to Bernstein’s LGBTQ employees. He joined Bernstein in 2018 from Charles Schwab, where he was vice president and financial consultant. Earlier, he was a senior financial adviser at Merrill Lynch. La Marca recently joined the Chicago-Milan Sister City Committee.

DAVID ERNESTO MUNAR President and CEO Howard Brown Health

David Ernesto Munar leads the nonprofit that delivers health care and social services to more than 40,000 LGBTQ adults and youth. Last year Howard Brown was a leader in COVID-19 response, diagnosing 3 percent of all cases in Chicago and hosting the city’s first mass vaccination event. Late last year, the organization launched a fiveyear capital campaign to add three new clinics. Since joining Howard Brown in 2014, Munar has expanded services from three clinics to 12. He also diversified the executive leadership team and board of directors. This includes electing the first Black woman as board chair, Chef Fresh Roberson, and her predecessor Mario Treto Jr., the first Latino board chair. Before joining Howard Brown, Munar was president and CEO of the AIDS Foundation Chicago.

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JORGE LEON

TOM MENARD

Partner Michael Best & Friedrich

Vice president of operations AIDS Foundation Chicago

As co-group leader of the benefits practice, Jorge Leon oversees a group of 13 attorneys and paralegals. Recently, he was part of the defense team in a high-profile ERISA cybersecurity litigation. He also is co-chair of the firm’s DEI Committee. Leon developed a transgender policy that prohibits philanthropic aid to groups that discriminate against individuals protected under the firm’s nondiscrimination policy. Recently, he was responsible for Michael Best joining the Human Rights Campaign’s initiative promoting workplace support and equality for the HIV-positive. Leon mentors Hispanic and LGBTQ lawyers through the Hispanic National Bar Association and the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois. He is on the board of the Field Museum and the subcommittee that resolves claims for returning artifacts to native populations.

Tom Menard leads operations at the foundation, which brings together service providers and funders to serve those living with HIV/AIDS. The organization manages more than $17 million in local, state and federal funds for AIDS-related services. During the pandemic, Menard transitioned more than 130 staff to fully remote work, including those who’d never worked from home before, then later coordinated a safe return to the office. He created and implemented equitable HR policies, including equitable parental leave, workplace transition policies for transgender individuals and removing gender-specific language from policies and documents. In addition, Menard led the foundation’s office design, buildout and relocation to a 35,000-square-foot space that includes a wall of plants to boost relaxation and creativity as well as open areas for team collaboration.

BRAD PETERSON

NICOLE PRESPERIN

Executive vice president Guaranteed Rate

Vice president of strategic initiatives– New Ventures Group Aon

Brad Peterson manages a team of 60 analytics professionals responsible for compensation, branch performance, P&L reporting, enterprise-vendor management, internal audits and corporate-insurance risk management. To help sustain growth after a record-breaking 2020, he designed systems to monitor key performance metrics that helped, for example, integrate compensation for 1,500 new employees as part of several major acquisitions. A 12-year company veteran, he’s executive sponsor of PROUD, an employee resource group and support network that promotes LGBTQ inclusion and advancement inside Guaranteed Rate and throughout the mortgage industry. He oversees research to boost LGBTQ homeownership, conducts training to educate employees on differences between sexual identities and genders, and acts as a marketing resource to strengthen outreach in LGBTQ markets.

Nicole Presperin leads a team of project managers and financial analysts, oversees the New Venture Group portfolio’s commercial governance and chairs its Diverse & Inclusive Leadership Council, focusing on internal inclusion and diversity initiatives and client solutions. Among firmwide global initiatives she’s sponsored: requiring unconscious bias training for all colleagues; piloting Aon’s inclusive recruiting strategy, resulting in 50 percent-plus diverse hires; launching a diverse sponsorship program, pairing 38 diverse colleagues with senior leaders; and partnering with UIC’s Break Through Tech Chicago to host five “sprinterns.” She also serves on the Ronald McDonald House board, co-chairing the I&D Taskforce. Her career began at PwC in audit and accounting management at Citadel LLC. She joined Aon in 2011.

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JERED PRUITT Chief operating officer Chinese American Service League

Jered Pruitt focuses on operations and administration, programming and development functions at the Chinese American Service League, the largest Asian American and Pacific Islander social service agency in the Midwest. He oversees more than 100 full-time and 414 part-time staff as well as 200 volunteers serving thousands of individuals. He led CASL’s COVID-19 response, establishing PPE reserves and pivoting the case management system to remote work while managing an 8 percent increase in client services. When the senior meal programs had to close doors, he helped CASL adjust to delivering culturally appropriate meals to low-income seniors, implemented data-informed practices using Salesforce and created a Center for Social Impact to address social determinants of health barriers. Pruitt was instrumental in building CASL’s Community Equity Research Center and including a diversity, equity, inclusion and access officer.

TRISH REED

KRISHNA RAMACHANDRAN Vice president, provider performance Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois

Krishna Ramachandran and his team collaborate with doctors and hospitals in the adoption of enhanced reporting, analytics and data-exchange capabilities that improve health outcomes and reduce costs for BCBSIL’s 8 million members. The planning and execution of the Epic Payer Platform (which offers a more efficient exchange of health information between payers and providers at the point of care) was completed in less than 60 days. This resulted in near-real-time access to content to support clinical use cases, which proved critical during the pandemic. He chairs BCBSIL’s “Eliminate Health Care Disparities” subcommittee.

VICTOR RAVAGO CEO and principal Bravo Hospitality Group

Victor Ravago is co-founder of Bravo Hospitality Group, a hotel company built, in part, to be a platform for economic growth opportunities for individuals of diverse backgrounds. In addition to the day-to-day management of Bravo’s portfolio, projects and development, Ravago serves as treasurer and finance chair for the Center on Halsted, Chicago’s largest LGBTQ community center. He also is on the board of United We Dream, the largest youth-led immigrant rights organization in the United States. In 2010, he was a founding member of the San Diego Dream Team, a youth-led advocacy group for immigrant communities. In recent years he also served on the board of directors at the San Diego LGBT Community Center and the board of governors of the Human Rights Campaign.

Vice president and general manager, IC Bus Navistar

BRYAN REYNOLDS

BRIAN RICHARDSON

Senior director, sales operations TBI

Midwest regional director Lambda Legal

Trish Reed manages the Navistar bus business unit’s strategy and execution along with its daily business operations, including market share and margin. In recent years, Reed and her team repositioned IC Bus as the school bus market leader in the United States and Canada, leading one business unit through the development and execution of an organizational restructuring and turning around another that resulted in 14 percent revenue growth and 49 percent profit improvement. She is a mentor in KPMG Future Leaders Mentoring Program and Navistar Young Professionals and served as executive adviser to Navistar’s Financial Diversity Council. She captained D’s Dream Team MS Walk team that started in 2003 and has raised more than $50,000 during its tenure. She also serves on the board of the National Association of Pupil Transportation Foundation.

Bryan Reynolds oversees a back-office customer-support organization for TBI, an enterprise technology company, with services ranging from quoting and solution design to implementation advocacy and project management. He is the co-founder and primary developer of the Leadership Development Program for aspiring employees to hone managerial skills. He also co-founded Resonate, TBI’s inclusion, equity and diversity employee resource group, with more than 10 percent of the company participating regularly. Reynolds serves as vice president for the associate board of Meals on Wheels Chicago and organized a team for the 5K March for Meals. He is on the editorial advisory board of Channel Futures, an organization in the technology space, and speaks regularly at their events and contributes to their content as a subject matter expert on customer evolution and experience.

Brian Richardson oversees programming and outreach efforts in Midwestern states for Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization focused on the civil rights of LGBTQ people and everyone living with HIV. He presents educational programs and op-eds about legal issues affecting the LGBTQ community. He has served as a mentor through the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, is on the senior leadership team of the Center on Halsted and is on the board of directors of the ACLU of Illinois. Before joining Lambda Legal he served as deputy commissioner and director of public affairs of the Chicago Department of Health, was a communications manager at Google and was press secretary for former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.

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VINCENT RIZZO Partner Hinshaw & Culbertson

Vincent Rizzo, a partner in the firm’s litigation and civil rights practice, represents clients at both the federal and state level, focusing on employment disputes, tort defense, constitutional violations and government-related matters. He regularly presents workshops to highlight issues impacting employers, with a focus on LGBTQ rights, including the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock and Masterpiece Cakeshop. Rizzo also leads the firm’s LGBTQ+ Corporate Equality & Harassment Prevention Training Program. Rizzo also organizes an annual World AIDS Day event and an annual vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance. He also presents annually at Lavender Law and is secretary of LAGBAC, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ bar association. He is on the board of directors for Changing Worlds, which provides programming to Chicago schools that foster inclusivity and enhance cross-cultural understanding.

RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ Abbott Academy director of the Joffrey Academy of Dance The Joffrey Ballet

Raymond Rodriguez works in partnership with Ashley Wheater, the Mary B. Galvin artistic director, directing the strategic planning for the academy while overseeing school, youth, adult and family programming as well as teacher and ballet training. He was instrumental in the creation of a virtual learning curriculum as well as the “Joffrey for All” strategic plan, which includes expansion to the South Loop neighborhood and the acquisition of a new studio space at 1920 S. Wabash Ave. He helped establish an open door policy that encourages feedback, no matter the issue, which led, for example, to the establishment of the BIPOC Academy Committee and the installation of gender-neutral bathrooms. He was a principal dancer with the Cleveland Ballet.

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FRESH ROBERSON

JULIE RODRIGUEZ

Chef Fresher Together

Vice president Association House of Chicago

Fresh Roberson is the founder of Fresher Together, a collaborative food and urban agriculture project for economic development, training and retreat. As a sex-positive fat activist, chef and chief farmer at Fresher Together, Roberson teaches others how food can support health equity and serve as a supplement to western medicine. Roberson is a longtime executive board member at Howard Brown Health and was recently nominated as the incoming chair of the agency’s board of directors. Roberson helped push Howard Brown to launch prenatal care as a new service line in September 2020. Roberson works with students from UIC in summer programs and with Advocates for Urban Agriculture. Roberson chairs Rad Remedy’s board, is treasurer of Cooperation Operation and is a financial steward with the Transformative Justice Law Project.

DAVID SINSKI Executive director Heartland Human Care Services

David Sinski manages Heartland Human Care Services programs serving more than 500,000 people each year nationwide through contextualized literacy and vocational literacy/English as a Second Language, as well as a continuum of housing services ranging from homeless prevention to refugee and immigrant services. Sinski joined Heartland in 2012 after serving 11 years with After School Matters as well as Alternatives Inc. and Mujeres Latinas en Acción. He is a member of the Partner Agency Council of the United States Committee on Refugees & Immigrants, a board member of Illinois Partners for Human Services and Travelers Aid International, and a Chicago Community Trust fellow. He also has served for six years as board chair of the Adler University board of trustees and now chairs the campaign committee.

Julie Rodriguez oversees all program operations in the four major program areas for Association House: behavioral health, workforce development, child welfare and the Association House High School. She oversees the negotiation, execution and evaluation of myriad contracts that serve particularly sensitive populations, including the intellectually or developmentally disabled, the formerly incarcerated seeking substance-use treatment and families seeking mental health counseling. A licensed therapist and operations expert, she administers complex safety-net programs, including Medicaid and foster care management. She co-chairs the Community Behavioral Healthcare Association’s subcommittee on race, equity and social justice and participates in an anti-racism committee for the Association House High School. She also serves on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Adult Use Cannabis Health Advisory Committee.

BERNADETTE SMITH CEO Equality Institute

Bernadette Smith manages a team of consultants, coaches and facilitators serving organizations that are on a DEI journey. A social entrepreneur for 17 years, her career began in 2004 as a specialized LGBTQ wedding planner and has since evolved beyond LGBTQ inclusion into DEI more broadly. Beginning in 2020, she doubled the size of her company to create job opportunities for people from underrepresented groups, and in June 2021, worked with more than 25 companies on Pride programming. She serves as a 1:1 mentor to businesses through StartOut as well as to companies that participate in the LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s LGBTQ+ Business Bootcamp. Her new book, “Inclusive 360: Proven Solutions for an Equitable Organization,” will be released this fall.

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TOBIAS SPEARS Assistant dean and senior director for diversity and inclusion University of Chicago– Biological Sciences Division

DAVID SPENCER System vice president, health care technology management Advocate Aurora Health

SCOTT STUART CEO Turnaround Management Association

Scott Stuart oversees all of the Turnaround Management Association’s programming, conferences, education, technology and finances. His staff of 20—more than 50 percent women, several in senior roles—serves about 10,000 members worldwide. During the last 18 months, Stuart, who sits on TMA’s global and European boards, has been involved with a global DEI initiative designed to improve diversity within both the organization and the corporate-turnaround profession. Part of that effort involves support for TMA’s Network of Women and NextGen affinity groups as well as outreach to students at the junior- through postgrad-college levels. He’s held positions with the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the New York Institute of Credit, and he previously served on the board of Futures & Options.

Tobias Spears develops and supervises policies and practices directed at increasing the hiring and retention of diverse employees. He led an initiative to have every unit in the organization establish local-level DEI plans and launched two organizationwide virtual mini-institutes to provide a forum for knowledge and skill building in anti-racism work. Spears was instrumental in establishing employee resource groups as well as the Inclusion Menu, where he facilitates sessions with individual units to help them tackle the challenges of equity. In a previous position he deployed the universitywide Safe Space curriculum. Since 2017, he’s been a consultant and mentor for the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination, and from 2018 to 2020 was chair of the Howard Brown Health Community Advisory Board. He’s also a member of the AMA Colleges Group on Diversity & Inclusion.

David Spencer leads clinical engineering, health care technology acquisition, business intelligence and the development of strategy and innovations for nonclinical operations—including environmental services, food and nutrition services, facilities, construction, supply chain and security—at Advocate Aurora Health. He oversees more than 200 employees, a $90 million operating budget and an $80 million capital budget. He’s an executive member of the LGBT Health Equity committee that works, for example, to implement gender-neutral restrooms across Illinois and Wisconsin to better serve trans patients and team members. During the COVID-19 response, the health system implemented drive-thru and mobile testing, new PPE standards, universal masking and temperature screens, new cleaning protocols and the delivery of food and water to direct-care team members. Spencer is a member of the Project Management Institute.

CHUCK SWIRSKY

PHILIP TORTORICH

MODESTO VALLE

Deputy chief of public policy Chicago Public Schools

Founding member Actuate Law

CEO Center on Halsted

Philip Tortorich’s practice area includes private client services, providing legal advice and consulting to owners of privately held businesses and to high-net-worth families. His work includes income and estate mitigation strategies, along with philanthropic structuring to meet client objectives. He is one of only a few attorneys handling the income, estate and gift-tax aspects of captive insurance programs for closely held middle-market businesses. He is board president of the Legal Council for Health Justice, formerly the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago, helping clients who need but cannot afford estate-planning services. He is also secretary of Baskets of Courage. Tortorich was an associate and then partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman from 2000 to 2018, joining that firm’s LGBTQ affinity group.

Modesto Valle provides strategic vision for the Center on Halsted, helping to refocus the organization on racial equity and inclusion. This effort included hiring consultants, creating a senior leadership position to focus on REI, developing equity-leadership groups for staff and the board alike and issuing its first racial-equity statement and equity tool. He’s been instrumental in bringing professional development opportunities to senior leadership and staff. Before joining the center, Valle helped bring the largest display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Washington, D.C. He serves on the CenterLink Board of directors and is actively involved in the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois Partners Human Services, One Northside Chicago, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and All Chicago.

Chuck Swirsky runs a team of more than 50 people overseeing departments such as intergovernmental affairs, family and community engagement, local school councils, faith-based, parent universities and community action councils. Over the past 18 months, Swirsky led the federal engagement strategy, helping form education stimulus-funding legislation as a member of the Council of Great City Schools legislative working group. He also lobbied for regulatory relief to enable students to receive school meals while not in the physical classroom and assisted in engagement for Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer outreach. At CPS, he revitalized the grant-writing process, leading to more than $100 million in grants. He’s engaged in I Am ALS and has been involved with Big Green, formerly the Kitchen Community.

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ROB VOLK

LEWIS WARRICK

JULIE WEBB

Founder and CEO Foxbox Digital

Chief financial officer Goodman Theatre

Partner Locke Lord

Rob Volk is responsible for defining the strategy of Foxbox, a digital product agency. During the pandemic, his company helped an enterprise health care organization launch a mobile telehealth product. Volk leads monthly town halls to encourage team member input and ensure that policy verbiage remains free of exclusive language or problematic nomenclature. His establishment of a flexible PTO policy enables global employees to celebrate their uniquely personal traditions. Prior to starting Foxbox Digital, Volk was co-founder and chief technology officer of Detective, a venture-backed intelligence platform with 200,000 users. Volk also co-founded Chicago Tech Leaders, a 100-member professional organization for tech leaders. He is also a member of the Queer Tech Club and StartOut. Foxbox Digital is a certified LGBT business with the National and Illinois LGBT chambers of commerce.

At the Goodman, Lewis Warrick oversees the budget’s annual development and daily management, supervises HR, works with bank partners and investment portfolio managers, and collaborates with the senior leadership team. During the pandemic, the Goodman board has resisted massive furloughs or layoffs, making financial management a critical priority. Warrick maintained cash flow through reserves; worked with PNC Bank partners on PPP loans to continue operations; secured a line of credit that was a financial backstop; and pursued the Shuttered Venues grant, which could result in eliminating a financial deficit for fiscal 2021. Warrick also helped in the creation of the Goodman’s Community Agreement to ensure a safe theater space for all who enter the Goodman’s doors, as well as the theater’s Action Plan for IDEAA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism and Access).

Julie Webb is an antitrust and litigation partner at Locke Lord, representing clients in class actions and complex litigation as well as providing pro bono representation to asylum seekers, U-Visa applicants and prisoners. She co-chairs the diversity and inclusion committee in Locke Lord’s Chicago office and also serves on the firmwide D&I committee, overseeing recruitment, retention and initiatives supporting equal justice and civil rights organizations. Webb was also chosen as Locke Lord’s 2020 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity fellow. She spearheaded the firm’s involvement in the National LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law Career Fair, helping it achieve a 100 percent rating on the Corporate Equality Index and being named an employer of choice for LGBTQ employees. She’s an appointed member of the ABA’s Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity.

ERIC WELT

GABRIEL WYNER

Managing director Mesirow

Eric Welt oversees business development in the investment consultant channel and is responsible for the growth of Mesirow’s equity, fixed-income and currency businesses. A 28-year veteran of the financial services industry, he’s also a member of Mesirow’s LGBTQ group, PrideConnect, and recently proposed and moderated Out in Finance, a Mesirow-sponsored panel discussion for LGBTQ professionals. In 2014, Welt initiated the firm’s participation in the Big Shoulders Fund’s Stock Market Program, educating young students on financial literacy. He is a CFA charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago, and a former trustee for Second Sense, a Chicago not-for-profit that provides support and training for individuals with vision loss. He’s also a former trustee for the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Community Trust.

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CEO Fluent Forever

Gabriel Wyner directs the company strategy, fundraising and R&D for Fluent Forever, an app that helps users learn foreign languages quickly. In 2014 he wrote “Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It.” In September 2017, he launched a Kickstarter campaign that reportedly became the most-funded app in crowdfunding history; he also won StartOut NYC’s 2019 pitch competition for LGBTQ founders. Wyner frequently writes articles on diversity and inclusion topics for Pride month, BLM and National Coming Out Day, and he increased LGBTQ presence in Fluent Forever’s team from around 6.5 percent to more than 20 percent. A former opera singer born and raised in Los Angeles, Wyner graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California with dual degrees in mechanical engineering and vocal arts performance.

2020 STATE LGBTQ+ BUSINESS CLIMATE INDEX 80.0 or higher 60.0 to 69.9 40.0 to 49.9

70.0 to 79.9 50.0 to 59.9 39.9 or below

4.3% of adults in Illinois are LGBTQ. 506,000 is the total LGBTQ population 13 or older in Illinois. 5% of Illinois’ workforce, or 326,000 people, is LGBTQ. 28% of LGBTQ adults 25 or older are raising children in Illinois. Sources: Movement Advancement Project, OutLeadership.com

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THE BOOK

Directors of DEI are a new breed. They hail from the world of human resources, but many have been recruited from other disciplines. The importance of these 39 specialists grew last year following the growing stature of the Black Lives Matter movement, the murder of George Floyd and the recognition of systemic racism. A number of them report directly to their company’s president or CEO. Many DEI managers opened channels to hear the grievances of Black and Latino employees. They launched speaker series and expanded resource groups. They added inclusion initiatives or

established more concrete goals in recruiting and advancing minority staff along with metrics to measure progress. In some cases, job descriptions were rewritten to mitigate bias, and interview processes were reviewed. Some managers launched training for senior management to spotlight unconscious bias. The next years will show whether Chicago companies are willing and able to reform long-established practices that have hindered diversity and inclusion. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only executives for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after an editorial review. The honorees demonstrated that they made an impact in advancing DEI at their companies and in the workplace.

CRYSTAL ANDREWS BANKS Director, diversity and inclusion Ulta Beauty

At the beauty products retailer based in Bolingbrook, Crystal Andrews Banks launched diversity and inclusion initiatives, including the company’s first Diversity Week and Race Matters Series, a mandatory leadership training program. Following the murder of George Floyd, Andrews Banks and her team provided leaders with resources to engage with employees and hear their concerns. Efforts led to the recruiting of actor Tracee Ellis Ross as an adviser. Andrews Banks joined Ulta in 2019 from Johnson Controls, where she was global manager of diversity and inclusion. Since 2015, she’s been an ambassador at the One Young World Summit, which convenes global talent to share DEI experiences. Andrews Banks is chair of the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council and is on the board of Girls in the Game.

JOAN ARCHIE Executive director, construction compliance UChicago Medicine

Joan Archie runs a program at UChicago Medicine that provides a pathway for certified minority- and women-owned firms to participate in medical center construction and renovation projects. While at the Chicago Urban League, she developed the Construction Compliance Initiative for UChicago Medicine to benefit minority- and women-owned construction and construction-related firms. The program opened opportunities for minority firms, expanded their technical capacity and better positioned them to bid on and win other projects. Archie led the diversity effort on the construction of the Center for Care & Discovery, which was completed in 2013 and was the largest construction project in the history of the university and medical center. Before joining UChicago Medicine in 2007, Archie was director of the economic development department at the Urban League.

EKPEDEME “PAMAY” M. BASSEY Chief learning and diversity officer Kraft Heinz

Ekpedeme “Pamay” M. Bassey implements diversity and inclusion strategies at Kraft Heinz. She launched the WE Network, a leadership accelerator for women at the associate director level. Bassey also started a speaker series for all employees that features experts from diverse backgrounds. She’s a charter member of the Global Inclusion Council and through that group garnered support for the company to join the Human Rights Campaign’s Business Coalition for the Equality Act. Following the murder of George Floyd, Bassey was a voice for Black employees before board members and top leadership. Bassey joined the food giant in 2018 from BlackRock, where she was global head of learning and professional development. She’s the author of My 52 Weeks of Worship, describing her visits to a variety of sacred spaces.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 28, 2021

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NATALIE BODUS

PAMYLA BROWN

DERRICK BRUMMELL

Senior director, inclusion and diversity and employer brand Zebra Technologies

Community and citizenship director Turner Construction

Inclusion and diversity lead, U.S. Midwest Accenture

In the past 18 months, Natalie Bodus led the launch of employee networks to enable Lincolnshire-based Zebra to progress toward its goal of a more inclusive workplace. Bodus’ team established goals for managers with guidance on how all employees can further inclusion and diversity. The team also launched KPIs—key performance indicators—that are reviewed quarterly with senior leadership to ensure progress is measured. Other efforts include an executive-sponsored inclusion and diversity council and partnerships with outreach organizations to provide access to talent from diverse backgrounds. To remove barriers to entry and advancement, Bodus has worked to revise job descriptions and interview guides. She joined Zebra in 2017 from Medline Industries, where she was global HR manager. Earlier, she held HR positions at Baxalta and Baxter.

At Turner Construction, Pamyla Brown oversees DEI programs for Turner-Chicago projects. She leads on-the-ground efforts for the development and execution of economic-impact programs for the Obama Presidential Center, or OPC, and the O’Hare 21 Project. In addition, Brown oversees the OPC Resource Center, which, prior to COVID, hosted information sessions for individuals interested in a construction career and one-on-one meetings for interested vendors and contractors. Following the murder of George Floyd, Brown assisted senior leadership in hosting a series of calls to highlight the company’s stance against racism. Brown is responsible for planning at the Turner School of Construction Management, a series of free workshops for entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds interested in construction management. She is on the boards of Chicago Women in Trades and Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago.

Derrick Brummell manages the inclusion and diversity strategy for Accenture Midwest’s 11,000 employees. This includes driving progress toward Accenture’s goal of a gender-equal global workplace in 2025. Brummell leads a partnership with the Mom Project to address the impact of the pandemic on working women. The company established a goal of hiring 150 project members. He also introduced a learning series that covers topics such as stereotypes, privilege and microaggressions in the workplace. Brummell was a team lead in the company’s campaign to diversify referrals. He’s active across resource groups representing minority employees and is a mentor in the African American employee resource group. He joined Accenture in 2015 from PNC Mortgage, where he was vice president, HR business partner, mortgage originations.

TANJIA COLEMAN

ERICKAJOY DANIELS

CARL DAVIS

President Reimagine Organization Development

Chief DEI officer Advocate Aurora Health

Tanjia Coleman heads her own consultancy specializing in DEI, executive coaching and leadership development. Following the murder of George Floyd, Coleman helped clients manage trauma among employees and change the way talent is recruited. She helped them form DEI committees and employee resource groups. Coleman holds a faculty position at the Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business and is a founding member of and faculty at the school’s DEI Leadership Institute Certification program. In July, she joins the Dean’s Board of Advisors. She is program development chair for the Academy of Management, a professional association for management and organization scholars with 20,000 members worldwide. Coleman has held HR management positions at YWCA Chicago, KinderCare Education, Microsoft and Starbucks.

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During the pandemic, Erickajoy Daniels directed educational resources toward African American and Latino communities. Her team at Advocate Aurora Health in Downers Grove supported 1,980 telehealth visits that required an interpreter. She led the health system’s community-based flu vaccination initiative in the ZIP codes with the greatest gaps in life expectancy. Following the murder of George Floyd, employees came together in a kneeling ceremony, and the system adjusted its policies. For example, it now requires mandatory unconscious bias training for all staff members. Daniels has been invited to provide leadership for national platforms. She co-designed and taught the Health Management Academy’s first Master of Health Care Administration DEI Course. Daniels joined predecessor Aurora Health Care in 2015 from Brady Corp. in Milwaukee, a manufacturer of safety products.

Senior vice president, DEI and recruitment Mesirow

Last year, Carl Davis played a key role as Mesirow enhanced its DEI commitment. He helped establish a DEI Council with representation across the company’s businesses. Following the George Floyd murder, Mesirow expanded inclusion-related initiatives, and Davis led in identifying processes to elevate people of color in leadership positions. He also led in improving the environment for candid conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing Black colleagues. Davis has more than 25 years of experience in technology and financial services recruitment. He joined Mesirow in 2016 from JPMorgan Chase, where he was a senior corporate recruiter. Davis has served in a pastoral capacity for nearly 32 years at a number of religious institutions. He is a mentor in the LINK Unlimited Scholars program.

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MELISSA DONALDSON Senior vice president, chief diversity officer Wintrust Financial

Melissa Donaldson is the first chief diversity officer at Wintrust Financial in Rosemont and reports to the CEO. In the past 18 months, Donaldson hosted a two-day workshop for senior women at Wintrust. She co-facilitated a meeting of directors from across the Wintrust enterprise to discuss advancing racial equity. Additionally, she expanded diversity and inclusion business unit action plans, affirmative action operations and business resource groups. Following George Floyd’s murder, Donaldson was recruited to the crisis communications team. Donaldson joined Wintrust Financial in 2016 from Walgreens, where she was director of diversity networks and communication. She is on the boards of Skills for Chicagoland’s Future and Chicago Sinfonietta.

CORLISS GARNER Senior vice president; head of corporate social responsibility and DEI First Midwest Bank

Last year, Corliss Garner led First Midwest to broaden philanthropy. The bank doubled its employee match for donations to COVID-19 funds, as well as to social justice and racial equity causes. Participation tripled its 2019 levels. Garner led efforts to commit $2.5 million over two years to organizations providing COVID-19 relief and financial stability to underserved communities. Following the George Floyd murder, she expanded listening sessions with executive leadership and groups of Black and Latino employees. Garner joined First Midwest in 2019 after a 24-year career at BMO Harris, where she was most recently vice president and senior advisor, diversity and inclusion.

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ALAN DURAND Senior director of people Kin + Carta

At the Kin + Carta’s U.S. operations, Alan Durand improved female representation by 28 percent and minority representation by 19 percent. Durand leads an HR department of 20 people covering 600 employees. Last year, job interviewers completed unconscious bias training, and analytics were improved to better measure demographics and pay equity, as well as to ensure equity in employee advancement. Job descriptions were rewritten to mitigate bias, and new diversity-focused recruiting partnerships were forged. Most recently, Durand led the firm through implementation of a hybrid work model that ensures internal opportunities and promotions remain accessible to all employees, regardless of their chosen work location. Durand joined Kin + Carta early last year from Uptake, where he was director of human resources. He’s also held HR positions at Avant and Capital One.

GRAHAM GRADY Partner Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Real estate and land use attorney Graham Grady is active in diversity and inclusion issues. He’s a founder of the Chicago Emerging Minority Developer Initiative, which builds a pipeline of community-focused developers from African American, Latino and other minority communities. He participated in “Diversity in Development: How Black and Latino Developers Can Change the Map,” on WTTW’s Black Voices series. In his legal practice, Grady helps clients win approvals for land developments. He joined Taft Stettinius & Hollister in 2012 from K&L Gates, where he was an equity partner. Earlier, he was CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority, city buildings commissioner and zoning administrator and also an assistant state’s attorney. He is on the board of BOMA Chicago and active in a number of other civic organizations.

WILLIAM T. “TOBY” EVELAND Chicago office managing partner Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

Following the murder of George Floyd, William T. “Toby” Eveland, then vice office managing partner, launched a program of town hall discussions across the firm’s 16 offices. It culminated with a firmwide diversity and inclusion retreat in the fall. As part of the retreat, Saul Ewing retained a consultant to review its culture and promote an inclusive environment. Eveland was promoted to Chicago office managing partner earlier this year. He also leads the firm’s higher education practice in Chicago. “Toby has been critical to our DEI efforts and, as a member of the LGBTQ community, serves as a role model for diverse lawyers through his tremendous success in growing his practice,” says DEI committee chair Indira Sharma. He is on the board of the Federal Bar Association, Chicago chapter.

ANURADHA HEBBAR Partner, global DEI practice leader Kincentric

Anuradha Hebbar leads DEI for HR consultancy Kincentric, parent Spencer Stuart and recently acquired consultancy Cambria. The companies generate a combined revenue of $750 million. Based in Deerfield, Hebbar leads consulting engagements with CEOs, C-suites and boards in inclusive leadership, DEI, talent and culture. Last year, Hebbar led her clients to conduct objective assessments around DEI. She’s working with six CEOs and teams on these topics, which include an exploration of how racial bias manifests in organizations. Hebbar joined Kincentric last year from Verizon, where she was global head of diversity and inclusion. Earlier, Hebbar held DEI positions at Zurich North America, Blue Cross & Blue Shield and McDonald’s. She served on the diversity and inclusion council of the Executives’ Club of Chicago.

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PRECIOUS S. JACOBS-PERRY

JESSICA KIMBROUGH

Equity partner Jenner & Block

Chief DEI officer United Airlines

Over the past 18 months, Precious S. Jacobs-Perry has advocated for Black lawyers and their mental health. She worked with Jenner & Block’s diversity and inclusion committee on a pilot in which the firm assigned each Black lawyer a sponsor on the management or policy committee. This provided a tangible opportunity for Black lawyers to elevate their visibility and have a sounding board and support system in upper management. Given the success of the pilot, the firm will roll it out to other groups. In her pro bono practice, Jacobs-Perry is working with the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund to help obtain legal name changes for transgender, gender-nonconforming and nonbinary people. She’s also represented women who have been subjected to sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.

In her role since July 2020, Jessica Kimbrough teamed with United’s executive DEI council, chaired by President Brett Hart. She’s prioritized transparency and the use of demographic data to track progress and build accountability. Following the George Floyd murder, Kimbrough led several initiatives, including a formal mentoring program to support and retain Black executives and a commitment to add greater diversity to the board. United in February announced the addition of a second Black board member, Laysha Ward, executive vice president at Target. Kimbrough joined United in 2011 from the Illinois Labor Relations Board. She’s led United’s pro bono partnership with the nonprofit Equip for Equality, which provides legal support to parents of children with disabilities.

WIL LEWIS

CONNIE L. LINDSEY

ALETHA MAYBANK

Executive vice president and head of corporate social responsibility Northern Trust

Chief health equity officer, senior vice president American Medical Association

Chief DEI officer Experian

Wil Lewis in October joined credit reporting firm Experian in Schaumburg. His mandate is to ensure employees and stakeholders feel connected to the organization. He’s also involved in developing products and materials that help communities of color better understand how credit works and gain a path to financial security. Before joining Experian, Lewis spent 13 years at Bank of America, most recently as senior vice president, global diversity and inclusion executive. He expanded membership in business and employee resource groups by 30 percent. Lewis launched training for the top 5,000 employees to promote understanding of DEI concepts. He is board secretary for the nonprofit Centers for New Horizons and is on the board of the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council.

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As a direct report to the CEO, Connie L. Lindsey is responsible for the design and implementation of Northern Trust’s global corporate social responsibility, community development and investments, and DEI strategies. She also manages the firm’s response to environmental matters and social issues within the marketplace and workplace. She’s held many leadership roles at Northern Trust, including deputy business head in operations and technology, group head in the company’s wealth management business and director of enterprise relationship management. Lindsey is a former national board president of Girl Scouts of the USA. She is on several civic and charitable boards, including Leadership Greater Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary and the Obama Foundation Inclusion Council. She was recently profiled on PBS’s “30 Good Minutes” and ABC7’s “Heart and Soul.”

IRINA KONSTANTINOVSKY Executive vice president, chief human resources and chief diversity officer Horizon Therapeutics

Irina Konstantinovsky last year led a program to improve inclusion in culture, recruiting, employee development and community engagement. The program brought together hundreds of employees to discuss racism and its impact on patients, employees and communities. Horizon pledged $500,000 to support community organizations addressing racial inequality and racism, and the company is working to promote inclusive leadership behavior and recruit employees from diverse backgrounds. Earmarking $100,000, Horizon was the first contributor to the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago’s Racial Justice League. Konstantinovsky joined Deerfield-based Horizon in 2017 from Baxter, where she was vice president of global talent. Earlier, she spent 14 years at Towers Watson. She is board chair for the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago.

Since launching its Center for Health Equity, Dr. Aletha Maybank has focused on sustaining and elevating the AMA’s health-equity efforts. She facilitated a change in processes to embed racial justice into organizational performance and outcomes. She’s been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey about structural inequities in COVID-response efforts; wrote a New York Times opinion piece, “The Pandemic’s Missing Data;” and moderates a biweekly web series. A pediatrician and public health physician, Maybank was a founding deputy commissioner for the Center for Health Equity in New York City’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. She’s a board member of RaceForward and Human Impact Partners and was vice chair of the Health Equity & Social Justice Committee of the National Association of City/County Health Officials.

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THE BOOK

NATASHA MILLER WILLIAMS

OTTO NICHOLS III

ANDREA O’LEARY

Executive vice president and shareholder Clayco

Global senior director, culture and change Aon

One of 11 shareholders at Clayco, Otto Nichols III leads large-scale projects from conceptual design to turnover. He’s also creating Clayco’s first-ever DEI operations manual for Chicago for executing supplier diversity outreach on every project. Under Nichols’ leadership over the years, more than $350 million in contracts has been directly awarded to minority- and women-owned contractors. In 2020, Nichols co-created the Clayco Foundation Juneteenth Fund as an outlet for individuals and organizations to support causes that promote freedom, equity and safety in their communities and has raised nearly $200,000 to date. Prior to joining Clayco, Nichols was a facilities engineer with Olin. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, Pedal the Cause and the Construction Career Development Initiative.

Andrea O’Leary leads Aon’s global initiatives to drive culture transformation. She is one of 20 leaders on Aon’s Global Inclusive Leadership Council, co-chairing its promotion workstream and helping to expand Aon’s apprenticeship program to six cities and 125 positions. She also leads the North American Black Professional Network leadership team to help advance Black colleagues. In 2020, she revamped Aon’s culture transformation workshops to be delivered virtually, trained facilitators to deliver them in eight languages and reached more than 6,000 colleagues. Prior to joining Aon, O’Leary was a product management/ project manager with CareerBuilder/ Personified, consulting externally with organizations on how to improve employee experience including DEI initiatives. She’s on the board of Cara, working to eradicate poverty.

AMALIA PALLARES

ERNESTO PALOMO

JANICE PARKS

Associate chancellor and vice provost for diversity University of Illinois at Chicago

Partner and co-chair of diversity and inclusion committee Locke Lord

Vice president, head of diversity and inclusion Ferrara

Natasha Miller Williams leads Ferrara’s multiyear strategies on workforce commitments, organizational culture and partnerships. Under her guidance, the company has committed to transparency in workforce data reporting; launched corporate initiatives for BIPOC with Management Leadership for Tomorrow, the McKinsey Black Leadership Academy and the company’s first virtual HBCU Fair; and holds a “Day of Solidarity” for Juneteenth, a “Day of Wellness” and a “Day of Legacy” in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. By the end of 2020, 100 percent of responding employees described their DEI awareness as “progressing or excellent.” Before joining Ferrara, Miller Williams was a senior vice president at Nielsen. She was on the host committee for Rep. Lauren Underwood’s election and is on the executive board for Oak Lawn’s Chamber of Commerce.

Amalia Pallares advises the provost and chancellor on DEI-related issues. She has oversight responsibilities for seven centers for cultural understanding and social change as well as office of diversity initiatives in diversity education, student inclusion and faculty retention. Launches include a postdoc-to-faculty mentoring program, an inclusive classroom initiative with eight online modules, an equity dashboard enabling UIC’s 16 colleges to monitor DEI progress, redesigned training for the faculty search committee and a new scholarship and pathway program for Black students in STEM. She’s been on the faculty for 22 years and is a professor of political science and Latin American and Latino studies. She led a statewide campaign to pass the RISE Act, giving undocumented college students access to aid.

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Ernesto Palomo is co-chair of Locke Lord’s 30-person diversity and inclusion committee, focusing on recruitment and equal advancement opportunities as well as expanding education efforts, including mandatory, firmwide training to identify and interrupt bias. The firm has established a diversity supplier program and achieved its fifth consecutive 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index. In 2019, Palomo filed Locke Lord’s amicus brief with the Supreme Court on behalf of 16 organizations opposing a citizenship question on the 2020 census. He is treasurer of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms and a board member of LatinoJustice PRLDEF. He handles pro bono matters through the National Immigrant Justice Center, the Center for Disability & Elder Law and Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.

Chief human resources officer First Hospitality

Janice Parks develops and executes all aspects of First Hospitality’s people strategy, including talent management, organizational development, culture transformation, thought leadership and executive coaching. Under her guidance, the company formalized its diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council, upgraded its people management systems, reimagined the recruitment process and launched new leadership training partnerships covering issues such as unconscious bias. She led the U.S. strategy for a one-day national hiring event that hired 50,000 people and helped boost the company’s Archways to Opportunity tuition reimbursement program by 30 percent. Before joining First Hospitality, Parks worked at McDonald’s, PacifiCare Health and the United Way of Orange County, Calif. She’s a mentor with the 100 Black Women Organization of Orange County, financially supporting “college-able” African American girls.

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ALLISON PITTMAN

KAVITHA PRABHAKAR

PAMELA RANDLE

Head of inclusion and diversity, U.S. Region CIBC

Chief DEI officer Deloitte US

Vice president and senior business consultant JPMorgan Chase

Allison Pittman is responsible for the design and implementation of a comprehensive DEI strategy at CIBC. She leads the U.S. Inclusion & Diversity Action Committee, addressing issues such as unconscious bias learning. Following the murder of George Floyd, in June 2020 Pittman led 13 listening sessions that engaged more than 200 employees in conversations from 22 U.S. CIBC offices. Prior to joining CIBC, she was business program manager and associate vice president, operations project consultant manager at Bank of America; corporate investment banking auditor at Wells Fargo; and in the finance enterprise program at Wachovia Bank. She is an ambassador with Bonfire Coaching and a lead with the YearUp organization.

CLAUDE ROBINSON Executive vice president, external affairs and diversity UCAN

Claude Robinson is the Chicago Community Trust’s 2021 Donald Stewart Fellowship recipient. He’s the lead practitioner of UCAN’s nine-tiered, internal/external DEI model. He has fostered more than $2.5 million in spending with minority- and women-owned business enterprises, up 48 percent from 2009. During the pandemic, he pivoted UCAN, which serves more than 10,000 individuals annually, to virtual collaborations through more than 50 virtual events. Prior to joining UCAN, Robinson served Chicago’s South Side as supervisor of the Chicago Park District’s Lindbloom Park and Gage Park. Robinson sits on the boards of the Illinois Collaboration on Youth and the Foundation for Homan Square, is a committee chair of the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council and is on the Hearing Board of the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission.

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Kavitha Prabhakar is a principal with Deloitte Consulting and cochair of its Black Action Council, which is building trust with the community through “Brave Space” listening sessions and an “Uncensored” series showcasing Black experiences. Along with Deloitte’s CEO, she championed $10 million in donations to organizations for improving social justice, employment, wealth and equal educational opportunities, with additional funding for organizations addressing anti-Asian discrimination. Prabhakar released Deloitte’s inaugural DEI Transparency Report and co-authored its Equity Imperative report. Previously, she led a $1 billion practice with nearly 5,000 professionals as Deloitte Consulting’s civil government sector leader. She is committed to increasing STEM awareness and is involved in Girls on the Run and Girls Who Code. She also supports charitable causes including the Race for Hope, Walk for Wellness and Helping Hand Center.

LAURA ROCK Chief human resources officer Zurich North America

Laura Rock is responsible for driving Zurich North America’s overall HR strategy, including DEI, talent management, performance management and sustainability initiatives. She led the formation of an executive diversity and inclusion council and the development of an action plan to advance diversity in Zurich’s workplaces and industry. She supported the expansion of Zurich’s Apprenticeship Program, extending a professional pathway that does not require a college degree, as well as its Inclusion Cohort program, which identifies leadership competency among employees of color. She organized anti-racism training for the leadership team and expanded Zurich’s Inclusion for Success program, educating managers on unconscious bias. Rock championed Zurich’s partnership with Markle’s Rework America Alliance and is also on the board of the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago.

Last fall in Chicago, Pamela Randle, co-chair of JPMorgan Chase’s Black Organization Leadership Development in Illinois, helped develop, design and launch an initiative to accelerate minority small-business growth through tailored advisory services. It proved so successful that it’s being expanded to 13 other cities this year and is now a central pillar in JPMorgan Chase’s $30 billion Path Forward commitment to advance racial equity. She previously held positions with PayNet, Urban Partnership Bank and Bank One. Since 2015, Randle has been actively involved with SCORE, the nation’s largest volunteer/business mentor network helping small businesses launch and grow. She’s also a member of the League of Black Women and has been an adjunct professor at Roosevelt University and Robert Morris University.

CEDRIC D. THURMAN Executive vice president, chief diversity officer and group head, community investment and DEI Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago

Reporting directly to the CEO, Cedric D. Thurman shapes the FHLBank Chicago’s culture and ensures that the bank’s DEI commitments are integrated into customer-facing program offerings. Recently, he helped devise goals for the office relocation project, ensuring that 81 percent of the project cost was diverse. Following the George Floyd murder case, he spearheaded bankwide panel discussions on how race affects decision-making in the workplace plus conversations on Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and the racial wealth gap. In 2020, his annual Cultural Exploration event took board members and executives through the ways systemic and institutional racism affect employment, housing and access to capital. He is on the boards of Urban Initiatives, UCAN, Junior Achievement of Chicago, the Gies College of Business Alumni Association and Fellows Association.

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SHANNON TOMLINSONEILAND

J. VINCENT WILLIAMS

KEN WILLIAMS Executive vice president Chicago White Sox

Senior director, DEI and HR compliance Cantel Medical

President and CEO Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council

Shannon Tomlinson-Eiland is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Cantel Medical’s DEI strategy as well as its programs to advance diversity. She facilitates a variety of recognition events, piloting training and discussion programs as well as a monthly DEI communication. She recently piloted a “Day of Understanding” to drive candid conversations about different social scenarios and unconscious bias. In addition to her DEI responsibilities, Tomlinson-Eiland has been pivotal in developing and leading overall initiatives as senior director for HR at Hu-Friedy, a Cantel acquisition. Tomlinson-Eiland is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and the Human Resource Management Association of Chicago. She also supports corporate social responsibility activities by partnering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and Brave Space Alliance.

As president of ChicagoMSDC, J. Vincent Williams facilitates connections between diverse minority suppliers and corporate buyers. During the COVID-19 shutdown, ChicagoMSDC provided outreach, assessments, technical assistance and CARES Act relief resources to those businesses most negatively affected by the pandemic. The ChicagoMSDC partnership includes more than 250 private- and public-sector buying organizations—reporting more than $3 billion in annual purchases from minority firms—and nearly 1,100 MBEs, which employ some 20,000 workers. Prior to joining ChicagoMSDC, Williams was vice president of economic empowerment at the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, director of business and entrepreneurship at the Illinois Small Business Development Center and director of membership at the Executives Club of Chicago. He serves with YearUp Chicago and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.

JONITA WILSON

MARGO WOLF O’DONNELL

NAMRATA YADAV

Partner Benesch

SVP, global head of inclusion Bank of America

Chief diversity officer Discover Financial Services

In 2020, Discover created a new DEI Office, promoted Jonita Wilson to chief diversity officer and launched a host of initiatives: It updated its code of conduct language to limit bias, enhanced the company’s diverse supplier spend program, required DEI goals for all people managers along with companywide training sessions, instituted a strategy to increase disability inclusion and set new gender-identity and transition guidelines. She also co-led a task force with more than 30 cross-function employees to increase minority representation and develop advocates for ensuring an equitable work environment. Prior to joining Discover in 2018, Wilson was global human resources business lead at a global consumer packaged-goods firm.

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Margo Wolf O’Donnell co-chairs the labor and employment group and DEI committee at Benesch. This past year, she led a number of training programs on implicit bias and anti-discrimination and harassment issues for some of the largest employers in the world, working with several to develop diversity councils and employee resource groups. O’Donnell co-founded B-Sharp, Benesch’s power coaching and professional development group. Under her leadership, the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law expanded membership from a handful to more than 70 people at law firms in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. Before joining Benesch, she was chair of the diversity committee and founder of the women’s initiative at Vedder Price.

As executive vice president, Ken Williams maintains oversight and final approval of major decisions for the White Sox roster. He’s actively involved in Major League Baseball’s Diversity Committee, an 18-member task force seeking to increase racial and ethnic inclusion in the game. The White Sox rank fifth in the overall diverse workforce category in MLB, according to the league’s 2020 analysis. The team exceeds league averages for on-the-field representation of Asian Americans, African Americans and Latinos. Williams is the first African American general manager in Chicago sports and the third in major league history. He joined the White Sox organization in 1992 following his playing career that started with the White Sox and took him to Detroit, Toronto and Montreal.

Namrata Yadav heads the inclusion strategy at Bank of America, creating initiatives focused on the work environment and culture, underrepresented-talent strategies, external partnerships and global executive-development diversity programs. Working with the global diversity and inclusion council, business council leaders, business heads, staffing and other enterprise teams, she has created award-winning programs using scalable technologies, gamification, just-in-time resources and big data measurement methodologies. Recently, Yadav’s team doubled down on conversations on race, privilege and equity, engaging with 160,000 employees out of an organization of 220,000. She joined Bank of America in 2008 as part of the Human Resources Development program and has held roles in learning and leadership development. Before joining the bank, she held human resources positions at General Electric and IBM Daksh in India.

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CRAIN’S 2022

The nearly 100 members of this group of Gen X Notables are at the peak of their careers, managing offices, chairing legal groups or running their own lucrative practices. The attorneys run the range of specialties, from capital markets to affordable housing. There are M&A lawyers leading megadeals and those shepherding transactions to build affordable housing. Some are pioneering young practice areas such as cannabis or niche real estate areas like tech incubators. With the pandemic, these professionals quickly adapted to working virtually and navigated clients

through new regulations and protocols. With the reckoning on racial injustice, many led steppedup initiatives on diversity and inclusion. These professionals are generous in providing time to pro bono cases. Their civic work runs from serving on the boards of top cultural institutions to supporting anti-poverty organizations on the South and West sides. They are sure to continue their influence for many years. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials. This list features only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by our editorial team. To qualify for the list, nominees must be based in the Chicago area and be part of Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980. They must have shown the ability or power to effect change and have assumed a leadership position outside their organization.

DAVID AGAY

DAVID M. ALT

Chicago managing member McDonald Hopkins

Partner BatesCarey

In addition to managing the Chicago office, David Agay is co-chair of the Business Restructuring Department and is on the firm’s board and executive committee. He’s been involved in the $15 billion bankruptcy case of satellite operator Intelsat where he represents a special board committee. Other cases have involved small- and mid-cap companies in energy, manufacturing, gaming, media and health care. Agay also is active in the firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts. He helps recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds and works to help them advance to leadership positions. Before joining McDonald Hopkins, Agay was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. In pro bono work, he’s represented a political asylum applicant. He’s active in the Turnaround Management Association and as a board member arranging event speakers.

At BatesCarey, David M. Alt represents cases involving insurance, railroads, financial services, construction, professional liability, and premises and products liability. He defends insurers facing bad faith claims. Alt has litigated cases in more than 25 states and has been instrumental in the firm’s expansion. During the pandemic, he led the firm’s pivot to a remote ecosystem. He secured a significant win in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County in Kentucky, where a plaintiff sued its insurer for punitive damages and attorneys’ fees on statutory bad faith claims. Alt is BatesCarey’s hiring partner and chair of the associate committee, overseeing the recruitment and development of the growing partner and associate ranks. He is a frequent speaker for the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance and several railroad associations.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOV. 22, 2021

BRANDON ANDERSON Deputy Chicago office managing partner Latham & Watkins

As deputy office managing partner, Brandon Anderson helps lead the 215-lawyer Chicago office. As a partner in the Finance Department and banking practice, he represents financial institutions, corporate borrowers and private-equity funds on leveraged transactions. Recently, Anderson represented Antares Capital in a debt financing for the acquisition by Kohlberg & Co. of Ob Hospitalist Group, and NXT Capital in a senior credit facility for Audax Group’s refinancing of TPC Wire & Cable. Anderson also helped spearhead Latham’s Chicago Taskforce for the Commitment to Racial Justice & Equality, which provides pro bono support to organizations fighting racial injustice and promoting equality. He’s working pro bono on a case with the Chicago-area Legal Aid Society and Metropolitan Family Services to provide immigration law assistance to victims of domestic violence.

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SIDDESH BALE Partner Reed Smith

Siddesh Bale, who is deputy practice group leader of the Corporate Group, helped lead a combination of the firm’s tech and data practices. That created the firm’s largest practice group worldwide, positioning it to capture market share in cutting-edge industries. Bale recently expanded his cross-border experience with deals in Australia, the U.K., Asia, Israel and Commonwealth of Independent States. He also handles transactions in the health care field, including physician practice roll-ups and deals involving medical device companies. Bale is a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Group, and served as partner chair and in leadership roles on the Asian American Business Inclusion Group. Bale joined Reed Smith from Perkins Coie in 2012 and advanced to partner in 2015. He is on the governing board of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms.

MARGARET BATTERSBY BLACK Managing partner Levin & Perconti

LAURIE BAUER Founding Partner Cooley

Margaret Battersby Black is managing partner of the 30-lawyer firm and manages a large case load of catastrophic injury and death cases. Battersby Black leads a team pursuing claims of wrongful death against nursing homes that failed to control COVID-19 outbreaks in their facilities through the use of personal protective equipment and other basic infection-control measures. She was lead trial attorney on a $7 million medical-malpractice verdict involving a veteran patient who exited a moving ambulance to his death. In 2019, she sat first chair for 20 of Illinois’ top settlements, according to Jury Verdict Reporter rankings. Battersby Black has hired and promoted women, and half of the firm’s attorneys are women. She was a founding member and the inaugural chair of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Women’s Caucus.

In May, Laurie Bauer and her founding partners launched the Chicago office of Cooley, a Palo Alto, Calif., firm known for expertise in technology and venture capital. Bauer focuses on representing emerging and growthstage companies and their investors. She advises clients on venture-backed private financings. As co-head of the Chicago corporate group, Bauer has contributed to the growth of the office, which counts more than 35 lawyers. Its founding partnership is 60% women and/or racially diverse attorneys. She is on the board of 1871, the business incubator supporting technology and other area startups. She’s lectured on topics relating to venture financings at 1871, as well as the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and University of Michigan Law School. Before joining Cooley, Bauer was a partner at Latham & Watkins.

Chief futurist and managing director Deloitte Consulting

DEBBIE BERMAN

SARAH BERNSTEIN

Partner Jenner & Block

As chief futurist, Mike Bechtel helps clients develop strategies to thrive in the face of discontinuity and disruption. He holds 12 U.S. patents. His Nascent & Experimental Technologies team, or NExT, approaches futurism as a practical strategic discipline. In April, Bechtel published a report in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, “Technology Futures 2021: Projecting the Possible, Navigating What’s Next.” In September, he surveyed 400 C-level business leaders to understand how established firms create their futures. Bechtel is on the Deloitte US Ethical Tech committee. He also is professor of corporate innovation at the University of Notre Dame. Before starting his current position in 2020, he was senior adviser to the Deloitte chief technology officer. Earlier, he co-founded and was managing director of venture capital firm Ringleader Ventures.

Partner Debbie Berman is co-chair of Jenner & Block’s complex commercial litigation practice, trade secrets and restrictive covenants practice, and media and First Amendment practice. She assists clients in broken deals and business relationships, as well as defamation and First Amendment-related tort cases. Last year, Berman won a precedent-setting win for client Hetronic International, a manufacturer of radio remote controls, with a $113 million verdict. She is known for litigating the seminal case on the inevitable disclosure doctrine for trade secrets, PepsiCo v. Redmond. Berman is co-chair of the pro bono committee, helping the firm manage its $250 million commitment. She is one of 27 on the board of governors from North America for the Jewish Agency for Israel. She is on the Homewood-Flossmoor High School District board.

Partner Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg

MIKE BECHTEL

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Sarah Bernstein is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Financial Institutions groups. She co-chairs the Motor Vehicle Group and leads its transactional practice, assisting manufacturers with vehicle and related product distribution. Bernstein founded and grew Barack’s transactional practice to a leading source for legal guidance on vehicle distribution matters. In a record year for dealership transactions, Bernstein counseled manufacturer clients through evaluation, closing and documentation. During the pandemic, she worked with manufacturers to qualify as franchisors with the Small Business Administration to allow their dealers to apply for Paycheck Protection Program loans. Bernstein is an immediate past president of the Public Interest Law Initiative board and is vice president of the North Lawndale Employment Network board.

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TRACY BILLOWS

CATHY BIRKELAND

Partner Seyfarth Shaw

Chicago office managing partner Latham & Watkins

In addition to her role as co-managing partner of Seyfarth’s Chicago office, Tracy Billows is special counsel to Seyfarth’s COVID-19 task force, where she advises the executive committee and office managing partners on pandemic challenges. Billows worked to create platforms and communication streams to answer client and internal questions. Previously, Billows was chair of Seyfarth’s Chicago Labor & Employment Group. In 2020, she worked with the Society for Human Resource Management to highlight workplace issues, preparing a five-page white paper on family leave program principles. Billows collaborates with Seyfarth’s Diversity & Inclusion team to further its mission and blunt the impact of the pandemic on diversity in the profession. She tightened the focus on retaining talent by starting an internal interview process to improve the associate experience.

MICHAEL F. BONAMARTE IV Partner Levin & Perconti

Michael F. Bonamarte IV is a managing partner and has been in leadership since 2014, when he was the youngest attorney at that time to make partner. Bonamarte’s trial practice involves catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters. Currently, he’s focused on more than a dozen wrongful death cases related to a COVID outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home during which 36 veterans died. He and his team are working on cases that test the “civil immunity” granted under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s April 2020 emergency order. In 2020, he achieved an $8.1 million verdict in a failed cancer diagnosis and wrongful death case. He is on the Illinois State Bar Association Steering Committee on Racial Inequality, which is investigating disparities in health care across racial and ethnic groups.

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At Latham & Watkins, Cathy Birkeland is a partner in the corporate practice, advising issuers, underwriters and investors on capital markets transactions. She’s Chicago office managing partner, the first woman to hold that role, and former global co-chair of the capital markets practice. Recently, she advised underwriters in connection with the IPO of Definitive Healthcare, a health care commercial intelligence company, and Hyatt on $2.3 billion of equity and debt financings to fund a portion of its pending acquisition of Apple Leisure Group. During the pandemic, she helped clients structure and execute transactions to raise capital necessary to sustain their businesses. She also leads Latham’s Chicago Taskforce for the Commitment to Racial Justice & Equality, which provides pro bono support to organizations fighting racial injustice and promoting equality.

NICK BRUNICK Partner Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen

Nick Brunick represents developers who are creating affordable housing or bringing amenities, such as grocery stores and health centers, to communities that need them. He assists lenders in bringing capital to underserved communities. Brunick facilitated the creation of 100 new affordable homes in Logan Square, saved housing for the homeless in Humboldt Park and preserved 150 affordable homes in Pilsen. Brunick volunteers with United Power for Action & Justice, which is preparing to build 250 new affordable homes in North Lawndale, part of a larger campaign to build or rehabilitate homes on the South and West sides. Brunick is a vice president of the Illinois Housing Council and chair of its legislative committee. He is on the board of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest.

STEVEN BLOCK Partner Thompson Hine

Former federal prosecutor Steven Block focuses on white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations and government enforcement matters. He represents business people under investigation for offenses that include insider trading, securities fraud, public corruption and intellectual property crimes. He is a vice chair of the firm’s national litigation department. Earlier this year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Block to the Illinois Torture Inquiry & Relief Commission, which investigates claims of tortured confessions. As a prosecutor, Block led the government’s case against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Block was deputy chief in the U.S. attorney’s office and chief of the Special Prosecutions Bureau in the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. He joined Thompson Hine as a partner in 2018.

MICHAEL CARRILLO Chicago office managing partner Barnes & Thornburg

Besides managing the Chicago office, Michael Carrillo specializes in patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret matters, as well as patent and trademark protection. During the pandemic, the Chicago office grew by more than 10% in 2020 and is on pace to exceed 10% growth this year. Carrillo guides a team of lawyers and administrators to ensure that junior attorneys working remotely receive necessary training and mentoring. The office last year formed a committee to promote racial and social justice through pro bono efforts, community support and legal advice to businesses in minority communities. Carrillo is vice chair of the Hispanic Lawyers Scholarship Fund of Illinois, where he mentors law students and assists in fundraising to increase the number of Hispanic law students and attorneys in the state.

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EDWARD CASMERE Partner Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila

LINSEY COHEN Chair, real estate practice Gould & Ratner

FRANCISCO CONNELL Principal Chuhak & Tecson

With her more than 20 years of real estate deal-making experience, Linsey Cohen became chair of the real estate practice last year. In recent deals, she negotiated leases for a discount supermarket chain in its nationwide expansion. Cohen helped a leading drugstore retailer execute its store development plan. And she represented boutique coffee company Philz Coffee in its expansion, including its opening of four Chicago-area locations in 2019. Cohen is Gould & Ratner’s co-hiring partner and a member of the firm’s diversity committee, which is striving to create a more diverse workforce. She is a mentor for associates and partners, through her role as a lead member of Gould & Ratner Opportunities for Women, a program that supports women attorneys at the firm.

As leader of the banking practice group at Chuhak & Tecson, Francisco Connell oversees 24 transactional and litigation attorneys in Chicago and New York. Over the past 18 months, Connell shepherded a number of simultaneously acquired, national-brand franchise stores from different sellers for a firm client. In addition to servicing banking clients, Connell developed a diverse client base of small to midsize businesses and private-equity groups. Connell began his career as a Chicago Police Department officer and says his experience handling domestic calls on a daily basis taught him how to diffuse tense situations. He joined Chuhak & Tecson in 2009 as an associate in the banking group. He is legislative liaison and vice chair of the financial institutions committee for the Chicago Bar Association.

KEVIN COYNE

JESSE CRIZ

Principal Chuhak & Tecson

Partner DLA Piper

SETH DARMSTADTER

Kevin Coyne leads the firm’s 14-attorney real estate practice group and represents clients in food service, hospitality and national franchises. While the pandemic devastated retailers, restaurants and landlords, the real estate group’s revenue grew because of lease modifications needed because tenants couldn’t pay rent. Coyne joined Chuhak three years ago from Momkus where he was a partner. He served two terms on the Naperville City Council, and last year decided not to seek re-election after running unsuccessfully for the DuPage County Board. He also was on the DuPage County Stormwater Commission. Coyne recently founded Safe Suburbs USA, a political action organization that promotes public safety initiatives that support first responders and candidates for office. He speaks on career strategies at UIC Law, formerly John Marshall Law School.

At DLA Piper, Jesse Criz is head of the investment management and real estate capital markets practice and is also Chicago office co-managing partner. He’s trained as a tax attorney and has experience representing real estate investment trusts. Criz led a team that represented investment management firm Harrison Street in launching its closed-end opportunity fund, targeting a capital raise of $2.5 million. He represented Equity Residential in an equity offering. Last year, Criz co-founded the Office Managing Partner Task Force comprising senior associates in the Chicago office. With a focus on diversity, the group meets monthly to discuss ideas and issues related to inclusivity and firm culture. Earlier this year, he co-founded the Chicago DLA Piper Alumni Board, an advisory board composed of former DLA attorneys that meets quarterly.

Trial lawyer Edward Casmere is a founding partner, heads practice teams, and is chair of the marketing and business development committee. He started the firm’s professional excellence and skills training, and heads associate training for litigation and negotiation skills. His training program provides insights and practical application of negotiation theory, negotiation styles and tactics. In the past 18 months, Casmere successfully prosecuted several commercial lease actions on behalf of a national transportation company related to force majeure COVID-19 pandemic claims. And he counseled an aviation supplier through negotiations on supply chain management that was disrupted by COVID. He’s on the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.

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Chicago office managing partner Michelman & Robinson

Seth Darmstadter is managing partner of Michelman & Robinson’s Chicago office and is a member of the firm’s advertising & digital media industry group. He represents clients in health technology, ad and media technology, and integrated marketing. Darmstadter was an early adopter of remote litigation technology and took his first dozen online depositions over Zoom. He was one of the first attorneys to first-chair a multiweek Zoom trial in his basement, which was converted into a virtual courtroom. Recently, he represented a solar power developer working in South Africa. He was Outcome Health’s general counsel after fraud allegations threatened to derail the company. Darmstadter has sat on the executive advisory board of Techweek and on the advisory board for Mexican technology firm Pounce Consulting.

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GINA DEBONI Managing partner Romanucci & Blandin

In addition to managing the office, Gina DeBoni advocates for the firm’s clients who have suffered from traumatic personal injury, police misconduct, hazing, sex trafficking and other devastating events. DeBoni mobilized legal resources in the Sterigenics case when it was learned the Willowbrook-based company had emitted a carcinogenic chemical for decades. She has met with the acting EPA administrator about regulating the toxic chemical, ethylene oxide. She advocates on behalf of a mother of a sex trafficking victim who was murdered in Chicago. DeBoni’s client testified before a U.S. Senate committee, and they attended a White House ceremony when reforms were signed into law prohibiting online advertisement of children for sex. She was elected to the Village of Glenview board of trustees earlier this year.

NANCY DEPODESTA

SHELLY DEROUSSE

Partner Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

Partner Freeborn & Peters

Former federal prosecutor Nancy DePodesta co-chairs the White Collar & Government Enforcement Group and is a leader of the firm’s women’s development initiative. She’s counseled clients on pandemic-related compliance and risk management as government enforcement around potential PPP loan and CARES Act fraud has increased. DePodesta represented AB Specialty Silicones following a 2019 deadly explosion at a chemical plant in Waukegan and counseled executives through government investigations. She was a partner with Arnstein & Lehr from 2015 to 2017, when the firm merged with Saul Ewing. Before entering private practice, she was an assistant U.S. attorney. Last year, DePodesta was appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board, which reviews law enforcement objections to an applicant’s eligibility to obtain a firearm license.

Restructuring industry expert Shelly DeRousse is practice group leader of the bankruptcy & financial restructuring practice group. She’s lead counsel for the Official Committee of Equity Security Holders of Greenpoint Tactical Income Fund, a $50 million income fund in Milwaukee. As counsel for the trustee in possession, she is handling the restructuring of the Ford City Condominium Association, which has seven buildings and more than 300 units in Chicago. This year, she spoke at the annual conference of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees in Chicago and two other bankruptcy conferences in the Midwest. Last year, she was one of three national co-chairs of the Turnaround Management Association’s national conference and also moderated a panel. She was selected to co-chair TMA’s Education Committee for 2022.

BARBARA DUNN

CHRISTINA EGAN

KATHELEEN EHRHART

Partner Barnes & Thornburg

Chicago office managing partner McGuireWoods

Partner Freeborn & Peters

Barbara Dunn is co-chair of the firm’s Associations & Foundations Practice Group, advising nonprofits on laws that impact tax-exempt organizations. She is a specialist in the hospitality industry and assists groups with meeting and trade show contracts. During the pandemic, Dunn assisted clients in resolving hotel and convention center cancellations, saving them millions in fees and helping them preserve their relationships with those same hotels and convention centers. She worked with nonprofits to update their policies for virtual meetings and online voting. In 2018, Dunn established a women’s forum to support female-identifying attorneys at the firm. Having lost her first husband to a brain tumor, Dunn supports brain tumor patients and their caregivers and has helped manage local fundraisers for the American Brain Tumor Association.

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Former federal prosecutor Christina Egan manages the Chicago office and is a member of the firm’s board of partners. She represents companies and individuals in criminal and civil investigations. Egan played a pivotal role securing the March 2019 dismissal of criminal charges against former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois on his alleged misuse of campaign and government funds. Before joining McGuireWoods in 2012, Egan was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois for 10 years. She tried more than 20 cases involving racketeering, public corruption, fraud, narcotics trafficking and gang activity. Egan is on the Seventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, which updates criminal pattern jury instructions. She’s a member of McGuireWoods’ Women Lawyers Network, which helps women lawyers navigate work-life balance.

At Freeborn & Peters, Katheleen Ehrhart is a partner in the litigation practice group and co-leader of the insurance brokerage group. In 2020, just after the courts reopened, she represented her client in the first remote trial proceeding for the Cook County Law Division. She successfully defended a managing general agent in an $80 million damages claim brought by an insurance carrier in a multiweek Zoom arbitration. In another case, she obtained a temporary injunction and $20 million settlement for an insurance intermediary client in a restrictive covenant violation lawsuit. Ehrhart joined Freeborn in 2012 from Kirkland & Ellis, where she was a partner. She co-leads the firm’s Women’s Leadership Council. And she’s been speaking at conferences on the role of virtual proceedings and other insurance topics.

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ANGELA ELBERT

BRIAN FAHRNEY

JESSICA FAIRCHILD

Partner Neal Gerber Eisenberg

Partner Sidley Austin

Angela Elbert is chair of the firm’s insurance policyholder practice group and a member of the executive committee. She’s written extensively about the challenges policyholders face litigating COVID-19 business interruption cases with their insurance providers. Elbert represents McDonald’s in connection with a lawsuit it brought against its insurer in Illinois federal court. For the past three years, Elbert has been regional director of Illinois for the Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, which helps provide judicial externships for law students from underrepresented groups and low-income families. She represented pro bono individuals seeking stem cell treatment for cancer, which was denied by their health insurance provider because the provider designated the treatment as experimental.

At Sidley Austin, Brian Fahrney is a global co-leader of the M&A and private-equity group and a member of the management and executive committees. Recently, he represented Arthur J. Gallagher in its proposed $3.25 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson reinsurance operations, Willis Re. Fahrney advised Riot Blockchain in its $651 million acquisition of Whinstone US and Mastercard in its $825 million acquisition of Finicity, a provider of real-time access to financial data and insights. Earlier, Fahrney represented Cabela’s in its sale to Bass Pro Shops for $5.5 billion and GE in the sale of its appliances business to Haier for $5.4 billion. Fahrney is on the executive committee of the Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate & Securities Law Institute of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

Founding partner Croke Fairchild Morgan & Beres

ZACHARY FARDON

BRADLEY FARIS

Chicago office managing partner King & Spalding

Partner, mergers and acquisitions practice Latham & Watkins

Former U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon leads the government matters practice group and is on the policy committee. He established King & Spalding’s Chicago office in 2017 and has grown the office to 45 lawyers. Most recently, Fardon counseled clients through recent mass shootings. He’s been at the forefront of multistate state attorney general investigations and litigation related to several data breaches. Following the George Floyd murder, Fardon established a Diversity & Equal Justice committee in the Chicago office as well as a D&I committee for the firmwide government matters practice. As U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Fardon handled the prosecution of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan and the red-light camera corruption trial. He’s an adjunct professor at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law.

Bradley Faris focuses on M&A, with a particular interest in friendly and unsolicited tender offers and proxy contests, takeover defense counseling and advising independent directors in conflict-of-interest transactions. He previously served as global co-chair of the M&A practice and chair of the Chicago Corporate Department. Faris has represented Aon in its attempted merger with Willis Towers Watson and the divestiture of its retiree health exchange business. He advised GTCR portfolio company Vivid Seats on its strategy to become a publicly listed company. During his tenure as co-chair of the M&A practice, Faris established a team that uses artificial intelligence and other technologies to support M&A transactions. He serves on the steering committee of the Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate & Securities Law Institute at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law.

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A founding partner and member of the management committee, Jessica Fairchild co-leads the transactional practice, advising companies, private-equity and venture-capital firms, startups and family offices. This year, Fairchild assembled and led the all-women deal team that advised Chicago-based health care startup Odeza on its multimillion-dollar acquisition by Ensemble Health Partners. The firm has quadrupled since its start in December 2019, and Fairchild added 17 attorneys to the transactional team, including 10 women. In 2007, Fairchild was tapped as general counsel for Chicago 2016, the organization that led Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. She went on to launch her own firm in 2010. She is on the board of the Gorton Community Center, a cultural hub in her hometown of Lake Forest.

ADAM FAYNE Partner Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

Adam Fayne is co-founder and co-chair of the firm’s cannabis practice and a vice chair of the Transactional Department. The firm represented Canaccord Genuity as lead underwriter in two public offerings, including the first U.S. direct public listing of Ascend Wellness, which raised $80 million and has a market value greater than $1 billion. He serves as counsel to TerrAscend, a leading North American cannabis operator, and its Arise Bioscience subsidiary. And he’s counseled cannabis operator and retailer 4Front Ventures in its prospectus offering. Fayne began serving cannabis industry clients in 2015 and the practice has grown to 30 attorneys. He joined Saul Ewing in 2006 from the Department of Treasury, where he was special assistant U.S. attorney, representing the Internal Revenue Service.

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LINDA FINE Co-founder Buckley Fine

At Buckley Fine in Barrington, co-founder Linda Fine is managing partner and chair of the estate planning practice group. Last year, she co-founded the firm, which has grown to 13 attorneys. Fine administers estates and trusts and prepares estate and gift tax filings. Her work has included succession planning for an $80 million business, administering a $40 million estate with 15 trusts, and facilitating a client’s $100 million charitable endowment. Before starting her current firm, Fine was an equity member at Kelleher & Buckley, which she helped grow from a single office with eight attorneys to a 25-attorney firm with three Illinois locations. Fine is a member of the DuPage County Estate Planning Council and the WealthCounsel Illinois Forum. She speaks frequently on estate planning.

GARY GASSMAN Member Cozen O’Connor

At Cozen O’Connor, Gary Gassman is co-chair of the firm’s professional liability practice group, concentrating on insurance coverage counseling and litigation. He also leads the LGBTQ attorney resource group and is on the diversity committee. Gassman handles cases involving directors’ and officers’ liability and employment practices liability. Recently, he represented an insurer in a wrongful death action against a property management company worth over $30 million. And he recently negotiated a six-figure settlement for an insurer in the coverage dispute component of a class action. Gassman was named ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section chair-elect and will become chair in 2022-23. This past year, Gassman also spent considerable pro bono effort helping transgender people with legal name changes.

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PAMELA GAMBLE Partner Manning Gross + Massenburg

Partner Pamela Gamble focuses on business litigation, including toxic torts, personal injury, product liability and commercial disputes. She’s one of the firm’s lead docket attorneys and attends Cook County trial and motion calls. Gamble is on the firm’s DEI Committee and Women’s Forum. During the pandemic, Gamble recognized that staff would need mental health support and phoned associates. Because of her care, the firm gave Gamble hiring responsibilities. Gamble joined Manning Gross + Massenburg in 2019 from HeplerBroom where she was a partner. Earlier, she was an assistant state’s attorney in Madison County, where she was head prosecutor of the domestic violence unit, order protection court and juvenile division. She is on the National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues conference committee and helps plan the event annually.

ROBERT “BOBBY” GERBER Managing partner Neal Gerber Eisenberg

In June, Robert “Bobby” Gerber was named the third managing partner in the firm’s 35-year history. He’s a member of the executive committee and a partner in the corporate & securities practice group. Gerber began his career at NGE as a summer associate 24 years ago and is the first managing partner to rise through the associate ranks. As a member of the executive committee, Gerber helped steer the firm through the pandemic and led the development of the firm’s flexible return-to-work guidelines. Gerber leads efforts to hire, retain and advance under-represented groups among its attorney ranks, resulting in NGE obtaining Mansfield Rule 4.0 certification this year, its third year of participation in the program. Gerber is a member of the Chicago Legal Aid Clinic development committee.

JASON GANDY Executive managing director Riveron

Jason Gandy leads Riveron’s Chicago office, which represents a major hub as the second-largest office of the Dallas-based business advisory firm. He leads a 75-person team. Gandy joined Riveron in 2019 after a career of more than 20 years at Accenture, where he was most recently managing director, banking and capital markets. Riveron was founded in 2006 and has expanded to eight markets. Riveron’s client revenue in the Chicago market has grown in the last 18 months. Gandy manages a market with a portfolio of more than 200 clients and this year has expanded the firm’s client portfolio with 30 new local clients. This year, he helped attract and onboard 40 new team members. Gandy is on the steering committee of the CFO Leadership Council.

TIA GHATTAS Member Cozen O’Connor

Tia Ghattas is cochair of the transportation and logistics litigation industry team, representing clients across the product supply chain. She’s tried more than 30 trials to verdict and is a skilled mediator. In one of her most recent mediations, Ghattas not only negotiated a favorable settlement for her client with several million dollars at stake, but also obtained indemnification for her client and recovery of defense costs. Ghattas is a member of the firm’s Women’s Initiative steering committee and the new business committee. She’s represented pro bono clients in transgender rights and personal-identity matters. Last year, she published prescriptive pieces on how the trucking industry should respond to policy and regulatory changes. A former Division II college basketball player, she coaches basketball for Chicago Public Schools.

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JEREMY GLENN

ANDREW S. GOLDBERG

BARBARA GRAYSON

Managing partner Laner Muchin

Partner Willkie Farr & Gallagher

In addition to managing the Chicago office, Jeremy Glenn is a member of the management committee and the national labor & employment practice. He oversees more than 50 attorneys. Glenn recently led a collective-bargaining negotiation for a Chicago building-owners multiemployer association, reaching agreements with a large engineering union. As part of the firm’s coronavirus task force, Glenn helped clients navigate pandemic-related issues and develop policies to guide employers. Under Glenn’s leadership, colleagues participated in a 21-day racial equity reading curriculum following the social justice reckoning of 2020. He chairs the board of the Olive Branch Mission, the oldest continuously operating emergency and transitional housing shelter in Chicago.

A partner for 19 years, Andrew S. Goldberg stepped up to the managing partner role in May. He specializes in negotiating collective bargaining agreements, representing clients in arbitrations and before the National Labor Relations Board and also responds to union grievances. He recently led successful negotiations to convert the workday at an Illinois manufacturing plant from a five-day, eight-hour schedule to rotating threeand four-day workweeks with 12-hour shifts, keeping the facility competitive and allowing it to better meet customer demands. Throughout the pandemic, Goldberg guided clients through managing new safety precautions and developed policies on prevention measures. Key to this has been negotiating employment agreements to combat employee shortages.

Barbara Grayson joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher last year as partner and chair of the private client practice. She was one of the original six partners to launch Willkie Chicago, now at 55 attorneys. Grayson advises influential families, including the Crown family, and she’s worked with some clients for two decades and often counsels multiple generations. She also has discreetly settled family disputes, often with creative solutions. Grayson joined Willkie Farr from Jenner & Block, where she was partner and chair of the private wealth practice. Earlier, she practiced at Mayer Brown for more than 14 years. Grayson’s pro bono practice has benefited educational and cultural institutions, including After School Matters, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Victory Gardens Theater. She is on the board of the Chicago Zoological Society.

ERIC GREENFIELD

ROBERT HAYWARD

LAURA HOEY

Shareholder Polsinelli

Partner Kirkland & Ellis

At Polsinelli, Eric Greenfield chairs the real estate division, which focuses on niche areas, including industry-specific incubator spaces and technology hub locations rather than big-box retail. His disciplined approach has enabled the department to triple in size over the past five years. Greenfield spent much of the last 18 months functioning as strategic counselor, offering guidance on issues from pandemic safety measures to lease forbearance. Despite the pandemic’s impact on commercial real estate, Greenfield closed 141 land purchase deals in North America and Europe last year, up from 137 in 2019. Greenfield joined Polsinelli in 2012 from Greenberg Traurig, where he was a shareholder. He’s a member of the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation, where he helps conduct classroom and on-the-water sailing instruction for people with disabilities.

Capital markets attorney Robert Hayward counsels public companies and private-equity funds. Clients include Boeing, Deere, Kellogg, Cushman & Wakefield, Whirlpool and Carvana. Hayward spent two decades creating a differentiated market position around founder-led and private-equity-backed companies. Over the past 18 months, Hayward led the most company-side IPOs, according to Deal Point Data’s list of the 20 most active lawyers for IPOs. He’s the only Midwest-based lawyer on the list. This year, he led Ryan Specialty Group’s $1.6 billion IPO, the first for a pure-play insurance wholesale broker. He led a $300 million debt offering for Whirlpool’s inaugural sustainability bonds. And he handled Boeing’s May 2020 $25 billion senior notes, considered the largest non-M&A offering. He leads Kirkland’s initiatives in green, social and sustainable bonds.

Chicago office managing partner Cozen O’Connor

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Litigation and enforcement partner Ropes & Gray

Former federal prosecutor Laura Hoey is co-leader of Ropes & Gray’s global litigation & enforcement practice group. Recently, she was counsel to a defendant in the Operation Varsity Blues college admissions scandal and was lead counsel for H.I.G. Capital in a multiyear investigation by the Justice Department. Over several years, Hoey has served as Chicago office managing partner, co-leader of the government enforcement & white-collar group, co-leader of the health care & life sciences group and the co-chair of the Women’s Forum. Hoey rejoined Ropes & Gray in 2011 after serving as an assistant U.S. attorney in Little Rock, Ark., for more than four years. She’s a member of the Criminal Justice Panel of the Northern District of Illinois, where she provides pro bono criminal defense services.

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JEFFERY HOFFENBERG Partner Levenfeld Pearlstein

Jeffery Hoffenberg this fall was appointed to Levenfeld Pearlstein’s executive committee after serving as chair of its real estate group since 2018. During Hoffenberg’s tenure leading the real estate practice, the group had net growth of more than 33%, with 68% of new hires being women. The group’s revenue grew by nearly 50%. During the pandemic, Hoffenberg and his wife teamed with an infectious disease doctor to launch a business that tests school communities for COVID-19 using a lab-developed saliva test. Before joining the firm in 2011, Hoffenberg was general counsel for the Cook County treasurer. He is a commissioner on the Village of La Grange Plan Commission, after having previously served on the Village of La Grange Zoning Board of Appeals for six years.

SHERYL JAFFEE HALPERN Principal Much Shelist

The core of Sheryl Jaffee Halpern’s practice, guiding business leaders in labor and employment decisions, was in high demand during the pandemic as she guided employers managing remote workforces, mask and vaccine mandates, and returnto-work plans. As a member of Much Shelist’s Management Committee, she helps chart the firm’s long-term strategic direction. As co-chair of Much University, she leads skill-building training and professional development initiatives, and co-facilitates a mentoring group composed of attorneys at all levels. Jaffee Halpern formed Power Rainmakers NFP, an annual two-day conference that brings together women partners from law firms across the U.S. and Canada.

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HELANA ROBBINS HUDDLESTON Partner CohnReznick

NICOLE JACKSON Partner Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen

Helana Robbins Huddleston leads CohnReznick’s Midwest transactional advisory practice, managing client relationships, providing financial analysis in a variety of operational and financial areas, including M&A due diligence, restructuring, cash flow budgeting, operational analysis, financial auditing, internal control evaluation and business process improvement. She founded two NextGen programs at CohnReznick that focus on guiding individuals on networking (virtually and in-person), following up with contacts, elevator pitch execution, monetizing networks and effective management styles. She is chair of the diversity committee at DePaul University and is a member of its finance board where she advises on undergraduate curriculum. She is on the executive board of ACG Chicago and has been a volunteer and wish grantor with Make-A-Wish for more than 11 years.

Partner Nicole Jackson is a member of the firm’s management committee and is working to institutionalize efforts in diversity and inclusion. She represents developers and investors in providing affordable housing, including the redevelopment of public housing. The last 18 months have marked the culmination of projects she handled: the opening of the most recent phase of Holsten Real Estate Development’s Parkside Old Town project on the site of the former Cabrini-Green complex and the opening of 4400 Grove, a new commercial/residential development in her Bronzeville neighborhood. In her DEI work, Jackson advocates for the firm to annually contribute a portion of profits to a donor-advised fund to invest in social justice initiatives. She’s a member of the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing & Community Development Law.

JAIME JONES

JENNIFER KENEDY

Partner Sidley Austin

A co-leader of Sidley’s global health care practice, Jaime Jones represents the country’s largest health care providers and global life sciences companies in government enforcement, regulatory and compliance risk matters. She also assists private-equity investors in evaluating opportunities in the health care and life sciences industries. She has defended one of the nation’s largest health care providers in three Department of Justice investigations. She counsels two of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains on enforcement risk related to pricing and is advising a global retailer to bring full-service primary care to retail centers nationally. She’s a member of Sidley’s COVID-19 Task Force and its Global Life Sciences Council, where she coordinates work across dozens of disciplines. Jones sits on the board of Legal Aid Chicago and on the Legal Advisory Board of World Business Chicago.

Vice chair, executive committee Partner and deputy general counsel Locke Lord

Jennifer Kenedy, vice chair of Locke Lord’s executive committee since 2018, concentrates her practice on commercial litigation, including trade secret misappropriation and other intellectual property litigation; employment and contractual disputes; construction; product liability; ERISA; real estate and eminent domain. She co-founded the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law, a nonprofit membership association bringing together organizations dedicated to advancing women lawyers. She also co-founded Women Office Managing Partners, which meets to share best practices. She currently chairs Locke Lord’s Business Transformation Task Force to ensure the firm leads the industry in transforming the way it provides legal services in a post-COVID-19 world. She is an Executive Board member of Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson’s Within Reach Foundation and a member of The Fairway Network.

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RAY J. KOENIG III Managing member of Chicago office Global co-chair of litigation practice group Clark Hill

Ray J. Koenig III is a managing member of Clark Hill’s Chicago office as well as co-chair of its litigation practice, a group of approximately 215 lawyers. He represents individuals, families, financial institutions, medical institutions, and governmental organizations in all areas of tax and estate planning. He was the first openly LGBTQ individual to lead a major practice group at the firm, and used his platform to advocate for diversity, equity & inclusion initiatives; an expansion of the summer associate program into more diverse communities; and an adoption of firm policy positions on workplace equality. In March, he was elected as second vice president of the Chicago Bar Association. He is a commissioner on Chicago’s Commission on Human Relations and co-chair of the National Legacy and Planned Giving Council of the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund.

KENNETH LUMB Managing partner Corboy & Demetrio

Kenneth Lumb helps oversee the firm’s operations as well as mass tort litigation, including a multiplaintiff toxic tort lawsuit stemming from a large chemical spill and a multiplaintiff lawsuit involving cancer related to herbicide exposure. In 2003, while in the Army Reserve and employed by Corboy & Demetrio, he was mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and served six months at Walter Reed Medical Center as the Acting Center Judge Advocate Law. Today, he performs pro bono work on behalf of veterans and active duty and reserve service members. In 2020, he tried a case remotely in federal court in Chicago, seeking to hold Iran accountable for its support of Iraqi militants who killed and wounded U.S. soldiers in southern Iraq in 2009.

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JORGE LEON

ADAM LEVITT

Partner Michael Best & Friedrich

Co-founding partner DiCello Levitt Gutzler

Jorge Leon is a partner, group co-leader of Employee Benefits and co-chair of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee at his firm. He’s been recognized as a leader in employee benefits by Chambers USA, an independent rating agency, and was elected a fellow of the American Bar Foundation (only 1% of Illinois attorneys achieve this honor). He is on the board of Gads Hill Center, a 123-yearold nonprofit serving Chicago’s Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, and is on the Leadership Advisory Council for the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Since 2020, he’s served on the Field Museum’s Collections Committee, Retirement & Benefits Committee, Diversity Equity Access & Inclusion Committee and the Repatriation Subcommittee, which is responsible for resolving claims for restoring artifacts to native populations.

AMY MANNING Chair of Antitrust, Trade & Commercial Litigation Department McGuireWoods

As global chair of McGuireWoods’ Antitrust, Trade & Commercial Litigation Department, Amy Manning handles criminal and civil antitrust and commercial litigation matters for international and U.S. companies and individuals. In the past year and a half, she’s handled matters involving allegations of price fixing, market allocation, bid rigging, no-poach agreements, tying arrangements, bundling, monopolization and attempted monopolization. She is vice chair of the 2020 and 2022 ABA Antitrust Section International Cartel Workshop. She co-founded the Chicago Women Antitrust Lawyers Network, the first professional networking group for women antitrust lawyers in the area. She is chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Diversity Long Range Planning Committee and twice served as chair of the American Diabetes Association Chicago board. She’s also on the Negaunee Music Institute Board of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Adam Levitt co-founded his firm in 2017 to advance the cause of justice for individuals, businesses and governmental entities. He’s led a number of prominent cases, including multibillion-dollar damages and remediation litigation over PFAS “forever chemical” contamination, a multibillion-dollar class action against ComEd and Exelon seeking recovery of profits obtained by bribing politicians, and Norwegian Air’s claim for damages from Boeing’s 737 Max debacle. He serves on advisory boards for the American Constitution Society’s Chicago Chapter, Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies, and Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies.

LINDSEY MARKUS Shareholder Chuhak & Tecson

In addition to running her own national practice, leading a practice group (with 25% of the firm’s practitioners) and serving as a trustee for the firm’s profit-sharing plan, Lindsey Markus is on four committees: Executive, Business Development, Space Planning and Women Helping Women. The first woman shareholder in the firm’s 30-year history, she built a national practice through education, speaking engagements and television appearances, tackling topics such as assisted reproductive technology, cryptocurrency and income tax planning. She is also one of the founders of the firm’s Women Helping Women program. Markus sits on the Jewish United Fund board and chairs their philanthropic funds committee. She also cochairs the Planned Giving Committee for the American Technion Society.

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MICHAEL MARTINEZ

MOLLY MCGINLEY

Managing partner, Chicago office K&L Gates

Partner K&L Gates

Michael Martinez is the managing partner of K&L Gates’ Chicago office and a member of the firm’s management committee and firmwide diversity committee. He is chair of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms, one of the largest and oldest organizations focused on the advancement of diverse lawyers in Chicago. His practice is concentrated on multidistrict class actions involving antitrust cartel and other complex commercial litigation and government investigations. His involvement in pro bono and social justice initiatives include a case winning asylum for a Kenyan refugee who would have been subject to torture if she were returned to her home country. About 75% of the lawyers hired under Martinez’s leadership have been female, racially or ethnically diverse, or LGBT. He is a board member for Northwestern Settlement.

Molly McGinley is practice group coordinator for securities and transactional litigation and leads the firm’s Biometric Data Compliance & Defense Affinity Group. She has extensive class action and complex litigation experience, including defending an audio & speech recognition services company in a putative class-action case involving a novel interpretation of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act. She was selected as a Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Law Bulletin Media. She is involved in the firm’s Women in the Profession Group and helped create the Chicago Mastermind Program, an initiative aimed at supporting the business and professional development goals of female lawyers. She also is co-chair of K&L Gates for Equal Justice, a joint initiative of the firmwide Diversity committee and Pro Bono committee.

DESIREE F. MOORE

DAVID MORRISON

Partner K&L Gates

Principal Goldberg Kohn

Desiree F. Moore is a litigation partner at K&L Gates and founder of the firm’s Digital Crisis Planning & Response client solution. Her practice focuses on crisis management, including helping corporations, educational institutions, sports clientele, and high-profile individuals navigate data security incidents and data breaches, online impersonation and harassment, public scandals, and celebrity disgrace events. As a co-resident of the firm’s Doha, Qatar, office, Moore has experience in both domestic and international arbitration. In 2020, she was honored with the St. Robert Bellarmine Award for notable contributions to her profession and the Loyola University School of Law. She also is firmwide director of professional development and is on the board of governors for Ingenuity, which promotes arts education in Chicago Public Schools.

As administrative partner, David Morrison chairs the firm’s regular partnership meetings, leads the firm’s assessment of COVID-19 policies and return-to-work guidance, serves as a principal in the litigation and labor & employment groups, and leads trial counsel on federal and state cases. Among recent highlights, he created a sustainable pro bono asylum program resulting in the 2021 PBI Corporate Partnership Award honoring a five-year partnership created by the firm with McDonald’s, the National Immigrant Justice Center and Jenner & Block to represent immigrants seeking asylum. He also argued before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a decision to enjoin the Trump administration’s public charge rule from taking effect. Morrison helped to create the first diversity initiative at the firm.

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KERRYANN HAASE MINTON Managing partner Michael Best & Friedrich

Kerryann Haase Minton is Chicago office managing partner and on the firm’s management committee. She counsels financial institutions, manufacturers, logistics companies and higher education institutions on a spectrum of employment issues, including discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour claims, staff and leadership training, succession planning, board of directors governance and harassment avoidance. She is responsible for client service, office growth, teamwork culture and talent development. Since January, the Chicago office has hired more than 20 attorneys and staff and, under her leadership, the Chicago office is now more than 68% diverse. A graduate of John Marshall Law School, now UIC Law, Minton is on the firm’s Management, Compensation, DE&I and Women’s Development committees. She is on the board of Chicago Dancing Company and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

CINTHIA GRANADOS MOTLEY Member Dykema Gossett

At Dykema Gossett, Cinthia Granados Motley is director of the global data privacy & information security practice. She’s handled international data breaches for a decade. Motley acts as incident response counsel to large organizations, advising them on information governance and litigation readiness, as well as mitigating cyber-risk exposures, data security and privacy litigation. Motley speaks to publications and in webinars on cyber risk. She developed Dykema’s privacy and cybersecurity blog, “The Firewall,” and set up a cyber responder hotline. She’s a member of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Electronic Discovery Pilot Program committee and leads its privacy and data security project team. Motley joined Dykema in 2018 from Sedgwick, where she was a partner. Motley also is an adjunct professor for IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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TIMOTHY NELSON

KRISTI S. NOLLEY

THOMAS ORLANDO

Member Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa

Partner BatesCarey

Shareholder and firm president Foran Glennon

An equity member at Aronberg Goldgehn, Timothy Nelson co-chairs the firm’s business law & transactions practice group, which increased its diversity composition by nearly 18% in 2021. In this role, he manages the group’s internal operations, external presence and profitable revenue generation. As a business lawyer, he works as outside general counsel for middle market and privately held businesses. The firm’s cannabis practice group has grown exponentially because of Nelson’s representation of multi-state operators in various business transactions and compliance matters. He was elected to the executive committee of Legal Netlink Alliance, an international network of law firms that facilitates the firm’s ability to remain competitive by connecting clients with high-quality legal counsel around the world.

Kristi S. Nolley is coverage and litigation counsel to domestic and international insurers in matters of professional liability coverage, including D&O, E&O, health care and EPL coverage. She is called upon for clients’ most complex insurance claim issues involving securities fraud class actions, derivative actions, regulatory investigations and product liability class actions. Nolley has been handling the day-today defense of two insurance company clients in a high-profile Purdue Pharma insurance coverage lawsuit; the company is fighting to exit Chapter 11 in one of the largest bankruptcy proceedings in history. As the first-ever female member of the firm’s management committee, Nolley also leads BatesCarey’s Tea Talk initiative, in which attorneys and clients discuss workplace inclusivity and diversity. She is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.

SEEMA PAJULA

BINAL PATEL

PAULITA PIKE

Partner Deloitte

Principal shareholder and president Banner Witcoff

Chicago managing partner and partner, asset management group Ropes & Gray

Seema Pajula is vice chairman, clients, industries and insights leader and consumer national industry leader at Deloitte. She is lead partner for two Fortune 500 companies and has client leadership roles at several clients in both the attest and relationship spaces. She is a member of the U.S. management committee, Client & Market Growth executive committee, global clients & industries executive committee, and Deloitte’s U.S. growth council. She also is the cross-functional industry transformation go-to-market initiative leader. Pajula was the Manufacturing Institute’s STEP vice chair, championing the impact of women in manufacturing, and developed Deloitte’s external-industry DEI strategy to shape client thinking around attracting and enabling talent. She is vice chair of Chicago Scholars Foundation and finance committee chair of Leadership Greater Chicago.

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Binal Patel is president of intellectual property law firm Banner Witcoff, managing patent procurement programs, leading complex litigation matters in federal courts, and handling inter partes review proceedings before the USPTO’s Patent Trial & Appeal Board. Patel has successfully enforced the IP rights for a large roster of clients, including major financial and insurance institutions, as well as innovative companies like YETI Coolers, Evertz Microsystems and Kraft Foods. A former engineer, he is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He is co-founder of the Indian American Bar Association of Chicago and the North American South Asian Bar Association. Patel also leads the North Shore Corporate IP Roundtable program, which he founded to provide networking opportunities for IP attorneys working as in-house counsel.

Thomas Orlando is the firm’s president, directing the growth and operations of nine offices and the professional development of 50 attorneys and 30 staff. His legal practice includes litigation and appellate work defending insurance companies in property and liability coverage cases. In his practice, he has obtained numerous reversals of summary judgments in insurance coverage disputes and product-liability cases. Other career highlights include litigating claims involving fraud, bad faith and business interruption. Orlando transformed how the firm services clients across nine offices on two continents, pioneering a structure that, for example, has bolstered the firm’s London footprint and integrated U.K.-based partners in a cohesive way. He is a member of the Grant Park Music Festival board of directors and a governing member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Paulita Pike is Ropes & Gray’s Chicago managing partner and a leading registered funds lawyer in the city. She represents registered open- and closed-end funds, ETFs, funds of hedge funds, and funds investing in private equity. Among recent highlights, she guided Invesco on its market-first, semitransparent ETF; advised Calamos Funds in their acquisition of asset management firm Timpani Capital Management; counseled Primark Capital in the launch of its closed-end fund; and advised Innovator Funds trustees in their oversight of “defined outcome” mutual funds. Pike launched the firm’s community engagement and outreach program, connecting associates with nonprofits and, as part of Ropes’ Women’s Forum, she mentors female asset-management associates.

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KAREN PINKERT-LIEB Senior partner Schiller DuCanto & Fleck

Karen Pinkert-Lieb’s background in finance, tax law, and psychology make her well suited to navigate complex custody and financial cases. After years of success as a litigator, she was one of the first attorneys at SDF to dedicate her practice to alternative dispute resolution. She was one of the firm’s first female equity partners, and she was chair of the Family Law Section of the Illinois State Bar Association where she drafted family law legislation. She has been instrumental in mentoring and promoting female attorneys from law clerks to owners, including promoting alternative work arrangements. A Chicago-Kent College of Law grad, she also participated in the creation of SDF Cares, a firmwide volunteer initiative.

TRISHA RICH Partner and co-chair, legal profession team Holland & Knight

Trisha Rich co-chairs Holland & Knight’s national Legal Profession Team, which provides outside lawyers, law firms, in-house counsel, and legal technology companies with a suite of services addressing significant risk management and ethics issues. A leader in the field of legal ethics, Rich was part of teams that petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a man who charged that his denial of admission to the Illinois bar violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Supreme Court of New Jersey on behalf of a litigant who unjustly lost her bar license. She is on the Chicago Bar Association’s task force on the sustainable practice of law & innovation and is an adjunct professor of law for legal ethics and professional responsibility at NYU School of Law.

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ERIKA POWERS Partner Barnes & Thornburg

Erika Powers advocates for municipal and industrial clients facing complex water quality issues nationwide, including enforcement defense, permitting, and negotiating federal consent decrees governing community investments in wet weather infrastructure improvements. She has led significant negotiations with the DOJ, the EPA, and states for communities across the country, helping Peoria, for example, achieve a novel agreement to address combined sewer overflows to the Illinois River primarily through green infrastructure projects. She’s also chair of the firm’s national environmental department, having restructured it to focus on attorney development, business development and recruiting rather than geographic offices. Powers is on the board of trustees for Alma College, is a former chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Environmental Law committee and is a past member of the Woman’s Club of Evanston.

MICHAEL RENETZKY Chicago office managing partner Locke Lord

Michael Renetzky leads Locke Lord’s Chicago office, one of the firm’s largest with more than 150 lawyers and team members. His practice focuses on investment management, securities and corporate law, counseling clients on securities law compliance, debt and equity financing matters, and investment company and broker-dealer regulation. He also devotes a substantial portion of time to representing buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions transactions. He chairs the firm’s finance committee, co-leads the firm’s investment adviser & alternative funds practice group, and is a member of the firm’s U.K. executive committee. A graduate of Harvard Law, Renetzky is on the board of directors of the Trees That Feed Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to planting food-bearing trees to feed people, create jobs and benefit the environment.

WILLIAM RIDGWAY

STEPHANIE RIFKIND

Partner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Partner Swanson Martin & Bell

William Ridgway represents businesses, their boards and executives in government investigations and enforcement proceedings, internal investigations and civil litigation. He also advises clients on cybersecurity incident preparation and response and national security issues, in addition to a variety of matters related to cryptocurrency, blockchains and digital assets. He represented Flagstar Bank in settling a consumer class action arising from a data breach and is part of the team representing Purdue Pharma in its resolution of Department of Justice civil and criminal investigations concerning the sale and marketing of opioid products. Ridgway is on the board of Future Founders, which seeks to seed more diverse founders in the startup ecosystem. He’s also active in the Leadership Greater Chicago fellowship program and is a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.

Stephanie Rifkind is responsible for the defense, litigation and management of over 100 toxic tort suits for various corporate clients, including Fortune 500, international and Illinois-based companies. Rifkind recently expanded her practice to include assisted reproductive technologies, a complex and emerging area of law about which she is particularly passionate due to her own struggles with pregnancy loss and fertility. She also co-chairs the firm’s Advancement of Women+ in Law committee, a tailored program to provide mentorship and guidance for women attorneys at all levels of the firm, and is also involved with paralegal recruitment, training, placement and support. A graduate of John Marshall Law School, now UIC Law, she also mentors multiple firstyear associates at SMB as part of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism’s Lawyer-to-Lawyer Mentoring Program.

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MITCHELL ROTH

DOUGLAS SARGENT

ERIN SCHRANTZ

Managing partner Much Shelist

Partner Greenspoon Marder

Partner Jenner & Block

Mitchell Roth is responsible for Much Shelist’s direction and strategic vision while preserving its client-centric and employee-focused culture. He also leads Much’s business & finance group and advises owners and executives at public and privately held companies as well as in the private-equity community. Recent highlights include his representation of Lakeshore Recycling Systems in several major acquisitions as well as a transformative recapitalization. In 2019, Roth committed Much Shelist to the Mansfield Rule initiative and successfully achieved Mansfield-certified status by considering at least 30% historically under-represented attorneys for leadership roles, executive committee roles, equity partner promotions, pitch opportunities, and senior lateral positions.

Douglas Sargent is a leading partner in Greenspoon Marder’s cannabis law practice group, which recently launched a Chicago office. He advises clients on legal and regulatory issues, including licensing, compliance and litigation. He also represents clients in consumer finance and other types of litigation. Sargent and his team recently represented more than 20 plaintiffs in a landmark cannabis litigation against the state of Illinois centered around cannabis license lotteries. He provides pro bono legal services to individuals disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs, assisting participants of the pilot Social Equity & Education Development incubator program launched by Cresco Labs. Over the past 15 years, he has been involved with the National Immigrant Justice Center as a board member and pro bono attorney, helping secure asylum for many clients.

Erin Schrantz is co-chair of Jenner & Block’s investigations, compliance & defense practice, and a core member of the firm’s monitorship practice, representing clients across industries in investigations and complex litigation. She conducts compliance-risk assessments on financial crimes, including bribery and corruption, fraud, #MeToo and other compliance-risk areas. She is part of the team-appointed monitor of the United Auto Workers in response to a government investigation involving union officials. She also led the compliance team for the monitor of Credit Suisse following the bank’s $715 million settlement with New York for aiding and abetting tax evasion. A member and former co-chair of the Women’s Forum, Schrantz participates in coaching circles, has promoted programs to support working parents and created a mentor program to advance junior women partners to equity.

KRISTEN SEEGER

CHRISTOPHER SHEEAN

MARK SILBERMAN

Partner Sidley Austin

Partner Swanson Martin & Bell

Partner Benesch

Kristen Seeger is a leading partner in Sidley’s securities & shareholder litigation practice, focusing on high-stakes cases and investigations. She represents companies, executives, and corporate boards in sensitive securities and shareholder litigation and SEC enforcement. She also co-leads Sidley Chicago’s associate evaluation committee and is on Sidley’s diversity committee. Recent high-profile cases include representing Walgreens in disputes related to Theranos, the blood-testing venture, and Johnson & Johnson in defense of securities fraud and shareholder derivative litigation involving talcum powder products. She also represents Johnson & Johnson in opioid litigation alleging breaches of fiduciary duty. She’s treasurer of Mujeres Latinas en Acción, which supports survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. She is also on the DEI committee of the Red Cross board.

Christopher Sheean chairs Swanson Martin & Bell’s class-action practice group, manages a practice of commercial litigation and products liability defense work, and sits on the firm’s associates committee. He also is responsible for managing all aspects of the paralegals program, overseeing hiring and ensuring that the candidates are pooled from a diverse group. He is national counsel for a sporting goods manufacturer and has obtained successful outcomes for TransUnion, Under Armour and ABS Graphics in commercial disputes in Illinois state and federal courts. Sheean is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, teaching trial advocacy; is active in the Defense Research Institute; and is a board member for the Chicago chapter of Swim Across America, which raises money for cancer research at Rush University Medical Center.

Mark Silberman chairs Benesch’s white-collar, government investigations & regulatory compliance group and is vice chair of the firm’s Healthcare+ group. He helps health care organizations ensure regulatory compliance and industries manage internal and external investigations, audits and government inquiries. As the pandemic pushed states to adjust regulatory requirements, he guided multiple clients so they could utilize expanded telehealth platforms and other innovations. He assisted Encompass Health in winning approval permits to construct three new rehabilitation hospitals, and represented UroPartners, the Midwest’s largest urology group, in obtaining a new linear accelerator. Silberman is on the board of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and is involved with its Tikvah program, which provides inclusion opportunities for children with special needs.

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KIMBERLY SMITH

MAILE SOLÍS

DAVID SOLOMON

Partner Katten

Partner Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg

In spring 2021, Kimberly Smith was named corporate global chair, leading more than 125 attorneys based in offices throughout the U.S., the U.K. and China. She is instrumental in the strategic planning for the entire firm, including operations, profitability, and diversity and inclusion. Smith maintains an M&A and private-equity practice, counseling clients on leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, joint ventures and other investments across multiple industries ranging from health care and technology to business services and manufacturing. She also represents some prominent family offices in Chicago in their direct investments in private companies. She is on the corporate board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago and is a founding member of the organization’s guild board, which helps with fundraising. She also supports the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity.

Maile Solís co-chairs BFKN’s litigation group and is a partner in its fashion, luxury and retail, and motor vehicle groups. She has two decades of experience in complex commercial litigation, litigating matters involving breach of contract, fiduciary duty, data privacy, trademark infringement, insurance coverage, real estate, and employment discrimination disputes throughout the country. She serves as national counsel for LVMH in a range of litigation matters. Over the last year, she served as counsel to LVMH in an antitrust case; to Sephora in a biometric information privacy class action; and to Moët Hennessy USA in consumer class actions. Solís is co-chair of BFKN’s pro bono committee and has been a member of the Leadership Council of the National Immigrant Justice Center since 2003.

GRETCHEN HARRIS SPERRY

WARREN STIPPICH

ROBERT SURRETTE

Partner Hinshaw & Culbertson

National managing partner Grant Thornton

President McAndrews Held & Malloy

Warren Stippich oversees quality and risk management for advisory services and leads the firm’s COVID-19 response. He also works with multinational public and private companies, including boards of directors and audit committees, providing internal audit and related controls services. Stippich built the firm’s risk practice in the Chicago market and is often called on to build new services from scratch at a U.S. or global scale. He lectures on data analytics, governance, risk, audit committee readiness and compliance. He is a member of Grant Thornton’s African American business resource group and is active in supporting diverse recruiting and hiring practices. To improve the pipeline of qualified applicants, he also works with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Gies College of Business and its first associate dean for equity.

Robert Surrette is the leader of McAndrews and a key collaborative member managing the firm’s governance structure. For example, he is helping to innovate the firm’s business practices in view of significant recent changes in U.S. patent law. His practice is focused on the resolution of intellectual property and technology-related disputes with an emphasis on patent, trademark, trade secret and trade dress litigation. For the last 15 years, he has counseled a leading global medical device manufacturer on numerous litigation and transactional matters. Surrette has been president of the Chicago-Kent Alumni board of directors, president of the Richard Linn American Inn of Court and regional commissioner of American Youth Soccer Organization Region 210. He’s also been an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Gretchen Harris Sperry handles appeals in state and federal appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, on matters ranging from constitutional litigation to catastrophic injury. In one high-profile case, she secured partial reversal of a preliminary injunction order in a legal challenge to Cook County Jail’s COVID protocols. Sperry represents the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bulls and the United Center in personal-injury and player disputes. She defended Major League Baseball and the White Sox in a multimillion-dollar, personal-injury lawsuit brought by a former New York Yankees player. Working with Hinshaw’s chief knowledge officer, Sperry assisted in the integration of technology and artificial intelligence into general litigation and appellate practices at the firm. She is on the executive board of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers.

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Partner Levenfeld Pearlstein

David Solomon founded and currently leads the firm’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan practice and represents clients in merger and acquisition transactions, along with acting as outside general counsel to many clients. The practice has grown to include nearly 50 ESOP clients who complete approximately 30 transactions a year. During his five-year tenure as chair of the firm’s corporate practice group, it expanded into the insurance brokerage, cannabis, accounting and litigation-finance industries. Solomon is currently a member of the board of the Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, a member of Vistage International, a past president of the Jewish Council for Youth Services, and a former member of the corporate committee of the Chicago chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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ANTHONY R. TAGLIA

WILLIAM TARNOW

NOEMIE TILGHMAN

Managing partner Golan Christie Taglia

Partner Neal Gerber Eisenberg

Principal Deloitte Consulting

Anthony R. Taglia counsels clients on corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, tax, succession planning, real estate, banking and finance law, and structuring commercial deals. He is a CPA and earned his MBA in finance and his J.D. from DePaul University. His tenure at GCT spans 22 years, including serving on the executive committee for 12 years and leading the firm’s corporate group. He has been lead counsel for many years for a Chicago-based, 60-yearold family business that started in the family’s garage and grew into a multimillion-dollar business. When the family considered selling, Taglia’s estate planning strategy saved millions in tax liability. He is on the board for the nonprofit Rainbows for All Children, focused on children growing up with traumatic circumstances.

William Tarnow is chair of NGE’s Labor & Employment practice and a member of its executive committee. He manages employment-related disputes before federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the country and is a strategic partner to companies concerning business and employment matters. He’s handled trials and other court proceedings remotely, securing victories for clients in restrictive covenant, contract, and equal employment opportunity disputes. Tarnow recently secured a partnership on behalf of the Jordan Foundation with Sotheby’s for the sale of original Michael Jordan items, with all sale proceeds going directly to the foundation’s charitable missions.

Deloitte Consulting’s oil, gas & chemicals sector leader Noemie Tilghman guides multifunctional, global service strategy and operating model design programs that help drive largescale cost reduction, process efficiency and effectiveness improvements. She is the go-to-market leader for Deloitte’s proprietary Visual Decision Xccelerator tool and is the chief talent officer for Deloitte’s enterprise performance practice, managing the full talent life cycle. Tilghman was Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy & Operations Competency Area leader, where she led Deloitte Consulting’s national campus hiring efforts enhancing the go-to-campus strategy. She works on Deloitte’s DEI efforts to increase representation at the analyst, consultant, and senior consultant levels, and is Deloitte’s sponsor to the Forté Foundation in support of women’s career advancement through access to business education.

MARK TIVIN

AMY VAN GELDER

MELISSA VENTRONE

Partner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Member Clark Hill

Partner Manning Gross + Massenburg

Mark Tivin is the sole equity partner at MG+M’s Chicago office, essentially serving as partnerin-charge. His practice areas include asbestos, employment and environmental litigation, personal-injury and products liability. He is on the firm’s pro bono and professional education committees and, as national trial counsel for large industrial companies, handles thousands of toxic tort cases nationwide. In the past 18 months, he has secured victories on the trial teams of several major industrial corporations, including dismissals from several South Carolina high trial-threat cases in difficult courts. He also works in employment and racial discrimination cases in Illinois. A John Marshall Law School grad, Tivin was one of the firm’s seven attorneys named to the Law360 personal injury & medical malpractice editorial board.

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Amy Van Gelder represents clients in complex commercial litigation, arbitration and trials, including class actions, bankruptcy litigation, and civil suits arising out of mergers and acquisitions, contracts, torts and constitutional violations. Van Gelder’s practice also includes bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings. Van Gelder also is the attorney development partner for the Chicago Litigation Group and on the firmwide editorial board. In this role, she oversees staffing matters, educational opportunities and training. Van Gelder is the partner liaison for Skadden’s Women Excelling at Law organization. She also is on the board of directors and is secretary for CARPLS, Cook County’s largest provider of free legal services.

Melissa Ventrone is the leader of the cybersecurity, data protection & privacy group and co-chair of the Asset360 integrated services group. She directs a multidisciplinary group including 25 lawyers and a team of forensic investigators across 26 offices to minimize client security risks and curtail cyberattack damages in the event of an incident. Over the last 18 months, Ventrone and her team have managed to mitigate numerous significant attacks and saved clients millions of dollars through negotiations with those holding data and systems hostage. A certified information privacy professional, Ventrone recently completed 21 years of service in the Marine Corps Reserve. She is a mentor in the Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Society of Women in Law mentorship program and volunteers as an ombudsman for the Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve.

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KRISTIAN WERLING

STEVEN WHITMER

GRETCHEN WOLF

Partner McDermott Will & Emery

Partner Locke Lord

Partner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Kristian Werling is cohead of McDermott’s private-equity practice and a member of the management committee. He recently represented Regenxbio in its $1.8 billion strategic partnership with AbbVie to develop and commercialize RGX-314, a potential one-time gene therapy. He also recently represented Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA in its cross-border, $475 million sale of its subsidiary, Solesis, to Altaris Capital. Prior to becoming co-head of McDermott’s private-equity practice, Werling was cohead of the firm’s life sciences practice. In 2020, he helped launch the McDermott Rise steering committee, which provides a set of free legal and business services to companies founded and run by entrepreneurs of color. He is editor-in-chief of “The Fundamentals of Life Sciences Law: Drugs, Devices and Biotech.”

LAUREN WOLVEN Partner Levenfeld Pearlstein

Lauren Wolven is a partner in the firm’s trusts & estates group, and in July 2021, was appointed to the firm’s executive committee. She concentrates her practice on estate planning, representing corporate fiduciaries, tax and succession planning for privately held businesses, and trust and estate administration and litigation. In March 2020, Wolven wrote the initial draft of the executive order signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and renewed throughout the pandemic, which allowed for remote witnessing and notarization of documents. In 2021, she was named to the advisory committee of Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning’s annual conference, the largest estate planning conference in the country. She is a fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, where she is state chair for Illinois.

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Steven Whitmer is a member of Locke Lord’s executive committee and is litigation coordinator for the 70-plus litigators in the firm’s Chicago office. Over the past 20 years, he has litigated all types of commercial disputes, including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, false advertising, fraud and unfair business practices. In 2018, he was CVS’ lead hearing counsel before state insurance departments to obtain approval for the $70 billion CVS/Aetna transaction. He also won an appeal before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case against the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services regarding the legality of the federal government’s Medicare reimbursement demands. Since 2012, Whitmer has been on the board of trustees for Outreach Community Ministries, including as board president for two years (2019-2020).

LANCE ZINMAN Partner Katten Muchin Rosenman

Lance Zinman leads a diverse, international team of 80-plus lawyers, including former Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities & Exchange Commission officials. Among recent highlights, he successfully guided quantitative trading firm Headlands Tech Holdings through numerous transactional/regulatory issues in the sale of its FINRA-registered broker-dealer to Toronto-Dominion Bank. Zinman began his career at Katten as a corporate lawyer working on private-equity and M&A deals, specializing in sports, including representing the White Sox and Bulls franchises and developer Lew Wolff when he bought the Oakland Athletics. He is a member of the Northwestern Law Board and on the board of Help For Children, which raises money to help prevent child abuse.\

Gretchen Wolf is a litigation partner in Skadden’s Chicago office, representing clients in complex regulatory investigations, enforcement matters and civil litigation. She has experience managing multijurisdiction and cross-border matters with investigation and litigation components. She played an integral role in representing JPMorgan Chase in receiving final court approval of a favorable settlement in an antitrust lawsuit involving foreign currency trading. She also was a lead partner responsible for securing a precedent-setting victory in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 17-year-old antitrust lawsuit filed by U.S. Futures Exchange against the Chicago Board of Trade. She is co-chair of Skadden’s Global Women’s Initiatives committee and is on the boards of the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Chicago Foundation for Women.

AVERAGE CONSULTANT SALARY Illinois

$70,948

Chicago

$71,132

The average consultant salary in the United States is $74,668 per year, or $35.90 per hour. People on the lower end, the bottom 10%, make roughly $56,000 a year, while the top 10% make $98,000.

CONSULTANT SALARIES, BY INDUSTRY Professional

$95,990

Health care

$82,229

Manufacturing

$81,701

Retail

$81,091

Technology

$79,897

Finance

$76,582

Source: Zippia

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST ACCOUNTING FIRMS Ranked by local professional staff as of 6/30/21. Crain’s estimates are in gray.

2020 rank Company

DELOITTE1 111 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; Deloitte.com ERNST & YOUNG LLP 155 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; EY.com PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 1 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; PWC.com KPMG LLP 200 E. Randolph St., Chicago 60601; KPMG.com RSM US LLP 30 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 RSMUS.com CROWE LLP 225 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; Crowe.com BDO USA LLP 330 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 60611; BDO.com

Local CPAs

Management Auditing advisory and accounting services

No. of 2020 firmwide revenue firmwide profession- (millions); % change als as of 6/30/2021 from 2019

Tax

Other

5,149 9.8%

860

674

3,213

1,262

4,177 2.3%

1,006

866

1,876

948

487

3,572e 1.2%

2,345 6.9%

448

466

1,417

607

291

$9,570.02 NA

1,200 0.8%

570

430

400

370

10,500

$2,878.5 6.4%

Stuart J. Miller Office managing partner

1,001 7.5%

254

204

520

220

4,709

$983.3 3.3%

Darin Kempke, Assurance managing partner; Matthew Panzica, Tax office managing partner Mark Sullivan Office managing principal

787 11.5%

183

177

382

117

111

9,647

$1,808.0 10.2%

646 7.3%

231

176

269

175

$1,920.0 1.1%

618 13.6%

252

246

125

221

2,745

$811.3 8.6%

421 7.7%

119

180

130

421

$101.1 35.7%

376 10.9%

111

115

205

4,600

$1,000.0 32.5%

349 5.4%

160

154

122

349

$99.02 0.0%

323 14.1%

134

133

2,434

$402.0 14.6%

280 5.7%

120

111

847

$184.2 10.0%

225 13.1%

129

225

$32.4 13.3%

175 19.0%

110

2,500

$689.1 10.2%

173 8.1%

$22.0 9.2%

155 -11.4%

7,084

$1,192.8 4.1%

151 1.3%

151

$36.3 17.5%

Local managing partner

Kathy Scherer Central Region market leader, managing partner Judson Snyder Chicago managing partner Carina Markel Central Market managing partner, Chicago office leader Linda Imonti Office managing principal John Bird Office managing partner

GRANT THORNTON LLP 171 N. Clark St., Chicago 60601 GrantThornton.com PLANTE & MORAN PLLC Tom Kinder 10 S. Riverside Plaza, Chicago Office managing partner 60606; PlanteMoran.com MILLER COOPER & CO. LTD. Kristen L. Fitzpatrick 1751 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield Managing principal 60015; MillerCooper.com BAKER TILLY Thomas F. Walker Jr. 205 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago Managing partner, Illinois 60601; BakerTilly.com FGMK LLC Mario J. Donato 2801 Lakeside Drive, Bannockburn Managing partner 60015; FGMK.com WIPFLI Gary Shutan 1 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 Lower Great Lakes growth Wipfli.com leader SIKICH LLP Christopher L. Geier 200 W. Madison St., Chicago 60606 CEO, managing partner Sikich.com PKF MUELLER3 David J. Nissen 1707 N. Randall Road, Elgin 60123 President, CEO PKFMueller.com MARCUM LLP Cary Buxbaum 500 W. Monroe St., Chicago 60661 Regional managing MarcumLLP.com partner LAUTERBACH & AMEN LLP Ronald J. Amen 668 N. River Road, Naperville Partner 60563; LauterbachAmen.com CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP Joseph Baez 1301 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook 60523 Managing principal CLAConnect.com ORBA Mark A. Thomson 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Managing director Chicago 60611; ORBA.com

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Professional staff in the 7-county area as of 6/30/2021; % change from 2020

104,033 $23,157.0 5.7% NA

$15,820.02 5.5%

48,577e $18,000.02 3.4%

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST ACCOUNTING FIRMS Ranked by local professional staff as of 6/30/21. Crain’s estimates are in gray.

2020 rank Company

LEGACY PROFESSIONALS LLP 4 Westbrook Corporate Center, Westchester 60154; LegacyCPAs.com BKD LLP 1901 S. Meyers Road, Oakbrook Terrace 60181; BKD.com COHNREZNICK LLP 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; CohnReznick.com MOWERY & SCHOENFELD LLC 475 Half Day Road, Lincolnshire 60069; MSLLC.com WARADY & DAVIS LLP 1717 Deerfield Road, Deerfield 60015; WaradyDavis.com PORTE BROWN LLC 845 Oakton St., Elk Grove Village 60007; PorteBrown.com

Local managing partner

Professional staff in the 7-county area as of 6/30/2021; % change from 2020

Tax

Other

Timothy F. Cibulka Managing partner

150 -0.7%

138

150

NA NA

Russell L. Romanelli Managing partner

150 -11.8%

3,030

$758.0 9.1%

Jason Burian, Office managing partner, Chicago; George Klenovich,Regional managing partner, South/West Jeffery L. Mowery Managing partner

137 17.1%

2,834

$680.0 -1.7%

123 16.0%

123

$23.7 15.6%

Richard Franklin, Mark Thomas,Robert Weismann, Co-managing partners

119 0.8%

130

$21.3 6.3%

Bruce G. Jones CEO

109 1.9%

110

$29.0 1.2%

Local CPAs

Management Auditing advisory and accounting services

No. of 2020 firmwide revenue firmwide profession- (millions); % change als as of 6/30/2021 from 2019

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MINORITIES IN COMMERCIAL BANKING These 27 professionals cover the spectrum of commercial banking, from real estate lending to treasury management. The pandemic turned their world upside-down last year, and they quickly adapted by serving and guiding clients remotely. Many were able to extend credit that enabled organizations to remain liquid. And they assisted in the processing of thousands of SBA PPP loans. Following the murder of George Floyd and heightened awareness of systemic inequality, many joined resource groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives. They led online discussions

on topics ranging from the broader challenge of discrimination to more granular issues of hiring and advancement. Some have taken on the tasks of designing mentorship and leadership development programs for minority colleagues. Outside the office, they are engaged in professional associations and nonprofit initiatives in health care, the arts, education and neighborhood development. Their efforts should provide a smoother path for the next generation of minority bankers. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The individuals featured did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from the nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by editors. To qualify for the list, individuals must self-identify as part of a racial or ethnic minority and have at least 10 years of experience in commercial banking. They serve as role models, promote inclusive practices and assume leadership positions outside their organizations.

WOMEN IN STEM

DOROTHY ABREU

MOHAMMED ABUNADA

Senior vice president, PNC relationship manager public finance PNC Financial Services Group

Senior vice president First Midwest Bank

Dorothy Abreu is a senior leader in PNC’s Public Finance Group and helps lead the provision of capital solutions and tailored financial services to public sector and not-for-profit entities, including the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and its sister agencies, among other organizations. She also collaborates with community partners in various Midwest markets identified as “catalyst developments” in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Previously, she was the regional sales leader for PNC’s Community Development Banking team, guiding one of the largest and most impactful production units in the division. Her work with Community Development Financial Institutions intermediaries and community organizations helped fund projects valued in millions of dollars to enhance the quality of life and create economic empowerment for communities across the Chicago area, particularly underserved neighborhoods in the South and West sides.

Mohammed Abunada services private practices including physicians, dentists, veterinarians, surgery centers and hospitals. He is responsible for business development/portfolio management, managing the Midwest market and specializes in practice expansion, new construction, practice acquisitions, start-up financing, practice buy-in and buyout, equipment financing and working capital lines of credit. The Professional Services team added nearly $100 million in loan commitments to the portfolio and last year originated more than 83 loans, far exceeding goals. In 2019, Abunada was appointed to the Governing Council at Advocate Christ Medical Center, and he has been named a President’s Circle Member at First Midwest. He is chairman of the Orland Park Prayer Center scholarship committee and is a member of Medglobal, an international medical nonprofit providing health services to people in need.

JAMEL ALIKHAN

Managing director, Illinois commercial banking CIBC Bank

Jamel Alikhan is a group head responsible for growing CIBC Bank’s professional service-focused client base (lawyers, accountants, etc.) as well as helping to expand its middle market commercial banking business. In the last 12 months he brought in five new clients to the bank with more than $50 million in commitments. Alikhan recently took on the role as reverse mentor at CIBC; joined the board of Family Focus, which works to strengthen families in Chicago and northeast Indiana; and has become a board member of the Nora Project, which promotes disability inclusion by empowering educators and engaging students and communities. Prior to joining CIBC, he was an executive director and senior vice president at JPMorgan Chase and a vice president at National City.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JULY 19, 2021

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JAVONNA S. BURTON Vice president First Midwest Bank

Javonna S. Burton provides team leadership, develops new account relationships and manages a portfolio of corporate/municipal clients. Her responsibilities include selling treasury management products to established corporate customers and prospects alongside the commercial lending staff. She is a member of the Association for Financial Professionals; the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, most recently chairing its Global Impact Day; and a past board member for Growing Home, a nonprofit providing farm-based training for people with employment barriers. Over the years she’s held positions of increasing responsibility, starting at American National Bank in the loan operations department and being accepted into the Credit Analyst Program. Burton received her Certified Treasury Professional designation and has held positions at PNC Bank, Charter One/RBS Citizens and American National Bank.

RAMÓN CEPEDA Senior managing director, commercial real estate banking & professional services groups Northern Trust

PRAVEEN CHATHAPPURAM Senior vice president, division head, commercial banking Byline Bank

Ramón Cepeda leads two commercial teams: Professional Services, which provides commercial corporate lines of credit, partner loan programs, treasury management and wealth management to legal, accounting and consulting firms, regionally and throughout the Northern Trust footprint, and Commercial Real Estate, which focuses on new and existing high net worth clients. On a combined basis, balance sheet growth for both teams was 15 percent. In 2020, the teams closed on $296 million in new business. At Northern Trust, Cepeda is also a senior lender and chairs the regional credit committee. He was recently reappointed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for six more years to the Board of Trustees at the University of Illinois System. Other civic involvements include: LISC-Chicago, the National Museum of Mexican Art and the Latino Leadership Council.

Praveen Chathappuram is responsible for $225 million in commitments and $115 million in average deposits to owner-managed/owner-operated middle-market companies. He has been the top producer at Byline Bank for the last four years in a row, managing the largest portfolio on the commercial banking team. During the pandemic year, he grew his loan portfolio by $30 million and his deposit portfolio by $45 million by helping clients with the PPP and navigating the crisis caused by the pandemic. Chathappuram has been a CFA Charterholder since 2011. He was on the board of DuPage PADS for six years; the treasurer and board member for Apna Ghar, a domestic violence shelter; the treasurer and board member for the US-India Chamber of Commerce; and is an active member of the CFA Society of Chicago.

MARIA CHAVEZ

MICHAEL CHIN

ERIC CHUNG

Treasury services head, Midwest and Northeast region JPMorgan Chase

Senior vice president First Midwest Bank

Managing director, product and pricing for North American Commercial Bank BMO Harris Bank

Maria Chavez, who leads the Midwest and Northeast Treasury Services teams for Corporate Client Banking and Specialized Industries, is responsible for delivering working-capital and cash-management solutions to corporate clients. She was a pioneer in building a center of excellence around the onboarding client experience as well as an intensive training program focused on specific skill sets. Chavez, who ascended at the firm with only a high school degree, now actively coaches and mentors more than 60 individuals annually. Prior to her current role, she oversaw the buildout of the Corporate Actions and Treasury Consulting teams. She is active across several committees within JPMorgan Chase as well as the Chicago Inclusion Action Committee, the Adelante business-resource group, the Hispanic Executive Forum and Women on the Move.

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Michael Chin manages a $60 million portfolio for clients ranging from nonprofit organizations to wholesale distributors. He was part of the core First Midwest team that assisted 6,000 small businesses in accessing $1.2 billion to through the PPP, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. Chin works with the Chicago Minority Supplier Diversity Council, is board president of the Chinese Mutual Aid Association and is a board member of the Loan Committee for the Wessex 504 Corporation. He is currently on the FBI’s Multi-Cultural Advisory Council, which tackles hate crimes. Before joining First Midwest Bank, he was vice president at BMO Harris Bank, where he organized the first Asian-affinity employee resource group, and senior vice president at TCF Bank.

Eric Chung leads the product, pricing and data-quality functions for the North American Commercial Bank, or NACB, a $100 billion segment of BMO. NACB did not have a formal pricing organization until Chung joined in the summer of 2018; since then, he built rigor into the function by focusing on analytics, banker performance feedback and targeted-pricing guidance. He also led key initiatives such as LIBOR cessation. Chung leads a diverse team where almost half identify as nonwhite minorities and two-thirds are women. He is on the leadership team for ACE, BMO’s Asian Coalition of Employees, and is a sponsor for BMO’s Summer Experience Internship, which targets minority candidates in their freshmen/sophomore years. Prior to joining BMO, Chung held various positions with GE Capital.

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RON COLEMAN

ZENA DIGGS

Market president, Vernon Hills Bank & Trust Wintrust Bank

Midwest market executive, commercial real estate banking global commercial banking Bank of America

Ron Coleman develops commercial opportunities throughout the Chicago area, with an emphasis on community growth utilizing the SBA. He has focused on commercial loans that finance 15 to 20 projects a year, including new schools and multifamily housing units. Coleman was also on the PPP Quality Control team, helping to process more than 500 applications through the Libertyville charter, which resulted in $62 million in funding for local clients. He previously worked as a commercial sales team manager at Associated Bank. He’s worked with the Big Brother Big Sisters program and set a donation record as the executive account manager for United Way’s “Grow Up Great” program. He was a mentor for high school students on the West Side of Chicago and was on the CAN Executive Advisory Board.

Zena Diggs leads a team of senior relationship managers, manages an $11 billion loan portfolio and serves real estate clients in the Midwest. Working remotely since March 2020, she’s also focused on issuing PPP loans. She led the recast of a private-equity investor’s maturing term loan that was oversubscribed with $729 million in commitments, sparking a return to normalcy in the local bank debt market. She is also a commercial banking advisor to the inaugural class of Yield Cohort, a program created by the Urban Land Institute and LISC Chicago. It supports diverse developers on projects with the potential to spur wealth creation in Black and Brown communities. Prior to joining Bank of America, she was with Citigroup and Deloitte & Touche.

MICHAEL HARRIS

FARHAAN HASSAN

Senior vice president Wintrust Bank

Senior vice president/ team leader Fifth Third Bank

Michael Harris oversees a $200 million construction, engineering and architecture portfolio, providing strategic financial solutions in the form of working capital, equipment, real estate and ownership transition. In 2020-21, he established relationships with two national contractors totaling $50 million in new credit facilities for the bank; was nominated as an external director for Alfred Benesch, a professional services firm; joined the bank’s diversity and inclusion efforts; and joined the board of the Black Contractors Owners & Executives organization. Harris is a member of the Construction Financial Management Association’s Chicago chapter, a former board member of the Illinois Road & Transportation Builders Association and an active member of Surety Association of Illinois and the Chicago Building Congress. He is also on the Youth Guidance Becoming A Man Advisory Council, the HFS Scholars Board and the Flossmoor Community Relations Commission.

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Farhaan Hassan leads a team of bankers that manages a portfolio with $750 million in commitments and $250 million in deposits; his team earned trusted advisor status with six names in the middle of the pandemic. Hassan works to earn trusted advisor status with clients in order to enhance the bank’s presence in the Chicago area. During the last challenging 15 months, he made sure that the bank communicated frequently and proactively to address client and employee concerns. Prior to Fifth Third Bank, Hassan was a senior relationship executive for JPMorgan Chase and has worked in the United States and the United Kingdom for various top-tier firms. Over the last decade he has focused on giving back professionally by counseling high school students on career paths at After School Matters, providing consulting services via Taproot Foundation to Chicago-area nonprofits adapting to the pandemic and also volunteering with the Citizen’s Foundation and New Horizon Tutor Mentor Connections.

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JUANITA HARDIN Head, risk & compliance–Treasury & Payment Solutions BMO Harris Bank

Juanita Hardin oversees a risk management practice for BMO’s North American Treasury Management business, which comprises more than 600 employees and seven lines of business. She advises management on detective and preventive controls over key business processes. She was integral in establishing a TPS pandemic business continuity disclosure statement for clients along with instituting a pandemic register. She also led the business through multiple payments, financial statement and corporate card exams for regulatory agencies in the US and Canada. Hardin was recently re-elected as a Village of Matteson board trustee, chairs BMO’s Veterans Advisory Council, and is a member of the Third Party Payment Processing Association, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, and the Red Cross Heroes Nomination Committee.

AMY JO International treasury officer Bank of America

At Bank of America, Amy Jo delivers products in treasury, trade, foreign exchange and liquidity to middle-market clients in the Midwest. Jo has led best practice presentations in global treasury processes and led initiatives to break down silos between treasury functions. She created a global credit tool that enables associates to quickly assess credit requirements, expedite underwriting and correctly manage counterparty risks. During the pandemic, she assisted global clients with business continuity processes and ensured they could operate in countries impacted by lockdown where staff couldn’t access banking systems. She’s part of the leadership team for the Asian Leadership Network Chicago employee network. Before being named to her current role in 2017, Jo was based in the bank’s London office and most recently was an EMEA liquidity specialist.

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NADINE JOHNSON Senior vice president, treasury management officer—public funds First Midwest Bank

Nadine Johnson is responsible for a portfolio of government and municipal clients in the Chicago area. In the past 18 months, she increased deposits, fee revenue and profitability of the $1.5 billion public funds portfolio. She is part of the bank’s treasury management liquidity task force consisting of senior treasury management officers. Last year, she assisted clients in the closing of 6,700 PPP loans, a total of $1.2 billion, and guided clients in navigating the pandemic. Johnson was appointed chair of Illinois Government Finance Officers Association’s new DEI taskforce and also helped the bank enhance its diversity and inclusion strategy. She is on the board of Community Partners for Affordable Housing and a member of the finance committee of the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County.

PATRICK MCGEE Vice president, relationship manager for commercial banking PNC Financial Services Group

As vice president for commercial banking, Patrick McGee works with local and midsize companies with revenues of $5 to $50 million. Since 2016, he’s originated an average of five to seven major commercial loans annually. In addition, he supported PNC’s PPP loan program in which the bank registered 118,000 loans with the SBA, totaling nearly $18 billion. As a member of the PNC Chicagoland Diversity and Inclusion Council and African American Employee Business Resource Group, he helped facilitate mentoring for minority employees and helped advance initiatives on race and equity. McGee has led lending for companies with up to $10 million in revenue in low and moderate-income neighborhoods and Community Reinvestment Act-eligible businesses. McGee is on the board of the DuSable Museum of African American History.

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JANET LEONG Industry executive, managing director, commercial banking JPMorgan Chase

JERRY LUMPKINS Chicago commercial real estate lead Bank Leumi USA

At JPMorgan Chase, Janet Leong is the industry executive for health care, higher education and nonprofits. During the pandemic, Leong’s team provided credit that enabled medical facilities to remain liquid. She is an executive sponsor for AsPire Illinois, the bank’s business resource group for employees of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage with 1,000 members. Leong also is co-chair of the JPMorgan Chase Illinois Market Leadership Team. She’s active in Ascend, the nonprofit Pan-Asian organization for business professionals in North America. For four years, Leong led the bank’s First Scholars Program, a selective training program in which participants worked for two and a half years rotating through a variety of jobs while pursuing their MBAs. The program reimbursed tuition at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.

Jerry Lumpkins specializes in multifamily, retail, office and industrial properties throughout the Midwest. He joined Bank Leumi last year from BMO Harris, where he was a director, also specializing in commercial real estate. Last year, Leumi’s Chicago office originated more than $115 million of commercial real estate loans. Over the past five years, Lumpkins closed near $400 million in loans. Before joining Bank Leumi he funded an apartment project in Englewood, enabling the borrower to purchase and renovate the property. He recently was re-elected board president of the nonprofit Bickerdike Redevelopment, which provides affordable housing in the Northwest Side. Lumpkins has become active in Leumi’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, which includes a commitment to better reach underserved client communities and engage more vendors of diverse backgrounds.

KIMBERLY MERCHANT

SHERWIN PATIDAR

Managing director, portfolio leader BMO Harris Bank

Vice president, SBA lending Merchants Bank of Indiana

At BMO Harris, Kimberly Merchant leads portfolio management for the commercial middle-market team in Illinois. She manages 20 portfolio managers and analysts and handles recruiting, training and talent development. Merchant and her team are responsible for originating more than 100 new client relationships annually. She developed a survey to enhance the transparency of the year-end performance review process. During the height of the pandemic, she authored training materials on cash flow and liquidity, which was rolled across BMO’s platform in North America. Merchant is active in the bank’s Asian American diversity efforts. She joined BMO Capital Markets in 2007 from Citigroup’s Corporate Investment Bank and was named to her current position in 2017. She’s an incoming board member for the nonprofit Prevent Child Abuse America.

During the past 18 months, Sherwin Patidar has been integral in helping Merchants Bank build a nationwide SBA program. Last year, the bank funded more than $100 million in SBA loans including PPP loans. He’s assisting the bank in building an originating, underwriting, closing and servicing platform for SBA and Department of Agriculture programs. Patidar joined Merchants Bank in 2019 from First Colorado National Bank, where he was a senior vice president based in the Schaumburg office, which processed about $50 million in SBA loans annually. Last year, Patidar also helped facilitate PPP loans, dispersing funds to businesses hardest hit by COVID. Patidar is on the bank’s diversity, equity and inclusion committee and has been active in helping facilitate new diversity initiatives.

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MARCO V. QUINTANA C&I lead Bank Leumi USA

At Bank Leumi, Marco V. Quintana is responsible for growing Leumi’s middle-market commercial and industrial practice in the Chicago area. Last year, Quintana led Bank Leumi Chicago’s PPP initiative—the Chicago office was the second-largest provider of PPP loans across Bank Leumi USA. Quintana joined Bank Leumi in early 2020 from BMO Harris, where he was senior vice president, managing director. At BMO Harris, Quintana’s team consistently grew its portfolio of $550 million in the core lower-middle market by 8 to 10 percent. He helped increase revenue per relationship manager to $2.5 million from $1.3 million. Quintana is treasurer of the LEARN Network of Charter Schools and led the rating process to earn an investment grade designation from S&P Global Ratings.

DANIEL SHORT Vice president, senior portfolio manager Fifth Third Bank Chicago

A team lead in the Middle Market Commercial Lending Group, Daniel Short supports commercial and industrial companies with revenue between $20 million and $500 million. Short’s team manages more than 50 relationships with total credit commitments of $600 million. During the pandemic, Short was on the bank’s leadership team for the PPP and provided support to a lending group that processed more than 250 first-round applications. Last year, Short’s team originated more than $25 million in loans. He joined predecessor bank MB Financial in 2005 as a credit analyst and transitioned to sales and portfolio management. He is on the bank’s leadership council for the Chicago African American business resource group and is charged with establishing a mentorship program scheduled to start next year.

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UMAR RIAZ Vice president, Old Plank Trail Community Bank Wintrust Bank

Umar Riaz is a commercial real estate lender at Old Plank Trail Community Bank, a Wintrust bank in Mokena. In the past 18 months, Riaz closed nearly $30 million in new commercial real estate commitments and manages a portfolio of more than $100 million. Riaz participated in Wintrust’s PPP lending program as part of the quality control team for the initial program, most recently as part of the underwriting team. Riaz has been in a lending role for nearly five years at Wintrust, averaging $15 million to $20 million in loans annually. Recent loan growth has come from northwest Indiana as well as South Side suburbs. He joined Wintrust in 2014 as a commercial underwriter from United Central Bank, where he was a special assets officer.

ABDULLAH Y. TADROS

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BRETT SANCHEZ Managing director BMO Harris Bank

At BMO Harris, Brett Sanchez leads a team of bankers originating, executing and managing a portfolio of loans to private-equity funds and portfolio companies owned by private-equity sponsors. Over the past five years, Sanchez contributed to the growth of BMO’s fund-lending business, adding new names and expanding relationships. He was directly involved in approximately 40 percent of the new loan growth and advised on other transactions. As a member of Commercial Bank Talent Committee, he recently was charged with designing and co-leading a program to develop employees from diverse backgrounds for leadership roles. He is also on BMO’s undergraduate recruiting team for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a member of BMO Latino Alliance. He is on the executive board of the literacy nonprofit SitStayRead.

LILY TOW

Vice president, commercial banking First Midwest Bank

Treasury management implementation manager CIBC Bank

At First Midwest, Abdullah Y. Tadros manages a $355 million portfolio composed of 23 relationships. In the past 12 months, he underwrote and recommended approval for $98.6 million in new lending commitments. He also serves in a player-coach capacity for 12 underwriters. He worked with colleagues to process SBA PPP loans, funding $1.2 billion to local companies. Tadros developed a monthly commercial underwriting lunch and learn series and invited companies to discuss COVID’s impact on asset valuations and related issues. He also led a mock loan committee for recent hires. Tadros joined First Midwest in 2014 through the bank’s acquisition of Banco Popular’s Illinois division, where he was a vice president for commercial banking. He then helped integrate First Midwest’s integration of Standard Bank in 2017.

Lily Tow manages a team of specialists in commercial treasury implementation. Last year under Tow’s leadership, treasury management fees grew 11.3 percent. She was part of the advisory group to roll out a new commercial online banking platform. When the bank moved to remote work last year, Tow transitioned her team, which quickly adapted to client requests for more digital products and processes. By using more online training tools, the team grew the number of implementations by 9 percent. Also last year, Tow joined the steering committee for the CIBC Asian Employee Network to promote diversity and inclusion. She joined CIBC in 2009 following a long career at JPMorgan Chase. She’s held positions as receivables product sales specialist, small business product manager and treasury management client services manager.

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST BANKS Ranked by assets. All figures are as of Dec. 31, 2020. Dollar figures are in millions. 2020 rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Bank

Assets; % change from 2019

Return on Return on Loans to Real average average deposits Commercial estate assets equity ratio loans loans

Consumer loans

Other loans

Total loans; % change from 2019

Nonperforming loans; % of assets

NORTHERN TRUST CO. Chicago

$169,571.0 24.8%

0.9%

11.7%

23.1

12.3%

9.1%

1.0%

77.7%

$33,759.7 7.7%

$155.2 0.1%

BMO HARRIS BANK NA1 Chicago

$153,855.0 11.8%

0.6%

5.3%

67.6

41.8%

8.0%

8.1%

42.1%

$87,169.7 -0.6%

$1,374.6 0.9%

CIBC BANK USA Chicago

$44,130.8 31.4%

0.7%

4.2%

74.7

36.0%

25.9%

1.0%

37.1%

$26,207.1 13.6%

$244.1 0.6%

WINTRUST ILLINOIS2 Rosemont

$42,311.6 24.2%

1.0%

9.9%

84.7

46.8%

16.5%

14.7%

22%

$30,022.1 19.6%

$155.9 0.4%

FIRST MIDWEST BANK Chicago

$20,730.8 16.7%

0.7%

5.6%

89.9

30.8%

22.3%

2.8%

44.2%

$14,751.2 14.9%

$143.3 0.7%

BYLINE BANK Chicago

$6,383.7 15.7%

0.7%

5.2%

89.9

40.1%

32.8%

0.1%

27.1%

$4,340.5 14.7%

$43.6 0.7%

FIRST AMERICAN BANK Elk Grove Village

$5,930.4 11.9%

0.6%

8.3%

52.4

32.5%

22.4%

5.1%

40%

$2,364.3 10.7%

$35.0 0.6%

CENTIER BANK Merrillville

$5,684.1 21.1%

1.4%

13.9%

102.1

9.9%

34.9%

7.7%

47.5%

$4,732.6 18.8%

$4.1 0.1%

OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK Aurora

$3,046.9 15.7%

1.2%

10.2%

79.2

23.4%

43.9%

0.1%

32.6%

$2,034.9 5.4%

$22.6 0.7%

PARKWAY BANK AND TRUST CO. Harwood Heights

$2,869.2 8.7%

1.1%

9.5%

101

20.7%

48.9%

0.04%

30.4%

$2,236.0 9.3%

$69.9 2.4%

WEST SUBURBAN BANK Lombard

$2,752.7 19.5%

0.4%

4.9%

59.8

39.4%

36.8%

0.5%

23.3%

$1,487.3 20.8%

$33.5 1.2%

REPUBLIC BANK OF CHICAGO Oak Brook

$2,317.0 14.9%

1.2%

11.1%

78.7

32.9%

29.3%

0.1%

37.8%

$1,519.9 0.1%

$33.9 1.5%

LAKESIDE BANK Chicago

$2,180.0 16.8%

1.4%

13.7%

10.2%

49.0%

0.01%

40.8%

$1,632.0 4.3%

$15.7 0.7%

FIRST BANK OF HIGHLAND PARK Highland Park

$1,915.6 2.8%

0.4%

4.5%

94.6

47.4%

13.2%

0.1%

39.3%

$1,404.5 -4.6%

$32.5 1.7%

MARQUETTE BANK Orland Park

$1,850.6 14.3%

0.7%

6.5%

78.7

1.9%

23.6%

0.02%

74.5%

$1,224.7 1.9%

$23.7 1.3%

BANKFINANCIAL NA Olympia Fields

$1,596.3 7.4%

0.7%

6.5%

71.5

40.1%

10.7%

0.2%

49%

$1,010.3 -14.1%

$1.2 0.1%

Percentage change from 2019

LARGEST THRIFTS RANKED BY TOTAL ASSETS AS OF DEC. 31, 2020 The Federal Savings Bank (Chicago) Liberty Bank for Savings (Chicago) First Savings Bank of Hegewisch (Chicago) Lisle Savings Bank (Lisle) Hoyne Savings Bank (Chicago) Royal Savings Bank (Chicago) Community Savings Bank (Chicago) McHenry Savings Bank (McHenry) North Shore Trust and Savings (Waukegan) Central Federal Savings and Loan Association (Cicero) Midland Federal Savings and Loan Association (Bridgeview) Central Savings, F.S.B. (Chicago) GN Bank (Chicago) Mutual Federal Bank (Chicago) Pulaski Savings Bank (Chicago) North Side Federal Savings and Loan Association of Chicago (Chicago) United Trust Bank (Palos Heights)

$1.4 billion $880.1 million $746.5 million $594.2 million $526.9 million $516.4 million $433.3 million $260.4 million $242.2 million $196.2 million $123.5 million $117.9 million $99.7 million $88.5 million $50.1 million $49.5 million $39.2 million

134.8% 4.2% 9.9% 17.7% 18.3% 27.6% 7.0% 14.8% 2.9% 3.9% 6.5% 9.4% -27.2% 24.9% 8.0% 20.5% 50.0%

Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence

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“At Bank of America, we understand the challenges and complexities of designing and implementing a business transition plan that meets your priorities.” determining which option is best suited to your goals. At Bank of America, we have a dedicated team of specialists who can help you determine which option, whether it be a sale to a third party, ESOP, IPO, recapitalization, or intergenerational transfer, will help you achieve your goals.

How is the current M&A market? Have you seen an uptick in activity?

How do family dynamics impact the transition of a business?

With historically low interest rates and plenty of unencumbered capital driving demand for acquisition, the M&A market is very active. This is a trend we have seen over the last few years with many business owners receiving unexpected offers with high multiples.

Often a family owned business is a source of great pride, identity and wealth, and there is a desire to pass the business successfully to the next generation. However, more often we are seeing that the next generation doesn’t want to join the family business, instead choosing to forge their own path.

What can the owner of a company do to prepare for a future and eventual transition?

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The process of executing a transaction can take several forms. Each has unique consequences, such as income tax treatment and liability exposure. The first step is distilling your business and personal goals and

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST BANKS Ranked by assets. All figures are as of Dec. 31, 2020. Dollar figures are in millions. 2020 rank

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Assets; % change from 2019

Bank

Return on Return on Loans to Real average average deposits Commercial estate assets equity ratio loans loans

Consumer loans

Other loans

Total loans; % change from 2019

Nonperforming loans; % of assets

PEOPLES BANK Munster

$1,495.3 12.7%

1.1%

11.2%

16.1%

30.5%

3.2%

50.2%

$966.6 6.6%

$15.7 1.0%

GLENVIEW STATE BANK Glenview

$1,457.4 12.2%

0.9%

7.0%

37.8

20.3%

9.3%

35.9%

34.5%

$475.2 -0.0%

$4.3 0.3%

INLAND BANK AND TRUST Oak Brook

$1,288.2 14.7%

1.2%

9.6%

81.9

10.3%

45.9%

0.1%

43.7%

$841.3 5.3%

$17.3 1.3%

SIGNATURE BANK Rosemont

$1,270.5 39.0%

1.5%

15.8%

84.2

57.4%

29.9%

0.03%

12.7%

$962.9 37.6%

$10.4 0.8%

EVERGREEN BANK GROUP Oak Brook

$1,243.2 12.3%

1.1%

10.5%

94.5

4.8%

17.1%

64.4%

13.7%

$994.2 10.7%

$2.3 0.2%

PROVIDENCE BANK & TRUST South Holland

$1,219.2 19.5%

1.1%

9.8%

80.2

26.5%

37.7%

0.04%

35.8%

$843.5 11.1%

$5.2 0.4%

New FIRST SECURE BANK GROUP3 Sugar Grove

$1,096.0 39.2%

0.5%

5.1%

90.8

36.3%

34.9%

2.0%

26.8%

$790.2 45.0%

$9.9 0.9%

$1,082.4 16.3%

0.4%

3.9%

52.9

2.7%

43.1%

6.5%

47.7%

$513.4 3.0%

$1.1 0.1%

$889.1 40.8%

1.1%

13.8%

77.8

40.2%

39.5%

0.3%

20%

$595.1 26.4%

$5.0 0.6%

AMALGAMATED BANK OF CHICAGO Chicago

CORNERSTONE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. Palatine

Includes banks with headquarters in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake (Ill.), Lake (Ind.), McHenry and Will counties, and reporting assets to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. “Commercial loans” includes secured and unsecured loans for commercial and industrial purposes; domestic only. “Real estate loans” includes only domestic nonfarm and nonresidential loans. “Consumer loans” includes unsecured domestic loans to individuals. Sum of loan types may not equal 100% because of rounding. “Total loans” includes domestic and foreign loans. 1. Includes figures for BMO Harris Bank NA and BMO Harris Central NA. 2. Includes figures for Wintrust Bank, Lake Forest Bank & Trust Co., Northbrook Bank & Trust Co., Hinsdale Bank & Trust Co., Barrington Bank & Trust Co. NA, Wheaton Bank & Trust Co., Libertyville Bank & Trust Co., Old Plank Trail Community Bank NA, Village Bank & Trust, Beverly Bank & Trust Co. NA, St. Charles Bank & Trust Co., State Bank of the Lakes, Schaumburg Bank & Trust Co. NA, and Crystal Lake Bank & Trust Co. NA. 3. Includes figures from State Bank, First Secure Community Bank and First Secure Bank and Trust Co. Data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: AUG. 2, 2021

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

INVESCO 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700, Downers Grove 60515; Invesco.com 2 NORTHERN TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT 50 S. LaSalle St., Chicago 60603; NorthernTrust.com New JACKSON NATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT 225 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 900, Chicago 60606; Jackson.com 3 LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AMERICA (LGIM AMERICA) 71 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago 60606; LGIMA.com 1

WILLIAM BLAIR & CO. 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Chicago 60606; WilliamBlair.com 4 PPM AMERICA INC. 225 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1200, Chicago 60606; PPMAmerica.com 5 LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 155 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago 60606; LSVAsset.com 6 HARRIS ASSOCIATES LP 111 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago 60606; HarrisAssoc.com, Oakmark.com 9 HIGHTOWER ADVISORS LLC 200 W. Madison St., 25th Floor, Chicago 60606; HightowerAdvisors.com 8 GCM GROSVENOR 900 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1100, Chicago 60611; GCMGrosvenor.com 11 HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS INC. 111 S. Wacker Drive, 34th Floor, Chicago 60606; HarborFunds.com 10 CIBC PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT 181 W. Madison St., 36th Floor, Chicago 60602 Wealth.US.CIBC.com 12 ADAMS STREET PARTNERS LLC 1 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 2700, Chicago 60606; AdamsStreetPartners.com 7

NR MESIROW FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC. 353 N. Clark St., Chicago 60202 MesirowFinancial.com 13 BMO ASSET MANAGEMENT U.S. 115 S. LaSalle St., 11th Floor, Chicago 60603; BMOGAM.com 14 CITADEL 131 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 60603 Citadel.com 17 CALAMOS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 2020 Calamos Court, Naperville 60563; Calamos.com 16 CAPITAL GROUP PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES 444 W. Lake St., Suite 46, Chicago 60606; CapitalGroup.com/PCS 15 AAM INSURANCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 30 W. Monroe St., 3rd Floor, Chicago 60603, AAMCompany.com

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Other

Retail State/local gov’t pensions Unions

Mutual funds

Health care

High net worth

$1,349,924.9 10.1%

Foundations

Anna Paglia, Managing director, global head of ETFs and indexed strategies Shundrawn A. Thomas President

Top local executive

Types of investment clients Endowments

Firm

Minimum required for separate accounts (millions)1

Educational

2020 Rank

Total assets managed as of 12/31/2020 (millions); % change from 2019

Corporate

Ranked by total assets managed

Local portfolio managers/ Analysts

4 4 4 4 4 4

25 24

$1,165,266.4 $25.0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 14.6%

66 60

Mark Nerud President, CEO

$261,000.0 10.0%

3 9

Aaron Meder CEO

$241,330.3 $100.0 4 4 4 4 10.3%

4 4 4

31 20

John R. Ettelson President, CEO

$110,000.02 18.0%

$5.0

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Craig Smith President, CEO, chief investment officer Josef Lakonishok CEO, chief investment officer, portfolio manager Kevin G. Grant Anthony P. Coniaris Co-chairmen Bob Oros Chairman, CEO

$105,977.6 -18.3%

$10.0 4

$104,316.5 -13.5%

$25.0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

6 7

$103,605.5 -13.5%

$3.03

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

8 23

$79,600.0 38.6%

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Michael J. Sacks Chairman, CEO

$61,942.7 7.3%

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Charles McCain Chairman, CEO

$58,987.2 25.3%

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

6 6

Eric Propper, president; Daniel E. Sullivan Jr., head of private banking

$57,356.7 4.6%

$1.0

4 4 4 4 4 4

8 5

Jeff Diehl Managing partner, head of investments

$44,000.0 10.0%

$50.0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

22 11

Richard Price Chairman, CEO

$42,326.0 41.2%

$1.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

49 33

Kristi Mitchem CEO, BMO GAM

$35,330.6 -7.4%

$5.0

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

21 18

Ken C. Griffin CEO

$33,748.64 13.5%

4 4 4 4 4 4

NA NA

John P. Calamos Sr., chairman, $32,348.0 global chief investment officer; 23.8% John Koudounis, president, CEO

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

18 41

Zach Lazar Senior vice president, regional director John L. Schaefer Chairman, CEO

$31,100.0 15.2%

$5.0

4 4 4 4 4 4

NA NA

$28,204.8 0.9%

$25.0 4

4 4 4 4

$50.0

4 4

44 34

17 7

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Types of investment clients

$18,160.2 8.2%

$0.1

20 ARIEL INVESTMENTS LLC 200 E. Randolph St., Suite 2900, Chicago 60601; ArielInvestments.com

Mellody Hobson, co-CEO, president; John W. Rogers Jr., chairman, co-CEO, chief investment officer

$14,582.7 10.3%

$10.0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

6 6

22 MAGNETAR CAPITAL 1603 Orrington Ave., 13th Floor, Evanston 60201; Magnetar.com

Alec Litowitz CEO

$12,577.7 2.3%

$100.0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

4 4 4

12 19

26 DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Steve Weber LLC 25 E. Erie St., Chicago 60611 President and head of Driehaus.com distribution

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

10 13

Other

19 WINTRUST WEALTH MANAGEMENT Thomas Zidar 231 S. LaSalle St., 13th Floor, Chicago Chairman, CEO 60604; WintrustWealth.com

Retail State/local gov’t pensions Unions

$0.1

Mutual funds

$21,435.6 9.7%

Health care

Bill C. Crager CEO

INC. 21 New 35ENVESTNET E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2400,

High net worth

$1.0

18 SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL 540 W. Madison St., Suite 1900, Chicago 60661; SBHIC.com

Foundations

$23,100.8 15.3%

Firm

Endowments

Philip L. Hildebrandt CEO

2020 Rank

Educational

Minimum required for separate accounts (millions)1

Corporate

Top local executive

Total assets managed as of 12/31/2020 (millions); % change from 2019

Ranked by total assets managed

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Local portfolio managers/ Analysts

13 12

2 6

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

16 8

4 4 4

4 4

Chicago 60601; Envestnet.com

$12,320.4 40.0%

$5.0

Information is from the companies. The list does not include asset managers primarily working in real estate, private equity or venture capital. NA: Not available. NR: Not ranked. 1. Minimums may vary by strategy and account type. 2. Includes regulatory AUM of William Blair & Co. LLC and William Blair Investment Management LLC. 3. Minimum for private client strategy; minimums vary by strategy from $3 million to $100 million. 4. As of Jan. 1, 2021. Investment capital reported includes equity (or members’ capital) plus any accrued performance allocation (or manager allocation).

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S VENTURE-CAPITAL FIRMS Alphabetical directory.

Size of current fund (millions) as of 2020; 2019

Sources of funding

New local investments in 2020

New investments outside Chicago in 2020

Amount invested (millions) in 2020; 2019 Targeted industries

Full-time local employees as of 2020

Company

Top executive(s)

7WIREVENTURES 444 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3500, Chicago 60611; 312-357-5468

Lee Shapiro Glen E. Tullman Managing partners

$150.0 $100.0

Strategic LPs, institutional investors, high-net-worth individuals, family offices

$15.9 Consumer-focused $23.2 digital health solutions

ADAMS STREET PARTNERS LLC1 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 2700, Chicago 60606; 312-553-7890

Jeff Diehl Managing partner, head of investments

$385.0 $385.0

Pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, highnet-worth individuals

$76.6 Venture capital, growth $134.0 equity, buyouts, credit

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BAIRD CAPITAL 227 W. Monroe St., Suite 2200, Chicago 60606; 312-609-4700

Gordon G. Pan President

$215.0 $215.0

Institutions, pension funds, high-net-worth individuals, employees

$57.1 Industrial solutions, $44.0 technology, services

CHAIFETZ GROUP LLC 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, 13th Floor, Chicago 60611; 312-983-3600

Ross Chaifetz, Principal; Richard A. Chaifetz, Chairman

$350.0 $300.0

Richard A. Chaifetz, family office

CHICAGO VENTURES 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 1212, Chicago 60654; 312-300-4650

Kevin W. Willer, Stuart Larkins, Rob Chesney, General partners

$67.0 $60.0

Instutional and private investors

CHINGONA VENTURES 171 N. Aberdeen St., 4th Floor, Chicago 60607

Samara Hernandez, Partner; Fabiola Salazar, Principal

Institutional LPs, pension funds, high-net-worth individuals

NA NA

Health and wellness, femtech, fintech, future of work

CORAZON CAPITAL P.O. Box 2982, Chicago 60654 617-359-3399

Sam Yagan Managing partner

$40.0 $40.0

Private investors

NA NA

Seed, Series A

FIRESTARTER FUND 1 N. Dearborn St., 8th floor, Chicago 60602; 312-447-6111

Brian Hand, Matt Moog, Administrative members

$5.7 $5.7

FireStarter Fund members

$0.0 $0.0

Seed, Series A, Series B

FIRST ANALYSIS 1 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3900, Chicago 60606; 312-258-1400

Oliver Nicklin Chairman

$91.0 $91.0

Institutions, pension funds, family offices, highnet-worth individuals

$17.0 Technology, SaaS, health $19.1 care, environmental technology

HPA 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 1212, Chicago 60654; 703-909-7467

Peter Wilkins Managing director

$90.0 $75.0

Private investors

NA Tech, consumer products/ $17.4 services, business/financial services, health care

HYDE PARK VENTURE PARTNERS 415 N. LaSalle St. , Suite 502, Chicago 60654; 260-241-4756

Ira S. Weiss, General partner; Guy H. Turner, General partner, managing director

NA Tech and early-stage $19.4 tech-enabled businesses, consumer services companies

IRISHANGELS INC.2 415 N. LaSalle St., Suite 504B, Chicago 60654; 773-443-7173

Caroline Gash Managing director

$42.0 $34.0

Individuals

$7.3 $8.4

B2B enterprise, B2B SaaS, consumer web/mobile, consumer products

JUMP CAPITAL 600 W. Chicago Ave., Suite 625, Chicago 60654; 312-205-8843

Mike McMahon Sach Chitnis Managing partners

$200.0 $200.0

Private investors

NA NA

B2B SaaS, IT/data infrastructure, fintech, digital media

KB PARTNERS LLC 600 Central Ave., Suite 325, Highland Park 60035; 847-681-1270

Keith Bank CEO

$100.0 $41.0

Professional athletes, high-net-worth individuals

$19.0 Sports and technology $18.0 intersection

LIGHTBANK 600 W. Chicago Ave., Suite 510, Chicago 60654; 312-276-3204

Eric P. Lefkofsky Managing partner

$180.0 $0.0

Institutional investors, high-net-worth individuals, family offices

$22.0 Seed, Series A NA

LIONBIRD VENTURES 708 Church St., Suite 252, Evanston 60201; 847-721-2171

Ed Michael Managing partner

$50.0 $35.0

High-net-worth individuals, institutions

$5.8 $2.5

Digital health, finance, enterprise

M25 415 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 60654; 872-205-9775

Mike Asem, General partner; Victor Gutwein, Managing partner

$31.8 $30.0

Endowments, fund-offunds, family offices, highnet-worth individuals

$3.1 $3.5

Technology, consumer, enterprise

MATH VENTURE PARTNERS 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 1212, Chicago 60654; 312-278-3460

Mark Achler, Dana Wright, Troy Henikoff Managing directors

$46.0 $46.0

High-net-worth individuals, institutions

$4.5 Digital technology $11.0

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$6.0 $6.0

$100.01 Private investors, public $100.0 investors, high-net-worth individuals, family offices

NA NA

Tech, AR/VR, employee benefits, health, consumer, media, service companies

$7.5 Consumer tech, fintech, $10.6 transportation, logistics, health care IT

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S VENTURE-CAPITAL FIRMS New local investments in 2020

New investments outside Chicago in 2020

Amount invested (millions) in 2020; 2019 Targeted industries

Fulltime local employees as of 2020

Company

Top executive(s)

Size of current fund (millions) as of 2020; 2019

METHOD CAPITAL 900 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1600, Chicago 60611; 312-648-6800

Bill Wolf Managing partner

$122.1 $122.1

High-net-worth individuals, family offices, foundations, institutions

MK CAPITAL 1799 Willow Road, Suite 100, Northfield 60093; 312-324-7700

Mark Koulogeorge Bret Maxwell Managing general partners

$120.0 $120.0

Institutions, pension funds, private investors

MODERNE VENTURES 410 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 740, Chicago 60611; 917-612-0879

Constance Freedman Managing partner

$130.0 $43.0

Family offices, highnet-worth individuals, institutions, strategic partners

ORIGIN VENTURES 549 W. Randolph St., Suite 601, Chicago 60661; 312-644-6449

Jason Heltzer Alex Meyer Partners

$100.0 $80.0

High-net-worth individuals, family offices, institutions

$15.5 Software, marketplace, $25.0 consumer

THE PALO SANTO FUND 171 N. Aberdeen, Chicago 60607; 773-263-5751

Daniel Goldberg Co-founder

$15.0 $0.0

High-net-worth individuals

$7.0 $0.0

PRITZKER GROUP VENTURE CAPITAL 110 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 4350, Chicago 60606; 312-447-6001

Chris Girgenti Managing partner

$400.0 $400.0

Tony Pritzker, J.B. Pritzker

$35.9 Saas and B2B and B2C $40.1 marketplaces, e-commerce

S2G VENTURES 210 N. Carpenter St., Chicago 60607; 312-321-8000

Matthew Walker, Chuck Templeton, Sanjeev Krishnan, Aaron Rudberg Managing directors

NA Early- and growth-stage $86.0 investments in food and agriculture.

SANDBOX INDUSTRIES 1000 W. Fulton Market, Suite 213, Chicago 60607; 312-243-4100

Matt Downs, Nick E. Rosa, Managing partners, co-CEOs

$497.6 $449.1

Corporations, institutional investors, family offices

$122.6 Health care, food and $63.8 agriculture, insurtech

STARTING LINE 444 W. Lake St., Suite 1900, Chicago 60606

Ezra Galston Managing director

$30.0 $17.0

Fund of funds, family offices, unicorn founders

NA NA

Technology

STERLING CAPITAL PARTNERS 401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3300, Chicago 60611; 847-480-4000

Steven Taslitz Chairman, co-founder

$0.0 $0.0

Primarily invest firm capital as well as third-party capital (often high-net-worth)

NA NA

Education, health care, business services and consumer

SYNETRO GROUP LLC3 810 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 200, Chicago 60607 312-372-0840

Pantelis A. “Pete” Georgiadis CEO

$120.0 $83.5

Private investors

$2.9 $4.0

Software/business services, health tech, software, niche branded manufacturing companies

1.5

VCAPITAL MANAGMENT 901 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 501, Chicago 60607; 312-690-4171

Leonard A. Batterson Chairman, CEO

$33.0 $22.0

High-net-worth investors

NA NA

Various

VENTANA FINANCIAL ASSOCIATES 707 Osterman Ave., Suite 33, Deerfield 60015; 847-234-3434

Albert J. Montano Chairman

NA4 NA

Private investors, venture capitalists, highnet-worth individuals

$2.0 $0.5

Early-stage intellectual property

VITALIZEVC2 415 N. LaSalle St., Suite 504B, Chicago 60654; 608-852-4461

Gale Wilkinson Managing director

$16.3 $16.3

Individuals

NA NA

B2B SaaS, B2B enterprise

WINTRUST VENTURES 231 S. LaSalle St., 3rd floor, Chicago 60604; 312-291-2912

Bailey Moore Managing director

$30.0 $30.0

Balance sheet

$5.1 $3.4

Enterprise software, marketplace, health care IT, e-commerce

Alphabetical directory.

Sources of funding

$1,040.0 Family offices, $400.0 institutions

NA NA

B2B software and techenabled service companies

$14.0 Software, cloud services $20.8

NA NA

Real estate, finance, home services, insurance, hospitality

Psychedelics, biotech, mental health, addiction treatment

This directory is not comprehensive. Includes venture-capital firms with offices in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. NA: Not available. 1. Reflects the firm’s three active funds. 2. IrishAngels Angel Network and VitalizeVC share a common platform, Vitalize Venture Group, that encompasses the two entities. 3. Synetro Group is a private investment firm with both venture and private-equity businesses. Data includes all activities. 4. Does not have a standing fund. Each project is individually assembled. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: AUG. 23, 2021

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S PRIVATE-EQUITY FIRMS Alphabetical directory.

Assets under management (millions) as of 12/31/2020; 12/31/2019 Source(s) of funding

Company

Top executive(s)

50 SOUTH CAPITAL1 50 S. LaSalle St., Suite 12, Chicago 60603; 312-557-1998

Brad M. Dorchinez, $10,500.0 Public and private penManaging director $9,400.0 sions, endowments, Robert P. Morgan, CEO foundations, highnet-worth individuals

ADAMS STREET PARTNERS LLC 1 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 2700, Chicago 60606; 312-553-7890

Jeff Diehl Managing partner, head of investments

ANDERSON PACIFIC CAPITAL, LLC 100 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1275, Chicago 60606; 312-951-8500

Kenneth D. Anderson CEO

ARBOR INVESTMENTS 676 N. Michigan Ave., 34th floor, Chicago 60611; 312-981-3770

Gregory J. Purcell, CEO Carl Allegretti, President Alan Weed, Partner

BAIRD CAPITAL 227 W. Monroe St., Suite 2200, Chicago 60606; 312-609-4700

Gordon G. Pan President

BANC FUNDS CO. LLC 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 3300, Chicago 60606; 312-855-6202

Charles J. Moore President

BOUNDS EQUITY PARTNERS 600 Central Ave., Suite 230, Highland Park 60035; 847-266-6300

Mark A. Bounds Managing director

$100.0 $100.0

CHAIFETZ GROUP LLC 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, 13th Floor, Chicago 60611; 312-983-3600

Ross Chaifetz, Principal Richard A. Chaifetz, Chairman

CHICAGO CAPITAL PARTNERS 1770 1st St., Suite 200A, Highland Park 60035; 312-953-4850

Marc S. Brenner CEO

CIVC PARTNERS 191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1100, Chicago 60606; 312-873-7300

John Compall, Chris $1,205.0 Institutions, insurance Geneser, Marc McManus, $640.0 companies, fund of Chris Perry, Doug funds, pension funds, Potters, Scott Schwartz, private investors JD Wright, Partners

CONCENTRIC EQUITY PARTNERS 50 E. Washington St., Suite 400, Chicago 60602; 312-494-4513

Frank Reppenhagen, Ian Ross, Ken Hooten, Jennifer W. Steans, Partners

CREATION INVESTMENTS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 156 N. Jefferson St., Suite 201, Chicago 60661; 312-7843988

Patrick T. Fisher Managing partner, founder

$713.1 $707.8

DIXON MIDLAND CO. LLC 980 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1540, Chicago 60611; 312-787-1100

Aaron A. Mobarak Paul D. Furlow Co-presidents

$50.0 $50.0

FLEXPOINT FORD LLC 676 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3300, Chicago 60611; 312-327-4520

Donald J. Edwards CEO

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$44,741.4 Pension funds, endow$40,726.6 ments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, highnet-worth individuals $500.0 $300.0

APC partners, private-equity firms, regional telecom partners, high-networth individuals

New investNew local ments invest- outside ments Chicago in in 2020 2020

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/2020

Type(s) of investments:

$436.0 Early and seed stage $573.0 venture capital, North American small-midmarket buyout

1,467 $4,675.6 Venture capital, growth $4,268.0 equity, buyouts, credit

Institutions, pension funds, high-net-worth individuals, employees

$1,400.0 Institutions, pension $1,500.0 funds, private individuals, endowments

$2,935.8 Institutional, pensions, $1,281.6 family offices, endowments

Amount invested (millions) in 2020; 2019

134

$250.0 Media and telecom in$2.0 dustries

Food and beverage, packaging

$125.0 Industrial solutions, tech$5.0 nology, services

$175.0 Financial services com$149.0 panies

Private investors

$0.0 $0.0

Buyouts

$350.0 $300.0

Richard A. Chaifetz, family office

NA NA

HR tech, SaaS, cloud, fintech, AR/VR, employee benefits, health and wellness, consumer, media, service companies

$80.0 $80.0

Private

NA NA

Companies with $2 million to $8 million of EBITDA, industry-agnostic

$55.0 Outsourced services, $107.5 transportation and logistics, IT, insurance

$135.5 Consumer and business $110.0 services, software, manufacturing, financials

Insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, family offices, high-net-worth individuals

$80.0 $92.0

Private equity, emerging markets, impact investments, financial services

High-net-worth individuals

$0.0 $5.0

Middle-market growth companies

$755.0 $500.0

$2,500.0 Private investors $2,000.0

$4,720.3 Institutions, $4,600.0 endowments, private investors

NA NA

$336.5 Buyouts, acquisitions and $257.5 recapitalizations of health care and financial services companies

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Assets under management (millions) as of 12/31/2020; 12/31/2019 Source(s) of funding

Company

Top executive(s)

FRONTENAC COMPANY 1 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2980, Chicago 60606; 312-368-0044

Paul D. Carbery Walter C. Florence Managing partners

GCM GROSVENOR 900 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1100, Chicago 60611; 312-5066500

Michael J. Sacks Chairman, CEO

GENEVA GLEN CAPITAL 123 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 820, Chicago 60606; 312-525-8500

Adam Schecter, Jeff Gonyo Managing directors

GTCR LLC 300 N. LaSalle St., Suite 5600, Chicago 60654; 312-382-2200

Dean Mihas, Collin Roche Co-CEOs, managing directors

HIGH STREET CAPITAL 150 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; 312-423-2650

Kent Haeger, Dick McClain, Joe Katcha Partners

$165.0 $165.0

INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS LLC 1603 Orrington Ave., Suite 700, Evanston 60201; 847-556-3460

Bob Vedra, Ken Tallering Senior managing directors

KEYSTONE CAPITAL 155 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 4150, Chicago 60606; 312-219-7900

$629.0 $544.0

Amount invested (millions) in 2020; 2019

Type(s) of investments:

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/2020

$82.4 $24.9

Institutions, family offices, business executives, high-net-worth individuals

$0.0 $25.0

$795.6 $798.2

Institutions, endowments, foundations, pension funds

NA NA

Kent Dauten, Chairman Scott L. Gwilliam, Managing partner

$420.0 $200.0

Firm partners, institutions, foundations, endowments

KINZIE CAPITAL PARTNERS 20 N. Clark St., 36th Floor, Chicago 60602; 312-809-2490

Suzanne Yoon Founder, managing partner

$149.0 $86.5

NA NA

Manufactured products, business services, consumer industries

LEAD LAP ENTERPRISES LLC 790 Frontage Road, Northfield 60093; 847-441-4160

David F. Zucker Managing partner

$25.0 $25.0

Private investors

NA NA

Buyouts of small to midsize companies seeking an ownership transition, growth capital

LINDEN CAPITAL PARTNERS 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 5100, Chicago 60606; 312-506-5600

Tony Davis President, managing partner

NA Health care $384.0

LONGSHORE CAPITAL PARTNERS 110 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 3150, Chicago 60606; 312-237-3838

Ryan Anthony Nick Christopher Partners

$128.0 Revenue cycle manage$0.0 ment, tech-enabled services, payments technology and services, managed services

MADISON DEARBORN PARTNERS LLC 70 W. Madison St., Suite 4600, Chicago 60602; 312-895-1000

Samuel M. Mencoff Paul J. Finnegan Co-CEOs

$18,074.0 Public and private pen$15,864.2 sion funds, endowments, corporations, financial institutions, family offices, high-net-worth individuals

$1,743.1 Management buyouts, pri$366.7 vate-equity investments

MARANON CAPITAL LP 303 W. Madison St., Suite 2500, Chicago 60606; 312-646-1200

Ian M. Larkin Managing director, CEO

$3,626.9 Pension funds, insurance $3,200.0 companies, family offices

$1,284.9 Business services, health $1,564.4 care, food products, technology

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Pension funds, endowments, institutional investors, individuals, partners

New investNew local ments invest- outside ments Chicago in in 2020 2020

$61,943.0 NA $57,746.0

$300.0 $300.0

Family office, institutional capital

$24,157.0 Institutions, public $11,596.0 and private pension funds, foundations, endowments

$3,045.0 Pension plans, endow$2,855.0 ments, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds $210.0 $0.0

Fund of funds, high net worth, insurance, other institutions

Equity investments to fund acquisitions, growth of midsize companies in the consumer, industrial and services markets

NA NA

Diversified across industries

298

$0.0 $0.0

Health care, consumer and food, business services, manufacturing

NA Financial services, $1,677.4 health care, technology, media and telecommunications, growth business services

Acquisitions, recapitalizations, growth equity investments in service, distribution and manufacturing companies with cash flow greater than $3 million

Controlling interest in value-added manufacturing and distribution businesses

$100.0 Business services, niche $60.0 manufacturing, food

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Company

Top executive(s)

MCNALLY CAPITAL 151 N. Franklin St., Suite 2650, Chicago 60606; 312-357-3710

Ward S. McNally Managing partner

MERIT CAPITAL PARTNERS 303 W. Madison St., Suite 2100, Chicago 60606; 312-592-6111

Terrance M. Shipp Marc J. Walfish Managing directors

MESIROW PRIVATE EQUITY 353 N. Clark St., Chicago 60654; 312-595-6000

Marc E. Sacks, CEO Thomas E. Galuhn, President

MIDWEST MEZZANINE FUNDS 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 3650, Chicago 60603; 312-291-7300

Michael Foster, Dave A. Gezon, Paul G. Kreie, Senior managing directors; Ana M. Winters, Managing director

MONROE CAPITAL LLC 311 S. Wacker Drive, 64th Floor, Chicago 60606; 312-258-8300

Zia Uddin Partner

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Assets under management (millions) as of 12/31/2020; 12/31/2019 Source(s) of funding

$475.5 $416.0

Amount invested (millions) in 2020; 2019

NA NA

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/2020

Type(s) of investments:

$1,603.5 Insurance, pensions, $1,603.5 endowments, high-networth individuals

$98.7 Mezzanine, equity, $178.3 leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, recapitalizations

$5,730.9 U.S. and foreign pension $4,744.0 funds, insurance companies, banks, foundations, endowments, high-networth individuals

$337.5 Buyout, growth equity/ $708.2 venture capital, special situations partnerships

Pension funds, private investors, insurance companies, banks, family offices, fund of funds

$40.0 $75.0

$9,400.0 Public and corporate $9,200.0 pensions, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, regional banks, family offices, highnet-worth individuals

$250.0 Generalists, software, NA technology, health care, business services

$465.0 $460.0

Family offices, select institutional investors

New investNew local ments invest- outside ments Chicago in in 2020 2020

Lower-middle-market companies in aerospace and defense, industrial products and services, business services

Middle-market companies involved in later-stage business expansions, corporate acquisitions, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts

145

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Company

Top executive(s)

Assets under management (millions) as of 12/31/2020; 12/31/2019 Source(s) of funding

MULLER & MONROE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 180 N. Stetson Ave., Suite 1320, Chicago 60601; 312-782-7771

Andre Rice President

$1,190.02 Pension funds $1,190.0

PATRIOT CAPITAL 150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2400, Chicago 60606; 312-924-2833

Kyle Griffith, Associate $900.0 managing director, Mid$775.0 west, Thomas Kurtz, Managing director, Midwest

PFINGSTEN PARTNERS LLC 300 N. LaSalle St., Suite 5400, Chicago 60654; 312-222-8707

Thomas S. Bagley, Senior managing director, Scott Finegan, Managing director

PPM AMERICA CAPITAL PARTNERS 225 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1200, Chicago 60606; 312-634-2500

Austin Krumpfes Head of private equity

PRAIRIE CAPITAL LP 191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago 60606; 312-360-1133

Nate Good Managing partner

$694.5 $740.5

PROSPECT PARTNERS LLC 200 W. Madison St., Suite 2710, Chicago 60606; 312-782-7400

Brett Holcomb, Brad O’Dell, Erik E. Maurer Partners

$365.0 $365.0

RCP ADVISORS 353 N. Clark St., Suite 3500, Chicago 60654; 312-266-7300

Alex Abell, Nell Blatherwick, Andrew Nelson, Partners; Tom Danis, Charlie Huebner, Jon Madorsky, David McCoy, Managing partners

ROCK ISLAND CAPITAL LLC 1415 W. 22nd St., Suite 1250, Oak Brook 60523; 630-413-9136

Al Mattaliano, Brian Bastedo, Michael Nugent, Partners

SHORE CAPITAL PARTNERS 1 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2900, Chicago 60601; 312-348-7580

Justin Ishbia Managing partner

STACKER HOLDINGS 180 N. Stetson Ave., Suite 3500, Chicago 60601; 312-834-5102

Austin Reichardt, G.R. Kearney Managing partners

STERLING PARTNERS3 401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3300, Chicago 60611; 312-465-7000

Steven Taslitz Chairman

SVOBODA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC 1 N. Franklin St., Suite 1105, Chicago 60606; 312-267-8750

John A. Svoboda Managing director

$275.0 $250.0

SYNETRO GROUP LLC4 810 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 200, Chicago 60607; 312-372-0840

Pantelis A. “Pete” Georgiadis CEO

$120.0 $83.5

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New investNew local ments invest- outside ments Chicago in in 2020 2020

Amount invested (millions) in 2020; 2019

Type(s) of investments:

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/2020

NA NA

Niche manufacturing and distribution, business and consumer services, IT services, health care services

High-net-worth investors, pension funds, endowments

NA NA

Niche manufacturing, value-added distribution, specialty business services

$5,433.0 Institutional investors $3,983.0

$488.0 Consumer products, $488.0 diversified, tech, business services

Institutions, high-networth individuals

$99.0 $74.0

Health care, technology, education, consumer

Financial institutions, pension funds, endowments, fund of funds, high-net-worth individuals

NA $1.8

Recapitalizations and acquisitions in manufacturing, value-added distribution, consumer services, business services, industrial services

235

NA NA

Lower-middle-market buyouts

Institutions, family offices, banks, highnet-worth individuals

NA NA

Management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity

$2,700.0 Institutions, pensions, $1,500.0 family offices, fund of funds, high-net-worth individuals

$200.0 Health care, food and $121.0 beverage, business services

$7.0 $23.0

Lower-middle-market family-owned manufacturing, distribution and service businesses

NA NA

Small to midmarket growth equity and buyouts in education, health care services, business services and consumer sectors

Private investors, institutions

NA NA

Value-added distribution, business services, consumer products and services

Private investors

$2.9 $4.0

Seed/early-stage internet, software and business services, seed to growth health tech, recapitalizations, buyouts of software, business services and niche branded manufacturing companies

$635.0 $686.6

$9,600.0 Foundations, endow$8,300.0 ments, pension funds, family offices, private investors

$331.0 $331.0

$30.0 $23.0

High-net-worth individuals, small family offices

$1,752.1 Pension funds, family $1,990.5 offices, foundations, endowments, asset managers

NA Lower-middle-market $128.9 private-equity funds

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Assets under management (millions) as of 12/31/2020; 12/31/2019 Source(s) of funding

New local investments in 2020

New investments outside Chicago in 2020

$20.9 NA

NA NA

Amount invested (millions) in 2020; 2019

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/2020

Company

Top executive(s)

THOMA BRAVO 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2800, Chicago 60606; 312-254-3300

Lee M. Mitchell Carl D. Thoma Managing partners

TILIA HOLDINGS LLC 111 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 4960, Chicago 60606; 312-535-0225

Johannes Burlin Eric Larson Co-CEOs

TWIN BRIDGE CAPITAL PARTNERS 123 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1000, Chicago 60606; 312-284-5600

Joseph Dimberio, Matt Petronzio, Brian Gallagher, Patrick Lanigan Partners

$2,163.6 Institutional, high$1,790.9 net-worth individuals, endowments, family offices

VALOR EQUITY PARTNERS 875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3214, Chicago 60611; 312-683-1900

Antonio J. Gracias CEO, chief investment officer

$7,272.1 Institutions, pension $4,547.4 plans, funds of funds, family offices, high-networth individuals

$506.0 Expansion and growth $234.6 investments in tech and tech-enabled industries

VICTORY PARK CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 5200, Chicago 60606; 312-701-1777

Richard Levy CEO, co-founder

$3,500.0 Institutional investors, $3,000.0 sovereign wealth funds, foundations, endowments, pension funds, family offices, high-networth individuals

$269.4 Investments across select $672.4 investment verticals

VISTRIA GROUP LP 300 E. Randolph St., Suite 4030, Chicago 60601; 312-626-1100

Martin H. Nesbitt, Kip Kirkpatrick Senior partners, co-CEOs

$6,500.0 Foundations, endow$1,800.0 ments, corporations, pension funds

NA NA

Health care, education, financial services

WATER STREET HEALTHCARE PARTNERS 444 W. Lake St., Suite 1800, Chicago 60606; 312-506-2900

Timothy A. Dugan Managing partner

$2,983.9 University endowments, $2,633.8 pension funds, financial institutions, insurance companies

NA NA

Health care

WAUD CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC 300 N. LaSalle St., Suite 4900, Chicago 60654; 312-676-8400

Reeve B. Waud Managing partner

$3,300.0 Pension funds, insurance $3,200.0 companies, foundations, family offices

WIND POINT PARTNERS 676 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3700, Chicago 60611; 312-255-4800

Joe Lawler, Alex E. Washington, David M. Stott, Konrad A. Salaber, Nathan A. Brown, Paul H. Peterson Managing directors

$3,466.6 Pension funds, insurance $3,120.6 companies, family offices, fund of funds

NA NA

Consumer products, industrial products, business services

WINONA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 980 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1950, Chicago 60611; 312-334-8800

Jason Sowers, Director, Luke Reese, Managing director, Laird Koldyke, Managing director

NA NA

Diverse, lower-middle-market consumer-driven companies

WYNNCHURCH CAPITAL L.P. 6250 N. River Road, Suite 10-100, Rosemont 60018; 847-604-6100

Frank Hayes, Chris O’Brien, John A. Hatherly Managing partners

$76,900.0 Pension funds, sovereign $45,000.0 wealth funds, funds of funds, endowments, family offices $306.8 $152.0

$350.0 $350.0

Foundations, high-networth individuals, institutional investors

Private investors

$4,416.3 Institutions, pension $4,280.9 funds, foundations, sovereign wealth

Type(s) of investments:

$6,300.0 Application software, $8,800.0 infrastructure software, security software, techenabled business services

Business services across the food supply chain

North American small and lower-middle-market buyout funds and companies

$800.0 Health care, business $2,000.0 and technology services, software

$400.5 Corporate divestitures, $261.2 buyouts, recapitalizations, late-stage growth equity

This directory is not comprehensive. Includes private-equity firms with offices in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. NA: Not available. 1. 50 South Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northern Trust. 2. Firm is a private-equity fund-of-funds manager. The number of companies and dollar amounts represent the number of portfolio funds to whom it has committed capital. 3. All data is limited to Sterling Fund Management; includes figures for Avathon Capital. 4. Synetro Group is a private investment firm with both venture and private-equity businesses. Data includes all activities. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: AUG. 23, 2021

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Head of Chicago office

FY 2020 No. of full-time No. of full-time worldwide revenue worldwide local employees (millions) employees as of 12/31/20 % change as of 12/31/20 % change % change from 2019 from FY 2019 from 2019

1 2 3 4

U.S. GOVERNMENT 230 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 60604; Chicago.FEB.gov

Jonlee Anderle Chair, Chicago Federal Executive Board

52,357 14.5%

2,791,819 4.6%

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS 42 W. Madison St., Chicago 60602; CPS.edu

Janice K. Jackson CEO

38,637 2.4%

$7,000.01 0.0%

CITY OF CHICAGO 121 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 60602; CityofChicago.org

Lori Lightfoot Mayor

30,928 -2.2%

30,931 -2.2%

$11,606.41 10.5%

ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH 3075 Highland Parkway, Downers Grove 60515; AdvocateAuroraHealth.org

James H. Skogsbergh President, CEO

26,585 2.6%

53,731 0.8%

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

COOK COUNTY 118 N. Clark St., Chicago 60602; CookCountyIL.gov

Toni R. Preckwinkle President, board of commissioners

22,0742 -1.6%

$5,829.31 4.6%

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE 251 E. Huron St., Chicago 60611; NM.org

Dean M. Harrison President, CEO

21,999 3.5%

23,252 3.8%

$6,288.4 3.9%

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 5801 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago 60637; UChicago.edu

Robert J. Zimmer President

18,7323 2.5%

18,8033 2.4%

$5,271.9 0.3%

AMAZON.COM INC. 227 W. Monroe St., Chicago 60606; Amazon.com

Andy Jassy CEO

18,2105 24.6%

1,298,0004, 5 62.7%

$386,064.0 37.6%

AMITA HEALTH 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; AmitaHealth.org

Keith Parrott President, CEO

18,202 24.2%

20,697 3.3%

$3,887.5 -5.3%

WALMART INC. 8430 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago 60631; Walmart.com

Missy Craig Vice president, regional general manager

16,900 12.7%

2,200,0004 NC

$523,964.0 1.9%

STATE OF ILLINOIS 100 W. Randolph St., Chicago 60601; Illinois.gov

J.B. Pritzker Governor

13,936 14.2%

45,887 2.8%

$38,100.0 1.8%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 10 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 60603; JPMorganChase.com

Tony Maggiore, President, Midwest middle market banking

13,750 0.1%

256,981 0.3%

$119,543.0 3.4%

WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC. 108 Wilmot Road, Deerfield 60015; WalgreensBootsAlliance.com

Stefano Pessina, Executive chairman Rosalind Brewer, CEO

13,377 9.7%

330,000 -3.5%

$139,537.0 2.0%

UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC. 233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; United.com

J. Scott Kirby CEO

11,0596 -23.8%

62,5956 -31.6%

$15,355.0 -64.5%

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 601 S. Morgan St., Chicago 60607; UIC.edu

Michael D. Amiridis Chancellor

10,691 5.0%

11,967 5.0%

$3,513.21

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park 60064; Abbott.com

Robert B. Ford, President, CEO Miles D. White, Executive chairman

10,280 4.3%

109,0004 1.9%

$34,608.0 8.5%

RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 1653 W. Congress Parkway, Chicago 60612; Rush.edu

Omar B. Lateef CEO

10,222 2.4%

$2,268.2 2.3%

JEWEL-OSCO 150 Pierce Road, Itasca 60143; JewelOsco.com

Mike K. Withers President

10,032 3.0%

10,754 3.3%

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 633 Clark St., Evanston 60208; Northwestern.edu

Morton O. Schapiro President

9,888 1.2%

10,122 1.3%

AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC. O’Hare International Airport, Chicago 60666; AA.com

Franco Tedeschi, Vice president Chicago, Europe and Asia Pacific

9,7006 -3.0%

102,7006 -21.0%

$17,300.0 -62.2%

ABBVIE INC. 1 N. Waukegan Road, North Chicago 60064; Abbvie.com

Richard A. Gonzalez Chairman, CEO

9,534 2.5%

47,0004 56.7%

$45,804.0 37.7%

AT&T INC. 225 W. Randolph St., Chicago 60606; ATT.com

Eileen M. Mitchell President, Illinois

9,340 -2.6%

230,7604 -6.9%

$171,760.0 -5.2%

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY 567 W. Lake St., Chicago 60661; TransitChicago.com

Dorval R. Carter Jr. President

9,069 -3.0%

$1,592.1 4.3%

Darren Jones President, UPS Central Plains district

8,248 9.1%

321,932 9.1%

$84,600.0 14.2%

Maurice Smith President, CEO

7,889 -4.3%

23,995 -3.9%

$47,000.0 21.8%

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

New UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. 55 Glenlake Parkway N.E., Atlanta 30328; UPS.com 24

HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORP. 300 E. Randolph St., Chicago 60601; HCSC.com

Local employment figures include full-time employees in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake (Ill.), Lake (Ind.), McHenry and Will counties unless otherwise noted. Crain’s estimates are shown in gray. NA: Not available. NC: No change. 1. Represents the organization’s budget. 2. Includes full-time-equivalent employees. Excludes Forest Preserve District of Cook County, judges and elected officials. 3. Includes employees of University of Chicago Medicine, the university’s medical group. 4. Includes part-time employees. 5. Includes Whole Foods employees. 6. This airline significantly reduced the size of its workforce due to decreased travel demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: FEB. 22, 2021

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST OUT-OF-TOWN EMPLOYERS Ranked by the number of local full-time employees. e = Crain’s estimate (in gray). 2020 rank

Full-time local employees 12/31/2020; 1-year change

Full-time worldwide employees 12/31/2020; 1-year change

52,357 14.5%

2,791,819 4.6%

18,210e,1,2 24.6%

1,298,0002,3 62.7%

Global headquarters; % of employees in Chicago area

Primary industry

Company

Top Chicago executive

U.S. GOVERNMENT 230 S. Dearborn St., 35th Floor, Chicago 60604; Chicago.FEB.gov

Jonlee Anderle Chair, Chicago Federal Executive Board

AMAZON.COM INC. 227 W. Monroe St., Chicago 60606 Amazon.com

Andy Jassy CEO

WALMART INC. 8430 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago 60631 Walmart.com

Missy Craig Vice president, regional general manager

16,900 12.7%

2,200,0003 0.0%

STATE OF ILLINOIS 100 W. Randolph St., Suite 16-100, Chicago 60601; Illinois.gov

J.B. Pritzker Governor

13,936 14.2%

45,887 2.8%

Springfield, Ill. 30.4%

State government

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 10 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 60603 JPMorganChase.com

Tony Maggiore President, Midwest middle market banking

13,750 0.1%

256,981 0.3%

New York, N.Y. 5.4%

Banking and financial services

JEWEL-OSCO 150 Pierce Road, Suite 400, Itasca 60143 JewelOsco.com

Mike K. Withers President

10,032e 3.0%

10,754 3.3%

Boise, Idaho4 93.3%

Grocery retailer

AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC. O’Hare International Airport, Terminal 3, Chicago 60666; AA.com

Franco Tedeschi Vice president - Chicago, Europe and Asia Pacific

9,7005 -3.0%

102,7005 -21.0%

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas 9.4%

Airline

AT&T INC. 225 W. Randolph St., Chicago 60606 ATT.com

Eileen M. Mitchell President, AT&T Illinois and AT&T Great Lakes states

9,340e -2.6%

230,7603 -6.9%

Dallas, Texas 4.0%

Tech and telecom

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. 1245 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60605 UPS.com

Darren Jones President, UPS Central Plains district

8,248e 9.1%

321,932e 9.1%

Atlanta, Ga. 2.6%

Logistics

FORD MOTOR CO. 12600 S. Torrence Ave., Chicago 60633 Ford.com

Salih Ahmad Manager, Chicago Stamping Plant

7,1003 0.0%

186,0003 -2.6%

Dearborn, Mich. 3.8%

HOME DEPOT INC. 2665 N. Halsted St., Chicago 60614 HomeDepot.com

Craig Menear Chairman, CEO

7,090 25.8%

500,000 25.0%

Atlanta, Ga. 1.4%

Home improvement retailer

TARGET CORP. 1 S. State St., Chicago 60603 Target.com

Brian Cornell Chairman, CEO

7,000 52.8%

409,0003 11.1%

Minneapolis, Minn. 1.7%

Retail marketplace

BMO HARRIS BANK NA 111 W. Monroe St., Second Floor, Chicago 60603; BMOHarris.com

David R. Casper U.S. CEO, BMO Financial Group

6,729 -8.5%

53,457 -5.3%

Montreal, Canada6 12.6%

Andy Arland Region director, CVS Health

6,244e NA

213,0007 NA

New CVS HEALTH CORP. 2211 Sanders Road, Northbrook 60062 CVSHealth.com

Washington, D.C. Federal 1.9% government Seattle, Wash. 1.4%

E-commerce, tech and telecom

Bentonville, Ark. Retail 0.8% marketplace

Automaker

Banking

Woonsocket, R.I. Retail health 2.9% care

ACCENTURE LTD. 161 N. Clark St., Chicago 60601 Accenture.com

Jim Coleman Managing director, Chicago office

6,200 0.0%

539,821 13.2%

Dublin, Ireland 1.1%

Management consulting, technology services

BANK OF AMERICA 110 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 BankofAmerica.com

Paul T. Lambert Chicago market president

6,000 0.0%

213,000 2.4%

Charlotte, N.C. 2.8%

Financial services

DELOITTE8 111 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 Deloitte.com

Kathy Scherer Central Region market leader and Chicago managing partner

5,805 -3.4%

113,2579 5.9%

New York, N.Y. 5.1%

Audit, consulting, tax and advisory services

COMCAST CORP. 1500 McConnor Parkway, Schaumburg 60173; Chicago.Comcast.com

John Crowley Regional senior vice president

5,800 0.0%

190,000 0.0%

Philadelphia, Pa. Telecommunica3.1% tions

AON PLC 200 E. Randolph St., Chicago 60601 Aon.com

Gregory C. Case CEO

5,00010 0.8%

48,5313 1.3%

London, England Professional 10.3% services

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST OUT-OF-TOWN EMPLOYERS Ranked by the number of local full-time employees. e = Crain’s estimate (in gray). 2020 rank

Full-time local employees 12/31/2020; 1-year change

Full-time worldwide employees 12/31/2020; 1-year change

Global headquarters; % of employees in Chicago area

Primary industry

Company

Top Chicago executive

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago 60638; Southwest.com

Gary C. Kelly Chairman, CEO

5,0005 -7.4%

58,0005 -3.3%

Dallas, Texas 8.6%

Airline

UNITEDHEALTHCARE 200 E. Randolph St., Suite 5300, Chicago 60601; UHC.com

Tom Kunst CEO

4,700 0.0%

330,000 1.5%

Minneapolis, Minn. 1.4%

Health insurance and health care

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS 1 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 60603 ClevelandCliffs.com

Wendell Carter Senior vice president, flat-rolled steel operations

4,153 -7.4%

25,452 -86.7%

Cleveland, Ohio 16.3%

ERNST & YOUNG LLP 155 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 EY.com

Judson Snyder Chicago managing partner

3,950 -2.8%

298,965 5.3%

New York, N.Y. 1.3%

MARIANO’S 9501 W. Devon Ave., Fifth Floor, Rosemont 60018; Marianos.com

Michael Marx Division president

3,936e 0.5%

Cincinnati, Ohio11 Grocery retailer 100.0%

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 1 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 PWC.com

Carina Markel Central market managing partner

3,572e -0.9%

284,258 3.0%

London, England Audit, assurance, 1.3% consulting and tax services

Steel and mining Advisory and accounting services

Includes large employers with primary headquarters outside Cook, Kane, Lake, DuPage, Will, and McHenry counties in Illinois and Lake County in Indiana. Crain’s estimates are in gray; figures estimated by Crain’s are derived from a variety of sources. The list is built using data submitted by companies, Crain’s estimates and information reported elsewhere when available, but it is not a complete list of all large employers with headquarters outside the Chicago area. Local addresses and top Chicago-area executives are included when available, but some addresses and executives outside the Chicago area are included. In cases where we’ve published a full-time local employment figure alongside a worldwide figure that also includes part-time employees, the figures in the column listing the percentage of employees in Chicago should be taken as rough approximations. NA: Not available. e: Crain’s estimate. 1. Includes estimated distribution center employment figures from MWPVL International. 2. Includes Whole Foods employees. 3. Includes part-time employees. 4. Reflects headquarters of parent company, Albertsons. 5. This airline reduced the size of its workforce due to decreased travel demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 6. Reflects headquarters of parent company, Bank of Montreal. 7. Calculated from SEC filings. 8. Includes subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP. 9. Includes only employees of Deloitte US. 10. Figure is from Crain’s Chicago Business and as of June 2020. 11. Reflects headquarters of parent company, Kroger. Research by Sophie Rodgers (sophie.rodgers@crain.com) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JULY 12, 2021

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The upheavals of 2020—pandemic and social unrest—presented human resources executives with unimaginable challenges. When COVID-19 set in, HR executives sent office staff home to work remotely and added safety features to plants and warehouses. They extended benefits such as additional paid time off and flexible schedules to accommodate parents with school-age children at home. And they developed virtual hiring and onboarding processes while devising ways to keep remote workers engaged. Then, with the killing of George Floyd in May

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and demonstrations for social justice, HR executives led their organizations to take a fresh look at their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. They changed their methods of recruiting to attract candidates of diverse backgrounds, established resource groups and implemented implicit-bias training. All this while handling the day-to-day basics of administering payroll and benefits and tracking performance. These 54 managers met the mark and then some. By Judith Crown

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only executives for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after an editorial review. These Notables are serving in a senior leadership role, are employed at companies of 50 employees or more and demonstrate the ability or power to effect change.

RAHEELA ANWAR

KENDAHLE ARTIS

President and CEO Group 360 Consulting

Human resources director Primera Engineers

Raheela Anwar in October launched a Northbrook consultancy offering career transition services. The woman- and minority-owned firm serves employers from Fortune 500 to midsize private-equity sponsors. Anwar says demand for career transition grew during the pandemic as companies downsized and laid off staff. Anwar previously was chief sales, client services and market strategy leader at BPI Group. Earlier, Anwar spent 18 years at Northern Trust and was a senior vice president for global investments. At the bank, Anwar co-founded initiatives to advance women in leadership. She speaks to women’s leadership groups at Fortune 1000 companies about the value of mentorship and networking. She chairs the board of governors at Winnetka Community House and is a director of the Winnetka-Northfield Library District. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: FEB. 1, 2021

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When the pandemic hit last year, Kendahle Artis developed a dedicated COVID-response team and transitioned staff members to work from home. Artis worked with her team to implement new virtual hiring and onboarding processes. The HR team worked with marketing to develop a welcome kit shipped to new employees’ homes to make them feel connected. Artis also introduced an employee-retention program to reduce turnover. And she established a wellness committee that addresses health and lifestyle practices, physical environment and workplace culture. The committee implemented several initiatives, including fitness events such as in-house yoga, mental health/meditation training and healthy-eating challenges. Artis joined Chicago-based Primera in 2012. Previously she was an HR generalist at West Monroe Partners. She’s a member of the recruiting committee at Chicago United.

LISA BARON Chief human resources officer BCU

As chief human resources officer and executive vice president, Lisa Baron oversees recruiting, succession planning, compensation and retention, and other functions. Baron was a founding member of BCU, the Vernon Hills credit union that started at Baxter Healthcare and now serves almost 250,000 members. During the pandemic, BCU provided employees with an option to buy back PTO to assist with COVID-related hardship. She served on a committee to safely return employees to the workplace and promoted wellness sessions. Earlier, Baron sought to enhance culture with events such as cookouts and an on-site social patio. To capture employee opinion, she advocates for exit interviews, focus groups and annual engagement surveys. Baron co-chairs a BCU women’s leadership mentoring group and is senior leader mentor for a women’s leadership group at Baxter.

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LUTONDA BAUMGARDNER

VALERIE BERTERMANN

Director, human resources Employment & Employer Services

Vice president, human resources Synergy Flavors

Chief human resources officer Marshall Gerstein & Borun

LuTonda Baumgardner oversees HR operations at Employment & Employer Services, which facilitates employment preparation and job placement. When the pandemic hit, Baumgardner helped the staff shift to remote work and secured personal protective equipment. Over the past 18 months, Baumgardner established a leadership development program to offer staff opportunities to enhance their leadership skills and take on new roles. She instituted a new performance management system that fosters greater accountability for upholding organizational values. And she revamped hiring practices and job descriptions to attract a wider range of candidates. Baumgardner joined E&ES in 2019. Earlier, she held HR positions at Edward Jones and Gap/Old Navy. She is on the board of the National Black MBA Association Chicago chapter and is the career and professional development director.

At the Wauconda flavors supplier, Valerie Bertermann led initiatives to keep teams safe and the company operating during the pandemic. Bertermann implemented new procedures and policies to support performance management, succession planning and training, which included remote learning last year. She redefined Synergy’s recruiting process, which included improving internal promotion processes. Bertermann also enhanced parental leave benefits and wellness programs. Bertermann joined Synergy in 2019 from Deerfield packaging firm Pregis, where she was human resources director. Earlier, she held HR positions during nearly 12 years at SC Johnson, most recently as HR director for U.S. sales and marketing. Bertermann is a member of the diversity and inclusion committee of the Flavor & Extract Manufacturers. She is an adjunct professor at Carthage College in Kenosha.

When Ony Beverly implemented a remote work program in 2018, little did she know that it would enable the law firm to quickly pivot to remote work during the pandemic. With restrictions prohibiting normal recruiting and onboarding, Beverly led her team to implement fully virtual interviews, orientation and training, successfully integrating eight new hires. Earlier, Beverly introduced a blind résumé review for staff recruitment, resulting in a 27 percent increase in diverse hires since 2018. Recently, Beverly revised the review process for associates to ensure they receive more transparent and actionable performance feedback. Increased collaboration with the associates committee led to improvements in mentorship and development programs. Before joining Marshall Gerstein & Borun four years ago, Beverly was HR manager at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.

LAURA BIRK

KEVIN BOHAN

Vice president of human resources Barilla America

Chief human resources officer WernerCo

MARINA BOKSERMAN

Last year, Laura Birk made strides in achieving an equitable and flexible culture at Barilla. The Northbrook-based pasta maker achieved equal pay for equal work across genders, verified internally and by a third-party vendor. When the pandemic set in, Birk’s team expanded benefits, including additional paid time off for employees impacted by COVID-19. When racial tensions flared across the country last summer, Birk established a racial justice charter that outlined a vision for a more inclusive and equitable workplace. The charter includes actions and metrics around access and exposure to leadership, employee development, recruiting, community outreach and supplier diversity. Birk leads an employee resource group focused on removing barriers that limit gender equality and work-life balance. The group sponsors a mentorship program and provides digital tools to employees.

Kevin Bohan had been with WernerCo for only two months when the pandemic hit. Bohan, who also is senior vice president of human resources, helped the leadership team navigate the response. The Itasca maker of ladders and construction equipment was deemed an essential business, and Bohan’s department developed safety protocols for employees in manufacturing, while the office staff pivoted to remote work. Bohan broadened the company’s approach to recruiting, enabling it to build a more diverse team. He revamped Werner’s maternity and paternity leave policy and created a part-time remote return-to-work program for employees returning from maternity leave. Bohan joined WernerCo in late 2019 from automotive products supplier UGN, where he was chief human resources officer. He speaks to industry groups on HR topics, including diversity and inclusion.

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ONY BEVERLY

Executive vice president, human resources Guaranteed Rate Cos.

Marina Bokserman joined the mortgage giant last year and leads a 40-person human resources team. She has elevated the HR department as the company last year hired 3,000 employees nationwide, bringing the workforce to more than 8,000. Bokserman is working with company leadership to streamline and automate HR operations such as performance feedback, onboarding processes and employee/manager resources. She also is strengthening the company’s recruiting and retention by hiring HR specialists to team with business leaders. With employees working remotely during the pandemic, Bokersman’s department has enhanced benefits and identified ways to improve engagement and job satisfaction. Bokserman joined Guaranteed Rate in May from Wintrust, where she worked for 14 years and was most recently vice president, human resources and employee relations leader at Wintrust Financial.

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JULIE BURKE Human resource manager Klein & Hoffman

Julie Burke manages HR activities at the architectural restoration and engineering firm, including talent acquisition, retention, performance management, compensation, benefits and employee relations. During the pandemic, Burke creatively sourced personal protective equipment and hand-delivered masks to employees. She offered to go grocery shopping or bring meals to a staff member’s home. Earlier, Burke created a paid family leave policy. She implemented quarterly wellness lunch-and-learn sessions. And she created an onboarding program in which new hires are paired with a buddy to help them navigate the first several months. Burke joined Klein & Hoffman from SupplyLogic, a third-party marketing procurement firm, where she was director, talent and human resources. She has volunteered with hospice organizations, including Southeast Oakland County Hospice and Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care/JourneyCare.

TONI CRENSHAW Senior HR specialist Robert Bosch Tool

At the tool company in Mount Prospect, Toni Crenshaw provides expertise in engagement, diversity, leadership and learning, training and coaching. Crenshaw pivoted from a 10-year career as an electrical engineer to focus on learning and development as a way to help others pursue their career goals. When the pandemic hit, Crenshaw shifted a number of training programs to a virtual format. She has coached company leadership and HR executives in the organization’s transformation to work in agile teams. This transformation involves shifting from command and control to team-based ways of working and decision-making. Recently, she has focused on diversity and inclusion and elevated issues faced by women in the workplace. She is national chairperson of Women@Bosch and co-led the group’s first virtual national conference.

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SIRMARA CAMPBELL

KATHLEEN CARROLL

Chief human resources officer LaSalle Network

Chief human resources officer W.W. Grainger

At staffing firm LaSalle Network, Sirmara Campbell supports 230 employees across five offices as well as nearly 1,500 temporary employees on assignment at clients. When the pandemic set in, Campbell moved employees to working remotely in a matter of days. She also scheduled virtual events and activities to keep employees connected. For example, employees attended a Zoom holiday party that featured musical guests and local comedians. For Thanksgiving, a chef conducted an online cooking demonstration. Campbell also has assisted Chicago-area HR peers by hosting twice-monthly virtual meetups to discuss how to keep employees safe, healthy and engaged with their companies during the pandemic. She advocates for diversity and inclusion at LaSalle Network and has hosted webinars on the subject for HR leaders.

In the continuing pandemic, Kathleen Carroll leads a cross-functional team to get personal protective equipment to health care workers and first responders. Carroll, who also is a senior vice president and leads a 250-member HR department, established safety protocols for Grainger locations, such as augmented cleaning and social distancing requirements. In the past two years, Carroll elevated the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. She led a change in recruiting to make job postings and requirements more attractive for candidates from diverse backgrounds. Last year she initiated monthly conversations with Grainger leaders on fostering an inclusive workplace. Carroll joined Lake Forest-based Grainger in 2018 from First Midwest Bank. Earlier, she held HR positions at Aon and served as co-lead in the program office for the Aon and Hewitt merger integration.

WENDY DAHM

MARISSA DELGADO

Chief people officer Baird & Warner

Wendy Dahm, who also is executive vice president, supports 466 employees and more than 2,300 Realtors at the brokerage firm. With real estate designated as an essential business, Dahm played a critical role in helping Baird & Warner operate at full speed through the pandemic. The brokerage onboarded 531 agents in 2020, almost 100 more than in 2019. Dahm helped to pave the way for employees to work from home and provided work resources and wellness programs. She expanded training and development to support company growth and the needs of remote workers. And she shifted the annual performance review system to a continuous conversation. Dahm became a charter cohort member at the Loyola DEI Leadership Institute to further develop Baird & Warner’s workplace practices promoting diversity and inclusion.

Managing director, executive search Koya Partners

At the executive search firm, Marissa Delgado leads searches with a specialty in social and human services, organizations with global reach and health-related nonprofits. She has completed 35 executive-level searches in the social sector with 44 percent of the placed leaders self-identifying as Black, Indigenous and people of color and 70 percent women. Clients have included Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, After School Matters, Opportunity International and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Delgado joined Koya Partners in 2015 and became a managing director in 2019. Earlier, she was vice president of global research at DHR International and was instrumental in the firm’s international expansion. Delgado serves on the board of the Instituto del Progreso Latino and is a fellow in the Leadership Greater Chicago Class of 2020.

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ANGIE DEMCHENKO Chief people officer Cresco Labs

Angie Demchenko has helped spur growth at the cannabis company, with her department hiring 1,650 employees in 12 months and onboarding 250 others through two acquisitions. With a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, women and minorities represented 59 percent of hires last year. Demchenko implemented a program last year to have lunch delivered daily to retail and operations facilities from local restaurants to limit employee exposure to the coronavirus and also support local restaurants. In fact, Cresco recruited recently unemployed restaurant and hospitality workers to fill 250 full-time positions at the firm’s Sunnyside dispensaries. The company provided additional pay for employees who worked on-site daily. Demchenko joined Cresco Labs in 2019 from Starwood Retail Partners, where she was vice president, head of human resources.

JOSEPH DUDZIK Director of HR National Council of State Boards of Nursing

During the pandemic, Joseph Dudzik has managed business continuity, employee wellness and workforce planning at the nonprofit National Council of State Boards of Nursing. He facilitated remote-work options for staff while also developing an efficient and safe return-to-office plan. He worked with technology teams to identify software and hardware needs and rolled out instant messaging and conference meeting software, including WebEx and Microsoft Teams. Before the pandemic, Dudzik had just finished leading a four-month-long office remodel. The project involved multiple phases, including the temporary relocation of employee workstations. His team also worked to improve work-life balance for staff members, including options for remote and flexible schedules. He has volunteered as a youth soccer, baseball and basketball coach for more than 15 years.

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ERICA DENNER

SALO DOKO

Chief people officer UPG Enterprises

President and chief operating officer Tandem HR

As chief people officer and executive team member, Erica Denner is implementing new HR strategies. She recruited talent with digital expertise, centralized functions and launched continuous performance management. During the pandemic, hiring increased at the diversified industrial company, which supplies medical components including ventilator parts, mesh for filters and metal for hospital beds. Denner led efforts to shift some employees to remote work and reconfigured physical workspaces to ensure social distancing for on-site employees. At the same time, she served as HR lead through four acquisitions over 12 months. Denner joined UPG in 2019 from software firm Kazoo. Earlier, she was assistant director of human resources at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Denner is a career coach and mentor for the Posse Foundation.

Salo Doko oversees a management team that provides HR services to small and midsize businesses. In the earliest stage of the pandemic, Doko worked with the IT team to get employees the equipment they needed to work remotely. He oversaw safety protocols when the office reopened. Over the past 18 months, Doko opened offices in Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. He guided hundreds of businesses through the HR intricacies of the pandemic—protocols, guidance and laws that were changing quickly. Doko began his career at Westchester-based Tandem in 2012 as an HR consultant. In 2017 he became an executive vice president and accomplished his three-year goals within 18 months. He was named to his current position in 2018. Doko is part of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

DEBRA DUNNE

ALAN DURAND

Director of human resources Westell Technologies

Director, people Kin + Carta

Debra Dunne changed the face of HR at Westell, an Aurora-based provider of network infrastructure products that had experienced years of downsizing. She developed training programs to enhance engagement and promote work-life balance, including a lunch-and-learn series focused on wellness. She implemented employee-recognition programs and enhanced benefits to attract and retain staff. In addition, Dunne implemented software that enables automated time and attendance, applicant and performance-management tracking. During the pandemic, Dunne provided communication, resources and training on workplace safety, employee health and mindfulness, meditation and stress management. During the peak period of COVID-19, she provided recognition gifts for essential workers on a weekly basis. Dunne joined Westell in 2018 from Mosaic Healthcare in Lincolnwood. Earlier, she held HR positions in health care and social services.

Alan Durand joined the consultancy in February 2020 and quickly became a fixture among the executive team navigating the pandemic. He’s responsible for HR functions in the Americas and manages a team of 20 covering talent acquisition and development, onboarding, engagement, performance management, compensation, benefits and culture. Durand put a priority on diversity, establishing new pipelines to recruit employees of varied backgrounds. One of his initiatives has led the company to be within range of achieving 100 percent pay equity in its workforce. He also improved operational efficiency by establishing a shared-services HR function in partnership with Kin + Carta’s Argentina office. Durand previously was human resources director at consultancy Uptake. He serves on the board of Kiki Queens, which raises funds for nonprofits serving the LGBTQ+ community.

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DAVID EGAN Head of human resources Mesirow

David Egan, who is also senior managing director at the financial services firm, is responsible for HR strategy including talent management and employee engagement. A major accomplishment is the Mesirow Employee Value Program, which enriches the employee experience across six categories: wellness/benefits, culture, career, recognition, compensation and workplace environment. Under Egan’s stewardship, Mesirow is one of the few U.S. employers with a formalized student loan assistance program. He also launched a partnership to provide access to child/elder care services including virtual sitters, tutoring, learning pods and academic enrichment. Egan oversees Mesirow’s COVID-19 response from a human capital perspective and initiated programs and services to assist physical, emotional and mental well-being.

BETHANY FLOREK Director of human resources Greeley & Hansen

Bethany Florek implemented and guided a series of employee impact groups at the environmental engineering firm. The groups address workplace concerns including diversity and inclusion, technology, project management, gender equality, and corporate activism and volunteering. Florek led the COVID-19 response team and established safety practices for employees, including essential workers at critical global water facilities. She developed return-to-office protocols covering 20 locations. And she expanded access to mental health programs to address potential emotional impacts of COVID-19. She also led a program to enhance knowledge about past and present systemic racism. Florek joined Greeley & Hansen in 2011 from Aramark. She chairs the board of the Illinois Diversity Council and is a member of the Chicago United Leaders Council.

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LENORE ERICKSON Executive vice president, human resources First Bank of Highland Park

Early in the pandemic, Lenore Erickson transitioned 80 percent of the bank’s employees to working remotely. She focused on strengthening learning and development by offering employees opportunities to enhance or learn new skills even while working from home. She also teamed with other bank leaders to ensure that employees have the tools and support to succeed in remote work. The institution is known for workplace-friendly policies, with gifts for employees on their work anniversaries and promotions. In the past 18 months, Erickson researched and implemented a new health plan, achieving $400,000 in savings. She joined First Bank of Highland Bank in 2013. Previously, Erickson owned a human resources consulting business. Since 2006, she has facilitated HR certification preparation classes.

JUDITH FLEEKS Chief human resources officer American Dental Association

At the American Dental Association, Judith Fleeks oversees succession planning, performance management, training and development, recruiting and employee engagement. During the pandemic, Fleeks transformed benefits to ensure the safety and well-being of nearly 440 employees at campuses in Illinois, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. She promoted the importance of mental well-being and the value of meditation and relationships to counter the effects of COVID-19-imposed isolation. Under Fleek’s leadership, the HR department implemented strategies using agile principles to improve performance. She enhanced recruiting to improve diversity and introduced educational sessions and training on diversity and inclusion. She designed on-demand and real-time opportunities for learning and development. And Fleeks retooled the association’s process for onboarding new employees. She joined the ADA in 1983 and climbed the career ladder.

BETSEY FRANK

MARLO J. GAAL

Chief learning and development officer Greenberg Traurig

Chief talent officer Ariel Investments

At Greenberg Traurig, Betsey Frank oversees professional development for attorneys and staff and firmwide technology training. With the shift to remote work, Frank oversaw a resource site that included technology reference cards and videos. Tip sheets covered remote video depositions, mediations and hearings. She also launched a learning management system and enhanced the onboarding program for first-year associates. Frank has shared her expertise on the business impact of the learning function by publishing articles, presenting to law students and teaching graduate classes at Northwestern University. Frank joined Greenberg Traurig in 2019 from Sidley Austin, where she was director of staff development and technology training. She serves as caucus chair for the New Trier School Board in Winnetka, leading a nonpartisan process for slating candidates.

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Marlo J. Gaal, who also is senior vice president at the investment management firm, oversees HR functions including executive coaching, talent acquisition, development and retention, and equity and inclusion. She joined Ariel early in the pandemic and introduced a holistic wellness benefit to cover pandemic-related expenses. And she introduced a flexible approach to time off with no maximum or minimum. Gaal designed and began implementing “Human Resources 2.0,” a new approach to the way Ariel attracts talent and motivates employees. She led a firmwide compensation study to ensure competitive opportunities using the pay vehicles that employees most highly value. Gaal joined Ariel from Groupon, where she was senior director of HR for North America. Earlier, she held HR positions at Hyatt Hotels and OfficeMax.

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SHARON GARCIA Vice president, human resources Sasser Family Cos.

ELLEN GARIPPO Vice president, director of human resources Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

At the Schaumburg-based provider of transportation leasing and management, Sharon Garcia leads a team of 12 HR and communications professionals. Garcia oversees HR functions, including succession, talent, benefits and compensation, as well as corporate communications. With the pandemic, Garcia organized a response team and transitioned employees to remote work. She handled legal, practical and employee-relations issues including safety concerns and travel restrictions. And she established a Remote Work Engagement Committee to strengthen employee connections and company culture. Earlier, she developed a strategy to ensure competitive benefits and compensation plans. Garcia also led the development of a succession-planning process that includes grooming future leaders. Before joining Sasser in 2016, Garcia was director of human resources for North America at Ohio-based Emerson Network Power.

Ellen Garippo handles HR for more than 100 employees in 24 offices in the Chicago area as well as in Indiana and Michigan. She manages benefits packages, hiring, training requirements and performance reviews at the real estate brokerage. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Garippo led a transition to working from home, coordinating with IT to make sure employees had the equipment they needed. Earlier, Garippo created an employee training program in providing exemplary customer service. This year, when a staff-appreciation event wasn’t possible, she arranged for gift boxes to be delivered to employees. Over the course of her career at the firm, Garippo has handled five acquisitions. She began her career in 2000 as a part-time HR assistant and receptionist at predecessor firm Koenig & Strey Realtors.

TOM GIMBEL

JOHANNA ‘JOJO’ HARRIS

Founder and CEO LaSalle Network

CEO Tom Gimbel has led the staffing firm through the pandemic without layoffs and with highs in revenue. When LaSalle employees began working remotely, Gimbel held daily video town halls to share updates on the business. He gave up a salary for a number of months and asked directors to take minimal salary cuts to avoid layoffs. The company employs more than 50 researchers who source passive candidates to build and maintain a roster of potential candidates for future client searches. Gimbel makes frequent media appearances to discuss hiring trends and speaks to HR audiences on how to find and retain talent. He serves on the board of Start Early, which supports early learning for children in poverty. He also is an American Staffing Association board member.

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Senior vice president, human resources The Jacobson Group

At the Jacobson Group, Johanna “JoJo” Harris has led changes to ensure employee engagement while the firm shifted to complete remote work due to the pandemic. She’s been a sponsor and champion of diversity, equity and inclusion at the staffing company for the insurance industry. Harris introduced a talent management system that ensures company leaders connect with team members, understand their professional ambitious and provide training and development. She was responsible for an enhanced retirement savings plan that has helped attract new hires. For onboarding, she transformed a cumbersome paper-based process to an efficient digital system. Harris joined Jacobson Group in 2015 from Morton Salt, where she was director of HR. Earlier, she held HR positions at Chicago Tribune Media Group.

PHILIP GARRISON Vice president, human resources Discovery Health Partners

At Discovery Health Partners, Philip Garrison has transformed talent acquisition and championed a culture shift. The Itasca-based private-equity-backed company provides IT services to health care payers. Before the pandemic, Garrison implemented an initiative that allowed 70 percent of employees to work from home. That made it easier for Discovery to adapt during the pandemic. He also added programs to keep culture, engagement and workflow on track. For example, Discovery added recognition from the CEO for sales wins and customer successes. Earlier, he introduced a variable pay structure to reward performance and launched the company’s first leadership development program. Garrison joined Discovery Health Partners in 2017 from Dearborn Advisors, which provides technology services in health care. He serves on the Naperville Historic Preservation Commission.

ERIC HECKSEL Director, human resources Chicago Yacht Club

Since joining the Chicago Yacht Club early last year, Eric Hecksel has focused on the employee experience, improving retention and morale. During the difficult year, Hecksel worked with the club physician to create a healthy environment. The club had to furlough workers in the spring but was able to bring back 93 percent of them. Hecksel led a fund to assist furloughed staff members. Additionally, Hecksel streamlined recruiting, which led to a better selection of candidates. And he improved the payroll and benefits structure for the club. His focus on diversity and inclusion meant that the club’s summer sailing school staff met objectives for race, ethnicity and gender balance. Hecksel earlier held HR positions in restaurants, including the Hyde Park Restaurant Group.

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DAWN HOURSTON

TONYA HUBBARTT

Head of HR, sales, marketing and product-Americas Newark

Vice president of human resources FONA

Dawn Hourston is the HR business partner for Newark, a global distributor of electronic components that is a unit of Arizona-based Avnet. Hourston contributed to a company reorganization last year in which she provided day-to-day direction and guidance on the standardization of global roles and assisted the new CEO in developing a senior-level organization. With the onset of the pandemic, Hourston oversaw the transition to remote work. She facilitated virtual HR roundtables and Q&A sessions with managers. To help prepare for the return to the office, Hourston developed a back-to-work plan and managed the office space layout and seating assignment changes for the North America office. She promoted diversity, equity and inclusion and started a women’s resource group as well as a mentoring program.

CHERYL JOHNSON Chief human resources officer Paylocity

The social unrest of 2020 spurred Cheryl Johnson to promote diversity and inclusion at Paylocity, a Schaumburg-based provider of cloud-based payroll and HR management software. Johnson and her team implemented an unconscious-bias training program for Paylocity and its clients. Additionally, Johnson led a redesign of Paylocity’s website to include a page on diversity and inclusion. Through this site, Paylocity released statistics on company diversity and announced the hiring of a chief diversity officer. During the pandemic, Paylocity rolled out flexible work schedules to ensure employees don’t have to choose between work and family. Options included split schedules, a four-day workweek, swapping a weekday for working on a weekend and reduced hours. Johnson joined Paylocity in 2018 from Echo Global Logistics, where she was chief HR officer.

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At the flavor manufacturer in Geneva, Tonya Hubbartt oversees talent acquisition, performance management, rewards and recognition programs along with health and wellness initiatives. FONA was acquired at the end of December by spice giant McCormick for $710 million. Hubbartt places a priority on employee engagement, and a 2019 survey for FONA by the Management Resources Association found that 94 percent of employees were engaged. Members of the HR department advise top leadership on protocols and handle facility sanitation, hygiene and social distancing requirements. With the traditional summer picnic not possible, Hubbartt’s team designed the event to be a drive-thru parade, with decorated cars dispensing prizes, gifts and food for families. The company offers employer-paid insurance.

JIM HULLINGER Head of talent acquisition PNC Bank

As head of talent acquisition and a senior vice president, Jim Hullinger has been instrumental in introducing predictive analytics to the hiring process. Launched in 2019, the program helped yield a significant number of hires for PNC’s retail operation. The program continues to help identify candidates, resulting in retention and productivity improvements. Hullinger, who is based in Downers Grove, contributed to the design of the artificial-intelligence tool that has helped managers make better hiring decisions, leading to more successful career matches and productivity. The tool was introduced in more than 20 PNC metropolitan markets, producing millions in annual cost savings. Hullinger joined PNC in 2011 and handled recruiting for 30 percent of annual hires for multiple PNC business lines. He was named to his current position in 2016.

EUNICE KIM

NORAH LARKE

Vice president, people Green Thumb Industries

Chief human resources officer Wintrust Financial

With cannabis operators considered essential services during the pandemic, Eunice Kim developed COVID-19 protocols. She streamlined premium pay for retail employees and spearheaded a virtual orientation program for new hires. Kim joined Green Thumb in 2017 when there were only 65 employees. She helped lead hiring to bring headcount to 2,000 in less than three years. That includes the onboarding of more than 900 team members in 2020 and 610 in 2019. She worked with department heads in creating team structure, talent assessments, job descriptions and metrics for job promotion. In addition, Kim implemented the first in-house payroll and human resources information system and has been instrumental in pushing processes and programs online. Before joining Green Thumb, Kim was director of culture and talent at consultancy Kaleidoscope.

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Norah Larke assumed the top HR job at Wintrust Financial in January 2020, just before the pandemic hit. Larke led her team and the organization through a shift to remote work in a short period of time. She oversees the work of 11 senior-level HR direct reports and a combined HR department of 60 team members. Over 12 years at Rosemont-based Wintrust, Larke grew from an HR generalist supporting 1,200 staff members to senior vice president and chief human resources officer supporting 5,200 employees. She has handled the integration of more than 20 mergers and acquisitions. And she moved the department from a decentralized generalist system to a shared-services model. Larke used technology and workflow centralization to improve efficiency in payroll, benefits administration reporting, timekeeping, recruiting and onboarding.

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KAREN MOSES Vice president, learning and talent development Wintrust Financial

During the pandemic, Karen Moses has reshaped Wintrust’s in-person senior leader development program for virtual delivery. She created monthly online courses that addressed issues relative to COVID-19 and remote work. And she led the learning and development team in creating a virtual orientation for interns and credit analysts, preparing them to assist with Paycheck Protection Program initiatives. Moses joined Rosemont-based Wintrust in 2014 after running her own corporate training business. She established onboarding and retail bank training programs and rolled out a program for the middle-market commercial group. She also created new leader and senior leader development programs. Moses serves on the board of Tuskegee Next, a nonprofit that supports at-risk youth. She recently published an article on learning and talent development in a post-COVID world.

NORA O’CONNOR Chief human resources officer Inland Real Estate Group

KELI REDINGER Vice president of human resources Honey-Can-Do International

At Inland Real Estate in Oak Brook, Nora O’Connor oversees a staff of 12 supporting 1,100 employees in 30 states. O’Connor, who also is executive vice president, managed the transition to remote work, instituted resources for health and launched new PTO benefits for employees affected by COVID-19. She also managed the launch of Inland’s Diversity & Inclusion Council. O’Connor joined Inland in 2007 from ACC Capital Holdings. She launched a human resources information system, updated the employee handbook and advised executive management on HR matters related to executive compensation, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Additionally, she consolidated 26 different benefit programs to nine, saving the company several million dollars in the first year, and oversaw the transition of benefits from fully funded to self-funded, saving millions over eight years.

Keli Redinger leads HR operations at the e-commerce housewares company in Berkeley. When the pandemic set in, Redinger’s HR team moved the office staff to remote work a week before the Illinois mandate and then let staff members know that they could work from home permanently if they choose. The company avoided the virus at its warehouse, which has a workforce of 150. Redinger introduced training to help employees reach their goals and advance. And she enhanced benefits to make the company more attractive to recruits. Redinger joined Honey-Can-Do in 2016 from Noble Network of Charter Schools, where she was director of human resources. Earlier, she was corporate human resources officer at Wintrust Financial. She serves on the board of Erie Charter School Foundation.

DOUG ROSE

DIANE RUHL

Chief human resources officer First Midwest Bank

Managing director, U.S. Midwest human resources lead Accenture

EMILIE SCHOUTEN

At First Midwest Bank, Doug Rose led initiatives to support employees during the pandemic, including pay premiums for front-line workers. The bank introduced benefit enhancements such as full coverage for telehealth and COVID-19 testing. Employees were able to access interest-free hardship loans and hardship time off. Rose, who also is executive vice president, launched diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, including a partnership with DePaul University to help recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds. The HR team expanded leadership development and offered a virtual internship program. Rose joined First Midwest in 2019 from Discover Financial Services, where he was chief HR officer and senior vice president. Earlier he held HR positions at United Airlines and Capital One. Rose serves on the board of the Camping & Education Foundation.

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Diane Ruhl oversees HR functions at Accenture’s Midwest unit, covering 11,000 employees in strategy, consulting, technology, interactive and operations across 12 states. Last year she helped lead a comprehensive COVID contact-tracing initiative. She began her role in 2019 and has a goal of achieving gender parity across the Midwest by 2025 and increasing representation of Black and Hispanic employees. Previously, Ruhl was global HR managing director for Accenture global operations, based in Chicago. In this role, Ruhl led Accenture’s inclusion and diversity initiatives in the U.S., the U.K. and South Africa. She implemented recruiting and retention initiatives to achieve 50-50 gender parity. Ruhl also helped lead Accenture’s Cloud upskilling initiatives. She served as host of Accenture’s Chicago International Women’s Day 2020 event for clients and employees.

Senior vice president, human resources Coeur Mining

Emilie Schouten is a leader on Coeur’s multidisciplinary COVID-19 committee focused on safeguarding the health and safety of employees, contractors and communities while minimizing business interruption. No employees were laid off due to the pandemic. Schouten spearheaded diversity and inclusion efforts that included an analysis of pay equity by race and gender. Coeur hired two female executives for positions that historically were held by men. Schouten used online platforms to broaden recruiting, connecting with Women in Mining USA and the Society of Black Engineers. The company hosted virtual career fairs and forums with more universities than it could reach in the past with in-person visits. Schouten was one of the first employees hired when the mining company moved its headquarters from Idaho to Chicago in 2013.

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GIBSON SMITH Chief people officer Avionos

As co-founder and chief people officer of the consultancy, Gibson Smith shapes strategies and processes for talent acquisition and growth. During the pandemic, he has developed crossteam pods that enable employees across the country to collaborate. He created a task force to support working parents and started a Monday meditation session. Smith instituted analytics to assess behavioral characteristics of potential hires and ensure a diversity of thought. With the firm growing from 30 to 85 employees between 2019 and 2020, he created a career progression track and mentorship program. He’s a sponsor of resource groups for diversity and inclusion and women in leadership. Before helping to launch Avionos in 2014, Smith held HR positions at Accenture Interactive and Acquity Group. He serves on the board of Mustard Seed Chicago, a recovery center for individuals suffering from alcohol and drug addiction.

DAYNA STOLLER Chief of staff Objective Paradigm

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DANA TRACI Chief human resources officer Byline Bank

Dayna Stoller handles compliance, onboarding, employee engagement, office management and HR business strategy for the recruiting and staffing firm. After the pandemic began in March, Stoller assisted the organization in making a quick transition to remote work and added technology such as instant messaging. Stoller joined Objective Paradigm as an HR generalist in 2016 and was named to her current position in early 2019. She assisted in the design of new office space in the Loop, an open floor plan that includes adjustable-height desks. She helped launch a training and development program. And she touches base with employees every six months to learn what is working well and catch problems. She serves on the board of T4Youth, an organization that raises funds for underserved youth in Chicago.

At Byline Bank, Dana Traci leads recruiting, compensation and benefits, employee relations and other HR functions. Traci, who also is executive vice president, joined the bank in October 2019, months before the pandemic upended operations. She ensured that employees were comfortable working remotely and provided stipends for ordering home office supplies. The HR department allowed employees an additional 80-plus hours of PTO. As of the third quarter of 2020, Traci had launched an engagement survey that achieved 94 percent participation, reviewed the 401(k) program and updated succession planning. Traci serves as executive sponsor for the bank’s newly established council on diversity, equity and inclusion and leads on DEI strategy. Before joining Byline Bank, Traci had a 25-year career at Discover Financial Services.

ERIN TURNMEYER

SARAH VENUTI YATES

LINDSAY VERSTEGEN

Vice president of people Civis Analytics

Director of human resources Joffrey Ballet

Chief people officer ShopRunner

Erin Turnmeyer joined the data analytics firm in February 2020 and led the closing of the Chicago and satellite offices in accordance with local health department recommendations. She subsequently led the HR department to change policies to offer flexible scheduling and approve relocations. Turnmeyer restructured compensation and improved pay equity across job categories. She also developed and launched a training program for managers. Before joining Civis, Turnmeyer was a civilian officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where she worked in talent development, designing training programs and curriculum for entry-level analysts and new managers. Prior to that, she served as the chief of staff for two offices—the Office of Data Strategy & Innovation and the Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction-Counterterrorism.

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At the famed ballet company, Sarah Venuti Yates oversees HR operations and company culture. With the onset of the pandemic, Venuti Yates worked with the facilities director to transform Joffrey’s offices and workspaces for safety. She also established a hotline for employees needing help. Venuti Yates is leading a transformation of the Joffrey’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, with a focus on accountability and the achievement of meaningful goals. She arranged for a training program in diversity and inclusion that was intended for senior staff to be extended to all employees including dancers and production staff. Venuti Yates joined the Joffrey in 2018 from nonprofit Concordia Place, where she was director of human resources. Earlier, she held HR positions for New England performing arts organizations.

Lindsay Verstegen leads the people function at ShopRunner, an e-commerce company that was acquired by FedEx late last year. Verstegen calmed co-workers’ nerves, articulated the vision for the merger and led integration planning, says CEO Sam Yagan. ShopRunner provides e-commerce services to retailers and provides free two-day shipping to members. Early in the pandemic, Verstegen helped convince the CEO to mandate a switch to remote work. And she led a decision to ask co-workers to take a 20 percent pay cut as an alternative to a 20 percent staff reduction. Verstegen leads diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and regularly speaks on the subject in panel discussions. She joined ShopRunner in 2017 from Braintree/Venmo, where she was head of talent and onboarding. Earlier, she was a recruiter at Groupon.

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SALLY WASHLOW

YVONNE RENEE WATTS

Practice lead, Midwest Region Lee Hecht Harrison

Chief human resources officer Little City Foundation

At the outplacement services firm, Sally Washlow leads the International Center for Executive Options practice, which supports senior executives displaced by restructurings, mergers or other changes. Under Washlow’s leadership, the ICEO practice, which supports executives from companies ranging from Fortune 10 to privately held, has seen growth of 90 percent. Last year, Washlow increased capabilities for executives to connect through virtual networking groups and use digital tools to increase their reach as they navigate change. She developed C-suite virtual roundtables for leaders to provide insights throughout the year, addressing topics such as diversity and succession planning. Washlow earlier was the first female president of Nasdaq-traded Cobra Electronics. She is the first female president of the Chicago chapter of the Private Directors Association.

Yvonne Renee Watts leads HR functions at the Inverness nonprofit that serves children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She has implemented strategies that address recruitment, retention and performance, resulting in improved-quality hires, employee engagement and reduced turnover. During the pandemic, she focused on participant safety, transportation and facility use, incorporating CDC protocols. Watts negotiated a collective-bargaining agreement and wage reopeners, improving labor management relations and reducing employee grievances by 95 percent. Watts also is an adjunct professor at North Park University, where she teaches human resource management to students at the undergraduate and graduate level. Watts joined Little City Foundation in 2012. Earlier, she held HR positions at Lutheran Life Communities in Arlington Heights, most recently as senior vice president, corporate services.

ROB WILSON President Employco USA

Rob Wilson is president and co-founder of the Westmont outsourcing firm that provides HR services to client companies. During the pandemic, Employco led more than 35 webinars on Paycheck Protection Program loans and assisted more than 300 clients in applying for funds. The company helped clients with layoffs spurred by COVOD-19 and then provided directives for the safe reopening of hundreds of businesses. Wilson also oversaw the transition of Employco’s staff to remote work. Wilson leads affiliated companies under the umbrella of the Wilson Cos., started in 1989: Corporate Risk Management, which provides insurance consulting and brokerage, and Staffworks, which provides contract and temporary staffing. He’s an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, serving on its Mid-America regional board and as chair of the group’s Wine Network.

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S HIGHEST-PAID CEOS Ranked by total compensation in 2020; includes executives from public companies only.

Executive

Total executive compensation 2020; % change from 2019

Salary; bonus

Stock awards; option awards

Non-equity incentive plan; change in pension value

Other compensation

Company net income Salary ratio; 2020 (millions); median employee compensation in 2020 % change from 2019

MICHAEL T. PYKOSZ Oak Street Health Inc. CEO

$73,548,6921 2,972.5%

$579,319 NA

$47,225,364 $25,339,908

$392,700 NA

$11,400

-$188.0 NM

JESSE G. SINGH The AZEK Co. President, CEO

$35,544,2642 1,128.2%

$764,648 $688,541

$25,028,771 $7,882,489

$1,150,893 NA

$28,922

-$122.2 NM

CLINT P. JONES GoHealth Inc. Chairman, CEO

$31,664,7063 530.2%

$325,000 NA

$30,350,749 NA

$231,000 NA

$757,957

-$44.3 NM

RICHARD A. GONZALEZ AbbVie Inc. Chairman, CEO

$24,007,591 11.1%

$1,688,462 NA

$11,644,996 $2,781,662

$4,908,750 $2,224,135

$759,586

154 $155,772

$4,616.0 -41.4%

GREGORY Q. BROWN Motorola Solutions Inc. Chairman, CEO

$23,046,559 -2.4%

$937,500 $1,421,875

$9,399,711 $4,699,939

$6,250,000 $21,004

$316,530

286 $80,445

$949.0 9.3%

JUAN R. LUCIANO Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Chairman, president, CEO

$21,994,433 21.2%

$1,400,004 NA

$15,940,148 NA

$4,507,300 $112,853

$34,128

338 $65,133

$1,772.0 28.5%

THOMAS J. WILSON II Allstate Corp. Chairman, president, CEO

$21,126,386 7.7%

$1,375,962 NA

$7,312,094 $4,404,993

$4,889,565 $3,116,842

$26,930

206 $102,184

$5,576.0 15%

DAVID L. CALHOUN4 Boeing Co. President, CEO

$21,074,052 NA

$269,231 NA

$20,515,106 NA

NA NA

$289,715

158 $133,800

-$11,873.0 NM

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S HIGHEST-PAID CEOS Ranked by total compensation in 2020; includes executives from public companies only.

Executive

Total executive compensation 2020; % change from 2019

Salary; bonus

Stock awards; option awards

Non-equity incentive plan; change in pension value

Other compensation

Company net income Salary ratio; 2020 (millions); median employee compensation in 2020 % change from 2019

ROBERT B. FORD5 Abbott Laboratories President, CEO

$20,450,586 71.9%

$1,298,462 NA

$5,623,995 $5,624,993

$3,675,000 $4,150,264

$77,872

266 $77,594

$4,495.0 21.9%

MILES D. WHITE6 Abbott Laboratories Executive chairman

$19,828,384 -28.7%

$1,900,000 NA

$5,998,934 $5,999,997

$1,250,000 $3,415,343

$1,264,110

266 $77,594

$4,495.0 21.9%

STEFANO PESSINA7 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Executive chairman

$17,483,187 -8.7%

NA NA

$13,180,703 $4,252,100

NA NA

$50,384

524 $33,396

$456.0 -88.5%

DIRK VAN DE PUT Mondelez International Inc. Chairman, CEO

$16,842,693 -8.4%

$1,450,000 NA

$9,199,084 $2,021,572

$3,420,550 NA

$751,487

544 $30,937

$3,555.0 -9.5%

TERRENCE A. DUFFY CME Group Inc. Chairman, CEO

$16,118,467 35.8%

$1,500,000 NA

$10,933,603 NA

$3,195,001 $45,422

$444,441

109 $148,760

$2,105.2 -0.5%

JOSE E. ALMEIDA Baxter International Inc. Chairman, president, CEO

$15,865,396 14.0%

$1,300,000 NA

$8,374,122 $6,120,424

NA NA

$70,850

338 $46,986

$1,102.0 10.1%

JOHN C. MAY II Deere & Co. Chairman, CEO

$15,588,384 159.6%

$1,199,245 NA

$6,878,173 $2,624,979

$3,741,252 $834,610

$310,125

220 $70,743

$2,751.0 -15.4%

CHRISTOPHER M. CRANE Exelon Corp. President, CEO

$15,162,803 -1.8%

$1,293,000 NA

$11,000,013 NA

$1,897,536 $757,754

$214,500

96 $157,000

$1,963.0 -33.1%

E. SCOTT SANTI Illinois Tool Works Inc. Chairman, CEO

$14,007,356 -9.3%

$1,344,924 NA

$2,937,379 $5,874,987

$3,117,342 $662,892

$69,832

268 $52,250

$2,109.0 -16.3%

D. JAMES UMPLEBY III Caterpillar Inc. Chairman, CEO

$13,676,551 -60.4%

$1,600,000 NA

$5,899,969 $5,900,000

NA NA

$276,582

274 $49,847

$2,998.0 -50.8%

MARK S. HOPLAMAZIAN Hyatt Hotels Corp. President, CEO

$13,006,023 -11.5%

$318,050 NA

$10,270,337 $2,374,992

NA NA

$42,644

365 $35,612

-$703.0 NM

DEBRA A. CAFARO Ventas Inc. Chairman, CEO

$12,628,714 11.3%

$947,654 NA

$9,509,954 NA

$2,042,500 NA

$128,606

127 $99,569

$439.1 1.4%

OSCAR MUNOZ8 United Airlines Holdings Inc. Executive chairman

$12,098,693 -4.3%

$1,239,594 NA

$10,500,146 NA

$0 NA

$358,953

163 $63,496

-$7,069.0 NM

RICHARD J. TOBIN Dover Corp. President, CEO

$11,982,338 31.0%

$1,217,500 $1,722,825

$6,024,137 $2,674,529

$0 $0

$343,347

246 $48,804

$683.5 0.8%

SEAN M. CONNOLLY Conagra Brands Inc. President, CEO

$11,882,832 -17.4%

$1,246,154 NA

$7,630,602 NA

$2,649,635 NA

$356,441

287 $41,468

$840.1 23.9%

DINO E. ROBUSTO CNA Financial Corp. Chairman, CEO

$11,469,174 -12.1%

$1,027,778 NA

$4,499,986 NA

$4,250,000 NA

$1,691,410

96 $119,598

$690.0 -31%

LANCE MITCHELL Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.; President, CEO

$11,410,221 70.3%

$1,550,000 $1,782,500

$3,488,004 NA

$4,421,153 NA

$168,564

$363.0 61.3%

Includes executives and former executives of public companies based in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake (Ill.), Lake (Ind.), McHenry and Will counties, as well as select public companies outside the seven-county area that are included due to their size. Salary ratios are based on a CEO’s total compensation and the company’s median employee salary. “Change in pension value” also includes nonqualified deferred compensation. NA: Not available. NM: Not measurable. 1. Michael T. Pykosz’s total compensation largely reflects stock and option awards, as well as previous equity that increased in value after Oak Street Health went public in August 2020, raising $377 million. 2. Jesse G. Singh’s total compensation largely reflects stock and option awards related to The AZEK Co. going public in June 2020, raising $879 million. 3. Clint P. Jones’ total compensation largely reflects stock awards related to GoHealth going public in July 2020, raising $914 million. 4. David L. Calhoun became president and CEO of Boeing in January 2020. 5. Robert B. Ford became CEO of Abbot Laboratories on March 31, 2020. 6. Miles D. White was CEO of Abbott Laboratories until March 31, 2020. 7. Stefano Pessina was CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance until March 2021. 8. Oscar Munoz was CEO of United Airlines until May 2020.

Data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, with additional research by Sophie Rodgers (sophie.rodgers@crain.com) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE. 14, 2021

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Total executive compensation 2020; % Change from 2019

Salary; bonus

Stock awards; option awards

Non-equity incentive plan; change in pension Other value compensation

Salary ratio; 2020 company net income median (millions); % employee salary in 2020 change from 2019

GEOFFREY M. PRICE Oak Street Health Inc. Chief operations officer

$53,499,9671 2,680.7%

$526,654 $51,145

$37,211,619 $15,393,149

$306,000 NA

$11,400

NA NA

-$188.0 NM

GRIFFIN R. MYERS Oak Street Health Inc. Chief medical officer BRANDON M. CRUZ GoHealth Inc.; co-chair of the board, chief strategy officer JONATHAN R. LEVIN GCM Grosvenor President LAURA J. SCHUMACHER AbbVie Inc.; vice chairman of external affairs, chief legal officer CARLOS ALBAN4 AbbVie Inc.; former vice chairman, chief commercial officer CARLOS A. ABRAMS-RIVERA5 Kraft Heinz Co. U.S. zone president RYAN P. BARRETTO6 Sprout Social Inc. President FREDERICK E. POLLOCK GCM Grosvenor; managing director, chief investment officer, head of strategic investment group ROBERT A. MICHAEL AbbVie Inc. Executive vice president, CFO MICHAEL E. SEVERINO AbbVie Inc. Vice Chairman, president JAMES A. SHARMAN GoHealth Inc. President SHANE E. CRUZ GoHealth Inc. Chief operating officer

$40,554,0212 2,765.4%

$458,189 NA

$30,663,929 $9,154,283

$266,220 NA

$11,400

NA NA

-$188.0 NM

$32,101,2353 538.9%

$325,000 NA

$30,350,749 NA

$231,000 NA

$1,194,486

NA NA

-$44.3 NM

$26,459,911 185.0%

$500,000 $861,957

NA NA

$25,097,954

NA NA

$7.5 0%

$17,126,276 13.1%

$1,211,808 NA

$5,822,401 $1,390,831

$2,550,000 $5,716,702

$434,534

110 $155,772

$4,616.0 -41.4%

$16,853,926 17.0%

$1,211,808 NA

$5,822,401 $1,390,831

$2,475,000 $5,629,242

$324,644

108 $155,772

$4,616.0 -41.4%

$15,025,111 NA

$723,077 $1,000,000

$10,326,872 $382,151

$2,165,680 NA

$427,331

379 $39,636

$356.0 -81.6%

$14,660,8217 2,247.3%

$350,000 NA

$13,926,900 NA

$379,421 NA

$4,500

NA NA

-$31.7 NM

$13,838,023 191.2%

$500,000 $1,687,500

NA NA

$11,650,523

NA NA

$7.5 0%

$13,494,629 53.8%

$1,065,385 NA

$5,406,515 $1,291,477

$2,110,000 $3,571,858

$49,394

87 $155,772

$4,616.0 -41.4%

$13,411,058 41.0%

$1,369,923 NA

$5,822,401 $1,390,831

$2,700,000 $1,910,985

$216,918

86 $155,772

$4,616.0 -41.4%

$13,002,832 -27.7%

$400,000 NA

$12,140,591 NA

$462,000 NA

$241

NA NA

-$44.3 NM

$12,813,843 16.0%

$336,154 NA

$12,140,591 NA

$330,090 NA

$7,008

NA NA

-$44.3 NM

RICHARD T. SCHWARTZ Rush Street Interactive President ALEXANDER W. GOURLAY8 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Former co-chief operating officer JOE OCHOA The AZEK Co.; president of residential segment ROBERT E. FUNCK JR.9 Abbott Laboratories; executive vice president of finance, CFO RALPH J. NICOLETTI The AZEK Co.; senior vice president, CFO ORNELLA BARRA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.; chief operating officer, international HEIDI B. CAPOZZI10 McDonald’s Corp.; executive vice president, global chief people officer

$11,640,722 127.3%

$377,000 $188,500

$11,075,222 NA

NA NA

-$0.6 NM

$10,999,510 33.7%

$1,010,809 $559,894

$5,207,062 $1,435,077

$501,454 $1,643,925

$641,289

329 $33,396

$456.0 -88.5%

$10,286,397 NA

$435,167 NA

$9,244,674 NA

$578,783 NA

$27,773

NA NA

-$122.2 NM

$9,800,209 NA

$813,462 NA

$2,215,867 $2,216,247

$1,280,800 $3,100,265

$173,568

126 $77,594

$4,495.0 21.9%

$9,383,908 254.1%

$502,692 NA

$8,296,611 NA

$567,462 NA

$17,143

NA NA

-$122.2 NM

$9,211,841 29.1%

$1,010,809 $559,894

$5,207,062 $1,435,077

$497,545 NA

$501,221

276 $33,396

$456.0 -88.5%

$8,939,920 NA

$521,907 NA

$7,450,306 $950,021

$0 NA

$17,686

980 $9,124

$4,730.5 -21.5%

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JEFF A. JACOBSON11 Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.; former global CEO of LaSalle Investment Management JAMES A. SKINNER12 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Former executive chairman JAMES KEHOE Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Executive vice president, global CFO RAY G. YOUNG Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., Executive vice president, CFO HUBERT L. ALLEN Abbott Laboratories; executive vice president, general counsel and secretary

Non-equity incentive plan; change in pension Other value compensation

Salary ratio; 2020 company net income median (millions); % employee salary in 2020 change from 2019

Total executive compensation 2020; % Change from 2019

Salary; bonus

Stock awards; option awards

$8,866,983 45.5%

$314,423 NA

$2,336,086 NA

$1,600,000 NA

$4,616,474

165 $53,700

$402.5 -24.8%

$8,797,713 -6.4%

NA NA

$8,787,116 NA

NA NA

$10,597

263 $33,396

$456.0 -88.5%

$8,656,419 29.5%

$941,719 $521,626

$5,207,062 $1,435,077

$467,179 NA

$83,756

259 $33,396

$456.0 -88.5%

$8,548,754 25.3%

$850,008 NA

$5,844,739 NA

$1,754,719 $74,554

$24,734

131 $65,133

$1,772.0 28.5%

$8,478,177 13.3%

$751,346 NA

$1,874,607 $1,874,988

$917,700 $2,904,940

$154,596

109 $77,594

$4,495.0 21.9%

Includes executives and former executives of public companies based in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake (Ill.), Lake (Ind.), McHenry and Will counties, as well as select public companies outside the seven-county area that are included due to their size. Salary ratios are based on the listed executive’s total compensation and the company’s median employee salary. “Change in pension value” also includes nonqualified deferred compensation. NA: Not available. NM: Not measurable.1. Geoffrey M. Price’s total compensation largely reflects stock and option awards related to Oak Street Health going public in August 2020, raising $377 million. 2. Griffin R. Myers’ total compensation largely reflects stock and option awards related to Oak Street Health going public in August 2020, raising $377 million. 3. Brandon M. Cruz’s total compensation largely reflects stock awards related to GoHealth going public in July 2020, raising $914 million. 4. Carlos Alban was vice chairman and chief commercial officer of AbbVie until the end of the first quarter 2021. 5. Carlos A. Abrams-Rivera became U.S. zone president of Kraft Heinz on Feb. 3, 2020. 6. Ryan P. Barretto became president of Sprout Social on Dec. 28, 2020. 7. Barretto’s total compensation largely reflects stock awards, one of which was granted in relation to his promotion as president. 8. Alexander W. Gourlay was co-chief operating officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance until May 17, 2021. 9. Robert E. Funck Jr. became executive vice president of finance and CFO of Abbott Laboratories in March 2020. 10. Heidi B. Capozzi became executive vice president and global chief people officer of McDonald’s on April 13, 2020. 11. Jeff A. Jacobson was global CEO of LaSalle Investment Management until December 2020. 12. James A. Skinner was executive chairman of Walgreens Boots Alliance until March 2021.

Data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, with additional research by Sophie Rodgers (sophie.rodgers@crain.com) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 14, 2021

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MILITARY VETERAN EXECUTIVES These 30 veterans have forged remarkable civilian careers following their military service. Many have applied skills learned in the armed services to positions in engineering and construction. Some forged careers in law, investments and technology, while others have dedicated their careers to providing social services to fellow veterans. Whatever their position, they go out of their way to help those who served. They’re active in their company’s veteran resource groups and

help in recruiting. Lawyers provide pro bono assistance to veterans navigating legal quagmires to claim benefits. Executives speak to veterans organizations and participate in panel discussions. They also coach veterans in transition to civilian careers, helping them identify the skills and experience that would be valuable to employers. Just as they were helped in adjusting to life after service, they lend a hand to those coming next. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The veteran executives featured did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only veterans for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after an editorial review. To qualify for the list, the executives must be serving in a senior-level role and have made contributions to advancing the issues that affect veterans in the workplace or in the Chicago area.

MIR ALI

JAMES BLAND

Partner Schiff Hardin

Partner NextGen Growth Partners

A partner in Schiff Hardin’s litigation and dispute resolution practice, Mir Ali manages commercial litigation and contract disputes. In May 2020, Ali participated in one of the nation’s first Zoom trials and has since conducted numerous Zoom depositions and court proceedings. Ali was selected for Army Special Forces (Green Berets), serving as a Special Forces detachment commander and completing two combat tours in Afghanistan in 2005 to 2007. Ali recruits veterans and works to ensure that the firm is responsive to issues specific to those joining private practice after serving in the armed services. He also represents pro bono veterans unjustly denied benefits earned from military service-connected disabilities. Ali launched a nationwide network of volunteer legal professionals who provide legal support to Afghans seeking evacuation to the United States.

James Bland this summer joined NextGen Growth Partners and leads on several active investments for the private-equity firm that supports entrepreneurs in acquiring lower middle-market businesses. Bland is a field artillery captain in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve who serves as the civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army for Illinois. In this position, Bland advances the priorities of the Army and veterans in the state. The position affords him a three-star general protocol rank. Also this summer, Bland was appointed to the Glenview Village Board to fill a vacancy. Before joining NextGen, Bland was a partner at Clear Springs Capital, a family office that acquires and grows founder-owned businesses with veteran talent. At NextGen, Bland seeks to recruit veterans to lead acquired companies.

DONALD BONDS Chief transit operations officer Chicago Transit Authority

At the CTA, Donald Bonds directs bus and rail operations, with responsibility for 8,500 employees, or 80% of the workforce, 1,400 in-service railcars and 1,800 buses. Bonds led efforts to maintain full service throughout the pandemic. Although ridership plummeted during the pandemic, CTA provided more than 250,000 daily rides, a lifeline to transit-dependent riders on the South and West sides. Bonds served as an Army chief warrant officer and worked in military vehicle maintenance and logistics. He began at CTA as a maintenance worker and climbed through the ranks to senior leadership. Bonds helps recruit veterans to the agency. The transit agency offers a military occupational classification resource on its hiring site so veterans and active-duty military can learn how their military duties are applicable to CTA positions.

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JOHN P. CALAMOS SR.

CHRISTIAN CAÑAS

MEGAN EVERETT

Founder, chairman and global chief investment officer Calamos Investments

Director of operations LaSalle Network

Veterans program director Robert R. McCormick Foundation

Industry pioneer John P. Calamos Sr. founded Naperville-based Calamos Investments in 1977, launching one of the first convertible mutual funds in 1985 and an early liquid alternative mutual fund in 1990. The firm manages more than $40 billion. Calamos served in Vietnam as a forward air controller, recording more than 400 combat missions, and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross. After five years on active duty flying B-52 bombers and 12 years in the Reserves flying A-37 fighters, he retired as a major. Calamos has backed Operation Support our Troops-America, a Naperville-based nonprofit with programs that include veterans’ assistance. He’s provided the Calamos hanger at DuPage Airport to the DuPage Veterans Foundation to host fundraisers. He’s a life trustee of Illinois Institute of Technology, where he established endowed chairs in philosophy and business.

As operations director at the employment agency, Christian Cañas helps streamline sales and recruitment practices and also oversees the data and analytics team. Cañas served in the Army and was deployed to Afghanistan for two tours as a member of the Bastogne Brigade and earned a number of awards. He joined LaSalle Network in 2020 and started the firm’s veteran hiring initiative to help veterans and their partners find employment. The program provides educational webinars to veterans and companies hiring veterans. Cañas led internal training for more than 200 recruiters on how to help veterans adjust their résumés and find skills to help transition their careers from military to civilian life. Before joining LaSalle Network, Cañas was COO at search firm Quick Leonard Kieffer.

Megan Everett oversees strategy and grant-making for the Veterans Program. She manages a $3 million grant portfolio in partnerships with veteran and community organizations in Chicago and Illinois. Everett was commissioned as a surface warfare officer from the Cornell University Naval ROTC program in 2000. She served aboard two ships and deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the pandemic, Everett coordinated with the USO Illinois to support the National Guard and Team Rubicon to launch COVID testing sites. She also teamed with the Travis Manion Foundation for food insecurity and Thresholds on issues of financial insecurity. She’s increased the number of organizations funded at McCormick focusing on employment, student veterans and wellness from 12 to nearly 50.

STEVEN GAYTAN

THOMAS GEMMELL

TAD GERLINGER

Chief operating officer Monterrey Security Consultants

Shareholder Polsinelli

Orthopedic surgeon Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush

At the onset of the pandemic, Monterrey Security was tapped by the city of Chicago and other partners to provide security services to critical locations, including alternative housing for first responders, homeless shelters and testing locations. When event operations ended, Steven Gaytan oversaw the retraining and reassignment of event security personnel to meet the surging needs of clients in health care and human services. Gaytan joined the Marine Corps shortly after 9/11 and was deployed to Iraq three times. He subsequently served as a drill instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. In his first 60 days at Monterrey Security, Gaytan launched a veterans hiring program. This initiative recruits veterans in transition and identifies roles to match their skill set and experience level.

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At Polsinelli, Thomas Gemmell leads the firm’s unmanned systems and advanced robotics practice and co-leads the aviation practice as well as the transportation and logistics practice. From 1984 to 2008, Gemmell served as an F-15 fighter pilot, but also in the Air Force Reserves as a military lawyer and liaison officer to the U.S. Air Force Academy. He fought in the first Gulf War, with 37 combat missions, and retired as a lieutenant colonel. Gemmell is involved in veteran service projects through the American Legion and his Air Force Reserve unit. Through his work with the nonprofit Bunker Labs, Gemmell is a mentor to veteran entrepreneurs in developing their businesses in unmanned aircraft systems. Gemmell joined Polsinelli in 2016 from Husch Blackwell, where he was a partner.

Dr. Tad Gerlinger runs a joint-replacement practice, including knee and hip reconstruction. He is an associate professor at Rush University, director of the Adult Reconstructive Fellowship at Rush University Medical Center and a member of the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush management committee. During the pandemic, Gerlinger shifted treatment to outpatient surgery centers. He is a retired colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, having served four tours as a combat surgeon, one each in Kosovo and Iraq and two in Afghanistan. He was awarded a Bronze Star. Gerlinger is a member of the VA’s referral network, providing joint replacements to underserved veterans. He mentors medical students interested in military medicine, teaching the next generation of military doctors. Two sons followed Gerlinger to West Point and pursued Army careers.

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CORNELIUS GRIGGS President and CEO GMA Construction Group

GLEN JOHNSON

TREVOR LEEDS

Global solid waste practice leader Greeley & Hansen

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In the past six years, Cornelius Griggs has expanded operations from Illinois to Texas, North Carolina, New York and Virginia, solidifying GMA as a national general contractor and design builder. GMA serves as the prime contractor in a joint venture for the O’Hare International Airport Modernization Program. Griggs served in the Army during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, completing tours in Qatar and Iraq. Earlier this year, Griggs launched GRE Ventures, a real estate investment company that focuses on developing affordable housing with commercial spaces. GRE Ventures recently was awarded a project under the city’s Invest South/West program. The $32 million mixed-use project in Lawndale will include apartments, townhomes and a community center. Griggs is a commissioner on the City of Chicago Community Development Commission.

Engineer Glen Johnson specializes in water, wastewater and solid waste, and designs projects for labs, hospitals, industrial facilities and other buildings. He is serving as senior program manager for New York City’s Marine Transfer Stations, designed by Greeley & Hansen for the New York City Department of Sanitation. Johnson enlisted in the Army as a combat engineer, and after attending Officer Candidate School, he continued in the Engineer Corps as a bridge company commander. He was in command of six active duty and up to 180 reserve soldiers. Over the last 20 years, Johnson has helped family support groups for military units activated for service. He has served on the military detail to honor veterans at burial services and guided young people on the decision to enlist.

Trevor Leeds joined the engineering firm in 2020 and accepted the leadership role of the team he wouldn’t meet in person for months. He’s grown his team by 25% and increased year-overyear profitability. Leeds joined the Air Force and volunteered in the Honor Guard, providing final military honors for veterans. He was deployed to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and other locations. For a time, he was based at the 74th Tactical Air Control Squadron at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. While on active duty, he developed secure site communications plans before advancing to a civilian career in telecommunications. He spent eight years as a communications engineer before transitioning into management consulting. Leeds helps unemployed or underemployed veterans identify the military skills they can translate to civilian careers.

JOHN MAJEWSKI

NICOLE MANDEVILLE

JASON MEADOR

Senior vice president, asset management Invenergy

Director Cook County Office of Contract Compliance

Head of group captives Zurich North America

At Invenergy, John Majewski leads a team providing asset management, operations and energy management services to North American owners of wind, solar and storage power plants. Despite force majeure claims, supply chain disruptions, lockdown orders and quarantines, Majewski’s team kept customer renewable power plants operating safely. From 2002 to 2006, Majewski was a surface warfare officer on the USS Oak Hill based in Norfolk, Va. He subsequently was assigned to the Army and served as an electronic warfare officer in Iraq. Majewski was a founding co-chair of the Invenergy Veterans Network, an affinity group that coordinates with nonprofits to support the veteran community. He’s championed the hiring of minority and women veterans for field jobs as well as corporate roles for which veterans often are overlooked.

Nicole Mandeville oversees a staff of 10 responsible for increasing opportunities for minority, women and veteran businesses to participate in Cook County contracts. Before joining Cook County this fall, Mandeville was associate deputy director for the Business Enterprise Program at the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. There, she increased the vendor pool to include minority- and women-owned businesses as well as businesses owned by people with disabilities. Earlier, Mandeville was senior program manager at the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Mandeville joined the U.S. Army Reserves as a junior in high school and served from 1988 to 1996. During her freshman year in college, she deployed to the Persian Gulf in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Desert Shield and Operation Provide Comfort with the 308th Civil Affairs Group.

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At Zurich North America, Jason Meador manages the insurer’s $2 billion (gross written premium) group captives business, which includes member-owned, agency and fronted captives. Meador’s team added three captives in 2020 and two so far this year, delivering financial results that exceeded plan. Meador enlisted in the Navy at age 18 and became qualified to operate a nuclear reactor a year later. He rose to program manager at Naval Reactors headquarters in Washington, D.C. At Marquette University, he was in the Navy ROTC and was chosen his senior year to lead 120 Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students. Meador is a member of the Veterans Engagement Team at Zurich, a group that participates in recruiting events for veterans. Meador speaks about his Navy service, networks and coaches veterans seeking career help.

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ROBERT MORRISON

BRAD PURTELL

JACK RIVES

Vice president, services business development Invenergy

Executive director American Bar Association

Robert Morrison was chairman and CEO of both Kraft Foods and Quaker Oats, retiring as vice chairman of PepsiCo in February 2003. While at Kraft, he initiated a program to recruit veterans, several of whom went on to become CEOs of other public companies. A captain in the Marines, he was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart in 1965 for service in Vietnam. A supporter of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, he also received the Semper Fidelis Award from the Corps’ Scholarship Foundation. Morrison has been a member of the boards of the Urban League of Chicago, the United Way of Chicago, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Grocery Manufacturers of America and the Commercial Club and also was a Museum of Science & Industry trustee.

Brad Purtell is responsible for key customer relationships for operations and management services for renewable generation facilities across the United States and internationally. He’s launched third-party services business, supported expansion of services business into Mexico and contracted on more than 7,500 megawatts of new services in less than three years. He founded the Invenergy Veterans Network in 2017 to help with recruiting, employee engagement and community outreach to Invenergy veterans as well as external organizations. He was the founding sponsor of the Veterans Advanced Energy Project in 2017 and led several fundraising efforts to support organizations such as Hiring Our Heroes, Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society, Team Rubicon and Fisher House Foundation. Purtell was a Naval nuclear electrician’s mate submariner on the USS La Jolla.

Following a 33-year career as a military attorney and judge advocate in the Air Force, where he was the first lieutenant general in the history of any military service’s JAG Corps, Jack Rives began serving as the American Bar Association’s executive director, focusing on membership, nondues revenue and budgeting. He oversaw a comprehensive task force on the legal needs arising out of the pandemic, led the launch of the ABA Racial Equity in the Justice System website and secured cooperation from more than 50 law schools for the Legal Education Police Practices Consortium. As a member of the Legal Services Corp.’s Veterans Task Force, he plays a vital role on the Task Force Implementation Group, which improves collaboration between the VA, Legal Aid and the veterans they serve.

LARUE ROBINSON

HIPOLITO “PAUL” ROLDAN

RONALD SEYMORE

Partner Willkie Farr & Gallagher

CEO Hispanic Housing Development Corp.

Principal—Enterprise Performance Management and Analytics Practice lead KPMG

Retired CEO and corporate board member Quaker/Kraft

LaRue Robinson is a litigation partner, managing trials and investigation matters in federal and state courts. In 2020, he headed an internal investigation of reported workplace racial mistreatment and was co-counsel in a pro bono case with the ACLU and NAACP Legal Defense Fund regarding South Carolina’s absentee voting laws. At Willkie, he leads efforts to increase the recruitment of veterans and, more broadly, helps former JAG Corps lawyers transition to the private sector. He joined the Army as an ROTC scholarship recipient and rose to the rank of captain. After law school, he joined the Army JAG Corps, serving as lead administrative and labor law attorney for the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, military magistrate for Fort Knox and lead prosecutor for the 3rd Chemical Brigade.

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Hipolito “Paul” Roldan’s Hispanic Housing Development Corp. has developed more than 4,500 affordable apartments and townhouses for families and elderly residents of several Hispanic communities. He also oversees Tropic Construction, a residential and commercial builder. In 2020, Hispanic Housing launched its affordable home purchase program and announced its first redevelopment project in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. A Vietnam veteran (1965-67) who was awarded a Bronze Star with “V” Device for combat duty, Roldan received a 1988 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” for his work in community development. His 53rd housing project is named after “The Borinqueneers,” the first Hispanic military unit (and Korean War unit) awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. It will serve as rental housing at 1045 N. Sacramento Ave. for veterans on the Northwest Side.

Ronald Seymore leads the Enterprise Performance Management and Analytics Workday practice within the KPMG Technology Enablement practice, advising clients on monitoring the performance of business strategies. He is a leader of the KPMG Chicago Veterans Network, helping veterans transition out of the military, volunteering at food banks and partnering with the KPMG Network of Women for a clothing drive to dress military spouses for interviews. He also is on the boards of the Latin School of Chicago and the Comer Foundation’s Network for Young Adult Success. Seymore enlisted in the Marine Corps, won a Naval ROTC Marine option scholarship and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant; later he was awarded a Naval Achievement Medal and obtained the rank of captain.

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JOANNA GARCIA SOHOVICH CEO Chamberlain Group

JoAnna Garcia Sohovich guides Chamberlain Group’s strategy and is leading the company through a technology transformation. Considered one of very few female veteran CEOs in the Chicago area, she champions diversity, equity and inclusion through business resource group creation, employee videos (in English and Spanish) and coffee chats engaging groups of 10 to 7,000 ONETeam members. More than a third of her leadership team are veterans. A Naval Academy graduate, Sohovich is a Six Sigma master black belt and Design for Six Sigma-certified. She is on the Naval Academy board of trustees and is a member of the Nominating & Governance Committee. Sohovich is an independent director at Barnes Group, a member of YPO Gold Chicago and a member of the Committee of 200.

LAURENT THERIVEL President and CEO UScellular

Laurent Therivel is president and CEO of UScellular, the country’s fourth-largest wireless carrier. Taking over in the pandemic, he led the company almost entirely virtually while restructuring the executive team and, in April 2021, launched a new brand focused on “locally grown wireless.” A captain in the Marine Corps, he served as a communications officer in various locations in Southeast Asia. He’s involved with UScellular’s Veterans & Associates Leading Organizational Results Associate Resource Group, which provides insights, support, guidance and resources in the recruitment and transition of veteran associates. Therivel recently hosted an open forum for associates to have a safe place to talk about and share their concerns with the events happening in Afghanistan.

MIKE TURNER Partner Neal Gerber Eisenberg

As co-chair of Neal Gerber Eisenberg’s industrial and manufacturing focus group, Mike Turner represents clients in intellectual property matters. A registered patent attorney and himself a patent holder, Turner earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering at West Point and served overseas in a Corps of Engineers combat unit. Through the West Point Society of Chicago, he networks with junior military officers transitioning out of active service. As a member of the Tudor Society, a group of West Point graduates who are leaders in the civilian legal community, he helps fund and create internships for West Point law department cadets. Turner practices education law in a pro bono capacity for parents of special needs children, helping them obtain access to education, and is the author of “Raising Special Children.”

FERNANDO VALLES

MELISSA VENTRONE

GILBERT VILLEGAS

Program director, Veterans Project Thresholds

Member and leader of the Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy Business Unit Clark Hill

36th Ward alderman City of Chicago

Fernando Valles heads Thresholds’ Veterans Project, a program for veterans with trauma and severe mental illnesses that provides housing, case management, psychiatry, substance use treatment and other holistic services. He served 12 years as a Navy petty officer and was deployed to Iraq three times. He started his career at Thresholds in 2010 as a community support specialist, carrying a caseload of civilian clients with serious mental illness. In partnership with the Chicago Botanic Garden, Valles established a nationally recognized horticultural-therapy program, co-created a Chicago Humane Society program that matches rescue dogs with veterans suffering from PTSD, partnered with local VA hospitals on new housing initiatives and worked with the McCormick Foundation and Boeing to help launch a citywide initiative to assist veterans affected by COVID-19.

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Recognized nationally as a cybersecurity lawyer, Melissa Ventrone has been instrumental in creating a legal consulting group for cybersecurity services, Asset360.com. As the pandemic forced companies to rely more on networks of remote workers, cyber and ransomware attacks increased significantly. Ventrone and her team saw a 51% increase in new clients over an 18-month period. Her military experience—she retired as a major after 21 years in the Marine Corps—with multiple deployments prepared her to assist companies, particularly during negotiations with those holding data and systems hostage. She volunteers as an ombudsman at Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve, mediating employment-related disputes. She’s also a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

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Ald. Gilbert Villegas was a Marine colonel who was deployed to Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Elected in 2015 to the Chicago City Council, he founded its Veterans Caucus; he also chairs the Committee on Economic, Capital & Technology Development and the City Council Latino Caucus. Villegas worked with colleagues to create a veteran business enterprise program to offer the same bid incentives offered to minority- and women-owned businesses. He’s also passed legislation focused on opportunities for veteran-owned businesses. Most recently, he led the charge to ensure that the $8.5 billion O’Hare International Airport Modernization Plan included an oversight commission to ensure that hiring practices include veterans. Additionally, he works with other veterans organizations, including the Chicago Marines Foundation and Veteran Housing.

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TODD VIRGIL Senior director, SaaS channel and strategic integration Zebra Technologies

Todd Virgil leads a team that’s responsible for the strategy, development and partner management of Zebra’s software as a service channel as well as the go-tomarket practice, including diligence, target identification and integration around mergers and acquisitions and Zebra Ventures. He is responsible for introducing military outplacement firms into Zebra’s recruiting methodology. Virgil also advised on the integration of military leadership principles and lessons into the company’s talent development programs. For the past two years, he’s served as the council chair of VETZ, Zebra’s inclusion network for veterans and their allies. Virgil was an Air Force captain who led the projects division of a military IT systems integration and test facility and commanded a squadron of 73 military members at an Air Force research lab.

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DAVID WAGENER Partner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

David Wagener represents borrowers and lenders in financing transactions across a range of industries. He’s also a member of the firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion committee and played a pivotal role in developing educational programming on racial inequity. He represents veterans pro bono in claims for disability compensation. Wagener was an infantry rifle platoon leader in Afghanistan with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and an infantry rifle company executive officer in Iraq. He’s a board member and storyteller with 2nd Story, an organization that promotes DEI through personal stories. “Heart of Nowhere” is available on 2nd Story’s website and shares his experiences in Afghanistan. Wagener is also a member of the associates board at Steppenwolf Theatre, where he is a member of the education committee of the board of trustees.

JIHAN WALKER Partner Jones Day

Jihan Walker is a trial attorney focused on the defense of individual and class-action product liability lawsuits. She’s taken on a leadership role at Jones Day during the pandemic, hosting weekly training sessions on various litigation topics; she also led a panel discussion in June 2020 for 600 attendees on steps corporations can take to advance diversity, equity and inclusion. A member of Jones Day’s Chicago Office Diversity and Pro Bono committees, Walker organized a judges panel for female attorneys in Chicago. Walker was in the Army JAG Corps, including service in combat zones representing soldiers in southwestern Afghanistan and at forward operating bases. She later became a prosecutor and a defense attorney and later served as an appellate attorney representing the United States in court-martial appeals.

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CRAIN’S LIST 20 HIGHEST-NETTING GALAS OF 2020 JDRF ILLINOIS ONE DREAM GALA—CLOSE TO HOME Net: $8.76 million When: Dec. 12 Where: Virtual broadcast Attendance: 500 households Individual ticket: $525 suggested donation; dinner packages $750-$20,000 Of note: Thanks to a $1 million and $2 million gift and lower expenses, this event broke last year’s record net of $6.2 million. Programming featured a concert from singer-songwriter John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting.

Net: $4.15 million When: Sept. 15 Where: Museum’s website and Facebook page and YouTube Premiere Attendance: 2,000 households Individual ticket: $250 suggested donation Of note: Programming featured former white supremacist Derek Black; the luncheon honored Mally Zoberman Rutkoff, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors.

CLARK STREET COLLECTIVE

U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM “WHAT YOU DO MATTERS” RISA K. LAMBERT CHICAGO VIRTUAL EVENT

JDRF’s virtual gala allowed guests from across the country to view the festivities. The event’s net stood at $8.56 million that night and later rose to $8.76 million.

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HEART BALL Net: $2.3 million When: June 25 Where: Zoom Attendance: 700 Individual ticket: Free Of note: The event attracted guests from around the country, who participated in an interactive chat. Chicago-based band Maggie Speaks performed at the virtual after-party.

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY Net: $2.95 million When: Feb. 7 Where: McCormick Place Attendance: 8,508 Individual ticket: $275 Of note: The cocktail party, an annual affair that raises money for 18 Chicago charities, was one of the few in-real-life fundraising events of 2020, held before the pandemic started.

JUF LION LUNCHEON Net proceeds: $2.8 million When: Oct. 15 Where: Hosted on a custom website Attendance: 394 Individual ticket: $36/$72 with a delivered box lunch Of note: The virtual edition of this annual event featured psychotherapist and author Lori Gottlieb. Attendance was up 21 percent and the event raised $300,000 more than the year prior.

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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO REIMAGINED CHILDREN’S BALL

One of the few in-real-life galas of 2020, St. Ignatius College Prep’s Gloriam netted $2.5 million for tuition-assistance scholarships.

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP GLORIAM Net: $2.5 million When: March 7 Where: St. Ignatius College Prep Attendance: 821 Individual ticket: $500 Of note: This annual event raises money for tuition-assistance scholarships. The event raised $500,000 more than in 2019, and a paddle raise accounted for $1.1 million of proceeds.

ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM 2020 HUMANITARIAN AWARDS DINNER Net: $2.4 million When: March 12 Where: Was scheduled to take place at Hyatt Regency Chicago Attendance: 1,700 expected before cancellation Individual ticket: $500 Of note: Organizers canceled due to COVID-19 and spent days calling sponsors and ticket holders. Only a few requested refunds, enabling the event to net just $100,000 less than in 2019.

Net proceeds: $2.1 million When: Dec. 12 Where: Zoom Attendance: 94 networks/bubbles/households/watch parties Individual ticket: Free Of note: Programming featuring Gio, a patient with myotubular myopathy, helped raise money for the hospital’s Children’s Research Fund.

AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS CELEBRATING #ASMTOGETHER Net: $2 million When: Sept. 22 Where: YouTube Attendance: 2,300 views altogether (day of event and after) Individual ticket price: Free Of note: ASM generated excitement for the fundraiser by sharing videos from Chicago Bear Tarik Cohen and the Cubs’ Ian Happ on social media before the event.

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CRAIN’S LIST 20 HIGHEST-NETTING GALAS OF 2020 CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS DINNER Net: $1.4 million When: Oct. 28 Where: YouTube Attendance: 1,300 YouTube views Individual ticket: Free Of note: Honorees included Chicago Community Trust CEO Dr. Helene Gayle; the no-cost individual ticket was thanks to support from 57 sponsors.

KYLE FLUBACKER

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY COLUMBIAN BALL

Jingmai O’Connor, left, associate curator of fossil reptiles, and Field CEO Julian Siggers led Field Museum gala guests on virtual behind-thescenes tours of the museum.

METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES MPOWER THE NIGHT

Country music star Eric Church was one of several celebrities to appear at CURE Epilepsy’s Unite to CURE Epilepsy virtual fundraiser, which netted $1.84 million.

Net: $1.49 million When: Nov. 12 Where: Zoom and organization’s website Attendance: 2,608 registered guests Individual ticket: Free Of note: The event highlighted the effects of gun violence and how to establish and maintain peace in Chicago. Speakers included members of rival street organizations and leaders from street-outreach initiatives.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY DIGITAL DISCOVERY BALL

CURE EPILEPSY UNITE TO CURE EPILEPSY

ADLER PLANETARIUM VIRTUAL CELESTIAL BALL

Net: $1.9 million When: May 21 Where: Streamed on YouTube Attendance: 6,000-plus views Individual ticket: Free Of note: The virtual event helped bring more bidders to the online auction, a major source of funds for the event.

Net: $1.84 million When: Sept. 24 Where: Facebook and YouTube Attendees: 7,100 Individual ticket: Free Of note: Programming featured musicians Eric Church and Nils Lofgren, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and “Hamilton” actor Miguel Cervantes with other Broadway stars.

Net: $1.45 million When: Sept. 12 Where: YouTube Premiere Attendance: 650 during the event; total of 1,700 watched the link within the first week Individual ticket: Free; suggested $25 donation Of note: Lower costs enabled Adler to net about the same as in past years. The virtual event also allowed families to participate.

FIELD MUSEUM VIRTUAL NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Net: $1.9 million When: Oct. 17 Where: YouTube and museum’s website Attendance: 700 households the night of; about 1,500 total Individual ticket: Free Of note: Programming featured curator-led, behind-the-scenes tours of rare fossils, the museum’s anthropology storage space and its private gem vault. Jane Goodall also made an appearance.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS OF ILLINOIS: HEROES BREAKFAST Net: $1.837 million When: May 7 Where: Zoom Attendees: 500 Individual ticket: Sponsorship levels $5,000 to $100,000 Of note: Two large gifts helped the virtual event net almost $400,000 more than last year for breakfast, traditionally held at the Hilton Chicago. The 2020 Heroes were honored at the virtual event and on social media.

MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY 60TH ANNUAL FAMILY ASSOCIATION BENEFIT Net: $1.405 million When: June 20 Where: YouTube Attendance: 3,000 Individual ticket: Free Of note: Misericordia parents planned the event in about three months. Caroline Kennedy, Joe Maddon, Mike Ditka and Mayor Lori Lightfoot were among the participants.

Net: $1.4 million When: Oct. 10 Where: Event LiveStream site Attendance: 600 Individual ticket: $100; sponsorships $2,500 and up Of note: “Columbian Ball Kits” including a recipe for a signature cocktail, props for selfies and DIY projects helped engage participants in the virtual event.

12TH ANNUAL INVEST FOR KIDS CONFERENCE Net: $1.34 million When: Oct. 21 Where: Event site Attendance: 850 Individual ticket: $1,000 Of note: Appearances by Sam Zell and Hyatt Hotels CEO Mark Hoplamazian helped boost net for this annual investors conference, which has raised $16 million for Chicago-based children’s charities.

GASTRO-INTESTINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION VIRTUAL BALL Net: $1.3 million When: July 25 Where: Zoom Attendance: 660 Individual ticket: Free; donations accepted Of note: Entertainment included an improv performance by Second City, live music, a paddle raise and a presentation by Dr. David T. Rubin, the foundation’s lead scientific adviser. NOTES: Chart based on available information. Some traditional events did not take place, for instance Shedd Aquarium’s and Lincoln Park Zoo’s galas, Make-A-Wish Illinois’ Wish Ball, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Spark! and Big Shoulders Fund’s biennial Humanitarian Awards Dinner. Sources: Crain’s research; data from nonprofits

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST FOUNDATIONS Human services

$30.0; Hampton University

$27.4; Jewish 391 Federations of North America

John Palfrey President

$8,222.4 $311.5 $7,224.5 $283.8

PIF

THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST 225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2200, Chicago 60601; CCT.org

Helene D. Gayle $3,717.6 $613.6 President, CEO $3,352.2 $369.8

JEWISH UNITED FUND/ JEWISH FEDERATION OF CHICAGO 30 S. Wells St., Chicago 60606; JUF.org

Lonnie Nasatir President

$2,268.2 $242.4 $2,357.5 $223.4

ROBERT R. MCCORMICK FOUNDATION 205 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 4300, Chicago 60601; McCormickFoundation.org

Timothy P. Knight President, CEO

$1,966.6 $75.0 $1,838.9 $67.1

JOYCE FOUNDATION 321 N. Clark St., Suite 1500, Chicago 60654; JoyceFdn.org

Ellen S. Alberding President

$1,250.8 $45.0 $1,097.8 $42.4

PIF

New SPENCER FOUNDATION 625 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1600, Chicago 60611; Spencer.org

Na’ilah Suad Nasir President

$672.7 $497.6

$21.1 $20.6

PIF

TERRA FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART 120 E. Erie St., Chicago 60611; TerraAmericanArt.org

Sharon Corwin President, CEO

$595.0 $585.5

$7.0 $7.9

PIF

POLK BROS. FOUNDATION 20 W. Kinzie St., Suite 1110, Chicago 60654; PolkBrosFdn.org

Gillian Darlow CEO

$418.8 $412.5

$24.5 $27.6

PIF

STEANS FAMILY FOUNDATION 50 E. Washington St., Suite 410, Chicago 60602; SteansFamilyFoundation.org

Patricia Ford Executive director

$330.0 $344.0

$7.3 $7.1

PIF

10 New

WALDER FOUNDATION 5215 Old Orchard Road, Suite 1050, Skokie 60077; WalderFoundation.org

Elizabeth Walder President, executive director

$262.2 $254.6

$27.5 $6.6

PIF

IRVING HARRIS FOUNDATION 191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1500, Chicago 60606; IrvingHarrisFdn.org

Phyllis Glink $216.7 Executive director $219.0

$20.23 $16.0

PIF

GAYLORD AND DOROTHY DONNELLEY FOUNDATION 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2600, Chicago 60601; GDDF.org

David Farren $201.4 Executive director $187.7

$7.2 $6.7

PIF

COLEMAN FOUNDATION INC. 651 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 306, Chicago 60661; ColemanFoundation.org

Shelley A. Davis President, CEO

$11.7 $8.5

PIF

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$190.5 $190.9

Largest grant in 2020 (millions); beneficiary

$6.0; The New 193 Venture Fund (Catalytic Capital Consortium); League of Conservation Voters Education Fund1 91

$2.5; United Way-McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods

128

$0.7; Natural Resources Defense Council

$1.0; Strategic 19 Education Research Partnership Institute

$1.0; IFF

$0.3; Various recipients1, 2

Legal aid

Health

Top foundation official

JOHN D. & CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION 140 S. Dearborn St., Suite 1200, Chicago 60603; MacFound.org

Employment

Foundation

Full-time local employees 12/31/ 2020

Education

Civic and community Disaster relief

Arts and culture

2020 rank

Total grants paid out Assets (millions) (millions) 2020; Founda2020; 2019 tion type 2019

Econ. development and public policy

Giving areas

Ranked by 2020 assets.

$0.5; UCAN Chicago 14

$1.5; Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

$1.0; Anonymous

$0.3; Ducks Unlimited

$0.8; Chicago Community Foundation Together We Rise Fund

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Health

LLOYD A. FRY FOUNDATION 120 S. LaSalle St., Suite 1950, Chicago 60603; FryFoundation.org

Unmi Song President

$179.5 $187.6

$8.7 $8.1

PIF

PRINCE CHARITABLE TRUSTS 140 S. Dearborn St., Suite 1400, Chicago 60603; PrinceTrusts.org

Charles C. $167.3 Twichell $156.0 Executive director

$5.7 $5.3

ILLINOIS CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1200 Jorie Blvd., Oak Brook 60523; ILCHF.org

Heather H. Alderman President

$163.3 $145.1

$13.0 $5.6

PIF

GRAND VICTORIA FOUNDATION 230 W. Monroe St., Suite 2530, Chicago 60606; GrandVictoriaFDN.org

Sharon Bush President

$151.9 $141.3

$6.5 $5.5

PIF

RRF FOUNDATION FOR AGING 8765 W. Higgins Road, Suite 430, Chicago 60631; RRF.org

Mary B. O’Donnell President

$149.1 $145.8

$6.3 $6.0

PIF

MICHAEL REESE HEALTH TRUST 1707 N. Randall Road, Suite 200, Elgin 60123; WeAreMichaelReese.org

Gayla Brockman President, CEO

$145.0 $141.9

$7.0 $7.0

THE BRINSON FOUNDATION 737 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1850, Chicago 60611; BrinsonFoundation.org

Christy Uchida President

$131.2 $121.8

$4.8 $4.6

PIF

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION 19 Riverside Road, Suite 6, Riverside 60546; HCFdn.org

Maria S. Pesqueira President

$129.6 $130.4

$8.5 $5.4

PIF

CME GROUP FOUNDATION 20 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; CMEGroupFoundation.org

Kassie Davis $118.0 Executive director $115.0

$5.8 $5.6

PCF

23 New

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE FOX RIVER VALLEY 111 W. Downer Place, Suite 312, Aurora 60506; CFFRV.org

Julie Christman President, CEO

$114.3 $102.1

$5.0 $4.9

DUPAGE FOUNDATION 3000 Woodcreek Drive, Suite 310, Downers Grove 60515; DuPageFoundation.org

David M. McGowan President, CEO

$111.0 $102.9

$9.1 $7.2

ALPHAWOOD FOUNDATION 2401 N. Halsted St., Suite 210, Chicago 60614; AlphawoodFoundation.org

James D. $99.0 McDonough $104.5 Executive director

$6.3 $15.2

PIF

Legal aid

Employment

Human services

Econ. development and public policy Education

Top foundation official

Civic and community Disaster relief

Foundation

Arts and culture

2020 rank

Giving areas Total grants paid out Assets (millions) (millions) 2020; Founda2020; 2019 tion type 2019

$0.2; Piedmont Environmental Council

$0.9; Bridgeway; Chestnut Health Systems; Rosecrance; Rush University Medical Center1

$0.5; Chicago Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Illinois Response Fund

$0.4; United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

$1.2; Acclivus

$0.1; California Institute of Technology; University of California, Davis; University of Chicago1

$0.5; Chicago Community Trust, Illinois Immigration Funder’s Collaborative

$1.0; City Colleges of Chicago

$0.2; Community Restorative Justice Hubs

Largest grant in 2020 (millions); beneficiary

Full-time local employees 12/31/ 2020

$0.8; West Aurora School District 129

$1.8; Swifty Foundation

$0.4; University of Chicago, Center of the Art of East Asia

Includes foundations headquartered in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake (Ill.), Lake (Ind.), McHenry and Will counties. NA: Not available. PIF: Private independent foundation. PCF: Private corporate foundation. CF: Community foundation. PF: Public foundation. CT: Charitable trust. FF: Federated fund. 1. Each beneficiary received the grant amount. 2. Grant recipients were Chicago High School for the Arts; Window to the World Communications; Navy Pier; Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago; Greater Chicago Food Depository; Big Shoulders Fund. 3. 2020 grant total given has not yet been officially audited. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: AUG. 9, 2021

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Nonprofit board leaders donate money, chair fundraisers, advocate for their organizations and head mission-critical projects. And that’s all in a volunteer-day’s work for the leaders profiled here, who bring substantial professional expertise—legal, financial, managerial and entrepreneurial—to nonprofit boardrooms in the Chicago area. Some are retired; most kept up their volunteer pace as they led some of Chicago’s biggest firms through the dark days of the pandemic. Need didn’t take a time out during the pandemic. Social services and health care organizations were overwhelmed with requests, many

from the city’s oft-neglected demographics; board leaders helped continue carrying out their organization’s mission even as lockdowns made it difficult. Board members at arts organizations rose to the challenge of keeping audiences and donors engaged through virtual programming. These 70 leaders present an admirable picture of grace, not to mention resilience, under extreme pressure. The time, talent and treasures they donate to nonprofits of all kinds help make Chicago and its surrounding areas a better place to live. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only executives for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after an editorial review. The honorees demonstrated that their volunteer work positively affected the nonprofits with which they are involved.

DENNIS ABBOUD Board chair Family Focus

Dennis Abboud helped facilitate the merger of Family Focus and Chicago Child Care Society, two leading family support agencies with 378 employees, a $25.6 million operating budget and 11 community service areas throughout Chicago and northeast Illinois. He also oversaw the creation of a new board structure, identified a leadership team embraced by both boards and established committee goals. During the pandemic, Family Focus transformed its services to virtual contact and had $500,000 in direct contact grants reallocated to emergency support, such as food and supplies. Abboud, who is CEO of ReaderLink, North America’s largest full-service book distributor, leveraged business connections to provide celebrity endorsements including Katie Couric and Gabrielle Union. He’s also promoted Family Focus within his own company, creating employee giving opportunities with matching funding.

MARK ACHLER

JOHN ANOS

Board member and immediate past president Mishkan Chicago

Board treasurer Easterseals Serving Chicagoland & Greater Rockford

At Mishkan Chicago, Mark Achler serves on the executive and finance committees, chaired its 2017 strategic planning process and guided an organizational redesign process in 2020 that clarified the organizational chart, implemented new processes for getting work done and rearranged departmental structures. This has resulted in an estimated 70 percent improvement in organizational effectiveness and impact. During the pandemic, Mishkan pivoted from in-person events to a full suite of online programs and Shabbat service broadcasts. Achler, an early employee at Apple, is managing director at MATH Venture Partners, an early- to midstage technology venture capital fund. Achler is also a mentor at Techstars, the Junto Institute and several other entrepreneurial organizations, and he is an adjunct lecturer of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business.

John Anos, global co-head of industrials investment banking at Deutsche Bank, has served as a board member, treasurer and chair of the finance committee of Easterseals Serving Chicagoland & Greater Rockford for 10 years. He worked with other board members and executive leadership to dramatically improve the organization’s financial standing over the past 24 months, including reducing debt by 40%. The organization employs more than 650 professionals who serve nearly 20,000 children, individuals with disabilities and their families in two key pillars: comprehensive autism and behavioral services, and early learning and developmental services.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: OCT. 11, 2021

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ANGELA BARNES

STEVE BLONDER

Board chair Center on Halsted

Board president The Ark

The Center on Halsted works to secure the health and well-being of LGBTQ people in the Chicago area. Angela Barnes was instrumental in driving an expansion of efforts, such as the Youth Housing Program, toward Chicago’s South and West sides. Her professional experience in risk management also helped the Center on Halsted venture into new areas of service, such as housing and the establishment of a clinic, and her background in DEI work has helped diversify the center’s board and staff. Her presence during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic was important in securing government funds to ensure that staff was not laid off. Barnes, director of legal affairs and growth initiatives and general counsel at City Tech Collaborative, also serves on the center’s development committee.

Steve Blonder, principal at law firm Much Shelist, was first elected in 2016 to the board of the Ark, which helps Chicago-area Jews through food, shelter, health care and employment counseling. In 2021, nearly 2,700 clients received $1.3 million in direct assistance. Recently Blonder chaired and established an executive committee for the strategic planning process for the “Ark at 50” capital campaign; oversaw the organization’s new branding and marketing campaign, designed to raise its profile within the community for clients, volunteers and donors; and led the overall strategic planning leading to a $16 million “Landmark Renovation” of the Ark’s community center, which entails major renovations and additions to enhance client services. He also is vice chair of the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Investing in Justice Campaign.

DAVID BROZ

CHARLES C. CALLOWAY JR.

CARLOS CARDENAS

Chicago executive board member; vice chair, national board of directors Spark Program

Board chair National Museum of Mexican Art

Board member and executive committee member Chicago Loop Alliance

David Broz, a principal in the Chicago office of architecture firm Gensler, helped create Alley Activate, transforming underutilized urban spaces into pop-up art installations, live music and social experiences. Surveys indicated that thousands of attendees from 110 ZIP codes spent millions in neighborhood establishments. He invented and moderates the Downtown Futures Series, a bimonthly panel that attracts a global audience. He also co-developed the concept for Sundays on State and led the Gateway seats project, which turned an underutilized island in the center of State Street at Wacker Drive into an attractive place to eat and gather. As chair, Broz led the installation of automated digital pedestrian and traffic counters throughout the Loop, providing real-time data that allows the Loop Alliance to identify new place-making opportunities, smarter retail planning and better security management.

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Charles C. Calloway Jr., a partner at law firm Chapman & Cutler, has been involved with Spark since early in his career, when he served as an educational mentor to middle schoolers. Today he brings expertise in organizational management and nonprofit governance from his service on other boards and fellowships, including the Urban League’s Impact program. After leadership determined that Spark’s greatest potential for sustainable effect is in supporting its regions to independently control programming and community engagement at local levels, he has been serving as vice chair of the national board of directors. Calloway is also on the restructuring committee, creating a change management plan for the Chicago program to launch as an independent entity in July 2022.

EVA BROWN Assistant treasurer and executive committee member Women’s Business Development Center

Eva Brown helped lead rebranding efforts for the Women’s Business Development Center, which provides specialized curricula and workshops, women’s business enterprise certification and access to capital through education, debt and equity placement, and direct lending. Brown, vice president and segment lead of minority- and women-owned business/ consumer business banking at U.S. Bank, contributed to the development of the center’s financial policies and procedures and worked closely with its Access to Capital director to ensure women- and minority-owned businesses received vital resources. She also partnered with the center’s Access to Capital team on several workshops related to PPP loans and forgiveness.

Carlos Cardenas, a senior vice president and group manager at Wintrust, has served for 12 years on the board—six years as chair—of the National Museum of Mexican Art, the nation’s leading Latino arts organization. Cardenas has been a chief proponent of the initiation of a capital and endowment campaign, placing the museum in its best shape ever financially. His efforts also helped the museum raise its national profile, being named recently as one of the Ford Foundation’s 20 American Cultural Treasures. Those efforts, along with the several major grants—philanthropist MacKenzie Scott awarded the museum $8 million—have helped the museum navigate the COVID crisis with minimal impact on its bottom line. Recent activities include the creation of a museum plaza. Cardenas is a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow.

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DAVID CARLSON Corporate chair, board of directors JDRF Illinois

David Carlson, managing partner and co-founder of Redwood Capital Group, is corporate chair of the Illinois board of JDRF. As gala co-chairs for two consecutive years, Carlson and his wife, Carrie, helped bring more than 2,000 philanthropists together to raise more than $7.1 million in 2019 and more than $9.1 million in 2020. When in-person fundraising events halted during the pandemic, they stepped up again, helping transition efforts from in-person to virtual events with a mix of live art, jazz and an evening program with John Ondrasik. This creative approach, now copied by many, was one of the first to launch in this format. He’s also used his newly built home as a LEED building showcase and to host a cocktail reception featuring its architect and builder, while also educating guests about JDRF.

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MARGARET “MARGIE” CHRISTIE Board chair Cures Within Reach

Cures Within Reach leverages the speed, safety and cost-effectiveness of the testing of already approved therapies. As its board chair, Margie Christie, a partner at law firm Golan Christie Taglia, has led the nonprofit through a strategic growth initiative and a change in leadership while helping grow its income. She also helped it improve its critical programmatic versus management and fundraising expense ratio and increase its grant and award commitments for four years straight. During the last 18 months, the nonprofit launched three new population areas of focus, in addition to its disease-specific and geographic areas: diversity, equity and inclusion, including clinical trials both to reduce health disparities and to be led by racial and ethnic minority or underserved scientists; pediatrics; and veterans and military. As both restricted and unrestricted income grew, more than 15 new trials were approved or funded.

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ELLEN-BLAIR CHUBE Board secretary Chicago Children’s Choir

The Chicago Children’s Choir is a network of 140 choirs in 45 of Chicago’s 77 community areas, offering 5,000 diverse singers, ages 8-18, access to training and life-changing performance opportunities. Ellen-Blair Chube, partner, managing director and client service officer at William Blair Investment Banking, has played a vital role in the maturation of the children’s choir’s organizational processes. She served as multiyear chair of the board development committee and in 2019 led the annual gala. Chube has been a strong advocate for expansion of the choir’s comprehensive Raising Voices campaign, the establishment of the endowment, and various unique artistic projects. She also served as a lead advocate for choir’s two-year, $200,000 corporate partnership with William Blair.

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DANIEL CONTRERAS

HARRY DRUCKER

MICHAEL EVANGELIDES

Board chair Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater

Board chair Environmental Law & Policy Center

Daniel Contreras, director of technology strategy at Microsoft, has been Ensemble Español’s chairman for two years. Its mission is to present the dance traditions of Spain and provide opportunities to the community to explore dance semiprofessionally. He is leading an ensemblewide digital transformation, corporate reorganization and succession plan as well as developing a five-year strategic plan leading up to the 50th anniversary. He grew the “give/get” from zero to $18,000 in year one and, in a season where corporate sponsorships have decreased, the ensemble’s increased more than 75%. He also serves on the governance, development, youth department (recruiting high school students to volunteer their time) and executive committees.

The work of the Environmental Law & Policy Center, the Midwest’s premier environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization, spans the Great Lakes to the Great Plains. As board chair and active director, Harry Drucker—retired from North Shore Realty Partners—works closely with the center’s senior team and engages other board members on successful campaigns protecting the Midwest’s natural areas, including the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge, and Lake Michigan. He also works with the center’s executive director and development director as a fundraising partner, helping the organization grow its annual revenue budget to $10 million from $3 million while sustaining a strong financial platform. Drucker is also a trustee of the Nature Conservancy-Illinois.

Member, medical center board of directors Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

MICHELLE FLOWERS WELCH

ZED FRANCIS

LINDA GANTZ

Board chair Bridge Communities

Women’s board member Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago

Advisory board member, communications committee chair The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division

Michelle Flowers Welch, chairman of Flowers Communications Group, has guided the Salvation Army toward landing placements in a broader, more multicultural range of media outlets in the Chicago market while also streamlining its communications and public relations processes. As requests for help at the 28 corps community centers and 50 social service programs skyrocketed during the pandemic, she was an integral part of the conversation that created the Doing the Most Good branding and awareness campaign. Flowers Welch also provided strategic input during the 2020 Christmas campaign, which started two months early to raise awareness of immense need and the funding required to address it. She is on the Salvation Army Chicago advisory board, the executive committee as vice chair and the communications committee as chair.

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Zed Francis has been a board member for nine years at Bridge Communities, which transitions families without homes to self-sufficiency through mentoring support, stable housing and access to education and wage-earning opportunities. Retired from Bank of America, Francis has helped Bridge secure more than $6.3 million for its “Investing in Homes+Hope” capital and endowment campaign. He also created the policy and procedures to oversee spending, upgrade the organization’s year-end reporting processes and improve the management of its endowment, which is now valued at more than $3 million. Francis collaborated with staff and the board to recruit six board members in one term cycle, and he helped create a program directed at teens to ensure they have an education or work plan once they graduate high school.

Michael Evangelides, principal at Deloitte Consulting, helped advise Lurie on obtaining federal funds during the pandemic as well as strategic perspective on how to leverage technology to help avoid delays or overruns. He’s served as a fundraising campaign leader for the two capital campaigns at Lurie, including the $650 million campaign for building the Streeterville hospital campus and Lurie’s current For Every Child campaign. Evangelides also launched the Gus Foundation, which includes the annual “Run for Gus” that has become one of the largest 5K runs held on a weeknight in Chicago; it has raised north of $2.2M for research and treatment at Lurie. He’s served on the governance review teams for both the medical center and foundation boards and was featured on a Chicago-area radiothon for Lurie.

Linda Gantz has chaired record-breaking fundraising events for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, making personal asks of friends and family in support of the 20,000 children the clubs serve. A key effort is with the organization’s scholarship program, where she participates annually in its “rising stars” interview process for students seeking scholarship support for postsecondary education; Gantz continues to follow recipients’ success long after the funds have been distributed. In 2014, she stepped up as the first board member to support the clubs’ endowment with a $2.5 million gift. More recently, she made an additional $1 million gift in honor of her 80th birthday. In 2019, the organization named a club in honor of her and her husband in the Lathrop community, a facility that’s considered a game-changer for the youth there.

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HEATHER GARDNER Finance committee chair Civic Leadership Foundation

MARIN GJAJA Board co-chair Advance Illinois

The Civic Leadership Foundation provides project-based leadership programs for middle school students to help them succeed. As treasurer and chair of the foundation’s finance committee, Heather Gardner has been actively engaged in redesigning the reporting of the organization’s finances, developing effective agendas and operational reports, and reviewing and assessing senior staff. Responsible for financial institution business development and relationship management at William Blair Investment Management, Gardner has been active in both fundraising and “friendraising,” recruiting several professionals to the board who’ve brought connections and expertise to the organization. A certified investment management analyst and accredited investment fiduciary, she serves on the Sustaining Fellows program committee of the Art Institute of Chicago.

As managing director and senior partner at Boston Consulting Group, Marin Gjaja has rallied millions of dollars’ worth of pro bono consulting support to Advance Illinois in its work for a healthy public education system that stresses college and career readiness. With his support, Advance Illinois helped revamp the state’s annual school report card, overhauled the state’s inequitable funding formula and announced a plan to support and govern early childhood education and care. Gjaja also helped Advance develop a strategy for responding to COVID learning disruptions through a statewide learning-recovery planning process. He also worked with the organization’s president to identify key operational issues and, along with pro bono Boston Consulting professionals, helped Advance Illinois’ senior team establish salary bands, revamp its evaluation systems and implement project management strategies.

SARA GRANACK

JOANN GRUCA

Board chair Bernie’s Book Bank

Director Pathlights

Since 2009, Bernie’s Book Bank has distributed 20 million books with the goal of empowering underserved children to read their way to a better life. Sara Granack, vice president of corporate communication and reputation at CDW, helped restructure Bernie’s Book Bank’s committees and bylaws to match the needs of a growing organization. She implemented tracking protocols and accountability/expectations and then transitioned the board from an operations-focused entity to one focused on fundraising. At the onset of the pandemic, she led emergency board meetings to discuss financial concerns and helped launch the Change Their Story campaign to benefit the 275,000 underserved Chicago-area children who receive Bernie’s Book Bank books. Additionally, she is one of the first board members to make her personal gift annually, setting expectations for others.

Now retired from her professorship with St. Xavier University, JoAnn Gruca has for 35 years been a director of Pathlights, an organization that guides adults along the best path to aging in 20 communities in the south and southwest suburbs of Cook County. She is a past chair of the board committee, served as secretary of the board (renewed for nine years) and as chair/president (renewed two additional years), and was a past member of the rebranding task force, which attracted a wider scope of funding and strategic partners. Gruca has been a lead supporter for the organization’s annual luncheon, which raises funds to continue supporting Pathlights’ mission. She was a significant part of a board challenge that achieved a matching grant goal through the Giving Tuesday campaign.

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REINA M. GOODMAN Board chair Instituto del Progreso Latino

During the pandemic, Reina M. Goodman helped lead Instituto del Progreso Latino’s relief efforts as it served 63,000 meals at its drive-thru food banks and provided rent, cash and utility assistance of nearly $700,000 to more than 300 families. She helped establish partnerships with funders including Target, ComEd and the Polk Bros. Foundation. As part of Chicago’s efforts to track the spread of COVID-19, Instituto’s contact tracers helped reach more than 45,000 people. Goodman, who was born in Mexico and migrated to the U.S. when she was 7, has been active at Instituto for more than 12 years. Goodman is a vice president in retail banking at Fifth Third Bank, where she’s responsible for the growth and success of a $1.6 billion region with 16 financial centers and a team of more than 100 employees.

NICOLAS GUZMAN Board president Erie Neighborhood House

Erie Neighborhood House serves families in the immigrant and low-income communities in Chicago through education, access to critical resources and advocacy. Nicolas Guzman began as a volunteer in the youth program, tutoring young students through Erie House’s TEAM program, and has been on its board for more than 10 years. Guzman, a partner at law firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, represents Erie House in a variety of community and business networks and, through the contributions of his Faegre Drinker colleagues, has been able to manage or assign all major legal matters on a pro bono basis. His expertise has also enabled Erie House to formalize its corporate governance documents and process and was instrumental in the negotiation of its first union labor contract.

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FRANCIA HARRINGTON

DANIEL HERNANDEZ

Board chair Ingenuity

Board president Between Friends

Ingenuity was founded in 2011 to increase arts education access in Chicago Public Schools. Francia “Francee” Harrington helped catalyze the citywide process that led to Ingenuity’s founding and is its founding chair. A senior adviser with Open Door Advisors and co-founder of Chicago Food System Resource Navigator, she’s also belonged to or led almost every Ingenuity board committee. She spearheaded an effort to nearly double the number of board members, from nine in 2017 to 17 in 2021, while increasing board diversity to 50% people of color. Most recently, she led the planning and execution of Ingenuity’s first virtual fundraising event in May to celebrate the organization’s 10th anniversary; it included remarks from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and musician Yo-Yo Ma and more than quadrupled its goal.

When Daniel Hernandez, principal and managing attorney at NextLevel Law, first joined Between Friends’ board, he recommended a revamp of the organization’s logo and website. Through his leadership, Between Friends, which is dedicated to preventing cycles of domestic violence, also has a comprehensive plan to grow into a $2.5 million organization while strengthening its youth education program, REACH. Hernandez was able to acquire the largest amount of small donations from individual donors as well as a $20,000 grant from the Reva & David Logan Foundation. His most notable fundraising accomplishment was eliminating the board’s “give/ get” requirement, seen as a barrier to participation for many. He has recommended the use of virtual assistants and technologies to increase efficiency, as well as a review of all vendor contracts, 401(k) plans and insurance policies to find cost savings.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists informs the public about nuclear risk, climate change and disruptive technologies. Since joining the board in 2010, Austin Hirsch, a partner at law firm Reed Smith, has led several projects that help ensure the organization’s financial foundation. These include revising governance guidelines and bylaws, leading the search for a new audit firm and negotiating several key contracts. He helped in a lease termination process that enabled the Bulletin to return to its University of Chicago roots; helped defend the intellectual property rights of the organization’s trademarks; galvanized the board and staff to pursue a PPP loan; and helped preserve future protection and use by the Bulletin of its globally recognized Doomsday Clock.

LINDY HIRSCHSOHN

MARY ANN HYNES

TADD INGLES

Board member VOCEL

Founding board member and co-chair, board development committee Girls Inc. of Chicago

After having assisted more than 10 other nonprofits, Lindy Hirschsohn, an alumna partner at Boston Consulting Group, provides VOCEL with strategic support and helped underwrite a “masterclass” series that has brought its expertise in child development to a broader audience. Since joining VOCEL she’s studied neuroscience, poverty and educational best practices, becoming a trusted source of innovative ideas. She is also the board’s leading expert in major-gifts fundraising and in 2017 helped orchestrate VOCEL’s largest event, inviting Arne Duncan to be VOCEL’s keynote speaker, attracting record attendance. She also pioneered VOCEL’s fundraising dashboard, helping the team develop a systematic way to segment donors, track revenue growth and improve donor acquisition and retention.

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Mary Ann Hynes, senior counsel at Dentons, is a founding board member of Girls Inc. of Chicago. The nonprofit provides education, wellness checks and mentoring for girls in Chicago’s Little Village, Chatham, Grand Crossing, Hegewisch, Riverdale, Pullman, Roseland and Bronzeville communities. Hynes serves as co-chair of the board development committee, which is responsible for governance, recruitment, strategic planning, board training and compliance. She guided and informed Girls Inc.’s strategic planning processes and directly contributed to its ability to receive two capacity-building grants during the 2021 fiscal year. She helped raise the organization’s profile by tapping into her network to develop relationships and receive gifts from individuals, corporations and organizations. Girls Inc. of Chicago now serves more than 800 K-12 girls.

AUSTIN HIRSCH Treasurer Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Board chair Association House of Chicago

Tadd Ingles, a partner in Central Region Assurance Services at Ernst & Young, led Association House of Chicago through the pandemic without closing its doors and maintaining outreach to developmentally and intellectually disabled people who require face-to-face services. He also helped the nonprofit achieve one of its strongest financial years ever while managing a seamless transition in its top leadership. He stewarded the organization through the application of its $1 million PPP loan to shift its services for hundreds of individuals on-site almost overnight to remote learning, telehealth and teletherapy services. As a facilities expert, Ingles not only oversaw Association House’s $5.7 million bond compliance, but also guided it through the remediation of a winter flood that caused $500,000 in damage. He led the board through its first-ever virtual gala, raising $130,000.

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DEBRA JENNINGS JOHNSON Board chair Women’s Business Development Center

ANNE KAPLAN Board chair Joffrey Ballet

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Debra Jennings Johnson, recently retired as senior director of supplier diversity at BP America, has served 23 years on the Women’s Business Development Center’s board of directors, leading it through a successful founder transition and helping to elevate its already significant national profile. She assisted the center in expanding to multiple offices within the Chicago area as well as in the Twin Cities, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Kansas City. During the pandemic, she was instrumental in supporting the nonprofit’s efforts in pursuing privateand public-sector funding to support the center’s growth and support from corporations, foundations and government. Her expertise in supply-chain diversity guided the creation of nontraditional purchasing and strategic alliances.

Anne Kaplan, co-founder of Insight Environmental Design, helped Joffrey fulfill a $12 million fundraising goal for its Crisis Stabilization Fund. The Joffrey’s five-year strategic plan, known as Joffrey for All and fostered by Kaplan, drove the recent purchase of 1920 S. Wabash Ave. in the South Loop, a space that enables students from around Chicago to participate in Joffrey-related programming. Her involvement with the Joffrey Women’s Board has been instrumental in raising necessary funding for the Nutcracker Costume Maintenance Initiative, which funds costume and set design maintenance for future productions of “The Nutcracker.” Kaplan also helped enable the Joffrey’s pivot to digital programming, produced at Joffrey Tower during the pandemic, which reached thousands of new audience members around the world.

JAZMIN CHEEFUS KELLY

JOHN KOENIGSKNECHT

JOSEPH LACHER JR.

Board president South Shore Drill Team & Performing Arts Ensemble

President/chair of board of directors CommunityHealth

Chair, international board of directors JDRF

John Koenigsknecht, chair of the corporate and securities practice group and an equity partner at Neal Gerber Eisenberg, has served for more than 12 years with CommunityHealth, the nation’s largest volunteer-based health center. Under his leadership, CH revised each of its committee charters, and he was on the team that produced an ambitious three-year strategic plan. Koenigsknecht helped plan the hosting of the All In Thought Leadership Initiative and arranged for Neal Gerber Eisenberg to provide legal services to CH on a pro bono basis. Shortly after Koenigsknecht helped recruit a new executive director, CH administered thousands of COVID-19 tests and vaccinations and opened the first telehealth microsite in Illinois.

Joseph Lacher Jr., CEO and chairman of Kemper, has over the last dozen years worked in many areas across JDRF, a leading research foundation focused on Type 1 diabetes. He served with two JDRF chapters—Illinois and Hartford, Conn.—as chapter board president, as corporate walk chair, as a Children’s Congress participant, as chair of JDRF’s international board of directors and as a member of the audit, talent and compensation, funding and CEO/ CDO search committees. Lacher and his family have also been an official Fund-A-Cure family. He helped guide the national organization through COVID while garnering donor support that enabled JDRF to continue to fund 150-plus research projects.

The South Shore Drill Team uses performing arts to engage youth throughout their critical teenage years. Jazmin Cheefus Kelly, an attorney at Accenture, has served as board president for two years. While the past 18 months had been difficult after it was announced that support from a major funder would end in 2025, Kelly led a fundraising resurgence that resulted in a 26% increase in individual donations. Meanwhile, over 15 months, the board has refreshed the drill team’s functional job analysis and key roles, responsibilities and processes; created a more cohesive marketing strategy; enhanced its fundraising strategy, identifying previously overlooked sources; and redesigned how the drill team engages Chicago’s youth beyond the South Shore community.

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Shawn Kasserman, a founding member of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman Trial Lawyers, in 2017 became president of Kids in Danger, where he oversees operations, interviews potential board members and conducts regular financial review. Kasserman was introduced to KID’s mission— saving lives through safer product development—when he represented a family in a lawsuit against a product manufacturer. He joined the organization’s board in 2004 and, after its 20th anniversary, led efforts to develop and launch KID 2.0, a series of projects that seeks to develop new informational tools to keep children safe. At the beginning of the pandemic, the nonprofit pivoted from workshops and fairs to webinars and online education designed for parents, child care workers, secondhand retailers and health care providers.

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JORDAN LAMM Board chair Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

Jordan Lamm leads the board of the Skokie nonprofit, which honors the victims and survivors of the Holocaust by teaching lessons that combat hatred, prejudice and indifference. He also is vice president and head of business development at In-telligent, a specialist in emergency alert technology. Lamm earlier had a 25-year career at KPMG. Lamm has served on the Holocaust Museum board for nine years and became chair this year. He worked with the CEO to invest in interactive holograms and virtual-reality technology, revolutionizing how the museum teaches history. His understanding of financial analysis, reporting and modeling has been key to his leadership positions, enabling him to assist with investment and debt retirement strategies, negotiating letter of credit renewals, conferring on PPP loan applications and navigating COVID-19’s budget impact.

BETSY LEHMAN Board chair James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy

For the past five years, Betsy Lehman has chaired the Evanston-based Moran Center, which provides community-based legal, social work and restorative services for youth and families. She brought experience as a legal aid practitioner and social worker in nonprofit management and fundraising. During her nine-year board tenure, Lehman has introduced hundreds of community members to the center’s work and mission, resulting in increased community support, including social media followers, community donors and event attendees. Lehman has played a pivotal role in recently expanding the Moran Center’s service model to include restorative justice. As board chair, Lehman has helped grow the organization’s financial resources more than fourfold. She instituted an annual board review, providing members with the opportunity to assess their own performance and offer feedback on board governance.

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MARK LAUBACHER

MARY LAWRENCE

Board member BEDS Plus Care

Board member Magdalene House Chicago

Mark Laubacher chairs a $1.4 million capital campaign to match $1.5 million in public funding for a medical respite facility for homeless adults with disabling conditions, personally raising more than $125,000. The agency serves homeless people in the western suburbs. Laubacher also is co-founder and vice chairman of Silver Birch Living, a developer and operator of affordable assisted living communities. The facility in Summit will have 10 rooms for 24 people and is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2022. Laubacher served as board president for a three-year term that ended in June and steered the agency through the response to COVID-19. Changes during the pandemic included emergency-shelter restructuring and fundraising efforts that generated $250,000 in private support for COVID services.

JERRY LUMPKINS President Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp.

Jerry Lumpkins leads the board of the nonprofit engaged in affordable housing and redevelopment in the Northwest Side communities of West Town, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Hermosa and Avondale. He’s also Chicago commercial real estate lead at Bank Leumi USA and brings more than 25 years of real estate experience to his nonprofit work. Lumpkins attended nearly all community meetings and City Council hearings in support of Bickerdike’s Emmett Street Apartments, a transit-oriented project in Logan Square scheduled to be completed early next year. Bickerdike was started in 1967 after residents fled to the suburbs to pursue jobs and the neighborhood eroded, vulnerable to gangs and crime. Lumpkins also serves on the boards of Rogers Park Builders Group and Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago.

At the young nonprofit that supports female survivors of sex trafficking, Mary Lawrence serves on the housing, finance and events committees. She’s also president of Richards Graphic Communications in Bellwood. As a member of the housing committee, Lawrence has toured dozens of houses to help Magdalene House select and secure a location for its residential program. As recent board chair, Lawrence led fundraising for the home acquisition. She launched the Young Professionals Board to expand the organization’s reach among younger supporters. And she diversified revenue by establishing relationships with private foundations. As a member of the events committee, she successfully helped transition Magdalene’s 2020 annual benefit online, raising more than $100,000. Lawrence provides pro bono printing, graphic design and direct mail support in the range of $15,000 annually.

JAMES MARK Board chair Chinese American Service League

At the Chinese American Service League, James Mark helped guide the response to COVID-19. Mark also is chief strategy officer at design, engineering and construction firm Wight & Co. The league established PPE reserves and pivoted its case management system to remote work while seeing an 8% increase in client needs. The league also led in vaccination efforts, and almost all staff are fully vaccinated. When senior meal programs closed, the organization pivoted to deliver meals to low-income seniors. In recent years, Mark helped steward new corporate sponsors for events and aided in fundraising. He’s served on the board since 2012 and also is on the Friends of the Chicago River board. He advocated for the Chinatown Library, Ping Tom Park and Leonard M. Louie Fieldhouse.

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CHARLES MATTHEWS

ROBERT MCGHEE

SUZET MCKINNEY

Board member United Way of Metro Chicago

Board chair Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

Board president Thresholds

Charles Matthews has served on the United Way board since 2018, has been a member of the executive committee since 2020 and served as campaign chair for 2020-21. He’s also president and CEO of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas. Matthews was instrumental in expanding the Campaign Cabinet, a group of corporate and civic volunteers that helps United Way raise money, from 10 to 50 members. He has championed the United Way campaign within his company, one of United Way’s 25 strongest campaigns. Adding 40 cabinet members enabled United Way to meet its fundraising goal even as the pandemic cut off access to corporate partners and their employee campaigns. Matthews has trained, mentored and supported new board members and recruited the next two years of campaign chairs.

Under Robert McGhee’s leadership, the board of the housing and counseling organization supported staff in navigating the pandemic and expanding services. The organization moved online and provided food and PPE. McGhee also is senior vice president and market manager of community and economic development at Fifth Third Bank and has decades of experience supporting low- and moderate-income communities. When President Kristin Faust left in 2019 to head the Illinois Housing Development Authority, McGhee led the search committee for a replacement, and Anthony Simpkins was hired last year.

CARRIE MEGHIE

RANDY MEHRBERG

PEGGY A. MONTES

Board chair Jackson Chance Foundation

Board member United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

Board member Chicago State Foundation

The foundation, founded and chaired by Carrie Meghie, supports families that have critically ill babies in the hospital neonatal intensive care units, or NICU. Meghie also is co-president of private-equity firm Becker Ventures. Last year, the foundation provided more than 2,000 families with parking passes and provided more than 500 masks to families at three city hospitals: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital and Rush University Children’s Hospital. When Meghie was approached for an honor by Tiffany & Co., she turned that recognition into a partnership that honors NICU staff members for their leadership and service. Meghie has improved efficiency: Through additional investments and changes in custodians, the foundation maximized its investments, adding security and longevity to the organization.

Jenner & Block co-managing partner Randy Mehrberg joined the United Way at a critical time. As the pandemic amplified the challenges people face in meeting basic needs, it also placed additional burdens on already stretched social service organizations and economically challenged neighborhoods. Mehrberg was instrumental in the appointment of a Jenner & Block partner to serve on a pro bono basis as the organization’s first general counsel. The law firm has provided pro bono counsel on issues such as corporate governance, taxes and data privacy. Mehrberg serves on United Way’s Stronger Neighborhood Committee, which seeks to transform neighborhoods by helping residents identify priorities and a set a strategy. Mehrberg also serves on the board of the Lincoln Park Zoo, where he chairs the Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

Foundation director Peggy A. Montes is an alumna and former chair of the board of trustees of Chicago State University. She’s also president of the Bronzeville Children’s Museum. Montes has brought years of operational, governance and fundraising expertise, along with lessons learned from her 40-year relationship with the university. She’s been a key adviser to the executive director of the foundation, which was relaunched in 2019. Montes helped craft and update policies covering the endowment, gift acceptances, record retention and whistleblowers. She recently made a legacy gift to fund the university’s new child development center, named the Peggy A. Montes Playground. She has served on the development committee for the past three years and sponsored the foundation’s signature fundraising event, the 1stGEN Scholarship Gala, for its first two years.

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Suzet McKinney has drawn on her expertise in public health to help Thresholds navigate the pandemic. The organization, which supports people living with mental illnesses and substance use disorders, pivoted to offering most health care services virtually via telehealth. McKinney joined developer Sterling Bay this year as principal and director of life sciences from the Illinois Medical District, where she was CEO and executive director. McKinney helped develop, along with senior leadership, Thresholds’ first strategic vision in three years, which called for efforts on behalf of social justice and racial equity. McKinney has served on the gala committee for the last three past years. She has also contributed personally to ongoing fundraising efforts, with multiyear gifts to Threshold’s $10 million capital campaign, and secured sponsorships from her network.

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EMILY NICKLIN

TOM NOLAN

Board chair Planned Parenthood of Illinois

Board chair Genesys Works

Emily Nicklin leaned in to the responsibility of leading Planned Parenthood at a challenging time with the pandemic, loss of federal funding and threats on reproductive and sexual health care. She’s also a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis. Nicklin drew on her nonprofit experience to help establish a task force that improved governance practices. She was the first chair of a newly created board fundraising committee and is a co-chair of the capital campaign. Nicklin’s contributions accelerated following the presidential election of 2016, when she realized the urgency of ensuring access to reproductive health care. She has championed the campaign, garnered unanimous board support and committed a generous lead gift. Nicklin sees that her board colleagues have peer mentors and participates in the board’s peer-topeer mentoring program.

KEN O’KEEFE

Tom Nolan leads the board of Genesys Works, which provides pathways to career success for high school students in underserved communities through skills training and work experiences. Over the last 18 months, the organization pivoted to virtual summer training and remote internships. Nolan retired in 2017 from Accenture, where he was managing director in the North America utilities practice. He’s helped raise the nonprofit’s profile by reaching out to his network of corporate contacts to secure internships, sell golf outing foursomes and recruit volunteers. To better reflect the student population served, Nolan worked with the nominating committee to improve board diversity. Since 2019, half of new board members are women and three-quarters are Black, Indigenous or people of color. He’s helped improve financial reporting and budgeting.

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AMY O’DONNELL Board chair Northwestern University Settlement Association

As Northwestern Settlement board chair, Amy O’Donnell oversaw adaptations necessitated by the pandemic. The nonprofit founded in 1891 by Northwestern professors seeks to support young people in poverty. It transitioned to e-learning for more than 1,000 at-risk students at its Rowe Elementary charter school in Chicago. It also ramped up capacity to serve quadruple the number of families in its food pantry (more than 800 per week) and initiated telehealth for clients of its mental health clinic. O’Donnell led the search for a new CEO to replace Ron Manderschied after more than 40 years in the position. Northwestern Settlement in July tapped Carole Wood as CEO; she is the first Black woman in the position. O’Donnell also has led a variety of fundraising efforts.

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Board member Marillac St. Vincent Family Services

Board co-chair Legal Aid Chicago

Board chair Brain Research Foundation

With 20 years of board service, Ken O’Keefe is a member of the executive committee and immediate past chair of the nonprofit fighting poverty and violence. O’Keefe also is founder of BPOC, a private-equity investment firm focused on health care. During the pandemic, O’Keefe was instrumental in evaluating program changes. The computer lab was repurposed to accommodate remote learning for kids whose parents weren’t able to stay home with them. That way, the students were supervised and fed. When Marillac’s financial position came under pressure and layoffs were considered, O’Keefe presented a plan that allowed the use of reserve funds to maintain services and pay employees. He opened his home over the years to invite hundreds of friends and colleagues to learn about Marillac, expanding visibility and fundraising.

As co-chair, Megan Poetzel has influence across activities at Legal Aid Chicago, which provides Cook County residents with legal representation and access to justice. Poetzel also is co-chair of the complex commercial litigation practice at Jenner & Block. During the pandemic, Legal Aid Chicago provided more clinics, events and updates on the changing landscape of health benefits, housing, debt collection, food access and employment. Poetzel involves Jenner lawyers in pro bono projects. In May, Jenner volunteers assisted clients as part of the Criminal Records Relief project, determining their eligibility for relief. The same month, Poetzel hosted a webinar on how to aid those returning from prison find employment and safe and healthy housing and secure other rights. She’s worked with colleagues to promote board diversity.

Peter B. Pond led the first virtual fundraiser for the Brain Research Foundation, which funds pioneering neurological research. The fundraiser surpassed its goal, enabling the foundation to award six additional grants, the most in its 68-year history. Pond is a former Chicago investment banker and chair of Maximus, a provider of government services in Reston, Va. Pond has placed a priority on fundraising and marketing. As part of its strategic plan, the foundation hired a marketing firm to take a comprehensive view of the foundation’s brand and its local and national reach. Social media and email campaigns ushered the foundation into a more modern approach to marketing, awareness and fundraising. Additionally, Pond has supported the Young Leadership Board, which is raising the foundation’s profile among young professionals.

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MICHELE RICHARDSON Board chair-elect Advocate Aurora Health

Michele Richardson was instrumental in Advocate Health Care’s 2018 merger with Aurora Health Care. Since the merger, she’s chaired the board’s strategic planning work group and helped lead the system through the pandemic. A former dean of students at the University of Chicago Law School, Richardson in 2011 founded consultancy Higher Education Advocates. She also co-sponsors the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, a group from top health care organizations working to eliminate health disparities. She’s served on the board of Advocate Health Care since 2004 and continued with the merged organization in 2018. As head of the strategic planning work group, Richardson aims to expand the system beyond traditional care to embrace personalized, omnichannel health care and whole-person health, which addresses food security and nutrition, stress and sleep.

DORIS SALOMÓN Steering committee co-chair Nuestro Futuro

Under Doris Salomón’s leadership, Nuestro Futuro spearheaded grantmaking to support the Latinx community during the pandemic. An initiative of the Chicago Community Trust, Nuestro Futuro (“Our Future”) is considered the nation’s largest affinity fund dedicated to Latinx philanthropy, with a $6.6 million endowment. Salomón also is director of programs at Chicago United. Since its start in 2003, the fund has awarded $3.1 million in grants to 70 area nonprofits. With the Latinx community disproportionately bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s health and economic toll and Latinx-led nonprofits struggling with operational and funding issues, Nuestro Futuro stepped up. The organization provided $422,500 in general operating support grants to 23 organizations. Salomón helped form a partnership with the Hispanic Federation to secure a $100,000 match for pandemic grant-making.

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JOHN ROBAK Board chair Chicago United

At Chicago United, John Robak led development of a threeyear strategic plan to guide growth, the first formalized plan in 15 years. The nonprofit seeks to expand economic opportunity for people of color in corporate leadership and in growing minority businesses. Robak also is CEO of engineering firm Greeley & Hansen. Robak led Chicago United through a leadership transition in 2020 when he chaired the search for a new CEO, resulting in the hiring of Tiffany Hamel Johnson of World Business Chicago. He has served as the presenting sponsor of Chicago United’s signature fundraiser for four consecutive years. He’s recruited new sponsors and increased donations that have resulted in new partners, members, board members and funding. In the past three years, Robak secured more than $500,000 for Chicago United programs.

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NATALIE ROMANO Board president Shore Community Services

Since 2004, Natalie Romano has served on the board of the Skokie nonprofit that supports children and adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. She’s been president since 2012. Romano also is associate portfolio manager at Romano Brothers & Co. Wealth Management in Evanston. At Shore Community Services, Romano has assisted with rebranding, creating a new website and launching social media platforms. Romano has presented to civic organizations and businesses and has worked closely with public officials to discuss client needs. She’s drawn on her investment experience to help plan for Shore’s future with endowment savings. And she looks at ways to run the agency more efficiently through upgrades in software and technology. Romano chaired the organization’s Spring Benefit Committee for years as well as a $5 million capital campaign to purchase and renovate a new facility.

LARRY SEROTA

SMITA SHAH

Board member Chicago Children’s Museum

Board member Museum of Science & Industry

Larry Serota played a key role in preparing for the museum’s July reopening by helping lead experts, such as engineers and cleaning staff, to devise strategies for safe re-entry. Serota is executive managing director at Transwestern, specializing in tenant representation, and a Transwestern board member. The museum closed in March 2020 and used online platforms to curate at-home educational activities for children. Serota helped create an innovative gala strategy, inviting donors, volunteers and community members to play at the museum and understand why it is so impactful for children. In 2009, he established the museum’s Metropolitan Board for young professionals who don’t have the funds to donate but want to volunteer their time. Through this, he co-founded a program of volunteers who bring museum resources to underserved neighborhoods.

Serving on the search committee, Smita Shah played an integral role in recruiting the museum’s new president and CEO, Chevy Humphrey. For Shah, it was essential to find a candidate who represented the diverse membership of the museum, and Humphrey is the first woman and Black person to lead the museum. Shah is president and CEO of engineering and construction management firm SPAAN Tech. Serving on the building and grounds committee, Shah uses her infrastructure expertise to lead projects that update the museum’s 100-year-old building, ensuring that it’s functioning safely, sustainably and cost-efficiently. She also chaired the Environmental Advisory Committee, which explored how the museum could bring in thought leaders from across the country to discuss climate change and how to best educate Chicagoans on the issue.

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THOMAS SHARP

TRISTAN SLEMMONS

Board treasurer Midwest Young Artists Conservatory

Board member My Block My Hood My City

As board president between 2004 and 2015, Thomas Sharp was a leader in the purchase of the land contiguous to the MYAC Center in Highwood and is a strong advocate for the proposed MYAC-Lake County Arts Center on that site. He chairs the task force dedicated to its development. Sharp also is a senior vice president at Morgan Stanley. With his experience in finance, Sharp leads the finance, audit and investment policy committees. He works with outside auditors and provides oversight for federal and Illinois annual reports. He’s been involved in the annual gala and fundraising endeavors and is a major donor. Even before joining the board, Sharp advocated for the conservatory, inviting MYAC families to his home and encouraging them to contribute to the endowment campaign.

At the nonprofit known as M3, Tristan Slemmons serves on the development committee and helped raise more than $200,000 during the past two years. Slemmons is corporate citizenship lead at Deloitte and earlier was community relations manager at Bank of America. M3 supports youth in disinvested neighborhoods through educational programs and field trips. Volunteers support communities by cleaning alleys, mowing lawns and shoveling snow for seniors. Slemmons helped raise $140,000 at Deloitte through an incentive in which the company matched employee contributions. She also served on a committee that granted funds raised by M3 to small businesses hurt by the pandemic. She’s a founding member and co-chair of Youth Guidance’s Working on Womanhood Advisory Council, a group committed to helping young women in Chicago schools.

CARDELLE SPANGLER

RICK THIERNAU

Board co-chair Academy for Urban School Leadership

Cardelle Spangler began serving as co-chair this year and is guiding the nonprofit’s strategic direction and relationship with Chicago Public Schools, its primary partner. The academy works to improve outcomes for underserved students on the South and West sides by recruiting and training promising individuals to be effective teachers through its Chicago Teacher Residency program. During the pandemic, the academy shifted to a virtual model. Spangler is a labor and employment partner at Winston & Strawn and helps academy managers on employment policy. She helped develop a communications plan highlighting the academy’s accomplishments. Spangler has been instrumental in supporting the organization’s philanthropic goals.

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Board member New Star

During the pandemic, Rick Thiernau served as a steady and consistent voice for the board and donors, helping guide the organization through the initial financial uncertainty when day services were closed. The nonprofit serves 650 children and adults in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana who are affected by disabilities. Thiernau is president of Thiernau Financial Services in Dyer, Ind., and has more than 38 years of experience in financial planning. The former board president was instrumental in establishing a financial oversight committee to ensure viability through endowment planning, financial oversight policies and reporting procedures. He vets and interviews candidates for the board. He also instituted a mentor program that assigns a seasoned board member to help guide a new member through the first six months.

ROBERT SOLES Board chair American Cancer Society Illinois

As board chair, Robert Soles heads the Illinois activities of the American Cancer Society; he is a partner at KPMG and West Region tech assurance leader, audit. A major accomplishment: The organization’s Chicago Discovery Ball went virtual for the first time and raised more than $2 million. Soles led the way for a $100,000 board mission paddle-raise matching gift ask on top of already committed revenue. He’s also helped recruit six new executive leaders who joined the Illinois board in the past 18 months. Before being elected chair in 2020, Soles supported signature fundraising efforts such as the Real Men Wear Pink campaign to fight breast cancer. He has strived to improve board operations, creating scorecards with analytics that enable the nonprofit to adapt.

WADE THOMSON Leadership Board member National Immigrant Justice Center

As immigration became a hot topic nationally, Wade Thomson worked to raise the profile of the National Immigrant Justice Center, part of the Heartland Alliance. Thomson is a partner at Jenner & Block, working from the Chicago and London offices. He’s recruited corporations to the issue as sponsors and coordinated with in-house attorneys at Chase, General Motors, Exelon, McDonald’s and other businesses to team with him and the center on asylum cases. With these relationships, Thomson has helped increase the number of indigent clients at the center receiving critical legal assistance. He has worked on more than 50 asylum cases at Jenner & Block, primarily through the center. Thomson has often joined the host committee for the center’s annual fundraiser and has brought in tens of thousands of dollars in sponsorships.

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JOSEPH TORRES Former board president Illinois Equal Justice Foundation

As the longest-serving board member, Joseph Torres helped address the acute need for legal services and support Illinois’ front-line legal aid organizations. The foundation distributes state funding to nonprofit legal aid programs. Torres joined the board in 2006 and held a number of positions, including grant chair, nominating chair, vice president and president. Torres is a partner at Jenner & Block and chair of the ERISA litigation practice. Working with other members of the board and the organization’s staff, Torres ensured that fundraising was robust. When other social service programs were forced to close during the 2015 state budget crisis, the foundation was able to help legal aid organizations assist more than 54,000 vulnerable families, seniors and veterans. It subsequently won settlement award funds from the attorney general.

DAVID WEEKS Board president Naperville Elderly Homes

As board president, David Weeks led a $24 million building and renovation project during the pandemic. He put his business, Weeks Financial Group, on hold. Weeks instituted weekly COVID testing until vaccines became available, then secured on-site vaccine clinics until 75% of residents were vaccinated. Weeks secured the funding for the renovation and new building construction in the form of low-income tax credits and other grants from the Illinois Housing Development Authority, DuPage Housing Authority and other project partners. Prior to completion of the Martin Avenue Apartments project, there was a six-year waiting list of low-income seniors who desperately needed support. Now there are 190 new and modern apartments serving almost 200 residents. Weeks has mentored incoming board members and recently assisted in recruiting five new directors.

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PETER VILIM Board member All Chicago

Board chair Music Institute of Chicago

Since 2011, Peter Vilim has served on the board of All Chicago, a nonprofit that strives to end homelessness. He was chair between 2015 and 2019. He’s also co-founder and vice chairman of real estate investment and property management company Waterton. In 2020, All Chicago served 5,296 households with $7.6 million in grants. Vilim led the search committee that recruited Carolyn Ross as president and CEO in 2019. He revamped and diversified All Chicago’s board to include representation of all components of housing, including development and banking. Vilim served on All Chicago’s development committee, which increased its nongovernment funding from $1.1 million in 2016 to $6.6 million in 2020. Vilim introduced conventional housing businesses to All Chicago through his role as presenting sponsor of the group’s fundraiser.

Throughout the pandemic, board Chair Scott Verschoor was key to operational and fundraising success. Evanston-based Music Institute of Chicago converted almost 90% of its students to online learning within 10 days and exceeded fundraising expectations. Verschoor also is national market line of business sales leader at KPMG. As an adult piano student at the school, Verschoor has offered insights that guided the institute to create policies that removed barriers for older adults to participate in programs. He has drawn on his expertise to help the organization make data-driven decisions. In one case, he facilitated a compensation survey of 12 peer nonprofit music education organizations in the area, yielding valuable information. He twice co-chaired the annual gala and influences others to donate.

DEI AND CORPORATE BOARDS Results from a BoardSource survey on nonprofit boards: HOW DOES THE BOARD’S CURRENT LEVEL OF DIVERSITY IMPACT THE ORGANIZATION’S ABILITY TO . . . Chief executives

Positively

Negatively

Board chair

Positively

Negatively

Expand donor networks

38%

39%

41%

33%

Enhance the organization’s standing with funders and donors

41%

33%

52%

19%

Attract and retain top talent for the board

39%

33%

54%

22%

Cultivate trust and confidence with the community served

47%

30%

55%

24%

Enhance the organization’s standing with the general public

45%

29%

53%

16%

Understand the organization’s current operating environment

44%

26%

48%

20%

Strengthen programs and services

39%

28%

53%

19%

Understand the organization’s work

44%

23%

53%

14%

Plan effectively

43%

23%

48%

14%

Attract and retain top talent for the staff

23%

14%

40%

Source: BoardSource

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january february SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 – NEW YEAR’S DAY MONDAY, JANUARY 17 – MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY United Way of Metro Chicago, Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Day of Healing and Service. Meaningful conversations and service projects. liveunitedchicago.org/mlk-day. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council Procurement Luncheons. Continuing throughout the year, industry-specific events to help minority business enterprises learn how to best win sourcing opportunities with buying organizations. chicagomsdc.org. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26 United Way of Metro Chicago, Virtual Neighborhood Exchange Series. Leaders from different sectors share ideas and foster connections, highlighting strategies and partnerships that are transforming Chicago's neighborhoods. liveunitedchicago. org/neighborhood-exchange. JANUARY TBD Illinois Holocaust Museum Young Professionals Committee Fundraiser. More than 400 young professionals gather for a night of entertainment, conversation and fun. ihm.ec/ypc-presents.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Go With the Flow. Throughout February, yoga classes from top studios and instructors, with the opportunity to purchase exclusive yoga gear or earn swag through fundraising. Virtual, luriechildrens.org/ gowiththeflow. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Marillac St Vincent Family Services, Fleur de Lis Ball. Gala fundraiser with cocktails, dinner, dancing and a live auction. 6 p.m., Adler Planetarium, Chicago. Hybrid, msvevents.org. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Chicago Academy for the Arts, All-School Showcase. A community-wide celebration featuring top work from various arts departments. 7 p.m., Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago. In-person, chicagoacademyforthearts.org. Horizons for Youth, On Cloud Nine. Fundraiser to support the children and families of Horizons for Youth. 7 p.m., The Geraghty, Chicago. In-person, horizons-foryouth.org/oncloudnine. Juvenile Protective Association, All in for Kids Casino Night. Casino games, cocktails, food and dancing to improve the social and emotional well-being and functioning of vulnerable children. 7 p.m., Venue West, Chicago. In-person, jpachicago.org/ casinonight.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 – VALENTINE’S DAY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 CFCI Foundation, Tech for Good. Learn how technology helps businesses be more successful in their operations and impactful with social conscious issues. 10 a.m. Virtual, feb22.cfcifoundation.org. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 – PRESIDENTS DAY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 DIFFA/Chicago Excellence in Care Awards. Reception to recognize grants to local service agencies that assist individuals affected by AIDS and HIV-related illnesses. diffachicago.org. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Girls in the Game, Field of Dreams Gala. Featuring inspiring stories of girls who have been part of Girls in the Game over its 27-year history as well as stories of honorees who have changed the game for girls. 6 p.m., Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile. In-person, girlsinthegame.org/fieldofdreams.

emerging leaders from across the Chicago area gather for live music, a silent auction, open bar and more. 8 p.m., Morgan Manufacturing, Chicago. alz.org/ illinois. United Way of Metro Chicago, Young Leaders United IGNITE. Mid-winter party for young professionals with music, food and cocktails to raise funds in support of United Way's mission to building a stronger, more equitable Chicago region. 8 p.m., The Dalcy, Chicago. In-person, liveunitedchicago.org/ignite. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Make-A-Wish Illinois, Wish to Party. Hosted by the Associate Board, Chicago's philanthropic young professionals enjoy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails while helping grant the wishes of children with critical illnesses. Morgan Manufacturing, Chicago. In-person, wish.org/illinois. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Respiratory Health Association, Hustle Chicago. Climb to the top of Chicago's skyline at the former Hancock building, then celebrate with other lung health heroes while enjoying sweeping city and lake views. 7 a.m., 874 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Hybrid, resphealth.org/hustle.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter, Paint the Night Purple. Hosted by the Chapter’s Junior Board, young professionals and

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Family Service Center Open House. An opportunity to visit the new Family Service Center offices. Family Service Center, Northfield. In-person, familyservicecenter.com. Leukemia Research Foundation Town Hall Meeting: Blood Cancer Q&A. Physicians answer questions about blood cancers, including treatments, managing side effects, transplants, infection prevention precautions and the latest in research. 1 p.m. Virtual, bit.ly/2YCSAuy. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Chicago Zoological Society Wines in the Wild. Sampling of wines and liquors from around the world, accompanied by hors

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TUESDAY, MARCH 1 Illinois Holocaust Museum Humanitarian Awards Dinner. Honoring United Airlines, the Duchossois family, and Sam Harris, Holocaust survivor and Museum president emeritus. In-person, ihm.ec/humanitarian-awards-dinner. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 Holy Family Ministries Read Across America Day. Volunteers pair with students for one-hour reading sessions. 9 a.m., Holy Family School, Chicago. Inperson, events@hfm.org. THURSDAY, MARCH 3 Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, Youth of the Year Awards. Teen members are recognized for leadership, service and academic standing. Navy Pier, Chicago. In-person, bgcc.org/yoy. Chicago Lighthouse, Raising the Stakes for Vision. Blackjack, poker and other casino games, with proceeds supporting the programs and services of The Chicago Lighthouse North in Glenview. 5:30 p.m., Chicago. In-person, chicagolighthouse.org/event/poker. FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Chicago Lights Gala of Hope. Benefits Chicago Lights and the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being. Ritz-Carlton Chicago. In-person, chicagolights.org. SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Giordano Dance Chicago Legacy Ball. Performances, silent and live auctions, open bar, food stations and dancing. 7 p.m., Ravenswood Art Center, Chicago. In-person, giordanodance.org. Hephzibah Children's Association Heart of Gold Ball. Cocktails, a sit-down dinner, dancing to the band Greenlight, a live auction and wine pull; black

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Western DuPage Special Recreation Association Bash. An open bar, dinner, silent auction, entertainment and fundraising to support children, teens and adults with special needs. 5:30 p.m., Abbington Distinctive Banquets, Glen Ellyn. In-person, wdsra.com/ event/the-bash. SUNDAY, MARCH 6 Northern Illinois Food Bank, A Cup of Hope. Hosted by the NIFB's Executive Women's Council, a virtual afternoon tea to solve hunger, filled with entertainment, tea and treats—all from the comfort your own home. 2 p.m. Virtual, solvehungertoday. org/ways-to-give/signature-events. Special Olympics Chicago/ Special Children's Charities Polar Plunge. More than 4,000 people jump into Lake Michigan to raise funds for the 7,500 athletes of the Special Olympics Chicago program. 10 a.m., North Avenue Beach, Chicago. In-person, chicagopolarplunge.org. MONDAY, MARCH 7 – CASIMIR PULASKI DAY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 Project C.U.R.E. International Women's Day. Celebration of female health care heroes leading change around the world. Virtual, projectcure.org. THURSDAY, MARCH 10 March of Dimes, Best Places to Work for Moms. A conversation about the challenges of working motherhood, work-life-balance and what factors create a great place to work for moms. 11:30 a.m., Chicago. Hybrid, marchofdimes.org/events/ workplace. FRIDAY, MARCH 11 PAWS Chicago, Animal Magnetism. PAWS super fans and their furry companions raise funds for homeless pets. Humans enjoy cocktails, auction items and a photo booth, while canine guests can visit the dog spa. 7 p.m., Morgan Manufacturing, Chicago. In-person, pawschicago.org/ animalmagnetism.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 Chicago Ensemble Gala. An afternoon of chamber music with food and drink. 2 p.m., Fortnightly Club, Chicago. In-person, thechicagoensemble.org. Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Gala: Listen to the Future. CYSO toasts its 75th anniversary with dinner, a live auction and performances by CYSO's young players to support music programs for 10,000 students each year. 6 p.m., Marriott Marquis, Chicago. In-person, cyso. org/gala. Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, March for Kids Post-Parade Party. Family-friendly St. Patrick's Day celebration to support a solution for kids in crisis. Chicago. mercyhome. org/march-for-kids. THURSDAY, MARCH 17 – ST. PATRICK’S DAY TUESDAY, MARCH 22 Illinois Housing Council Affordable Housing Forum. Continuing March 23, 24 and 31, a statewide affordable housing conference with educational sessions streamed online and one day of in-person activities and networking. Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago. Hybrid, ilhousingforum.org. THURSDAY, MARCH 24 Genesys Works Chicago Cocktails & Conversation. A series exploring critical topics in workforce development, education and other issues facing Chicago's youth. 6 p.m., Chicago. In-person,

genesysworks.org/chicago/aboutus/events. Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, Battle of the Bands. Five local bands battle it out for fun and a good cause, with a crowd-selected winner. 6:30 p.m., Chicago. Inperson, rebuildingtogether-chi.com. FRIDAY, MARCH 25 Teamwork Englewood, FUNNYraiser "Virtually Damon.” Fundraiser to improve the quality of life for Englewood residents and also aimed to "bring some funny." 6 p.m., Kennedy-King Auditorium, Chicago. Hybrid, teamworkenglewood.org. FRIDAY, MARCH 31 DIFFA/Chicago Lip Sync for Life. Creative lip sync team performances by industry colleagues as well as local drag artists. diffachicago.org. MARCH TBD Gilda's Club Chicago Untapped. Craft beer and wine tasting with food pairings, tours of the Barrel House and a chance to win fabulous prizes. 6 p.m., Goose Island Barrel House, Chicago. In-person, gildasclubchicago.org. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Transformative Impact Awards. Keynote speakers, award winners and panelists interpret current housing trends and suggest new approaches to the most challenging issues affecting vulnerable families. 6 p.m., Chicago. Hybrid, nhschicago.org.

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april SATURDAY, APRIL 2 Les Turner ALS Foundation, Hope Through Caring Gala. Fundraiser to provide the most comprehensive care and support to people living with ALS and their families. Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago. lesturnerals.org/events/ hope-through-caring-award-gala. MONDAY, APRIL 4 Leadership Greater Chicago, Celebrate Leaders The Catalyst Sessions. An evening of stories with impact; proceeds help prepare leaders for a lifelong commitment of civic involvement and responsibility. 5 p.m., Goodman Theatre, Chicago. Hybrid, lgcchicago.org. THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter, Reason to Hope. Lunch and learn featuring the work of the Association, including the care and support it provides to families and the latest advances in research. Noon, Mid-America Club, Chicago. alz.org/illinois.

Hyde Park Day School Gala. Cocktails, dinner, alumni remarks and a live and silent auction to support bright children with learning disabilities at the school's Chicago, Lemont and Northfield campuses.6:30 p.m., Rockwell on the River, Chicago. In-person, bit. ly/3nydSCi. Opportunity International 50th Anniversary Summit. Weekendlong event with one-of-a-kind experiences and a gala to fight poverty. Museum of Science & Industry and Sheraton Grand Hotel, Chicago. In-person, opportunity.org/summit. SATURDAY, APRIL 9 Family Service Center, Casino Night Spring Benefit. An evening of casino fun and entertainment to support mental health and emotional wellness in our community. 7 p.m., Fields MINI, Glencoe. In-person, familyservicecenter.com.

Garden, Vernon Hills. In-person, counselingforall.org. YWCA Evanston/North Shore Gala. Event to recognize and honor local women for their commitment to women's empowerment, racial justice and social change. 6 p.m., Palm House, Evanston. In-person, ywca-ens.org. SUNDAY, APRIL 10 – PALM SUNDAY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 United Way of Metro Chicago, April Food Day. Annual food collection event and awards luncheon that addresses food insecurity in the south and southwest suburbs—a region facing high levels of poverty and systemic education, health and wealth inequities amplified by COVID-19. Tinley Park Convention Center, Tinley Park. liveunitedchicago.org/ april-food-day. FRIDAY, APRIL 15 – GOOD FRIDAY; PASSOVER BEGINS AT SUNDOWN SUNDAY, APRIL 17 – EASTER

Haymarket Center Gala. Shines a light on the success of the substance use disorder treatment services and the thousands of lives touched by founder Father Mac. 5:30 p.m., Chicago Bulls Advocate Training Center, Chicago. Hybrid, haymarketgala.org.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, Business Opportunity Fair. Continuing through April 21, the nation’s first and largest conference and trade fair connecting qualified, certified minority suppliers with corporate and government buyers. Navy Pier. In-person, chicagomsdc.org.

Youth & Family Counseling Gala. Fundraiser returning after a two-year COVID-related hiatus. 6 p.m., Cuneo Mansion and

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J successful in their operations, and impactful with social conscious issues. 10 a.m., Chicago. Hybrid, apr22.cfcifoundation.org. SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter, Rita Hayworth Gala. One of several national events honoring the actress, who died as a result of Alzheimer’s disease. Inperson, alz.org/illinois. Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation Scholarship Gala. Includes a silent and live auction to raise funds for scholarships provided to students. 6 p.m., Chicago. Hybrid, clefchicago.org. Northern Illinois Food Bank, Fight Hunger 5K/10K. Individuals, groups, corporate teams, families and friends run or walk virtually or in-person through the beautiful gardens of Cantigny Park. 8 a.m., Cantigny Park, Wheaton. Hybrid, solvehungertoday.org/ways-togive/signature-events. Writers Theatre WordPlay. Gala honoring longtime supporter and current board chair Mary Pat Studdert. 6 p.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. In-person, writerstheatre.org/gala. SUNDAY, APRIL 24 March of Dimes, March for Babies 5K Walk. Supports the March of Dimes mission

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FRIDAY, APRIL 29 BUILD Inc., BUILD the Future. An evening of storytelling and community strength to support the youth development organization that has helped thousands of young people persist and thrive. 5:30 p.m., Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier, Chicago. In-person, bit. ly/3pIBWFe.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 Chicago Children's Advocacy Center, Luminary Award Dinner. Recognizes someone who has done exceptional, much-needed work on behalf of Chicago's children. Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. In-person, chicagocac.org/get-involved/events. THURSDAY, APRIL 28 Life Span, Light to Life. Fundraiser to provide free legal representation, counseling and court advocacy to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. 5:30 p.m., Galleria Marchetti, Chicago. Inperson, life-span.org. Meals on Wheels, Chicago on Tap. More than 60 beer samplings from over a dozen craft breweries, a beer-inspired menu from top Chicago restaurants, raffle prizes and live music with proceeds benefiting Meals on Wheels Chicago. 6 p.m., Theater on the Lake, Chicago. In-person,

Chicago Commons Spring Luncheon: Empowering, Building, Thriving. Business, civic and philanthropic leaders come together to support the organization's mission and honor those who catalyze the work. 11 a.m., Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago. In-person, chicagocommons.org.

The Chicago Lighthouse, FLAIR. Fun. Fashion. Philanthropy.™ October. Whirl 2022. Fundraiser co-hosted by the Board of Trustees and the Women's Board highlights educational, animal welfare and conservation programs. 5:30 p.m., Hilton Chicago. In-person, czs.org.

Clearbrook, Shining Star Ball. Black-tie gala in support of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 6:30 p.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. In-person, clearbrook.org. Northwestern Settlement, Spotlight on the Settlement. Fundraiser for the 129-year-old organization, which has a mission to nurture, educate and inspire Chicago's youth. Park West, Chicago. In-person, winnetkaboard.com. SATURDAY, APRIL 30 Chicago Zoological Society

Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Fund, No Ordinary Evening. Celebrates the life of Declan Drumm Sullivan, who died while working as a videographer for the Notre Dame football team, and benefits Horizons for Youth, an organization supporting children from low-resource neighborhoods. 6 p.m., Palmer House Hilton, Chicago. In-person, declandrummsullivanfund.org/ no-ordinary-evening. Envision Unlimited Bright Futures Ball. Formal gala and fundraiser celebrating and supporting Envision's mission. 6 p.m., Somerset Viceroy, Chicago. Hybrid, envisionunlimited.org.

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Family Bridges, Reveal. Mother daughter masquerade ball supporting Family Bridges and celebrating the special relationship between mothers and daughters. 6 p.m., Hyatt Lodge, Oak Brook. In-person, familybridgesusa.org/ reveal.

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Jewish Council for Youth Services: Celebrating 115 Years. Gala evening to honor Nancy and Dan Pollack for a lifetime of service. 6 p.m., The Drake Hotel, Chicago. In-person, jcys.org/ gala2022. Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, National Rebuilding Day. Volunteers repair the homes

and revitalize the communities of homeowners in need. 7 a.m., Chicago and Cook County. Inperson, rebuildingtogether-chi. com. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Gala. Celebration of the organization's 45th anniversary. 6 p.m., The Geraghty, Chicago. Hybrid, ronaldhousechicago.org/gala. APRIL TBD ChiArts Foundation, Kerfuffle! Student performance-driven cocktail and dinner experience celebrates and supports tuitionfree, pre-professional arts conservatory programs. 6:30 p.m., Chicago. chiarts.org/foundation. Chicago Lighthouse, Sweets for Sight. Guests enjoy socializing while enjoying a wide array of appetizers, cocktails, desserts and live music; proceeds benefit programs for children who are blind, visually impaired or disabled. Chicago. In-person, chicagolighthouse.org/event/sipssweets. McAninch Arts Center and Cleve Carney Museum of Art Gala. Celebratory event to benefit arts programs. 6 p.m., Glen Ellyn. foundation.cod.edu. New Moms, Together We Thrive. Continuing through May, small events and crowd-driven fundraising to impact young moms and children in the Chicago area. Hybrid, newmoms.org/ events.

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SATURDAY, MAY 7 Autism Speaks, Chip In Casino Night. Open bar, food and casino gaming to celebrate and raise funds to support the mission of Autism Speaks. 7 p.m., Revel Motor Row, Chicago. In-person, autismspeaks.org/chipinilluminate. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Chicago, Big Bash. Food, drinks, live music, dancing, auction and more in celebration and support of Big Brothers Big Sisters lifechanging mentoring programs. 7 p.m., Chicago. In-person, bbbschgo.org. SUNDAY, MAY 8 – MOTHER’S DAY MONDAY, MAY 9 Woman's Board of Rush University Medical Center Spring Luncheon. Featuring a keynote address from a distinguished speaker. 11 a.m., Ritz-Carlton Chicago. In-person, thewomansboard.org. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 American Red Cross Heroes Breakfast. Honoring individuals and groups for acts of great bravery, dedication and service to the community. 7 a.m., Hilton Chicago. In-person, redcross.org/ heroes. NorthShore University HealthSystem Foundation, Myra Rubenstein Weis Health Resource Center Benefit Luncheon. Honoring Eileen Rubenstein Goldstein and Paul D. Goldstein, MD, MRW co-founders, with guest speaker Hyde Russell, MD, Owen L. Coon chair of

cardiothoracic surgery, division chief of cardiovascular surgery. 11:45 a.m., Exmoor Country Club, Highland Park. In-person, foundation.northshore.org/mrw. Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation, Early-Onset Bipolar Medical Briefing Luncheon. Panel discussion with Margaret Trudeau, mental health advocate, author and mother of the Canadian prime minister, and Dr. Karen Swartz, director of the adolescent depression and awareness program and professor of mood disorders at Johns Hopkins. 11:30 a.m., Casino Club, Chicago. In-person, ryanlichtsangbipolarfoundation.org. Salvation Army Metropolitan Division Civic Luncheon. Recognizes Individuals and organizations who demonstrate dedication to The Salvation Army's mission and outstanding service to the community. salarmychicago. org/civic. THURSDAY, MAY 12 American Lung Association Outstanding Mother Awards. Annual event honoring women for successfully building their careers, nurturing their families and improving our community. 7 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago. In-person, lung.org/oma. Chicago Human Rhythm Project JUBALEE! Reception and percussive dance concert honoring Paul Levy, Mia Park and Ted Lewis Levy, and supporting the new Mayfair Arts Center, year-round performances and education programs throughout the Chicago area. 6:30 p.m., MCA, Chicago. In-person, chicagotap.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 13 Arts of Life Benefit Auction. Curated selection of contemporary artworks by Arts of Life artists and globally renowned artists, with proceeds supporting talented artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 7 p.m., Chicago. Hybrid, artsoflife.org. National Able Network & Veterans Forward, Veteran of the Year Award Luncheon. Honor local veterans who serve their communities and bring value to the workforce. 12:30 p.m., Venue West, Chicago. In-person, nationalable.org/vets. National Museum of Mexican Art, Gala de Arte. Black-tie evening benefitting the Museum and celebrating Arthur R. Velasquez Award honoree Adela Cepeda and Legacy Award honoree Diana Palomar. 6 p.m., Sheraton Grand Hotel, Chicago. In-person, nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/ events/gala-de-arte. Stories Matter Foundation, Story Ball. The organization's second annual fundraiser, with an online auction. 7 p.m., Chicago. Hybrid, storystudiochicago.org/storyball. SATURDAY, MAY 14 Friends of the Chicago River, Chicago River Day. Thousands of volunteers come together to gain new appreciation for the Chicago and Calumet Rivers while removing litter from the rivers and adjacent lands. 9 a.m., multiple locations, multiple cities. In-person, chicagoriver.org. Little City Foundation Dinner Gala: Unmask the Possibilities. An evening of dinner and dancing celebrating the Foundation's 63 years of dedication in supporting children and adults with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. 6 p.m., The Drake Hotel, Chicago. Inperson, littlecity.org/events.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 Merit School of Music Gala. Packed with performances, an evening for music lovers benefitting equality and excellence in music education, and honoring Lori Julian and William Blair for their contributions to the arts. 6 p.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. In-person, meritmusic. org/gala. THURSDAY, MAY 19 Designs 4 Dignity, Spirit of Design. Raffle prizes, a live appeal and entertainment to allow D4D to continue to empower lives through design. 6 p.m., Theater on the Lake, Chicago. In-person, designsfordignity.org/events. Embarc, Variety Spectacular. Food, craft cocktails, powerful speakers and performances supporting more than 4,000 Embarc students. The Geraghty, Chicago. embarcchicago.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 20 One Million Degrees, OMD Degrees of Impact Gala. Celebration of this year's scholars and the potential of community college students. 6 p.m., Rockwell on the River, Chicago. Hybrid, onemilliondegrees.org. SATURDAY, MAY 21 Make-A-Wish Illinois Wish Ball. Celebrity entertainment, impactful wish moments and unique auction offerings, all supporting wishes for Illinois children with critical illnesses. 6 p.m., Navy Pier, Chicago. In-person, wishball.org. St. Coletta's of Illinois, Caritas Benefit. Night of dancing, food, cocktails and auctions with proceeds going toward programs and services for over 300 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at St. Coletta's. 6 p.m., Tinley Park

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Rett Syndrome Research Trust, Reverse Rett Chicago. Cocktails, small plates and an auction to raise funds to find a cure for Rett Syndrome, a debilitating neurological disorder affecting mostly girls. 6 p.m., Galleria Marchetti, Chicago. Hybrid, reverserett.org/chicago.

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Family Focus, Stronger Together Dinner. Annual fundraiser for Family Focus, now merged with Chicago Child Care Society, serving children, youth and families across Chicago and Northeastern Illinois. 6 p.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. Inperson, family-focus.org.

Chicago Children's Advocacy Center, A Night of Heroes 2021, Irika Sargent hosts.September. Convention Center, Tinley Park. In-person, e.givesmart.com/ events/nix. THURSDAY, MAY 26 Genesys Works Chicago, Breaking Through. Graduation ceremony celebrating emerging professionals' accomplishments and hard work throughout their internships. 6 p.m., Chicago. Hybrid, genesysworks.org/ chicago/about-us/events. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Spark! Learn how Shirley Ryan AbilityLab seamlessly and uniquely integrates science and medicine, blazing a trail of progress toward better, faster outcomes for patients. 6 p.m. Virtual, sralab.org. MONDAY, MAY 30 – MEMORIAL DAY

Children's Home & Aid, Hinsdale Auxiliary's Derby Day. Dinner, dancing and live auctions with proceeds going toward Children's Home & Aid programs. Hybrid, childrenshomeandaid.org/events. Harley Helping Hands Spring Soiree. Fundraiser to positively impact the lives of adults battling brain cancer and provide direct financial assistance to their family by alleviating the financial burden of brain cancer. In-person, harleyhelpinghands.org. United Way of Metro Chicago, Stronger Neighborhoods Awards. Honors local business, civic and community leaders who exemplify what it means to LIVE UNITED. liveunitedchicago.org/strongerneighborhoods.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Arts Alliance Illinois 40th Anniversary Celebration. One of the largest gatherings of our state's creative community, celebrating the organization's 40th anniversary. 5:30 p.m., Harris Theater Rooftop Terrace, Chicago. artsalliance.org/benefit. Friends of the Chicago River, Big Fish Ball. Fundraiser to support improvements and protections of the Chicago River system for people, plants and animals. 5:30 p.m., Westin Chicago River North. In-person, bit.ly/bigfishball2022. THURSDAY, JUNE 2 Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Visionary Ball. Celebration of the museum's exhibitions and programs, featuring a silent auction, guest speakers and those doing outstanding work in the field of outsider art. 5 p.m., Chicago. In-person, art.org. FRIDAY, JUNE 3 Chicago HOPES for Kids, Seeds of HOPE Gala. Dinner, cocktails, auction and dancing. 6 p.m., Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago. In-person, chicagohopesforkids.org. SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Clearbrook Wine and Craft Beer Tasting. Wine tastings from a variety of vineyards and craft beers with proceeds benefiting over 8,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Half Day Brewery, Lincolnshire. Inperson, clearbrook.org/events. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Neighborworks Day. Marking National Homeownership Month, volunteers, business owners and elected officials come together to improve neighborhoods

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MONDAY, JUNE 6 Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund Golf Classic. The nation's largest golf event on seven of Chicago's best courses, supporting educational access and opportunity to Murphy Scholars. In-person, dmsf.org/golf. Meals on Wheels Chicago Golf Classic. Eighteen holes of golf, breakfast and Bloody Mary bar, lunch served on the course, followed by cocktails, dinner and a raffle. 8:30 a.m., Heritage Oaks Golf Club, Northbrook. In-person, bit.ly/3oUUphD. Western DuPage Special Recreation Association, Charlie Long/WDSRA Golf Classic. Day of golf with cart, scramble format, contest hole prizes, awards, lunch and dinner to create a better life for children, teens and adults with special needs. Noon, Arrowhead Golf Club, Wheaton. In-person, wdsra.com/event/charlielongwdsra-golf-classic. TUESDAY, JUNE 7 Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, Leader Council Graduates' Luncheon. Leading women in business and civic arenas help open doors to learning and opportunity for Mercy Home's young people while celebrating their academic achievements. 11:45 a.m. mercyhome.org/ graduates-luncheon. THURSDAY, JUNE 9 Association House of Chicago, Faces of Hope Gala. Fundraiser for programs advancing health, education and economic opportunity across Chicago and featuring impact stories and remarks from Spirit of Hope awardees. In-person, associationhouse.org. FRIDAY, JUNE 10 Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, Women's Board Summer Ball. Business and philanthropy leaders come together to enable youth to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. In-person, bgcc.org/ summerball.

CFCI Foundation Tech for Good: Zoho. Learn how technology helps businesses be more successful in their operations, and impactful with social conscious issues. 10 a.m., Chicago. Hybrid, jun22. cfcifoundation.org. Friends of the Forest Preserves Golf Outing. Eighteen holes of golf to help protect, promote and care for the forest preserves in Cook County. Noon, George Dunne National Golf Course, Oak Forest. In-person, fotfp.org. Metropolitan Family Services Howard & Evanston Community Center Benefit. Proceeds benefit families and individuals throughout Evanston and Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. metrofamily.org. SATURDAY, JUNE 11 DIFFA/Chicago Believe Gala. Social kickoff for the NeoCon trade show and primary fundraising event for DIFFA/Chicago. 6 p.m., The Geraghty, Chicago. diffachicago.org. SUNDAY, JUNE 12 Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter, Power of Purple. Garden party with an inspiring program highlighting Alzheimer’s impact on women and the latest in the search for a cure. 11:30 a.m., Galleria Marchetti, Chicago. alz.org/illinois. THURSDAY, JUNE 16 Leukemia Research Foundation, ABC7 Gibbons 5K Run and 3K Walk. Thousands flock to the lakefront to run, walk and raise funds for blood cancers 6:30 p.m., Grant Park, Chicago. Hybrid, bit. ly/3mISHNB.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17 Association of Consultants to Nonprofits Annual Meeting. Celebration of the association's 33 years and supporting consultants who help hundreds of nonprofits each year reach their missions. 9 a.m., Chicago. acnconsult.org/ events-acn. Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, Guild Board Lawn Ball. Chicago business and civic leaders in their 30s and 40s come together to support BGCC. Saddle and Cycle Club, Chicago. In-person, bgcc. org/guild-board. SATURDAY, JUNE 18 JOURNEYS | The Road Home Superhero 5K. Fundraiser to support over 60 services and programs provided to the homeless and near homeless in 37 towns in north/northwest suburban Cook County. 8:30 a.m. Hybrid, runsignup.com/race/il. SUNDAY, JUNE 19 – FATHER’S DAY; JUNETEENTH MONDAY, JUNE 20 Little City Foundation Golf Classic. The longest-running charity golf invitational in the greater Chicago area, with a day of golf and an evening dinner program to support people with developmental disabilities. 10 a.m., Twin Orchard Country Club, Long Grove. Inperson, littlecity.org/events. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 Gads Hill Center, Many Paths, One Dream. Creating opportunities for children and their families. 6 p.m., Radisson Aqua Blu, Chicago. Hybrid, gadshillcenter.org.

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june july THURSDAY, JUNE 23 Association Forum Honors Gala. A celebratory tradition for Chicago area associations and the premier fundraising event for the Association Forum Foundation. 4:30 p.m., Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. In-person, associationforum.org/ events/honors-gala. Designs 4 Dignity, Backlot BBQ Bash. Summer kick-off in partnership with the Homebuilders Association of Greater Chicago. 5 p.m., Merchandise Mart North Lot, Chicago. In-person, designsfordignity.org/events. Northern Illinois Food Bank, A Taste That Matters. With presenting sponsor, Jewel-Osco, an evening filled with food, friends and a silent auction—all benefiting neighbors in need. 6 p.m., Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Inperson, solvehungertoday.org/ ways-to-give/signature-events. MONDAY, JUNE 27 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, ProAmateur Golf Championship and Celebration. The most successful annual fundraising event in the Hospital's history, with cumulative proceeds totaling more than $20 million. In-person, luriechildrens. org/proam. JUNE TBD American Lung Association Fight For Air Climb - Chicago. With presenting sponsor UnitedHealthcare, climbers participate either at Soldier Field

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Casa Central Day of Hope. Educational and engaging healthfocused activities, including free health screenings, informational workshops, resources and giveaways. 10 a.m., Casa Central, Chicago. In-person, casacentral.org. Chicago Lighthouse Seeing What's Possible Gala. Fine dining, special performances and a live band with proceeds supporting programs and services for people who are blind, visually impaired or disabled. Chicago. In-person, chicagolighthouse.org/ event/gala.

PODER, CCF2022. Annual fundraiser allows PODOR to continue providing integrated English literacy, civic engagement and job skill development programming to hardworking immigrants in our community. Chicago. poderworks.org. United Way of Metro Chicago, Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom Event. A day of meaningful conversations to inspire participants to learn more, grow and to be part of the work to help Chicago and the nation heal and transform. liveunitedchicago. org/juneteenth.

CURE Epilepsy Benefit. Raises funds to help achieve a world without epilepsy. Chicago. cureepilepsy.org. Gilda's Club Chicago Awards Dinner. Corporate and individual donors honor those who make a difference in their community, and enable Gilda's Club to extend its reach in the Chicago area. 6 p.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. Virtual, gildasclubchicago.org. Haymarket Center Golf Outing. Golf on the acclaimed private club while raising funds for critical recovery services. Noon, The Dunes Club, New Buffalo, Mich. In-person, haymarketgolf.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 1 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Pedalpalooza. Cycle indoors or on the road; log 100 miles in one day, a weekend or over the course of a month. Virtual, luriechildrens. org/pedalpalooza. MONDAY, JULY 4 – INDEPENDENCE DAY

Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, Heroes Challenge. Individuals and businesses around Chicago tackle a fitness challenge to bring hope and healing to the kids of Mercy Home. marathon. mercyhome.org/heroes-challenge.

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Metropolitan Family Services, M-LAB Wine Mixer. Evening of food, wine and a raffle to support Metropolitan's mission to empower children and families, as well as provide equal access to justice for vulnerable citizens. metrofamily.org.

National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, Middle Market Open. Amateur golf tournament for Chicago's middle-market dealmaking community to support the Foundation. 9 a.m., Shoreacres, Lake Bluff. In-person, nkfi.org/ middle-market-open.

PAWS Chicago, FORE! PAWS Golf Outing. A day of golf, raffles, silent auction, lunch and dinner, including a live auction of packages to support PAWS Chicago's no kill mission. Noon. In-person, pawschicago.org/golf.

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Course, Chicago. In-person, chicagoparksfoundation.org/ golf. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Golf Classic. Games, contests, a cookout lunch, libations and friendly competition at a legendary course. 8 a.m., Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Palos Park. In-person, ronaldhousechicago.org/golf. THURSDAY, JULY 28 PAWS Chicago Beach Party. Pet-friendly event where guests sip cool frozen cocktails and soak up the sun, dance, enjoy dinner, live and silent auctions, pet spa services and more—all to raise money for homeless pets. 6 p.m. pawschicago.org/beachparty. FRIDAY, JULY 29 Leukemia Research Foundation, Angels in the Fairway Golf Outing. Participants raise nearly $125,000 for blood cancer research and patient support. 9 a.m., Grand Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva. In-person, bit.ly/3v1CXsF. SATURDAY, JULY 30 Respiratory Health Association, CowaLUNGa Charity Bike Tour. Weekend cycling event to support healthy lungs and clean air for all. 8 a.m., Gurnee Mills Mall, Gurnee. In-person, resphealth.org/ cowalunga. JULY TBD Haymarket Center, West Loop Fest. Families and businesses honor the West Loop neighborhood with live entertainment and activities. Noon, West Loop, Chicago. In-person, westloopfest.org. Les Turner ALS Foundation, Strike Out ALS 5K and 1 Mile Run, Walk & Roll. Athletes at all fitness levels raise funds for the care and support for people living with ALS. Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago. lesturnerals.org/events/ strike-out-als-5k. National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, Walk for Kidneys. Supporters come together, show their spirit and demonstrate their determination to make a difference in the fight against kidney disease. 9 a.m. Chicago. Hybrid, nkfi.org/walk.

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Northern Illinois Food Bank, Hunger Scramble. Scenic views, giveaways and delicious food with silent auction and raffle prizes. Cantigny Golf Club, Wheaton. In-person, solvehungertoday.org/ ways-to-give/signature-events. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 Make-A-Wish Illinois, Over the Edge. Rappelling event down the side of one of Chicago's iconic skyscrapers to support lifechanging wishes for children with critical illnesses. 8 a.m., Chicago. In-person, wish.org/illinois. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 Chicago Dancers United, Dance for Life. Chicago dance companies perform together for one night to provide financial relief for critical medical needs and preventative health care for Chicago's professional dance community. 6 p.m., Auditorium Theatre, Chicago. In-person, chicagodancersunited. org/dance-for-life. MONDAY, AUGUST 15 Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, Jim Osborne Scholarship Classic. Annual golf outing to provide scholarship awards annually to high-achieving minority high school students. In-person, chicagomsdc.org. Chicago Scholars, Swing for Scholars. Annual golf tournament co-hosted by Chicago Scholars

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 DuPage Senior Citizens Council, Back & Better Than Ever Gala. The Council's first fundraising event since the COVID pandemic began, with funds going to support services that keep older adults safe, healthy and living at home. 6 p.m., Westin Chicago Northwest, Itasca. Hybrid, dupageseniorcouncil.org.

Northern Illinois Food Bank, Hunger Scramble Golf Outing. On-course tastings, games, raffles and a silent auction to benefit neighbors in need. 8 a.m., Wheaton. In-person, solvehungertoday.org/ways-togive/signature-events.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 1 La Rabida Children's Hospital Golf Classic. Eighteen holes of golf on a championship-style links course, giveaways, contests and dinner. Noon, Harborside International Golf Center, Chicago. In-person, larabida.org.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 CFCI Foundation Tech for Good: TechSoup. Learn how technology helps businesses be more successful in their operations, and impactful with social conscious issues. 10 a.m., Chicago. Hybrid, aug22. cfcifoundation.org.

AUGUST TBD Mercy Home for Boys & Girls Annual Golf Classic. A day of golf at one of Chicago's most historic courses that raises funds for kids at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. Beverly Country Club, Chicago. In-person, mercyhome.org/crainsgolf.

Illinois Holocaust Museum, Humanitarian Awards Dinner. March.

MONDAY, AUGUST 22 Genesys Works Chicago Golf Outing. A day of golf and networking with leaders from Chicago's top business and technology firms. Medinah County Club, Chicago. genesysworks.org/ chicago/about-us/events. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 Cara Collective Summer Social. Hosted by the Associates Board, a tasting experience with leading chefs and restaurants in support of Cara's mission to eradicate poverty. 6 p.m., Venue West, Chicago. In-person, caracollective. org/events.

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and the Manny and Pat Pulido Sanchez Foundation; includes food, drinks, a silent auction, a short program and golf. 9:30 a.m., Naperville Country Club, Naperville. In-person, give. chicagoscholars.org.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana, RMHC-CNI Sporting Clays Tournament. September.

MONDAY, AUGUST 29 American Cancer Society, Select Golf Invitational. Presented by AIT Worldwide Logistics, a golf event supporting cancer research. 8 a.m., Medinah Country Club, Medinah. In-person, chicagoselect.org. Bernie's Book Bank, Birdies & Books Charity Golf Classic. Proceeds benefit Bernie's Book Bank, dedicated to increasing book ownership among local under-served children. 7 a.m., Shoreacres, Lake Bluff. In-person, berniesbookbank.org/birdiesbooks.

Laugh Your Face Off!, Pat & Amy Tomasulo. September.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 CommunityHealth, All-In Chicago Breakfast Summit. Education, thought leadership and networking focused on helping all Chicago residents access health care. 7 a.m., Mid-America Club, Chicago. In-person, allin-chicago.org. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 – LABOR DAY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Salvation Army Metropolitan Division, Hope "Fore" Kids Golf Classic. Benefits youth programs, including camp, after-school programs and music education for disadvantaged children and teens in the Chicago area. salarmychicago.org/golf. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Illinois Holocaust Museum Women's Leadership Committee Soiree. Socializing, silent auction and entertainment. In-person, ihm. ec/soiree. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Children's Home & Aid Woman's Board Gala. Fundraiser to support early childhood care and education for children and families in underserved communities. Hybrid, childrenshomeandaid.org/events. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Adler Planetarium Celestial Ball. An experience "under the stars" to celebrate the Adler's approach to scientific exploration. 6 p.m., Adler Planetarium, Chicago. adlerplanetarium.org. A Safe Haven Foundation Global Virtual Run/Walk To End Homelessness. Run/walk to help raise awareness and

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Save Abandoned Babies Foundation, Ride Baby Ride. Motorcycle ride in coordination with Save Abandoned Babies and Safe Haven Law. 8:30 a.m., Harley Davidson, Woodstock. In-person, bitly/3DVxZBd. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Woman's Board of Rush University Medical Center Fall Benefit. Evening of live music, tasty bites, delicious cocktails and fundraising. Theater on the Lake, Chicago. In-person, thewomansboard.org. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Nicole Cares Foundation & Faith Movers Church Blood Drive. Annual blood drive to help people affected by cancer, blood disorders, trauma and sickle-cell disease. 10 a.m., Faith Movers Church, University Park. Inperson, nicolecares.org. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Mercy Housing, Moving Forward Together: Healing, Growing and Thriving for 35 Years. Raise awareness and resources for quality affordable housing in our region. 6 p.m. Hybrid, mercyhousing.org. Rush University Medical Center Golf Outing. Scholarship fundraiser for all four colleges of Rush University, helping prepare the best and brightest students for promising careers in health care. Silver Lake Country Club, Orland Park. In-person, rush.edu/golf. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Chicago Children's Advocacy Center, A Night of Heroes. Business and community leaders, friends and supporters celebrate the Center and the heroes who have made its work possible. 6 p.m., Theater on the Lake, Chicago. In-person, chicagocac. org/get-involved/events. Goldie Initiative Gala. Networking event to fill the CRE pipeline with talented and ambitious women leaders. 5:30 p.m., Chicago. Hybrid, goldieinitiative.org/gala. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Friends of the Forest Preserves,

Beer in the Woods. Familyfriendly event with something for everyone, including non-drinkers, with tastings and entertainment. 11 a.m., LaBagh Woods, Chicago. In-person, fotfp.org. Laugh Your Face Off! Hosted by WGN-TV's Pat Tomasulo, comedy fundraiser to benefit the Facial Pain Research Foundation. 7 p.m., Park West, Chicago. In-person, laughyourfaceoff.org. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - ROSH HASHANA BEGINS AT SUNDOWN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Juvenile Protective Association, All In For Kids Golf Outing. Golf, contests, food, beverages and raffle items—all in support of the mental health and wellness of Chicago's youth. 10 a.m., Royal Melbourne Country Club, Long Grove. Inperson, jpachicago.org/golf.

including its youth education program that inspires the next generation of writers. 6 p.m., Chicago. In-person, bit. ly/3beFh6K. Chicago Lighthouse, Flair. Fun. Fashion. Philanthropy. Fashion show with proceeds supporting programs for children who are blind, visually impaired or disabled. Chicago. In-person, chicagolighthouse.org/event/flair. Children's Home & Aid, Returning to Learning. Prepares kids and families in the Englewood community to return to school. In-person, childrenshomeandaid. org/events. Gilda's Club Chicago, Gilda's Night Out. Beer, brats and more. 6 p.m., Columbia Yacht Club, Chicago. In-person, gildasclubchicago.org.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 CommunityHealth, All In Celebration. Education, thought leadership and networking event focused on generating solutions to help all Chicago residents access health care. 6 p.m., Venue Six10, Chicago. In-person, allin-chicago.org.

Harley Helping Hands Golf Tournament. Fundraiser to positively impact the lives of adults battling brain cancer and provide direct financial assistance to their family by alleviating the financial burden of brain cancer. In-person, harleyhelpinghands.org.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 NorthShore University HealthSystem, American Craft Exposition. Through Oct. 2, one of the country's premier and highly competitive fine craft shows. 10 a.m., Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe. In-person, americancraftexpo.org.

Les Turner ALS Foundation Walk for Life. Thousands of walkers complete a two-mile stroll along the lakefront to celebrate and honor people living with ALS. Soldier Field, Chicago. lesturnerals.org/events/ walk-for-life.

SEPTEMBER TBD After School Matters Gala 2022. Performances from a variety of After School Matters programs and highlights of the work the teens have accomplished over the year. Chicago. In-person, afterschoolmatters.org. ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Walk/Run. Family-friendly event during Childhood Awareness Month uniting people across the nation behind the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children's Hospital. Chicago. Hybrid, stjude.org/ walkchicago. American Writers Museum, OnWord. Fundraiser to support the Museum's operations,

National Kidney Foundation of Illinois Golf Classic. A day of golf with friendly competition, giveaways, course contests and prizes. 11 a.m., Cantigny Golf Club, Wheaton. In-person, nkfi. org/golf-classic. PAWS Chicago 5K Walk/Run. The city's largest pet-friendly charity event with giveaways, raffles, treats and entertainment. 7:30 p.m., Montrose Harbor, Chicago. In-person, pawschicago.org/5K. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana, Sporting Clays Tournament. A day of clay target shooting, games, a cookout lunch, raffles and a silent auction. 9 a.m., Northbrook Sports Club, Hainesville. In-person, ronaldhousechicago.org/clays.

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MER CY HOUSING LAKE F R O N T CAMPAIGN LEAD ER S

NOVEMBER 2020 — OCTOBER 2021 ercy Housing Lakefront is grateful for our many generous supporters for helping to create opportunities through affordable housing for families, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities across Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. C ATA LY T I C B U I L D E R

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Anthem, Inc. • Crown Family Philanthropies • John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation • Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. • Polk Bros. Foundation John and Kathleen Schreiber

Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust • The Blanke Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee • Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation • Cathay Bank Foundation • Michael T. Clune • The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley • The Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation • Forest County Potawatomi Foundation • Frank L. Weyenberg Charitable Trust • Fred J. Brunner Foundation MUFG Union Bank Foundation • Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr., Memorial Foundation, Inc. • Elizabeth Baldwin Phillips • Denis and Martha Pierce • R.A. Stevens Family Foundation • Sage Foundation • Jennifer W. Steans and James P. Kastenholz • Venu Talanki and Ritu Vig

REGIONAL BUILDER The A. Montgomery Ward Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee Bank of America Charitable Foundation • EPIC Insurance • The Schiff Foundation • U.S. Bank • USG Foundation • William G. McGowan Charitable Fund

HOME BUILDER

CITY BUILDER Alvin H. Baum Family Fund • Anonymous • Enterprise Community Partners G.A. Ackermann Memorial Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Harris Family Foundation • Helen Brach Foundation • The Huntington National Bank • John W. Parmelee Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee • Margaret M. Muenzner Revocable Trust • Cheryl and John Neal • Northern Trust Company PNC Foundation • Wells Fargo • Wintrust Financial Corporation

COMMUNITY BUILDER Anonymous • Capital One • Community Memorial Foundation • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • Molina Healthcare of WI • The Owens Foundation TCF Foundation, now a part of The Huntington National Bank • W.P. & H.B. White Foundation

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Salt and Light Coalition, Radiate Gala. Moderated by CBS news anchor Audrina Bigos and supporting the Coalition's mission to end the cycle of trafficking by empowering survivors through workforce development. 6 p.m., Drake Hotel, Chicago. In-person, saltandlightcoalition.com. WINGS Program Purple Tie Ball. An evening to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month with music by Maggie Speaks, auctions and recognition of an outstanding WINGS graduate. 6 p.m., Westin Hotel Northwest, Itasca. Hybrid, wingsprogram.com. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 – YOM KIPPUR BEGINS AT SUNDOWN Skills for Chicagoland's Future, Employment Champions Breakfast. Celebration of local corporations and nonprofits creating pathways to economic mobility, and fundraising to connect unemployed and underemployed job seekers to work. Hyatt Regency Chicago. Hybrid, skillsforchicagolandsfuture. com/ecb2022. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 March of Dimes, Construction & Transportation Awards Luncheon. Networking event honoring construction and transportation leaders for their

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Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Join one of the biggest and best charity teams for this epic race and help provide critical funds for the children of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. 7 a.m., 29 neighborhoods of Chicago. Inperson, mercyhome.org/crains22. Respiratory Health Association, Lung Power Team. Run the 2022 Bank of America Chicago Marathon or another race to bring hope to millions of people living with asthma, COPD, lung cancer and other lung diseases. 6 a.m., Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago. Hybrid, resphealth.org/specialevents. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Chicago Zoological SocietyBrookfield Zoo Conservation Leadership Awards Dinner. Honoring individuals and organizations for their collective impact on conservation efforts that are transforming the Society's vision of how it inspires conservation leadership, engages communities and connects people to wildlife and nature. 5:30 p.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. Inperson, czs.org.

Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, Paint the Town Gala. Music, food, auctions and awards to celebrate the organization's 30th anniversary. 6:30 p.m., Chicago. In-person, rebuildingtogether-chi.com. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 CFCI Foundation Tech for Good: Zoho One. Learn how technology helps businesses be more successful in their operations, and impactful with social conscious issues. 10 a.m. Chicago. Hybrid, oct22.cfcifoundation.org. Common Pantry, I Am Your Neighbor. Three bands, curated beverages and bites from local, independent restaurants to raise funds to fight food insecurity. 7 p.m., Artifact Events, Chicago. Hybrid, commonpantry.org. Meals on Wheels Chicago, Celebrity Chef Ball. Chicago's

top chefs and mixologists come together to create a unique interactive dining experience to benefit seniors and people with disabilities. 6 p.m., The Geraghty, Chicago. In-person, bit. ly/3lCO2gJ. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, Run to Rebuild. A 5K run, two-mile walk or 20-mile bike ride to benefit the organization. 7 a.m. Chicago. Hybrid, rebuildingtogether-chi.com. Wellness House Ball. Annual fundraiser to support people affected by cancer. Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. wellnesshouse.org. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 Genesys Works Chicago, Cocktails & Conversation. Series exploring critical topics in workforce development, education and other issues facing Chicago's youth. 6 p.m., Chicago. In-person, genesysworks.org/chicago/aboutus/events.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 Little City Foundation Hero Walk. Family-friendly one-mile walk through Busse Woods plus field games, face painting and food trucks. 11 a.m., Busse Woods Grove 27, Elk Grove Village. Inperson, littlecity.org/events.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 JDRF Illinois, One Walk Chicago Suburbs. Fundraiser to conquer type 1 diabetes and impact the community now and for generations to come. 8 a.m. Inperson, walk.jdrf.org.

and Cruises, Chicago. In-person, chicagoriver.org.

Parents Against Child Sex Abuse (P.A.X.A.), P.A.X.A. Dads Summer Bash. June.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management Conference. Conference for nonprofit executive leadership teams, exploring the connections between self-care and organizational vision. 9 a.m., Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont. In-person, northpark.edu/ centers/axelson-center-nonprofitmanagement. Friends of the Chicago River, Autumn Cruise. Beauty, wildness and seldom-seen locations of the Chicago River system with an open bar, bites, raffle and silent auction. 6 p.m., Wendella Tours

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contributions to the Chicago area community. 11:30 a.m., Palmer House Hilton, Chicago. In-person, marchofdimes.org/events/ constructionandtransportation.

Chicago Dancers United, Dance for Life 30th Anniversary 2021. August.

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AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

We invite you to experience the 16th annual Discovery Ball. Join us for elegant dining, live and silent auctions, fantastic entertainment, and an amazing late-night party!

CANCER IS A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE, BUT IT DOESN'T AFFECT EVERYONE EQUALLY. All people deserve v a fair f fa and just opportunity t to live v longer, long healthier lives. A h American A i C At the Cancer Society, we are fighting for health equity, and through the support of generous donors, Discovery Ball 2021 raised over $2.16 million in support of the H.E.R.O. (Health Equity for Research & Operations) initiative. Save-the-date for the 2022 Discovery Ball where we will continue to fund the fight against cancer!

THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 CORPORATE PARTNERS for being our heroes in the fight against cancer!

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YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago Recognition Dinner. Annual dinner honoring the people, purpose and the passion that drives the YMCA's mission. Kelly Hall YMCA, Chicago. Hybrid, ymcachicago.org/pages/2021recognition-dinner. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 Leyden Family Service and the SHARE Program Gala Fundraiser. An evening of good food, music and a silent auction for a good cause. 6 p.m., Allegra Banquets, Schiller Park. In-person, leydenfamilyservice.org. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 Chicago Children's Choir, Red Jacket Optional. The Choir's largest annual fundraiser, securing funds to empower the next generation of global leaders through renowned music education programs. 6 p.m., The Geraghty, Chicago. In-person, ccchoir.org/rjo. North Shore Board of the Northwestern Settlement House, House in the Wood Gala. An inspiring night with cocktails, food, live music and a fundraising auction, all supporting innercity youth at Northwestern Settlement's summer camp and outdoor education program. 6 p.m., Ritz-Carlton Chicago. Inperson, northshoreboard.org. Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, Make a Difference Day. Volunteers make repairs to homes of homeowners in need. 7 a.m., Chicago. In-person, rebuildingtogether-chi.com. MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 Rotary International, World Polio Day. Global health experts and partners share progress on the road to polio eradication. Virtual, endpolio.org/world-polio-day.

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DIFFA/Chicago Art for Life. Juried art exhibition and auction with entertainment, mixology, raffles, artwork demonstrations and a silent auction to raise funds to benefit those living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. diffachicago.org.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 Museum of Broadcast Communications, Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Honors notable radio personalities, showcasing their accomplishments. 6 p.m., Wintrust Grand Banking Hall, Chicago. In-person, radiohalloffame.com.

Gilda's Club Chicago, Team Gilda. Fundraiser for Gilda's Club Chicago as an official charity partner of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon and Shamrock Shuffle, RAM Racing's Cinco de Miler and other races. 7 a.m., Chicago. In-person, gildasclubchicago.org/ways-togive/team-gilda.

Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services, Equal Access to Justice Award Luncheon. Honors law firms, corporations and individuals for pro bono excellence. metrofamily.org. National Kidney Foundation of Illinois Gift of Life Gala. Leaders in government, medicine and business raise funds for free screening programs and community health initiatives. 6 p.m., Chicago. Hybrid, nkfi.org/ gala.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 HALLOWEEN OCTOBER TBD Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter, Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The world largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research; participants of all ages and abilities walk in their own neighborhoods or at one of 24 events across Illinois. In-person, alz.org/illinois. Brain Research Foundation Discovery Event. Panel discussion featuring some of the most prominent scientists in the nation conversing about the most timely issues in neuroscience facing society. 6 p.m., Chicago. thebrf. org. Bright Promises Foundation Awards. Celebration of the people and organizations creating better lives and brighter futures for Chicago children and youth. Chicago. brightpromises.org.

Les Turner ALS Foundation, Strike Out ALS 5k. July.

Casa Central Awards Gala. Celebration of Casa Central's dedication and commitment to the thousands of individuals, children, families and older adults that rely on its network of services, and recognizing supporters' generosity. 6 p.m., Chicago. Inperson, casacentral.org. Chicago Lighthouse House & Garden Walk. Tour of stunning homes supporting programs for the blind, visually impaired, disabled and veteran communities. Chicago. chicagolighthouse.org/event/ houseandgarden.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, BGCC's Youth of the Year 2020. March

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 Chicago Scholars, Onsite College and Leadership Forum Luncheon. Hundreds of Chicago's best and brightest students interview with selective colleges and universities from across the country. Noon, Chicago. chicagoscholars.org.

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The Ireland Funds, Ireland Funds Chicago Committee Dinner, Mike O'Halleran, Orla Muldoon. September.

Chicago Lights, Gala of Hope. March.

Nicole Cares Foundation, Inc., Nicole Cares & Faith Movers Blood Drive, Nicole Bullock, Founder and family. October.

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American Lung Association, Fight For Air Climb - Chicago. June.

National Kidney Foundation, 2020 Middle Market Open. July

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Jewish National Fund-USA, Tree of Life™ Award Reception, Ted Banks with honorees Robbie & Scott Schreiber. June.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee Meeting. Stakeholders come together for advice and input regarding the programs that enhance minority economic development. In-person, chicagomsdc.org. Salvation Army Metropolitan Division, Starlighter. Ring in the Christmas season and launch the annual Red Kettle campaign; money raised funds programming all year long, including 50 social service programs in the greater Chicago area. salarmychicago.org. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Cornerstone Services Champagne Luncheon. Community leaders, friends and family come together to benefit Cornerstone's clients. Noon, Renaissance Center, Joliet. In-person, cornerstoneservices. org. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 THANKSGIVING

Under the Same Sky, A Starry Night Soiree. Sip, enjoy bites and shop a selection of artisan-crafted art, curated by Under the Same Sky founder and designer Amy Kartheiser. 7 p.m., Chicago. Inperson, utsscharity.org.

NOVEMBER TBD Children's Home & Aid Holiday Campaign. Fundraiser to provide holiday gifts and essential home goods to more than 4,500 children and their families. Chicago. Hybrid, bit.ly/3njxkmt.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 La Rabida Children's Hospital, Friends of La Rabida Awards. Celebration of community leaders who have shown a commitment to children with special health care needs. 7 p.m., Ritz-Carlton Chicago. In-person, larabida.org.

Metropolitan Family Services, Mpower the Night. Chicago-area civic, business and philanthropic leaders celebrate the culmination of 2022 support for Metropolitan Family Services. metrofamily.org.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – VETERANS DAY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 DuPage Foundation, A Starry Night in DuPage. Friends and supporters participate virtually and in small gatherings. 7:30 p.m. Virtual, dupagefoundation.org/ starrynight.

American Writers Museum, OnWord 2021. August.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction. Cocktail party with live auction and top chefs showcasing tastings of their creations to support the mission of the March of Dimes. 6 p.m., Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago. In-person, signaturechefs.marchofdimes.org/ chicago.

The Woman's Board of Rush University Medical Center, virtual 2021 Fall Benefit, co-chairs Bethany Crocker and Sarah Alshouse. October.

New Moms Christmas Celebration. Families partake in a day of fun, food and holiday gift shopping. New Moms' Transformation Center, Chicago. wnewmoms.org. PAWS Chicago Fur Ball. Pet-friendly black-tie gala, with proceeds supporting lifesaving work for homeless animals. 6 p.m. pawschicago.org/furball.

JOURNEYS | The Road Home Bid For HOPE. Fundraiser to support over 60 services and programs for the homeless and near homeless in 37 towns in north/northwest suburban Cook County. 6:30 p.m. Hybrid, journeystheroadhome.org. Association House of Chicago, Faces of Hope. June.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 Bernie's Book Bank, Patrick Mannelly Award. Dinner and an award presentation. 6 p.m., Bernie's Book Bank, Lake Bluff. In-person, patrickmannellyaward. com. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 WINGS Program, Sweet Home Chicago. Family holiday brunch with gingerbread house

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 United Way of Metro Chicago, Uniting for the Holidays. Festive, drive-through event in 10 suburban communities, ensuring thousands of families across the region facing the challenge of food insecurity receive a meal and gifts that will brighten their holiday. In-person, liveunitedchicago.org/ uniting-holidays.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 – CHRISTMAS EVE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25 – CHRISTMAS DAY MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 – KWANZA BEGINS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 – NEW YEAR’S EVE DECEMBER TBD Casa Central, Giving Tuesday. Global day of generosity to support Casa Central's mission of transforming lives. Chicago. Virtual, casacentral.org.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 – HANUKKAH BEGINS AT SUNDOWN

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council Annual Meeting and Holiday Brunch. Corporate members, assist agencies and certified minority business enterprises gather for an annual review and a toy drive

Salvation Army Metropolitan Division, WBBM Good Neighbor Radiothon. Fundraiser to provide food and shelter to neighbors in need. salarmychicago.org/ radiothon.

decorating, a balloon artist, visits with Santa and K-9 comfort dogs, and a special music performance by Ralph's World. 10 a.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago. Hybrid, wingsprogram.com.

Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, Make a Difference Day. October.

Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation, CLEF's Annual Scholarship Gala. April.

Friends of the Forest Preserves, 5th Annual Beer in the Woods. September.

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Common Pantry, 10th Annual I Am Your Neighbor Party. October.

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST HOSPITALS Ranked by 2020 net patient revenue 2020 rank Hospital

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NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 251 E. Huron St., Chicago 60611 312-926-2000; NM.org

Julie Creamer President

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

$1,889.2 -1.9%

$126.5 -14.4%

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RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 1653 W. Congress Parkway, Chicago 60612 312-942-5000; Rush.edu

Omar B. Lateef CEO

Rush University System for Health

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$128.5 41.1%

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756

58.00%

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago 60637; 773-702-0025; UChicagoMedicine.org

Thomas E. Jackiewicz President

University of Chicago Medicine

$1,750.0 -2.9%

NA NA

208,856

9,406

687

ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER 4440 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn 60453 708-684-8000; AdvocateHealth.com

Rich Heim President

Advocate Aurora Health

$1,234.2 -0.9%

$136.1 40.8%

268,986

5,548

735

77.30%

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood 60153 708-216-9000; LoyolaMedicine.org

Tad A. Gomez President

Loyola Medicine1

$1,214.2 1.3%

$20.2 -24.8%

131,412

6,861

520

69.00%

ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO 225 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago 60611; 312-227-4000; LurieChildrens.org

Thomas P. Shanley President, CEO

Independent

$1,090.3 -1.2%

$1.7 -96.7%

79,305

6,911

364

60.00%

NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL 25 N. Winfield Road, Winfield 60190; 630-933-1600; NM.org

Kevin Poorten President, west region

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

$1,049.1 -1.8%

$239.3 15.3%

72,440

4,141

359

55.30%

ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL 1775 W. Dempster St., Park Ridge 60068; 847-723-2210; AdvocateHealth.com

Terika Richardson President

Advocate Aurora Health

$853.5 -5.2%

$163.7 7.4%

204,960

3,922

560

71.50%

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL & CLINICS 1740 W. Taylor St., Chicago 60612 312-996-3900; Hospital.UIllinois.edu

Michael Zenn CEO

University of Illinois at Chicago

$780.0 2.6%

$7.0 -79.1%

90,694

4,241

367

67.50%

NORTHSHORE EVANSTON HOSPITAL 2650 Ridge Ave., Evanston 60201 847-570-2000; NorthShore.org

Douglas M. Silverstein President

NorthShore University HealthSystem

$677.3 0.1%

NA NA

88,671

3,403

321

75.00%

EDWARD HOSPITAL 801 S. Washington St., Naperville 60540 630-527-3000; EEHealth.org

Joe Dant President, CEO

EdwardElmhurst Health

$623.8 -5.1%

$22.6 -50.4%

84,908

2,206

378

62.00%

New NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE 800 W. Central Road, Arlington Heights 60005 847-618-1000; NCH.org

Steve Scogna President, CEO

Independent3

$561.7 -8.6%

-$19.4 NM

102,236

3,470

509

73.90%

Susan Nordstrom Lopez President

Advocate Aurora Health

$561.2 25.8%

$89.5 36.3%

91,789

2,119

251

56.20%

12 13

ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER 836 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago 60657; 773-975-1600; AdvocateHealth.com

JOHN H. STROGER JR. HOSPITAL OF COOK Robert Sumter Cook County COUNTY 1969 W. Ogden Ave., Chicago 60612; Interim chief op- Health & Hospi312-864-6000; CookCountyHealth.org erating officer tals System

$554.42 -8.6%

$82.2 NA

82,121

4,027

432

52.00%

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 901 MacArthur Blvd., Munster 46321 219-836-1600; COMHS.org

Luis F. Molina CEO

Community Healthcare System

$499.3 -3.4%

$48.7 4,791.4%

95,086

3,063

413

63.90%

ELMHURST HOSPITAL 155 E. Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst 60126 331-221-1000; EEHealth.org

Pamela Dunley President, CEO

EdwardElmhurst Health

$461.8 -4.5%

$33.2 7.1%

73,335

2,127

268

75.00%

SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL Ruth A. Colby 1900 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox 60451 815- President, CEO 300-1100; SilverCross.org

Independent

$442.12 5.7%

$49.9 67.4%

81,055

2,921

300

73.70%

AMITA HEALTH ALEXIAN BROTHERS MED- Polly ICAL CENTER 800 Biesterfield Road, Elk Grove Davenport Village 60007; 847-437-5500; AmitaHealth.org President, CEO

AMITA Health

$441.52 -7.1%

$15.4 41.2%

68,526

1,901

304

62.00%

RUSH COPLEY MEDICAL CENTER 2000 Ogden Ave., Aurora 60504 630-978-6200; Rush.edu

Rush University System for Health

$435.2 -0.7%

-$19.6 NM

49,535

2,499

210

64.00%

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John Diederich President, CEO

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2020 rank Hospital

Hospital administrator

Network affiliation

2020 net pa- 2020 net Daily No. of profit tient revenue (millions); inpatient Hospital Available occupancy (millions); rate employees beds 1-year change 1-year change days

NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE LAKE FOREST Thomas J. HOSPITAL 1000 N. Westmoreland Road, Lake McAfee Forest 60045; 847-234-5600; NM.org President

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

$370.8 0.2%

-$22.7 NM

34,372

1,598

114

82.60%

ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove 60515 630-275-5900; AdvocateHealth.com

Allison Wyler President

Advocate Aurora Health

$358.3 -5.4%

$50.7 18.4%

105,408

1,601

288

63.70%

NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE DELNOR HOSPITAL 300 Randall Road, Geneva 60134 630-208-3000; NM.org

Maureen Bryant President

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

$351.6 -1.3%

$38.7 -2.4%

31,124

1,342

159

53.60%

AMITA HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH’S MEDICAL CENTER - JOLIET 333 N. Madison St., Joliet 60435 815-725-7133; AmitaHealth.org

Herb Buchanan Senior VP, chief regional officer

AMITA Health

$335.72 -4.8%

-$13.3 NM

65,536

1,284

406

44.00%

Jeff Good President

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

$332.2 NA

-$12.2 NM

81,342

2,862

368

60.60%

Matthew Doyle President, CEO

Independent

$329.4 -0.6%

$14.9 NA

77,654

2,195

460

46.10%

24 25

New NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE PALOS HOSPITAL 12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights 60643; 708-923-4000; NM.org 25

METHODIST HOSPITALS 600 Grant St., Gary 46402; 219-886-4000; MethodistHospitals.org

To qualify for this list, hospital systems must be headquartered in the seven-county area of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will in Illinois and Lake in Indiana. This list comprises information provided by participating hospital systems, and all figures are as of Dec. 31 unless otherwise noted. NA: Not available. NM: Not measurable. “Total community benefit” includes the unpaid cost of Medicare, Medicaid, uncompensated care, research, health profession education, community health services, subsidized health services and financial donations. “Charity care” refers to strict charity care as defined by the Illinois Community Benefits Act. “Staffed beds” are those that are licensed and physically available, where staff are on hand to attend to the patient who occupies the bed. Staffed beds include those that are occupied and those that are vacant. “Licensed beds” refers to the maximum number of beds a hospital holds a license to operate. 1. Loyola Medicine is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trinity Health Corp. 2. Revenue includes CARES Act funding. 3. Northwest Community Healthcare was acquired by NorthShore University HealthSystem effective January 2021.

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S HOSPITAL SYSTEMS Ranked by 2020 net patient revenue

2020 rank

Hospital system

Top executive(s)

2020 net patient revenue (millions); 1-year change

2020 net profit (millions); 1-year change

2020 total community benefit (millions); 1-year change

2020 charity care (millions); 1-year change

2020 bad debt (millions); 1-year change

Staffed beds; licensed beds

Local full-time employees; Local total physicians; full-time total physicians employees

ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH 3075 Highland Parkway, Downers Grove 60515; 630-572-9393; AdvocateAuroraHealth.org

James H. Skogsbergh President, CEO

$11,337.8 -4.9%

NA NA

2,276 4,510

26,585 53,731

NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE 250 E. Huron St., Chicago 60611 312-926-2000; NM.org

Dean M. Harrison President, CEO, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

$5,570.7 -1.7%

$293.0 3.3%

$1,166.0 15.9%

$89.7 31.3%

$172.7 -34.1%

2,622 2,649

2,092 2,152

21,999 23,252

AMITA HEALTH 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; 844-366-0610; AmitaHealth.org

Keith Parrott President, CEO

$3,591.51 -$437.2 -6.7% NM

NA NA

610 610

18,202 20,697

COOK COUNTY HEALTH & HOSPITALS SYSTEM 1950 W. Polk St., Chicago 60612; 312-864-6820; CookCountyHealth.org

Israel Rocha Jr. CEO

$3,015.91 $8.0 17.6% -56.1%

NA NA

$284.3 -45.7%

$166.5 -43.3%

NA NA

882 882

6,104 6,104

RUSH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOR HEALTH 1725 W. Harrison St., Chicago 60546; 312-942-5000; Rush.edu

Ranga Krishnan CEO

$2,460.6 -$171.6 10.5% NM

$17.9 6.5%

$33.0 8.4%

$86.5 3.9%

976 983

863 863

12,261 12,261

NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM 1301 Central St., Evanston 60201 847-570-2000; NorthShore.org

J.P. Gallagher President, CEO

$2,134.4 2.1%

-$18.3 NM

$268.4 43.3%

$27.9 52.7%

$54.9 3.9%

1,037 1,101

1,094 1,094

7,654 7,654

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago 60637; 773-702-1000; UChicagoMedicine.org

Kenneth S. Polonsky, Executive vice president for medical affairs, University of Chicago

$2,050.0 -3.7%

$50.9 -33.6%

$656.9 NA

NA NA

NA 1,296

1,390 1,390

13,6002 13,600

LOYOLA MEDICINE3 1 Westbrook Corporate Plaza , Westchester 60154; 708-2163215; LoyolaMedicine.org

Shawn P. Vincent $1,573.0 President, CEO -2.0%

-$11.1 NM

$249.0 32.7%

$12.8 30.0%

$25.8 10.5%

1,049 1,088

737 737

7,568 7,568

EDWARD-ELMHURST HEALTH 4201 Winfield Road, Warrenville 60555; 630-527-3000; EEHealth.org

Mary Lou Mastro CEO

$1,303.8 -4.4%

$55.8 -35.0%

$123.6 -31.9%

$12.6 -2.7%

$10.7 -30.4%

747 725

353 371

6,045 6,149

SINAI CHICAGO 1500 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago 60608; 773-542-2000; Sinai.org

Karen C. Teitelbaum President, CEO

$446.8 -3.9%

$10.7 NA

$58.8 16.4%

$38.6 33.1%

$62.8 34.9%

491 652

225 225

3,250 3,250

To qualify for this list, hospital systems must be headquartered in the seven-county area of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will in Illinois and Lake in Indiana. This list comprises information provided by participating hospital systems, and all figures are as of Dec. 31 unless otherwise noted. NA: Not available. NM: Not measurable. “Total community benefit” includes the unpaid cost of Medicare, Medicaid, uncompensated care, research, health profession education, community health services, subsidized health services and financial donations. “Charity care” refers to strict charity care as defined by the Illinois Community Benefits Act. “Staffed beds” are those that are licensed and physically available, where staff are on hand to attend to the patient who occupies the bed. Staffed beds include those that are occupied and those that are vacant. “Licensed beds” refers to the maximum number of beds a hospital holds a license to operate. 1. Revenue includes Cares Act funding. 2. Approximate. 3. Loyola Medicine is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trinity Health Corp. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: SEPT. 20, 2021

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FY 2020 net revenue (millions); % change from FY 2019

Hospital inpatient admissions

Capitated Form of Outpatient Managed care or covered individuals organization visits contracts

Physicians

Boardcertified physicians

ADVOCATE MEDICAL GROUP 3075 Highland Parkway, Suite 600, Downers Grove 60515; 630-572-9393; AdvocateHealth.com/AMG

Dr. Vincent Bufalino Chief medical group officer

$1,585.0 4.7%

1,797

92,115

3,897,000

110

234,834

Nonprofit corporation

DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP Steve Nelson 3010 Highland Parkway, Suite 800, CEO Downers Grove 60515; 630-4699200; DuPageMedicalGroup.com

$1,100.0 NC

743

740

25,982

3,100,000

72,587

For-profit corporation

NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL GROUP 211 E. Ontario St., Suite 1600, Chicago 60611 312-926-8400; NMG.NM.org

Dr. Howard Chrisman President

$1,012.8 1.5%

1,821

1,711

45,188

1,637,751

143

1,170

Nonprofit corporation

NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM MEDICAL GROUP 1301 Central St., Suite 301, Evanston 60201; 847-5705272; NorthShore.org

Dr. Joseph Golbus President

$615.1 -5.1%

938

895

37,322

947,742

48,900

Faculty practice plan

RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP 1725 W. Harrison St., Suite 364, Chicago 60612 312-942-5000; Rush.edu

Shannon Driscoll, $380.5 Associate vice -0.6% president, practice operations

791

735

29,904

576,279

Nonprofit corporation

LOYOLA MEDICAL GROUP 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood 60153; 708-216-9000; LoyolaMedicine.org

Dr. Richard K. Freeman Regional chief clinical officer

741

41,456

1,178,037

131

36,105

Faculty practice plan

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PHYSICIANS GROUP 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago 60637; 773-834-2390; UChicagoMedicine.org

Mamoon $313.8 Nawabi 2.7% Executive director, revenue cycle

1,026

906

32,178

588,927

118

11,214

Faculty practice plan

ILLINOIS BONE & JOINT INSTITUTE LLC 900 Rand Road, Suite 300, Des Plaines 60016; 847-375-3984; IBJI.com

Andre Blom CEO

$280.0 37.3%

157

For-profit corporation

AMITA HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; 844-366-0610; AmitaHealth.org

Dr. Reinhold Llerena, President, Drew Palumbo, Chief operating officer

$268.4 -1.1%

692

629

32,461

1,553,219

139

29,272

Nonprofit corporation

NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE Dr. Patrick REGIONAL MEDICAL GROUP Towne 25 N. Winfield Road, Winfield President 60190; 630-933-2374; RMG.NM.org

$233.4 -4.0%

641

606

42,351

1,072,001

143

29,303

Nonprofit corporation

EDWARD-ELMHURST MEDICAL GROUPS 4201 Winfield Road, Warrenville 60555; 630-527-3000; EEHealth.org

Dr. Daniel Sullivan, Chief physician executive and executive VP, physician and ambulatory network

$205.9 1.7%

371

61,061

1,038,958

29,289

Nonprofit corporation

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN 737 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2040, Chicago 60611 312-227-6413; LurieChildrens.org

Dr. John Walkup President

$201.0 8.6%

1,086

1,003

10,655

627,281

Faculty practice plan

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO MEDICAL SERVICE PLAN 1919 W. Taylor Ave., Suite 823, Chicago 60612 312-413-1350; Hospital.UIC.edu

Dr. Heather Prendergast Interim executive director, physician group

$149.3 -30.0%

816

719

16,798

433,590

205

23,742

Nonprofit association

2020 rank Physician group

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Practice administrator

$337.9 -3.6%

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FY 2020 net revenue (millions); % change from FY 2019

Hospital inpatient admissions

Capitated Form of Outpatient Managed care or covered individuals organization visits contracts

Physicians

Boardcertified physicians

NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS/ INDIANA 120 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook 60523; 630-573-5000; NephDocs.com

Brian J. O’Dea CEO

$102.8 19.5%

132

47,550

61,000

9,800

For-profit corporation

ILLINOIS GASTROENTEROLOGY GROUP 1415 S. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights 60005; 312-331-0927; IllinoisGastro.com

Michael Cline Chief operating officer

$94.3 63.5%

21,000

156,000

280,000

Partnership

NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP1 3040 W. Salt Creek Lane, Arlington Heights 60005; 847-618-3475; NCH.org/MedicalGroup

Margie Rumpsa Executive director

$80.0 NC

225

Nonprofit corporation

2020 rank Physician group

Practice administrator

New HUMBOLDT PARK HEALTH PARTNERS2 1044 N. Mozart St., Suite 100, Chicago 60622 773-292-8200; HPH.care

Dr. Abha Agrawal Chief medical officer

$70.0 3.1%

103

5,805

21,582

2,177

Nonprofit corporation

New SINAI MEDICAL GROUP 1500 S. California Ave. , Suite F105, Chicago 60608 773-257-2273; Sinai.org

Edward Carne President

$59.3 -5.2%

344

267

15,473

96,821

14,019

Nonprofit corporation

CARDIAC SURGERY ASSOCIATES 2650 Warrenville Road, Suite 280, Downers Grove 60515; 630-324-7900; OpenHeart.net

John Barakat Chief financial officer, chief operating officer

$40.0 -7.4%

For-profit corporation

MIDWEST CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE 2801 Lakeside Drive, Suite 209, Bannockburn 60015 847-562-1410; MCWHC.com

Heidi J. Spears CEO

$36.4 -9.3%

4,822

148,182

Partnership

New PEDIATRUST 2215 Sanders Road, Suite 105, Northbrook 60089 224-330-6300; PediaTrust.com

Kathleen McTigue CEO

$31.5 -6.9%

153,000

Partnership

New ILLINOIS DERMATOLOGY INSTITUTE LLC 903 Commerce Drive, Suite 333, Oak Brook 60523; 847-769-3528; IllinoisDerm.com

James Wonnacott CEO

$30.0 NC

150,000

Partnership

$25.3 -12.6%

3,393

33,000

Nonprofit corporation

SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB 355 E. Erie St., Chicago 60611 312-238-1000; SRALab.org

Joan Berta Director, physician practice

VISTA PHYSICIAN GROUP 200 S. Greenleaf St., Suite A, Gurnee 60031; 847-599-1142; VistaPhysicianGroup.com

Clifford L. Moudy II Executive director

$8.9 1.8%

1,947

55,424

2,095

For-profit corporation

ADVANCED FOOT & ANKLE 70 E. Lake St., Suite 1102, Chicago 60601; 312-372-1160; AdvFoot.org

Patrice Cooper Chief operating officer

$2.8 -9.0%

4,000

1,200

Partnership

To qualify, groups must be located in the seven-county area of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake (Ill.), Lake (Ind.), McHenry and Will counties. Net revenue is net of contractual allowances, bad accounts and charity care. “Covered individuals” is the number of people for whom an amount is paid to cover medical services over a specified period. NA: Not available. NC: No change. 1. On Jan. 1, 2021, Northwest Community Healthcare became a subsidiary of NorthShore University HealthSystem. 2. Formerly Norwegian Physicians Group. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MARCH 15, 2021

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The yearlong pandemic has tried and tested health care workers on the front line—from nursing assistants at rehab facilities to emergency room doctors tending to critically ill patients. These Health Care Heroes—34 individuals and 25 teams—went beyond the call. Early on, they stepped up to care for COVID-19 patients when the risks weren’t fully understood. They scrambled to procure and distribute personal protective equipment, which was in short supply. Many treated patients, including homeless people, in the hardest-hit neighborhoods.

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Managers immersed themselves in recommended protocols and treatments and educated their staffs. They bucked up their teams during the darkest days and worried about keeping their families safe. Brighter days arrived in December with the first batch of vaccines, and health care workers say opening those first vials marked a turning point. Some of the heroes have taken on extra duty to get Chicagoans inoculated and pave the way for the pandemic’s end. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from the nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by editors. To qualify for the list, an honoree must be working on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, making an impact and saving lives. Roles considered were doctors, nurses, physician assistants, aides, emergency medical technicians, and maintenance and janitorial workers, among others.

DAVID BAROUNIS Medical director of critical care Advocate Christ Medical Center

Dr. David Barounis has worked in Advocate Christ Medical Center’s critical care unit treating COVID patients since the beginning of the pandemic. A specialist in acute respiratory distress syndrome and cardiovascular emergencies, he has coordinated care, including developing best practices, caring for infected patients, ensuring training and education for physicians and critical care staff, and making sure there’s enough space to safely treat patients while not exposing the rest of the hospital. One challenge: keeping his family safe. After each shift, Barounis removes his scrubs in the garage and heads for a shower. He often forgoes bedtime stories with his children to make sure they don’t become infected from his possible exposure at work. Having received the vaccine, he looks forward to seeing the end of the pandemic. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MARCH 8, 2021

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GAIL BRYANT Family physician Wellness 365

At Wellness 365 in Arlington Heights, Dr. Gail Bryant’s team members put themselves at risk to keep patients up to date about the spread of COVID-19 and to maintain a high standard of care. Bryant employs a staff of nine and two service dogs. They developed a “Parking Lot Protocol” for patients with known exposure and flu-like symptoms, treating them in their cars. Recognizing that patients with COVID needed supportive and symptomatic care, they armed those diagnosed with an incentive spirometer, instructions for breathing exercises, pulse oximeters, and fluid and quarantine instructions. None of the 40 COVID patients had to be hospitalized. “The team members showed up every day smiling, put aside their fear and stayed in the trenches taking care of our patients without complaint,” Bryant says.

HOLLY BUCKENDAHL CEO Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana

The pandemic required Holly Buckendahl to reallocate staff to assume responsibilities usually handled by volunteers. The suspension of volunteers in March-December resulted in the loss of 31,783 hours representing $864,498 worth of volunteer time at Oak Brook-based Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana. The organization continued to provide care through its five Ronald McDonald Houses and three Ronald McDonald Family Rooms, as well as medical care for 1,940 children through its mobile unit and thousands of meals for families. The organization supported more than 1,600 COVID-19 tests when mobile units were repurposed as testing sites for Advocate Children’s Hospital. Buckendahl’s team reimagined its fundraising and converted the May gala to a virtual event. The team ended up raising $9.5 million for the year.

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OMAR CAMPOS Unit manager Alden Poplar Creek

At Alden Poplar Creek in Hoffman Estates, unit manager Omar Campos cares for residents as a certified nursing assistant, orders and stocks medical supplies, maintains schedules, repairs equipment and transports residents to appointments. His responsibilities increased during the pandemic, with the addition of high-frequency cleaning and equipment disinfection, vital sign and symptom monitoring, stocking personal protective equipment and caring for sick residents. At one juncture, Campos went out of his way to purchase, with his own money, snacks and goodies for the facility’s front-line workers who were feeling overwhelmed by the impacts of COVID. When Campos has had a bad day trying to staff a COVID-stricken facility with employees who are tired and scared, he reminds the team that there are better days ahead.

MARIA CRUZ

VISHNU CHUNDI

CHRISTOPHER COLBERT

Senior partner Metro Infectious Disease Consultants

Assistant emergency medicine residency director University of Illinois College of Medicine-Chicago

Dr. Vishnu Chundi last March was named chair of the Chicago Medical Society’s COVID-19 task force. As part of his task force work, Chundi helped design protocols needed to keep patients safe and prevent in-house transmission. He championed innovative treatments and the expansion of testing for the Chicago region, and his team was among the first to call for using steroids and plasma to care for COVID patients. Meanwhile, the PPE shortage left smaller practices at a purchasing disadvantage, and Chundi organized these practices as a single buyer, enabling procurement at a better price. Chundi is also chair of infection control at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park and MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, which treated high numbers of COVID patients.

In addition to his position at the University of Illinois College of Medicine-Chicago, Dr. Christopher Colbert is chair of continuing medical education for the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. Identifying early the importance of management education to the medical community, Colbert organized the first virtual national emergency medicine conference, a three-day program in spring 2020 that focused on COVID topics. He co-chaired a second virtual conference in the fall, and plans are underway for this spring. Colbert also provided material on COVID topics to the residency program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He continues to volunteer for additional shifts in the COVID-19 tents at UIC. He is a frequent guest on radio and television shows, where he advocates for vaccinations. Additionally, Colbert is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Admissions director Alden Estates of Evanston

MARIA DEMARIN

ANDREW DONNELLY

Unit manager Alden North Shore

Normally, Maria Cruz handles referrals from hospitals, home or skilled nursing facilities to determine if a patient should be admitted. Alden Estates of Evanston offers orthopedic, cardiac, stroke, pulmonary and short-term rehabilitation. Last year, the staff was impacted by the virus, which left Alden with limited staff to care for residents. Cruz began working the floor as a certified nursing assistant, including the COVID unit. She also helped at other Alden facilities. At one point, there was an outbreak at the Evanston facility, with residents and staff testing positive. Cruz is credited with effectively communicating with the front-line staff and helping to relieve their stress while also working alongside them.

At Alden North Shore in Skokie, Maria Demarin works as a certified nursing aide and is also the unit manager. The facility offers orthopedic, cardiac, stroke, pulmonary and shortterm rehabilitation. During the height of the COVID outbreak, Demarin worked at various Alden facilities full time as a CNA, including COVID units. For about eight months, she traveled to different rehab facilities, sometimes commuting for more than an hour each way. It was a challenge to enter unfamiliar buildings and work with new patients, having to get to know them and the facility quickly. Demarin has since returned to the Skokie unit but continues to work as a CNA when needed.

Director of pharmacy services; clinical professor and associate dean for clinical affairs UI Health, UIC College of Pharmacy

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When COVID-19 surged, Dr. Andrew Donnelly, who also is clinical professor and associate dean for clinical affairs at the UIC College of Pharmacy, sourced medications needed for ventilated ICU patients. He was part of a group that ensured there were usage guidelines in place for medications with FDA emergency use authorization status, such as remdesivir. For pharmacy staff, Donnelly made sure that appropriate PPE was available and instituted social distancing and cleaning policies. As director of pharmacy services at UI Health, he helped develop a drug shortage dashboard that was distributed daily to the pharmacy department and hospital leadership. An uplifting moment occurred in mid-December when the hospital received its first allotment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Donnelly is part of the leadership group that developed the logistics for the vaccination program, and this group continues to work on expanding vaccination capability.

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RAMSIS GHALY Medical director, critical care anesthesiologist Ghaly Neurosurgical Associates

Dr. Ramsis Ghaly of Ghaly Neurosurgical Associates is on senior staff at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Advocate Illinois Masonic and teaches medical students and residents. He’s clinical professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago for anesthesiology and neurosurgery. He specializes in trauma, gunshot wounds, emergency management and resuscitation. He believes that in March 2020 he was the first anesthesiologist to intubate a COVID patient in Chicago. Since the onset, he has intubated, resuscitated and delivered critical care to hundreds of sick patients, with peak numbers between March and June of last year. He handles calls from both hospitals around the clock, including code blue notifications, which indicate a medical emergency such as cardiac or respiratory arrest. He developed an inexpensive plastic barrier that protects staff during anesthesia and intubation.

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EPHRIAM T. GRIMES

Nurse educator ASI

Associate medical director for the emergency department Advocate Trinity Hospital

Nurse educator Susana Gonzalez trains staff for ASI Home Care agency in Chicago. With the onset of the pandemic, Gonzalez switched to virtual training and added instruction in infection control and the use of PPE. She stepped in to help with the telehealth monitoring of the agency’s COVID patients. Gonzalez secured donations of PPE, including masks, face shields, gloves and hand sanitizer, for the more than 300 home-care aides and nurses that enabled them to work safely and care for elderly clients and patients. In November, Gonzalez managed to have 100 influenza vaccines donated. She is an adjunct faculty member at Morton College and DePaul University. She serves on the boards of the American Nurses Association-Illinois and the Chicago Bilingual Nurse Consortium.

At Advocate Trinity Hospital on the South Side, Dr. Ephriam T. Grimes serves as associate medical director for the emergency department. When the pandemic started, the South Side was hit hard and the 27-bed emergency room became busy with COVID-19 patients. Grimes organized the hospital and department response, proposing policies and procedures to manage the influx of patients. Dealing with the volume of sickness and isolation exacted a psychological toll on Grimes and the department. He committed himself to working out and encouraged his team to get any help needed. He has posted on social media about the importance of safety measures such as social distancing and, more recently, has educated the community on details about COVID vaccines and their availability.

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Director of housing Cook County Health

Licensed clinical social worker Advocate Trinity Hospital

Orthopedic surgeon OnePatient Global Health Initiative

As director of housing for Cook County Health, Christine Haley focuses on the needs of patients experiencing homelessness, which disproportionately affects African Americans. The pandemic exacerbated health disparities in Cook County and highlighted the impact of the social determinants of health. Haley worked with community partners to convert a South Side YMCA into a medical respite center to provide isolation and recovery. For COVID-19 patients facing housing insecurity, there were not a lot of options for remaining safely isolated. Under Haley’s direction, the South Side medical respite program served 51 individuals, all of whom completed their public health-directed isolation period with medical guidance from a care team. For Haley, the crisis became personal in the spring when her daughter was hospitalized. Haley trained resident assistants while sitting beside her daughter’s bed.

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With COVID-19 raging at Advocate Trinity Hospital on the South Side, social worker Jessica Hewitt released a video of a 90-plusyear-old patient being released to cheers from staff members. That was a rare upbeat moment for Hewitt, who counsels patients and families at the hospital in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. She focuses on the coordination of patient treatment at the hospital and in post-inpatient rehab. She also works to help alleviate the mental and emotional toll hospital visits take on both patients and their families. Those responsibilities were heightened by the influx of patients with serious and often fatal outcomes at the height of the pandemic. Adding to the complexity: working within an impoverished community where social distancing wasn’t always possible and education on the virus was scant.

Dr. Daniel Ivankovich heads OnePatient Global Health Initiative, a nonprofit that specializes in orthopedics and serves underserved populations on the South and West sides. OnePatient has treated more than 100,000 uninsured or underinsured patients from Chicago’s troubled neighborhoods and performs more than 600 surgical procedures per year, including treatment of gunshot victims. He and his team continued to provide care through the height of the pandemic. Ivankovich and his wife, Karla Ivankovich, a clinical professional counselor, provided PPE to safety-net hospitals on the South and West sides whose emergency rooms and ICUs were being overwhelmed. Ivankovich’s team was gratified to raise spirits at one community hospital that was running out of supplies, with staff members worrying about how to care for patients and remain safe.

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ALI KHAN Executive medical director Oak Street Health

DAVID KUSHNER Medical director Brightside

At Oak Street Health, Dr. Ali Khan teamed with the city of Chicago to enable broader COVID-19 testing in Black and Latino neighborhoods. Recently, Oak Street worked with the Chicago and Cook County health departments to secure vaccine doses needed to inoculate employees and independent health care workers. Oak Street Health had vaccinated more than 20,000 people as of mid-February. Last year, Oak Street converted to telehealth and video appointments. The practice also delivered food and supplies, such as pulse oximeters. And it expanded in-home operations to care for patients discharged from hospitals. Khan served on the city’s COVID-19 Reopening Health Care Committee and Racial Equity Rapid Response Task Force. He says his most uplifting moment came on Jan. 4, when he uncapped a Moderna vial of vaccine for the first time.

Throughout the pandemic, Dr. David Kushner and the team at Northbrook-based Brightside clinics continued to treat patients afflicted by opioids. Brightside redesigned its programs to treat patients via telemedicine. Recognizing that it’s difficult to show the same level of compassion over a screen, the clinic increased hours and carved out more time for each patient. Brightside also opened new locations in rural areas. Last year, Kushner and the team were able to help 60 percent more people begin recovery, a significant increase from 2019. The clinic treats heroin and opioid addiction and has locations in North Aurora, Tinley Park, Rockford, Ottawa, Freeport and Bloomingdale. Kushner has been medical director since 2017 and began working with the clinic with its inception in 2015.

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Registered nurse and EMS coordinator Lurie Children’s Hospital

At Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Mary Otting is a nurse and emergency medical services coordinator. She’s a member of a team under the National Disaster Medical System, a coordinated federal health care system that assists communities stricken by natural disasters such as hurricanes. Last year, Otting was deployed to care for COVID patients when local hospitals were overwhelmed. Each stint was for 14 days, and then Otting returned to her regular job at Lurie. In May, Otting was deployed with team members to help staff an ICU at the Navajo Nation hospital in Gallup, N.M. In August, she was sent to a hospital in Eagle Pass, Texas, to staff an emergency room. And in December she traveled to Beaver Dam, Wis., to assist staffing on a surgical unit.

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Second-year medical student Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, first-year medical student Tricia Pendergrast watched as Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine pivoted into emergency mode and wondered how she could help. Pendergrast joined with classmates to gather and distribute PPE, which was in short supply, to hospitals, nursing homes, community organizations and homeless shelters. The group recruited more than 500 volunteers including not just medical students but student nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists and students in other health care fields. The effort led to the founding of GetMePPE Chicago, which has donated 800,000 units of PPE including masks, face shields, disinfectant, hand sanitizer, respirators, soap, thermometers and gowns. The group continues to support nursing homes, shelters and community health organizations. Pendergrast is interested in pediatric critical care and pediatric anesthesiology.

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DAVID LONG Assistant professor of anesthesiology Rush University Medical Center

During the pandemic, anesthesiologist Dr. David Long was tasked with intubating COVID-19-positive patients at Rush University Medical Center and witnessed firsthand the devastation of the virus. He also cared for COVID-19-positive patients who were undergoing emergency surgeries. He signed up for additional shifts and became part of a team that took overnight calls and performed multiple emergency intubations, even early on when it was unclear how the virus was transmitted. As the anesthesiologist, he was the patient’s sole provider during intubations in order to limit possible exposure to other staff. Long was an integral part of a group that established pandemic-related procedures for his department and team. He even provided input to members of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Cabinet on medical licensing and rule changes prompted by the crisis.

SUZANNE PHAM Department of Hospital Medicine, program director Weiss Memorial Hospital

As Weiss Memorial Hospital’s medical director in charge of the pandemic response, Dr. Suzanne Pham immersed herself in COVID topics and changing guidance in order to provide clinical recommendations at the hospital. Pham facilitated partnerships with hotels and local businesses to acquire PPE and worked to have Weiss become a recipient of the General Motors-manufactured ventilators. She forged relationships with experts at Mayo Clinic and other institutions, leading Weiss to be one of the first centers in Chicago to provide infusions of COVID-19 convalescent plasma for patients. She is working to bring Phase 3 clinical trials to Weiss to expand patient treatment options. In April 2020, the hospital was at a critical shortage of supplies, but April 18 marked a turning point when a truck delivered the needed General Motors ventilators.

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GAMILAH PIERRE Physician partner Partners in Obstetrics & Women’s Health

Early in the pandemic, Dr. Gamilah Pierre worked to minimize health care workers’ risk of COVID exposure. As Silver Cross Hospital OB-GYN former department chair, Pierre worked with executive leadership to mandate that all staff receive N95 masks, which they would not have received otherwise. Doctors, nurses and staff of the New Lenox hospital had voiced concerns about potential exposure, which was not initially included in discussions about safety protocols. Under Pierre’s leadership, the labor and delivery department required that all patients wear masks and all OB-GYN patients be tested for COVID-19. A video on the hospital’s YouTube page featuring Pierre discussing the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy and her efforts to keep women giving birth safe has been viewed more than 8,400 times. Pierre also is a physician partner at Partners in Obstetrics & Women’s Health.

VALERIE ROMO RN One Home Health

Registered nurse Valerie Romo manages care for patients in their homes with a multidisciplinary team at One Home Health. As the pandemic developed, there was a huge need for COVID-positive patients to be cared for at home. She worked through her own fears of the novel virus and encouraged her peers to do so, as well. Romo found ways to celebrate her co-workers on the front line by submitting for them to receive free Jamba Juice. At the start of the pandemic when PPE supplies were limited, Romo and her electrician husband acquired N95 masks for her fellow nurses and therapists. More recently with the rollout of vaccines, Romo took a second job as a nurse vaccinator through Oak Street Health clinics in Ashburn and Chicago Heights.

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DANNY PYNE Operations director Project C.U.R.E.

Project C.U.R.E is a Colorado-based humanitarian relief organization best known for shipping medical suppliers to countries that don’t have proper access to medical care. As operations director for Project C.U.R.E.’s Woodridge unit, Danny Pyne procured, sorted and packed containers of medical equipment that could improve the health care of a village. When COVID-19 first appeared in China, Pyne managed a shipment of 95,000 N95 masks to Wuhan. When the virus hit Chicago, Pyne within days transitioned Project C.U.R.E. work from international to domestic medical relief, supporting Chicago-area organizations with donated PPE. Through Pyne’s efforts, Project C.U.R.E. has donated PPE to more than 100 organizations including nursing homes, fire and police departments, medical centers, mental health facilities and rehab centers.

ELIZABETH REGAN Emergency medicine physician and medical director of disaster medicine and preparedness Advocate Christ Medical Center

From the beginning of the pandemic, Dr. Elizabeth “Liz” Regan thought it would be important to have a multidisciplinary team solely focused on overseeing the testing and care of COVID-19 patients. The COVID-19 strike team at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn was developed with critical care and emergency department nurses and physicians. They work directly with front-line clinicians to keep track of testing capacity, to discuss patient cases and treatment options, and to train colleagues on donning and doffing PPE. Regan led incident command as units transitioned into COVID-19 critical care. Clinicians were trained on evolving PPE guidelines, and new therapies were administered to COVID-19 patients. While she has returned to treating patients in the emergency department, Regan still is active in COVID-19 planning and response.

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Pediatrician Esperanza Health Centers

Nurse Vi Senior Living

In early April 2020, pediatrician Dr. Jasmine Saavedra volunteered to become full-time staff at Esperanza Health Centers’ drive-up coronavirus testing tent in the Brighton Park clinic parking lot. As the new mother of a 5-monthold, Saavedra realized this wasn’t an easy choice. It meant stepping away from her pediatrics practice and entering an unknown realm. Her medical team volunteered to join her, and together they’ve provided testing and follow-up care to thousands of patients and community members. Saavedra provides a full medical encounter for each patient—not just swab-and-go— and personally delivers results. “People need more than a test,” she says. “They have questions. ‘Am I going to die?’ ” Sometimes people from the neighborhood bring them food or candy, just to thank them for being there, she says.

Last year, staff at Vi Senior Living in Glenview began planning for a COVID-19 isolation unit and the safety protocols that would be needed. Eventually the day came when a resident needed to be moved to the unit. At a meeting arranged to decide staffing, Marissa Salvaleon showed up with a change of clothes. While other nurses had expressed reluctance and anxiety about the risk, Salvaleon said, “Of course I am working in the COVID unit. These are my residents, and it is my job as a nurse to care for them no matter what.” Salvaleon not only took on this responsibility at the onset of the pandemic but continued to put herself in harm’s way for the 10 months the unit has been in use.

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REBECCA SINGER Clinical assistant professor University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing

After more than a decade working with the humanitarian response organization Doctors Without Borders, Rebecca Singer applied her emergency response skills by establishing and managing a COVID-19 testing site for UI Health employees. Not long after, she extended this model as a volunteer with COVID Rapid Response Teams to settings hardest hit by the pandemic, including long-term care facilities, homeless shelters and Cook County Jail. Singer organized interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty to undertake the effort, which was formalized by the Chicago Department of Public Health. The teams have tested more than 20,000 individuals in various settings, including shelters for those experiencing homelessness, homeless encampments, long-term care facilities, behavior health facilities, correctional facilities, youth homes, temporary housing and domestic violence shelters.

RAJIV UDANI Hospital-based internal medicine and senior clinical educator NorthShore Medical Group

As head of internal medicine at Highland Park Hospital, Dr. Rajiv Udani led a team of NorthShore Medical Group physicians to establish a dedicated COVID-19 intensive care unit at Glenbrook Hospital. He led this team into the unknown whirlwind of acute COVID-19 intensive care, frequently without adequate PPE and treatment protocols and marked by long periods of no social and emotional contact with his family and friends. He and his team became COVID-19 specialists, assisting with acute care and early-phase experimental clinical and palliative care treatments for this deadly disease. Udani assisted his team in implementing lifesaving treatments for critically ill patients from Cook, Lake and DuPage counties transported to Glenbrook Hospital’s all-COVID emergency intensive care treatment center. He performed community outreach to secure additional protective gear for his colleagues.

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Family nurse practitioner Heartland Alliance Health

Sue Surane had planned to conclude her 45 years in nursing and retire around February 2020. But, as she puts it, “the world had other plans.” Surane delayed her retirement, knowing her experience would be valuable to the clinical staff in the emergency department at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Since deciding to stay, Surane has been instrumental in training front-line nurses. She’s drawn from her experience during the Ebola and SARS outbreaks while educating, training and planning a drill for emergency department nurses. Since the pandemic began, Surane has focused on making sure nurses know best practices on COVID testing assessment, new emerging treatments and safe care including PPE use and hygiene at the hospital and at home. Recently, she started vaccinating and teaching post-vaccination care and practices.

Nurse practitioner Mary Tornabene has specialized in caring for homeless people. During the pandemic, she’s helped service providers implement practices that limit contact and prioritize hygiene and social distancing. Tornabene works with outreach teams to survey Chicago shelters for people with COVID-19 symptoms and coordinates testing with local officials and shelter providers. Tornabene also provides services through a new telehealth model for Heartland Alliance’s health care centers on Chicago’s North, South and West sides. She provides patients with a self-screening program she created based on CDC guidelines, along with her personal phone number. Providing homeless people with hotel rooms or other shelter where they could socially distance has worked well, and Tornabene is using these results to advocate for expanded shielding hotel programs in the city and suburbs.

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MAURA WALDRON

Chief of staff Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs Medical Center

Staff registered nurse Rush University Medical Center

Dr. Sarah Unterman, responsible for clinical care at Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs Medical Center and four outlying clinics encompassing more than 50,000 patients, had been in her role for less than a year when the pandemic started. She helped convert the majority of care to telehealth, opened a new 20bed COVID inpatient unit, developed an innovative way to avoid intubation and ventilator use and oversaw the Johnson & Johnson vaccine trial and other research studies at the hospital. She also supervised the retraining of more than 100 clinic nurses to prepare them for COVID-19 ICU duty. She started the “Healing Heroes” celebration for discharged COVID patients. When her staff became stressed, Unterman spent entire days and nights in the ICU, ensuring that staff had what they needed in terms of “stuff” and emotional support.

Maura Waldron’s unit became a COVID unit in April 2020 and has since become the primary COVID unit at Rush University Medical Center. Throughout the summer, staff cared for both COVID-19 and general medicine patients. As COVID numbers rose during the second surge, Waldron’s unit counseled other units on the latest COVID protocols to ensure that they were current and confident in the care that they would need to provide. In her role as the chair of the Recognition Committee, Waldron has found ways to celebrate achievements and milestones for units. She coordinated two baby showers, two bridal showers, a 40-year work anniversary and a mother-of-thebride shower. Last spring, she and her husband hosted weekly trivia nights to raise funds for COVID relief charities.

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LAUREN ZALAY DDS University Associates in Dentistry

When COVID-19 hit, Dr. Lauren Zalay encountered a devastating issue with the lack of availability of PPE. So she orga-

nized and coordinated securing PPE for her office, plus other dental and health care offices around the city and across the country. Zalay worked with a Chicago-area philanthropist to manufacture and secure PPE of all types for health care workers and continues that mission to this day. She donated nearly all of her office’s PPE to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and charitable organizations

working on front lines across the city. Zalay, a general dentist with University Associates in Dentistry, appeared on local media to inform health care professionals that PPE was available. Her relentless pursuit of protecting health care workers allowed front-line workers and other health professionals to rest easy, knowing that they were protected and safe in doing their jobs.

ACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK COVID-19 Testing Task Force

This multidisciplinary task force worked with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office last spring to open five COVID-19 testing sites in some of the Chicago area’s hardest-hit Black and Latino communities. It has since opened a sixth site in DuPage County and has screened more than 30,000 patients and community residents. The team worked with 200-plus civic leaders and community organizations to get information on coronavirus education, testing and safety measures into communities. It has also helped residents find medical care and resources such as food, housing and benefits support throughout the pandemic. One proud accomplishment for the team: successfully reaching isolated seniors and other residents who might have fallen through the cracks—for instance, Salvation Army homeless clients who must be tested in order to be cleared for temporary housing.

ADVOCATE SOUTH SUBURBAN HOSPITAL, HAZEL CREST Unit 4 North/South Nursing Team

Sometimes the complexities of caring for COVID-19 patients can crystallize in one story. That’s the case with the Advocate nursing team, which gave up family time on Christmas Eve and Day to be at the hospital caring for COVID-19 patients to ensure continuity of care. One patient, elderly and without a family, found it difficult if not impossible to smile. The team put a holiday tree in his room and gave the patient some gifts, including a sweater and socks. Upon opening them, the patient finally smiled. The cheer-up campaign continued with a cake, gifts and a rendition of “Happy Birthday” on the patient’s birthday, plus celebrating the patient’s hospital release with a round of applause, as it does for all COVID-19 patients.

ALDEN VILLAGE Case Management Team

Alden Village’s case management team is responsible for consistently communicating with residents’ family members and/ or guardians. This responsibility is critically important during the pandemic, as visitation restrictions make it tough, if not impossible, for residents to see family members. Throughout the pandemic, the team has kept residents connected to their loved ones, setting up virtual visits and even arranging e-learning courses for residents and family members. The team also arranges individual activities for residents because group activities have been restricted, and it helps residents get haircuts. Team members perform these tasks in addition to their regular duties, among them changing out and sanitizing rooms and assisting with coronavirus testing, all while maintaining a positive attitude and conveying the team’s strength and dedication to Alden Village residents.

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BEST HOME HEALTHCARE NETWORK Post-Hospital In-Home Patient Support

Patients discharged after hospital care for COVID-19 can experience the shock of mental illness, joblessness and loss of family or altered family dynamics. Best Home Healthcare Network is Cook County’s largest managed Medicare home health care agency, often taking on clients who have been rejected by other providers due to a disadvantaged economic and/or insurance status. Its in-home support team of registered nurses and therapists offers surplus PPE and free testing to patients, their families, employees and employees’ families to prevent the spread of the virus. It has had zero cases of the virus spreading from one patient home to another. The team extended hours and increased staffing over the winter holidays and during the virus’s second wave to meet the surging demand for in-home clinical support.

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BUCK SERVICES This team of 260-plus employees has cleaned and disinfected more than 5 million square feet since the start of the pandemic. It trained 30 people, with the help of a COVID-19 response team, to disinfect all 265 DuPage County voting sites during the presidential election last year. The company worked with the DuPage County election board to create a program that would allow people to feel safe about the voting process. For seven weeks, Buck Services employees worked 10-plus hours each day disinfecting voting booths, pens, hallways, door handles and more at the DuPage County Fairgrounds and other early-voting sites. The team continued serving its regular clients—schools, churches, and medical and commercial offices.

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DOCTORS TEST CENTERS

Malcolm X College Health Sciences Team

Doctors Test Centers was established to provide effective COVID-19 testing for surgical patients to ensure that both surgical teams and patients are safe. It has expanded to offer testing in downtown Chicago and was recently awarded a license from the city’s Department of Aviation to provide COVID-19 testing for passengers and employees at O’Hare International and Midway International airports. Those who test positive are immediately removed from the airports, thus helping prevent the spread of the virus. In addition to the physical work required to launch the walk-up test sites at the airports, it’s emotionally taxing work, as the team discovered when it had to tell people that they couldn’t fly home to see their families over the holidays. That was balanced by giving families good news when it turned out they had taken the wrong tests and were able to fly home.

This team is led by the dean of health sciences, who is responsible for academic programming for the largest ensemble of health sciences programs in Illinois. The team donates PPE and ventilation equipment to, volunteers at and staffs hospitals and federally qualified health centers. It created a self-paced online contact tracing program for the Chicago Department of Public Health and continues to train, support and staff medical facilities during the pandemic. It also reopened a dental hygiene clinic for the community. The dental hygiene team petitioned the college to allow students back on campus last June to complete their clinicals, thus allowing a new cohort to begin in the fall. Malcolm X College has also hosted the first mass vaccination site in the city.

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DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP

EDWARD-ELMHURST HEALTH

COVID-19 Response Physician Leaders

Laboratory Services

Since January 2020, before COVID-19 was prevalent locally, this elite team of six physicians pooled their expertise to lead the organization’s COVID-19 response efforts. This includes preparedness strategies, employee education and safety, testing and treatment operations, vaccine distribution and more. The team developed early-testing strategies; treatment protocols, including the monoclonal antibody treatment; and a vaccination rollout process for DMG physicians and associates and other health care workers in the community. To help staff deal with the stress of the pandemic—including being “present” for their families during such challenging times—and buoy their mental and emotional well-being, the team created resources such as webinars led by DMG’s behavioral and mental health providers and an innovative physician-led coaching and leadership development program. The inaugural class had 40 DMG physicians.

Within 72 hours of the March pandemic onset, this team converted its M2000 testing platform to run COVID-19 testing. It’s now running six different tests for the virus and working on a seventh, and it worked with key stakeholders to figure out the most accurate and reliable way to send patient data to state health authorities. The team volunteered to process specimens collected at state drive-thru testing sites. Its clinical laboratory scientists work three shifts, seven days a week, to provide fast turnaround of test results. In November, the team handled up to 900 specimens a day, 2.5 times the normal volume. Additional staff members stepped up to be trained, and others adjusted their schedules without hesitation. Notes of recognition—and treats—help keep morale high.

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Essential Workers

This team cares for more than 2,000 adults with intellectual and development disabilities and mental health needs. Team Envision helps these adults with special needs understand why and how to wear a mask and keep safely distant from others. During the lockdown, the team made thousands of wellness calls and visited homes, delivering PPE, food, books, cleaning supplies and clothing to families, even standing on lawns to sing “Happy Birthday” to clients. Other team members volunteered to live 24 hours a day in group homes where they normally worked eight-hour shifts to make sure residents were fed, safe and taking precautions to prevent coronavirus spread. To ensure that team members stay stable during the crisis, Team Envision established a mental-health employee hotline.

During the pandemic, Gateway Foundation has served more than 30,000 people seeking treatment for addiction, which has become known as “the second pandemic.” The foundation’s essential workers make entering treatment for addiction a welcoming and safe experience, so no one has to choose between treatment or staying home because of the virus. This team developed tools and protocols to pivot to virtual treatment for those uneasy about or unable to enter residential treatment. It identified locations in its network of facilities to serve as COVID-19-positive units so that clients who tested positive could continue treatment. Daily outreach to program alumni has been a lifeline to those in recovery, and family members have responded accordingly, thanking team members for getting loved ones into treatment during these trying times.

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HPH TRANSPORT

Organ Recovery Team

HPH Transport Drivers

Gift of Hope’s Organ Recovery Team works with doctors, nurses and other key staff at 100-plus hospitals in the Chicago area to recover lifesaving organs for transplant. Their work begins when someone dies. They talk to the family about donation, ensure the organs are healthy and safe for transplant, match each organ with a waiting recipient, and coordinate the organ recovery process. During the COVID crisis, hospital restrictions made it difficult for the team to meet face-to-face with families, talk to them about donation and answer their questions. The team found creative ways to connect with families, through Zoom calls or for a limited time in the hospital. In the end, Gift of Hope coordinated a record number of organs for transplant in 2020.

Especially during a pandemic, people without cars, access to transportation or willing friends and family members need a way to get to their doctor’s appointments. HPH provides transportation services to health care facilities, customizing fleets of drivers and vehicles to get patients to and from their appointments. During this time, drivers have done more than provide transport—they’ve also delivered food to people unable to get to the grocery store and have set up iPads so patients could see their doctors via telehealth. The teams are outfitted with PPE and their vehicles have protective shields; still, the team set aside any fears in order to give patients, some of whom displayed COVID-19 symptoms, safe transport to and from their appointments.

LA RABIDA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

MIDWEST RESPIRATORY

Environmental & Support Services Team

Midwest Respiratory Team

Many La Rabida patients are immunocompromised and have chronic lifelong illnesses that leave them more susceptible to infections. From installing dozens of touchless hand-sanitizing stations to instituting more frequent and rigorous cleaning and supplying vital PPE, this team worked tirelessly to keep these patients safe. One innovative example: Mandatory mask-wearing made lip-reading difficult for patients with hearing loss. The team developed a tabletop shield made from clear acrylic trays, and the purchasing team sourced masks with a clear window. This quick response enabled lip-reading, thus allowing clinicians to work with patients and ensure that therapy sessions continued uninterrupted. The environmental services staff made it their mission to prevent the spread of COVID-19, even when it meant being on their feet for their entire shifts.

These critical-care doctors and nurse practitioners, responsible for patients who are critically ill and dying, have logged countless hours of patient care. The group worked with limited PPE in the early days of the pandemic. The team treated intubated patients in the prone position and implemented novel lifesaving treatments. The team has moved heaven and earth to allow loved ones to spend time with dying family members; team members themselves hold the hands of the dying. They have also witnessed tearful family reunions and against-all-odds recoveries. Their care and concern extends to hospital staff members in lending an encouraging word or simply asking if someone is OK. They keep spirits up, encourage everyone to keep fighting and figure out difficult situations together.

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NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM

“S” Team: Marisol Santiago and Diana Soto

Clinical Pharmacy Team

These sisters, both registered nurses, have a combined 40 years of nursing expertise and are English-Spanish bilingual as well. They provide culturally sensitive care, invaluable to the patients, many of whom are Spanish-speaking. Many patients also live in areas where COVID-19 has hit hardest and in multifamily dwellings. A high percentage of this team’s referrals are clients who have been rejected by other agencies due to the patient’s failing health. One challenging moment was dealing with a COVID-positive husband and wife. The wife died, and the husband survived. A month later, he was discharged from rehab and in need of significant home care, for both physical and mental challenges. The team stepped in with a holistic approach to care, and the patient has recovered well.

This team’s clinical pharmacists and staff use their extensive clinical and operational expertise, from maintaining precise schedules of vaccine shipment arrivals, vaccine clinic dates and manual inventory to properly storing and preparing the vaccine and executing the program. Since mid-December, it has followed a tiered approach to COVID-19 vaccine distribution that’s been consistent with state and federal guidelines. It has vaccinated more than 11,000 care team members, including NorthShore employees, affiliated physicians and their employed clinical staff, as well as local community providers. The team received its first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 17. “I feel like I’ve been injected with hope,” one front-line care worker says. “Everyone has had the same response: hope, joy, gratitude, relief.”

PERFUSION TECHNOLOGISTS OF GREATER CHICAGO

SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL

Advocate Christ and Rush University medical centers

This team of doctors, nurses, perfusionists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and support staff accepted and treated COVID-19 patients who failed at other medical treatments and who were all but certain to die. The team placed patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, support systems to allow their lungs and bodies to heal, with a success rate it says is unequaled worldwide. About 80 patients are thriving because the team accepted them as patients when other institutions could no longer help. At Advocate Christ, the team converted a 20-bed ICU into a 25-bed COVID-19 ECMO unit. The team cared for each patient like family, and it played the theme song from “Rocky” when patients were discharged from the unit. The community helped, with restaurants supplying meals to the team.

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ICU Nurses

Working through the ultimate challenge of COVID-19 last year, this team of more than 100 nurses faced physical and emotional exhaustion daily but found ways to celebrate any improvements that patients made. The nurses make time every day to fully engage patients and families in their care via video calls and communications. The nurses treat all patients equally and understand their perspectives during these difficult times. At times, three or four nurses, in full PPE garb, have serenaded a patient with a rendition of “Happy Birthday.” Nurses have also held the hands of dying patients, as virus precautions prevented families from being with loved ones at the time of death. The team learned together that this unprecedented time would call for dedication and commitment.

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Environmental Services Team

Facilities Team

This team, at the front line of the pandemic, works round the clock to keep patient rooms, hallways, elevators, restrooms and public areas clean and disinfected. While working in COVID-19 isolation rooms, team members wear full PPE, which makes their jobs even more difficult. The team’s work has allowed the facility to remain open and serving the community during the pandemic. “We count on this team every day to help keep the hospital running so we can safely treat our patients in disinfected rooms that we need to turn over quickly, which is critical as we faced capacity challenges during the pandemic,” says Chief Nursing Officer Kathy Donofrio. Throughout the pandemic, the team has adapted physically and mentally, all while putting patients first.

Hospitals normally have a limited number of negative-pressure rooms that can be used as isolation rooms. But these quickly filled up with COVID-19 patients, and quick action was needed to be able to treat patients. “The facilities team worked nonstop to create additional negative-pressure rooms as quickly as possible for our patients,” says Saliba Kokaly, vice president of operations. During the spring surge of patients, the team retrofitted 32 negative-pressure rooms to provide a total of 56 rooms, more than doubling the original number of 24. Retrofitting was an extensive process, requiring adding isolation exhaust fans, ductwork, HEPA fan units and isolation monitors. The project ran smoothly due to the team’s experience and strong teamwork, plus support by the nursing staff.

THRESHOLDS

TOTAL HOME HEALTH

Thresholds Justice Program

Respiratory & Delivery Team

Thresholds Justice Program provides services such as case management, housing, employment and access to health care to individuals with serious mental illnesses before and after their release from Cook County Jail. The jail houses 6,000 people and has a high rate of mental illness in its population. It costs Illinois $38,000 per year per person to keep people in jail. Thresholds Justice Program keeps people from returning to jail through stabilizing support and wellness initiatives. The team has had success finding housing for clients, many of whom were homeless before going to jail or have a record, which means it’s difficult to find apartments. The Thresholds team benefits from the resilience of its clients, who are navigating the world through poverty, significant mental illnesses and social isolation.

Team members transition patients home from the hospital and teach them how to use home oxygen and ventilator therapy equipment. The team has discharged more than 1,000 COVID-19 patients, thus opening hospital beds for more patients in need. Often, patients and family members are exhausted by the time they get home from the hospital. So upon arriving at the home, the team helps make the transition a bit easier and more comfortable for patients. During the pandemic, the team has learned how to recharge, handle extended shifts, and also deal with grief when picking up equipment from the home of a patient who did not survive. Overall, the team has done an incredible job of helping patients and their families in the time of greatest need.

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Pharmacy Department

Curbside COVID-19 Testing Team

In July, this team, led by Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer Kevin Colgan, began preparing for the approval and arrival of COVID-19 vaccine. Early research and planning made UChicago one of the first medical centers to obtain the proper freezer capacity to store the vaccine, which would allow for mass vaccination of patients on the South Side. The team has helped plan and operate the employee vaccination clinic, which operates 16 hours a day, and helped address common vaccine concerns, among them allergic reactions and risk versus benefit for pregnant and breastfeeding women. When South Side pharmacies were damaged and temporarily closed after protests in early June, the pharmacy team took steps to ensure the community could continue to access pharmaceutical services.

Access to accurate and reliable testing has been critical to delivering high-quality care to patients with COVID-19. From March through December, this team administered 259,114 tests throughout the health system. The team has also tested employees, enabling them to get back to work faster and care for South Side patients, many of whom are at a higher risk of contracting the virus. The curbside testing team made it possible for the medical center to treat 26,861 inpatient admissions—2,001 of whom were COVID-positive—from March through December. Team members have reassured patients who were terrified of the nasal swab and given lollipops to children who needed a test. Even as some team members lost loved ones to the virus, they continued to professionally and efficiently test a large number of patients weekly.

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Innovation comes in all forms: a tennis racket or football helmet, an office chair or desk, a garage door, a candy wrapper or software. Those are all items patented last year by Chicago-area companies that are at the top of their game. The inventors range from startups to iconic names. They’re among Chicago’s Most Innovative Companies. Several have been on our previous lists over the past 10 years, demonstrating that for some, innovation isn’t a goal; it’s a way of doing business. This list is compiled in partnership with Ocean Tomo, an intellectual property advisory, investment-banking and consulting firm, which evaluates the patents produced each year by Chicago-area companies and ranks them based on quality.

THE CHICAGO-AREA COMPANIES WITH THE HIGHEST-SCORING PATENT PORTFOLIOS IN 2020 1

Narrative Science

18 The William M. Yarbrough Foundation

35 Exelon

Riddell

19 Allstate + Arity International

36 Parasol Medical

Hollister

20 Acco Brands

37 Cortland Capital Market Services

NuCurrent

21 Hillrom

38 Knowles

Fellowes

22 ISCO International

39 Flexterra

Uptake Technologies

23 RTC Industries

40 Groupon

Sage Products/Stryker

24 Mondelez International

41 SRAM

Mars Wrigley

25 Medline Industries

42 Methode Electronics

Chamberlain Group/Duchossois Group

26 Henry Crown & Co.

43 Colson Associates

10 Wilson Sporting Goods

27 Kraft Heinz

44 R.R. Donnelley & Sons

11 Vyaire Medical

28 Radio Flyer

45 Scholle IPN

12 Triteq Lock & Security

29 Signode Industrial Group

46 CME Group

13 Mead Johnson Nutrition

30 Stepan

47 Boler

14 M&R Printing Equipment

31 Prince Castle

48 Abbott Laboratories

15 Conagra Foods

32 Vaxcel International

49 Transform SR Brands

16 Pregis Innovative Packaging

33 John Bean Technologies

50 Encore Packaging

17 Baxter International

34 Ideal Industries

THE ILLINOIS COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT EARNED THE MOST U.S. PATENTS IN 2020, BY NUMBER OF PATENTS 1

Boeing

Abbott Laboratories

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Tenneco

Aptargroup

Deere

451

University of Illinois

Panduit

Caterpillar

402

Baxter International

Robert Bosch Tool

Illinois Tool Works

341

Trading Technologies

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Motorola Solutions

234

Medline Industries

ISCO International

HERE Holding

167

CME Group

Middleby

Allstate + Arity International

148

Ideal Industries

Mondelez International

1,472

University of Chicago

100

Transform SR Brands

Zebra Technologies

124

Brunswick

Idex

Dover

119

AbbVie

Amsted Industries

Northwestern University

117

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

Thoma Bravo

Hillrom

113

Littelfuse

Life Spine + Spinal Generations

Groupon

105

SRAM

Source: Ocean Tomo

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Meet the Rising Stars in Law: These 74 attorneys are making an impact in all corners of their profession, including corporate finance, intellectual property, litigation, health care, bankruptcy and real estate. All have been partners at their firms for five years or less. They have guided clients through the uncertainty of the pandemic, from interpreting the CARES Act to interpreting local health care orders and recommendations. Yet they’ve traveled different journeys. Some began in private practice right out of law school, while others have experience as prose-

cutors or regulators. Still others started out as teachers and performers. These rising stars are active in their firms’ governance. Many are involved in efforts to expand diversity and inclusion and are adding more women and people of color to their teams. They mentor younger lawyers. And they tackle pro bono projects, from defending wrongly accused prisoners to helping immigrants gain asylum. They’re certain to make even more of a mark in the years to come. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The rising stars featured did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes attorneys for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after an editorial review. These honorees have been partners for five years or less and have demonstrated an impact at their firm and in the community. Letters of recommendation were required.

JONATHAN AMARILIO

ELIZABETH BABBITT

MICHAEL BABBITT

Partner Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Partner Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Appellate lawyer Jonathan Amarilio has two cases pending before the Illinois Supreme Court. One challenges the constitutionality of an Illinois statute immunizing ride-share companies from liability when their drivers sexually assault their passengers. The second concerns employers’ ability to protect sexual harassment victims from retaliatory lawsuits by workplace harassers. Amarilio is host of the Chicago Bar Association podcast @theBar and is a contributor to the Illinois Appellate Lawyer Association’s blog, the Brief. Amarilio was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve on the court’s Committee on Character & Fitness, which governs admission of attorneys to the Illinois bar. He is slated to be president of the Appellate Lawyers Association for 2022-23. He is on the board of Lawyers Lend-a-Hand to Youth, which provides tutoring to students from diverse backgrounds.

Litigation attorney Elizabeth Babbitt advises businesses on employment discrimination, employee whistleblowing, unfair business practices, trade secrets and other issues. She recently successfully reversed an $8.1 million jury verdict on a negligent misrepresentation claim in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She is one of the lead attorneys representing the city of Chicago in the litigation, negotiation and ongoing implementation of the Chicago Police Department consent decree and has expertise regarding police practices, use of force, crisis intervention and police reform measures. “She is a passionate advocate and a tough adversary,” says Kim Walberg, co-chair of the Taft Chicago Litigation Group. Babbitt was selected to serve on Taft’s executive committee. She also participates on the firm’s Associate Advancement & Recruitment Committee and leads the Chicago office’s women’s affinity group.

Michael Babbitt joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher last year and has helped expand the new Chicago office to more than 40 attorneys. Babbitt focuses on patent litigation, Patent Trial & Appeal Board proceedings and technology disputes. He uses his background in electrical and computer engineering to advise clients in technical industries. Babbitt serves as pro bono coordinator for the Chicago office and led the firm’s efforts this year teaming with a prisoners rights organization for a client unjustly accused of murdering his father. Babbitt previously was a partner at Jenner & Block, where he handled scores of federal litigations and more than 40 PTAB proceedings for petitioners and patent owners (about a quarter being patent owners). He recently became a trustee of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

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LAURA BACON

NICOLE BERG

ALEXA BERLIN

Partner Nixon Peabody

Partner Keller Lenkner

Partner Latham & Watkins

In the past year, litigation lawyer Laura Bacon was a key player in an international arbitration involving trade secrets. The case culminated in a hearing this summer in which she served as second chair. The Nixon Peabody litigation team achieved a directed verdict for their client. Earlier this year, Bacon spearheaded a pro bono collaboration with a Chicago legal service in an effort to expunge cannabis convictions, which involved fundraising and coordinating attorney training. She’s a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women Committee. In 2018, she co-chaired a conference that brought together more than 80 Chicago-area female attorneys. Bacon joined Nixon Peabody through the firm’s 2015 merger with Ungaretti & Harris and was named partner last year.

At Keller Lenkner, Nicole Berg specializes in national productliability matters and holds court-appointed leadership positions in two large litigations. She was appointed to a subcommittee in the case where military-issued 3M earplugs are alleged to have caused hearing damage to service members and veterans. It’s considered the largest multidistrict litigation on record. And she was appointed to the plaintiffs’ executive committee in a case alleging a defective Paragard contraceptive device. Over the past two years, Berg helped build the firm’s product-liability group to a team of more than two dozen attorneys, paralegals and case managers. She also helped build and mentor an attorney team made up almost entirely of women. Berg co-founded A Better Tomorrow Education Fund, a nonprofit that provides scholarships to Chicago students for higher education.

A partner in Latham & Watkins’ capital markets, public company and corporate governance practices, Alexa Berlin was part of the team that represented Airbnb in its $3.4 billion initial public offering, the largest U.S. IPO of 2020. Berlin also represented the underwriters in connection with Beyond Meat’s 2019 IPO and its $1 billion convertible senior notes offering this year. “Alexa provided smart and steady counsel to our public company clients facing unprecedented business challenges brought on by the pandemic,” says Latham Managing Partner Cathy A. Birkeland. As part of Latham’s pro bono work in civil rights, Berlin staffed a national voter hotline during the 2020 presidential election. She serves on a multioffice initiative designed to help women inside and outside the firm expand their professional networks and develop business opportunities.

JUSTIN BERNBROCK

AMIT BINDRA

CAROLYN BLESSING

Partner Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

The economic calamity of the pandemic placed new demands on Justin Bernbrock’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice. Bernbrock recently was lead counsel for Portland, Ore., radio broadcaster Alpha Media in its recently completed restructuring. He represented an investor group in connection with its acquisition of Seattle kitchenware products company Sur La Table, which had earlier filed for bankruptcy protection. And he is lead counsel to the liquidating trustee for the Neiman Marcus Liquidating Trust, responsible for the administration of unsecured claims in the bankruptcy case. Bernbrock joined Sheppard Mullin last year from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a restructuring partner. Before becoming a lawyer, he served for nearly 10 years in the U.S. Navy. He recently served as co-chair of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s annual gala.

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Partner The Prinz Law Firm

At the Prinz Law Firm, Amit Bindra manages litigation and specializes in injunction hearings, restrictive covenants, trade secret disputes and other issues. Bindra is largely responsible for drafting a key amendment to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act, improving employee mobility and barring noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements below a certain compensation. He worked on this legislation in a pro bono capacity for the past two years on behalf of the Illinois chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, where he serves on the board and is the organization’s communications co-chair. Bindra also teaches a legal writing course as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. At Prinz, he oversees the litigation department and mentors associate attorneys in legal writing, oral advocacy and litigation strategy.

Partner Locke Lord

At Locke Lord, Carolyn Blessing represents pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in intellectual property litigation. She’s had significant roles in two fully virtual federal trials in the past year. Over the past 18 months, Blessing has spoken at virtual programs focused on adapting to the pandemic, emphasizing the need for professional development. As law school hiring partner in Chicago, she has mentored students through the challenges of beginning a career in unprecedented times. Blessing helped establish a partnership between the Chicago office and the Diversity Attorney Pipeline Program, a nonprofit addressing the scarcity of women of color in the legal profession. This year, the Chicago office hired a summer intern through the program. Blessing is past president of the Chicago chapter of the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law.

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STEVEN BLOCK Partner Thompson Hine

Former federal prosecutor Steven Block focuses on cases involving public corruption, securities violations, trade secrets and other white-collar matters. He also serves as a vice chair of the firm’s national litigation department. This year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Block to the Illinois Torture Inquiry & Relief Commission, which investigates claims of confessions to determine whether sufficient evidence of torture exists to merit judicial review. As a federal prosecutor, Block was the lead on the government’s case against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, which involved a scheme to cover up past misdeeds through illicit financial transactions. Block served as deputy chief in the U.S. attorney’s office and chief of the Special Prosecutions Bureau in the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. He joined Thompson Hine as a partner in 2018.

TIMOTHY CASTELLI

KRISTINA K. CERCONE

M&A and privateequity partner Ropes & Gray

Partner Jones Day

At Ropes & Gray, Timothy Castelli represents companies, private-equity firms and family offices in buyouts, M&A and other investments. Castelli recently represented McNally Capital in the sale of ITS Logistics, GHO Capital in its acquisition of Velocity Clinical Research, and Vistria Group and Excellere Partners in their investment in SCA Pharmaceuticals. The pandemic required Castelli to shift from the excitement of dealmaking to the more subtle demands of working with clients to safeguard their investments. “Tim combines an exhaustive knowledge of the law with a nimble and creative approach to problem solving that resonates with clients,” says private-equity partner Neill P. Jakobe. Castelli serves on the firm’s associate development committee, providing mentorship to junior associates, and also participates in the diversity mentorship program.

Litigator Kristina K. “Kristi” Cercone focuses on the defense of product liability and mass tort cases and assists clients in protecting trade secrets and IP rights. She represents clients before the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. Cercone also represents several universities and an athletic conference in the NCAA Student-Athlete Concussion Injury Litigation, a federal multidistrict litigation consolidating more than 500 class actions brought on behalf of former football student-athletes alleging that universities, athletic conferences and the NCAA failed to warn them about the adverse effects of concussive hits. Cercone is a member of the Chicago office’s pro bono committee and has taken on the role of assignment coordinator for associates in the Chicago litigation practice. She serves as chair of the Grant Park Music Festival’s Associates Council.

GENEVIEVE CHARLTON

LOUIS CHIAPPETTA

ROB CHIDESTER

Partner Barnes & Thornburg

Partner Mayer Brown

Partner Gould & Ratner

Intellectual property attorney Genevieve Charlton focuses on trademark, copyright and advertising law. She has worked with a top sunglass brand, a toy manufacturer and a transportation and logistics provider. Charlton and her team won a trademark infringement bench trial just six months after she had her first child, and defended the decision before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. She and her team also won an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on all appealed issues, reversing a jury trial decision in a false-advertising case. Charlton joined Barnes & Thornburg in 2016 as an associate and was named partner this year. She recently co-led the office’s summer associates program. Charlton also founded a summer writing club for summer associates and law clerks.

At Mayer Brown, Louis Chiappetta is a restructuring partner specializing in troubled company mergers and acquisitions and restructurings. Recent cases include a $1.1 billion out-of-court debt restructuring of Foster Farms, a $300 million out-of-court restructuring and sale of School Specialty, and full recovery of $70 million in distressed financing for Libremax. His pro bono work includes advocating for veterans’ and first responders’ rights, asylum seekers’ and immigrants’ rights, and aiding children of undocumented people. Before joining Mayer Brown in 2019, Chiappetta was an associate at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Earlier, he spent 10 years as a high school math teacher and volunteered as a wrestling coach, at Glenbard North in Carol Stream. He’s recruited attorneys from diverse backgrounds to join Mayer Brown’s restructuring team.

As a partner in Gould & Ratner’s corporate practice, Rob Chidester handles capital raises, securities issuances and mergers and acquisitions. Chidester’s workload increased by more than 20 percent during the pandemic, with a robust deal flow in fintech and clean tech. Before and since his promotion to partner in December, Chidester led the development and launch of specialty teams in cryptocurrency and clean tech/ESG. He represented family offices, funds and other investors in cryptocurrency investments up to $100 million. Earlier in his career, Chidester served as a financial and policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Laboratory System, where he evaluated energy technology research and energy infrastructure projects in China and Northeast Asia. He’s been a consultant to the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.

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ERIC CHOI Partner Neal Gerber Eisenberg

Trial lawyer Eric Choi has broad experience in commercial disputes. In his pro bono work, Choi and fellow Neal Gerber Eisenberg attorneys coordinated with Northwestern Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions to secure a not-guilty verdict and exonerate Kerry Masterson, a woman who had been wrongfully convicted of murder and had served eight years in prison. In a civil rights case, Choi and fellow attorneys collectively devoted more than 865 hours to prepare their client for trial against a Chicago police officer for unlawful search and arrest. Choi is a member of the firm’s diversity & inclusion and hiring committees. He serves on the executive board of the Korean American Bar Association of Chicago.

BRYCE COOPER Partner Winston & Strawn

At Winston & Strawn, Bryce Cooper specializes in mass tort, product liability and pharmaceutical patent litigation. He represented Monsanto in Roundup product liability cases, including the first to go to trial, reducing a punitive-damages award by $211 million. He defended Abbott Laboratories in an action alleging design defect and negligence claims. And he defended Boeing in pending cases concerning alleged toxic air exposure. As the first openly LGBTQ partner in Winston’s Chicago office, Cooper leads recruiting for LGBTQ attorneys and helps lead Winston’s firmwide LGBTQ affinity group. He is leading, in partnership with Lambda Legal, one of three lawsuits challenging the Department of Defense’s policies excluding service members living with HIV. Cooper serves on the board of the nonprofit Legal Council for Health Justice.

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DAVID R. CLARK Partner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Corporate partner David R. Clark focuses on M&A, corporate governance and securities matters. Clark played a leading role in representing CME Group in its multijurisdiction transaction with IHS Markit, involving the combination of the parties’ post-trade services into a new joint venture. He advised Flagstar Bancorp in its $2.6 billion merger with New York Community Bancorp and Homewerks Worldwide on its growth investment from H.I.G. Capital. In addition to his corporate practice, Clark has represented pro bono clients in immigration matters, including asylum cases and petitions under the DREAM Act. Recently, he advised the nonprofit Greater Englewood Community Development Corp. community on onboarding new directors and providing board training. Clark joined Skadden as a summer associate in 2009 and was promoted to partner last year.

KEVIN COFFEY Shareholder Polsinelli

As a member of Polsinelli’s health care litigation and government investigations practices, Kevin Coffey counsels clients on regulatory compliance and navigates investigations by government agencies. He’s represented large health care providers in investigations and litigation, including in the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern District of New York, Texas, Georgia and Florida. “As the federal government continues its hyper-vigilance in identifying COVID-related fraud in health care, Kevin’s ability to help hospital system leaders to identify and stop fraud before it starts has never been more crucial,” says Polsinelli Chicago office Managing Partner Mary Clare Bonaccorsi. Coffey joined Polsinelli as an associate in 2014 and became a shareholder last year. He supports nonprofits including Legal Aid Chicago and Avenues to Independence, an independent living facility for the developmentally disabled.

MICHAEL DEBRE

CHARLES DEVORE

Principal Chuhak & Tecson

Litigation partner Katten Muchin Rosenman

Michael Debre represents financial institutions in loan enforcement, insolvency, fraud, breach of contract and mortgage foreclosures. He recently was appointed special assistant attorney general to represent the Illinois state treasurer in various matters. In his practice, Debre secured a victory for a lender on a non-dischargeability claim in a bankruptcy case. He also obtained a $1.7 million judgment for a lender on an assigned promissory note. Debre joined Chuhak & Tecson’s banking practice in 2015 as an associate and was elevated to principal last year. Prior to his legal career, Debre was a senior vice president at New City Bank, an experience that gave him an understanding of the issues faced by lenders. He’s an instructor for the Moot Court Club at Marist High School, his alma mater.

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Litigation partner Charles DeVore represents clients in business disputes, class actions and white-collar and government investigations. Last year, DeVore led a team of Katten attorneys in Chicago and Los Angeles who worked with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Illinois Prison Project to pursue the early release of elderly and medically vulnerable federal and state inmates who were at an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 and didn’t pose a risk to their communities. He also worked with a team of Katten attorneys to support a nonprofit by securing a refund from a hotel after the nonprofit canceled its annual conference. DeVore joined Katten as an associate in 2013 and became a partner in 2019. Earlier, he was a high school teacher with Teach For America.

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ADAM DIEDERICH

TIMOTHY FARRELL

EMILY FITZGERALD

Partner Schiff Hardin

Partner Ropes & Gray

Partner Swanson Martin & Bell

As a partner in Schiff Hardin’s litigation and dispute resolution practice group, Adam Diederich focuses on resolving disputes among owners of privately held businesses. Last year, Diederich recommended a strategy shift in a client’s longstanding case to invalidate a restrictive noncompete covenant. Diederich argued an entirely different motion, earning the client his freedom without a trial. Diederich serves as co-counsel with the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, representing students and their families in lawsuits against school districts that failed to protect those students from being racially harassed by their peers. He joined the organization’s board this year. Diederich joined Schiff Hardin as an associate in 2012 and was named a partner in 2018. Before law school, he taught fourth grade in Baltimore through Teach For America.

Litigator Timothy Farrell represents companies, private-equity sponsors and nonprofits. He’s representing Duff & Phelps in Sears Holdings’ post-bankruptcy adversary proceeding brought by unsecured creditors. And he won relief for juveniles subjected to unconstitutional mechanical restraints and solitary confinement at Iowa Boys State Training School. Farrell was among a core group of Ropes & Gray partners who gained expertise in the litigation and regulatory risks around the CARES Act passed in the wake of the pandemic and advised clients on issues around PPP loan funding. This summer, Farrell started a program for students from underserved communities to expose them to the legal profession. Farrell is a classically trained singer and before law school had a performing career.

At Swanson Martin & Bell, Emily Fitzgerald handles commercial litigation and business disputes, financial fraud, product liability, consumer protection class actions, intellectual property, employment and other matters. In the past 18 months, Fitzgerald successfully argued before the 7th Circuit in a maritime matter while five months pregnant with her second son. The court issued an opinion in her client’s favor days after the argument. As co-chair of the Advancement of Women in Law committee, Fitzgerald is focused on implementing a program in which female attorneys mentor those below and receive mentorship from those above them. She also serves on the recruiting and community service committees. Fitzgerald is president of the American Cancer Society Associate Board of Ambassadors, a charitable board that raises $500,000 in revenue annually.

MICHAEL FRISCH

JULIE GARDNER

PAULINA GARGA-CHMIEL

Partner, head of government litigation and investigations Croke Fairchild Morgan & Beres

Principal Chuhak & Tecson

At Chuhak & Tecson, Julie Gardner handles estates and estate planning, probate and trust administration, and guardianship. She was appointed guardian ad litem and court-appointed counsel for the Cook County Circuit Court’s Probate Division. Gardner has managed cases involving abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of the elderly or disabled, such as disinheriting individuals who abused, neglected or exploited people before they died. Gardner joined Chuhak & Tecson as an associate in 2017, and she was elevated to principal in only three years. She’s a rising leader in the firm’s Women Helping Women program and serves as a Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law delegate. Through her membership with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, Gardner has provided pro bono legal services on guardianship matters.

Paulina Garga-Chmiel represents lenders in foreclosure litigation, bankruptcy matters, breach of contract disputes and SBA loan workouts, as well as creditors’ rights litigation and workouts. During the pandemic, Garga-Chmiel pivoted and invested in business and professional development efforts such as drafting the consumer law and regulations compliance handbook for the firm’s banking practice. She joined Chuhak & Tecson as an associate five years ago and was elevated to principal this year. Garga-Chmiel serves on the associate and law clerk committee and is the main delegate for the Coalition of Women’s Initiative in Law. A native of Poland, she provides pro bono legal assistance to underserved members of Chicago’s Polish community.

Michael Frisch joined Croke Fairchild Morgan & Beres as a partner this year, building the firm’s government investigations and litigation practice from the ground up. He helps clients, particularly in financial services, navigate regulatory matters and enforcement actions and is active in the growing cryptocurrency market. Previously, he was a senior adviser and legal counsel for the city of Chicago and Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Frisch helped lead the city’s response to the pandemic, negotiating contracts for the McCormick Place field hospital and drafting COVID-19 rules and orders. Earlier, he was senior trial attorney at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, where he led one of the commission’s first enforcement actions against a cryptocurrency platform. He is a member of the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association, which is establishing regulatory guidelines.

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TIFFANY GEHRKE

GREGORY GISTENSON

Partner Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Partner Barnes & Thornburg

Intellectual property attorney Tiffany Gehrke in the past 18 months has cleared client trademarks for branding launches and prepared clients for acquisitions or divestitures of their IP assets. She’s resolved trademark opposition proceedings, settled trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement cases and handled trade dress infringement matters. Gehrke is president-elect of the IP Law Association of Chicago, considered the first IP law association in the U.S. She provides pro bono legal services to incarcerated and indigent individuals and nonprofits, as well as to individuals who have had their constitutional rights violated. Gehrke also serves as a partner sponsor for firm associates who provide pro bono services. She’s been active in firm initiatives on diversity and workplace balance. Earlier in her career, she was a software engineer.

MARK R. GREER Partner Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Partner Mark R. Greer specializes in investment management and exchange-traded funds. Late last year, Greer worked on the launch of Invesco’s first suite of active nontransparent exchange-traded funds in the U.S. Greer has represented Invesco funds for a decade. In 2018 he and colleagues assisted with the acquisition of the Guggenheim ETF business, which involved reorganizing 67 Guggenheim ETFs onto Invesco’s platform. This year, he represented the funds of the State Farm Associates’ Fund Trust and their independent trustees in a reorganization into new products subadvised by Northern Trust Investments. Greer is a member of Stradley Ronon’s hiring and diversity committees. Outside the firm, he serves on the board of the nonprofit Legal Council for Health Justice and its audit and finance committee.

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As vice chair of Barnes & Thornburg’s construction practice, Gregory Gistenson advises on delay-and-disruption disputes, bond claims and mechanic’s lien disputes. In the past 18 months, he earned the lead role on a team of five attorneys from three states defending an industrial client from more than 30 mechanic’s lien and related claims on a single project. During the pandemic, Gistenson advised clients on how to continue construction of critical infrastructure projects and address delays, disruptions and safety protocols. In pro bono work, Gistenson assists single mothers with limited means in disputes over unjust enforcement actions by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services. Gistenson was part of a team that spearheaded a successful class-action lawsuit over the improper indication of child abuse and neglect.

Real estate attorney Kelly Greco led clients through the pandemic and provided solutions for their pressing business problems. She represented a developer of high-end student housing, helping it to finance and operate projects nationwide. Greco also represented a national real estate investor in the $470 million acquisition of a multifamily portfolio. One of Greco’s most active clients is a national retail development company that has pounced on the opportunity to develop sites with national retail tenants such as Starbucks and Chipotle. Greco joined Polsinelli in 2017 from Fox Rothschild. She mentors associates in the real estate group and is a participant in Polsinelli’s Women’s Empowerment Group. Outside the firm, Greco is chair of the sponsorship committee for CREW Chicago, which works to advance women in commercial real estate.

CARRIE HARRINGTON

GEORGE HOUHANISIN

Partner, leader of trusts and estates practice group Levenfeld Pearlstein

Partner McDermott Will & Emery

Carrie Harrington was named lead of the trusts and estates practice group at the start of the year. In recent months, Harrington created successful tax treatment of a potential multimillion-dollar SPAC, prepared trust structures for clients’ gift tax and asset protection planning, and guided grieving spouses and children through the estate and trust administration process. A champion for women at the firm and in law, her practice group in the past nine months hired five employees, all of whom are women and two of whom are women of color. Last year, Harrington launched the firm’s Wills for Teachers pro bono program, which provides free estate planning for teachers who must return to the classroom during the pandemic. She represents an immigrant seeking asylum in the U.S.

Corporate finance specialist George Houhanisin guided clients through the uncertainties and market shifts of the pandemic. Recently he’s worked with Lorient Capital, a health care-focused private-equity firm, and became the company’s go-to lawyer for financing deals. He also represented ABC Supply in a $400 million bond offering and Cresco in a $200 million credit agreement. Other private-equity clients include H.I.G. Capital, Martis Capital, Omers, Gemspring Capital and CenterGate Capital. Houhanisin has been on the firm’s pro bono committee since he was a first-year lawyer and has taken on projects from Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the Law Project in Chicago. He devotes hours to mentoring younger lawyers: This summer he is conducting weekly one-hour chats with junior and summer associates and paralegals.

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JONATHAN HUGHLEY Partner Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Intellectual property attorney Jonathan Hughley works with inventors, startups and multinationals on patent protection strategies. He prepares and prosecutes domestic and foreign utility and design applications and prepares patentability and infringement opinions involving mechanical, electromechanical and software technologies. Last year, Hughley was selected as a Pathway to Partnership Fellow by the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms. He presents to undergraduate students on patent law through the committee’s LegalTrek program. Hughley serves on Marshall Gerstein’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and is involved in recruiting and evaluating candidates. Hughley does pro bono work for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, Wills for Heroes Foundation and Cabrini Green Legal Aid. Earlier in his career, Hughley held engineering and legal positions at International Truck & Engine and Caterpillar.

KATHERINE JOHNSON Partner Steptoe & Johnson

Katherine “Kate” Johnson is a patent litigator who handles complex litigation across a variety of technical fields, including pharmaceutical matters, website development, automotive parts, medical devices, chemical processes and nutritional compositions. A registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, she’s represented numerous clients in federal district courts; USPTO proceedings, including inter partes reviews; appeals before the Federal Circuit; and International Trade Commission investigations. She was elected partner at the beginning of 2021, and she mentors full-time and summer associates across the Chicago office. She is a board member and programming co-chair for the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law in Chicago and volunteers for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, representing families in adoption matters on a regular basis.

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HILARY JAFFE Partner Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen

Hilary Jaffe specializes in affordable housing and represents investors in building and rehabilitating units across the country using federal and state low-income housing tax credits. In her three years at Applegate, Jaffe has directly helped to build and rehabilitate more than 5,000 units of affordable housing for individuals and families across the country. She became partner last year and in July was elected to the firm’s six-member management committee. Jaffe has more than 13 years of leadership with the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing & Community Development Law. As a member of the governing committee, she chairs a program that brings industry practitioners to law schools to talk about opportunities in the field. She is also an active member of the forum’s Outreach & Diversity Committee.

SARAH F. KING Partner Clifford Law Offices

Sarah F. King focuses on medical malpractice on behalf of plaintiffs, especially complex cases involving brain-damaged babies. She was sworn in as financial secretary of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois as well as the secretary of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. She’s an editor of the ITLA Trial Notebook and co-founded the ITLA Women’s Caucus to lobby for legislation that ensures justice for injured women and children in Illinois. In 2020, King founded the WBAI Policy & Procedure Committee. She is a past president of Women Everywhere: Partners in Service Project, a collaborative effort coordinating volunteer activities to provide college scholarships to eligible high school girls. She also was elected to the Illinois State Bar Association’s Assembly, where she served two terms on the policymaking body.

EMILY JOHNSON Member, national health care practice group McDonald Hopkins

Health care attorney Emily Johnson provides regulatory and compliance assistance, including HIPAA policies and procedures to prevent breaches and responding to breaches and possible government investigations. During the pandemic, Johnson’s expertise in compliance and cybersecurity made her a go-to adviser for clients forced to adapt as their practices went remote. Johnson was in high demand as a panelist at industry events where she shared her expertise on the CARES Act and the buying and selling of distressed health care companies. Before joining McDonald Hopkins in 2015, Johnson was a health care attorney and senior consultant at a national legal-based health care management consulting firm. At McDonald Hopkins, Johnson also serves as chair of the firm’s wellness committee and is a member of the Women’s Council and Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

KATHERINE KIRKPATRICK Partner King & Spalding

Katherine Kirkpatrick is a partner in King & Spalding’s special matters and government investigations practice. She is considered a thought leader on anti-money laundering, cryptocurrency, blockchain-related compliance and cross-border investigations. She has worked with clients in multiple jurisdictions across Europe, Africa and Asia. She co-chairs K&S’s Financial Services Industry Group, chairs its Chicago Women’s Alliance Group and is on its firmwide hiring committee. Kirkpatrick does pro bono work for the Illinois Torture Inquiry & Relief Commission, a state agency formed by the General Assembly to investigate claims of torture. She’s an elected member of the board of directors of the Notre Dame Law Association and is active with Her Justice, a New York-based pro bono legal services organization that serves low-income women in family law and immigration matters.

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ASHLEE KNUCKEY Partner Locke Lord

Ashlee Knuckey is a member of Locke Lord’s board of directors and maintains a cross-functional practice handling litigation and regulatory matters, primarily in the health care, insurance and food industries. She was the lead counsel for the team representing WellCare in its $17.3 billion merger with Centene and a key contributor to the team that served as national insurance regulatory counsel to CVS Health in its acquisition of Aetna. Knuckey is chair of the Food, Beverage & Cosmetics Industry Group and a member of both the Attorney Development and Practice Development/ Marketing committees. She is a member of the Executives’ Club of Chicago and the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives. She was a long-standing member of the Women’s Auxiliary Board for the Ronald McDonald House.

BRIENNE LETOURNEAU Partner Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Brienne Letourneau represents businesses, institutions and individuals in complex litigation in a variety of substantive areas, including fiduciary litigation, asset management disputes, ERISA litigation, director and officer liability, consumer class actions, contract disputes and business torts. She has developed a practice focus on benefits-related class actions involving asset management and fiduciary liability, a rapidly growing field. Letourneau is a leader of the firm’s Chicago Parents Group and member of its Women’s Professional Development Committee. She also co-chaired the firm’s inaugural summer program in Chicago, guiding thirteen summer associates along with numerous associates that she formally mentors. She also does pro bono work supporting the National Women’s Law Center and Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund. Prior to joining Willkie in 2020, Letourneau was a partner at Jenner & Block.

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JADE LAMBERT

MARCIE LAPE

Partner King & Spalding

Partner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Jade Lambert represents individuals and corporations facing complex government investigations and enforcement actions, including those relating to workplace violence and workplace sexual misconduct. Recently, she represented a public university in the internal investigation of alleged sexual and other misconduct by professor, a health care provider in a grand jury investigation and a gaming client in a regulatory matter with Illinois Gaming. Prior to joining K&S, she practiced at Perkins Coie, was chief of staff to the Illinois Reform Commission and clerked for Judge Joel M. Flaum in the 7th Circuit. She has done extensive pro bono work on criminal records relief, earning gubernatorial pardons for eight clients. She formed the Momence Anti-Racist Coalition in her hometown, where she also recently chaired a Unity Day Event.

ELI LITOFF Partner Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila

Eli Litoff’s practice includes both civil—class actions and complex commercial litigation—and criminal cases, where he represents individuals and companies in government investigations and the prosecution of white-collar crime. He co-chairs RSHC’s associate mentoring program while also maintaining an extensive pro bono practice. He helped secure the release of two clients, each of whom spent more than two decades wrongfully incarcerated, and obtained a certificate of innocence for exoneree Eddie Bolden, who served 22 years for a crime he did not commit. Bolden is now an employee of RSHC. A founding member of the ACLU of Illinois’ Next Generation Society board, Litoff “truly personifies the ideals of the legal profession by fighting for ‘justice for all,’ ” says Patricia Brown Holmes, RSHC’s managing partner.

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Marcie Lape represents corporate and individual clients in commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, and disputes relating to mergers and acquisitions and contracts. She co-led the representation of Fifth Third Bancorp in securing the dismissal of a putative securities class action filed in Chicago federal court. Promoted to partner in April 2020, Lape previously served as a law clerk to Judge Susan Black on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. She co-chaired Skadden’s Chicago Bar Foundation campaign in 2021, which raises money to support legal aid organizations. She also serves on Skadden’s Appointments Committee, which selects partners to join Skadden’s Policy Committee, the firm’s governing body. She currently serves on the National Women’s Law Center’s Leadership Advisory Committee.

YVETTE LOIZON Partner Clifford Law Offices

Yvette Loizon brings a litigation background to Clifford Law Offices after serving in the Cook County state’s attorney’s office for 12 years. Today, her responsibilities include researching points of law that arise in the firm’s practice regarding substantive and procedural strategy. At Cook County, she managed cases ranging from investigation to litigation, including the first terrorism trial ever brought in state court. She was a lead attorney in the first RICO prosecution in an Illinois state trial court and was cross-designated as a special U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois, tasked with handling complex violent crime prosecutions. Prior to that she served as chief legal counsel for the Illinois State Police, where she oversaw its legal department and provided guidance on legal and legislative issues affecting law enforcement.

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DAVID LUGER Partner Katten Muchin Rosenman

CHRISTINA CARRIERE LUTZ

ERIN MCADAMS FRANZBLAU

Partner Levenfeld Pearlstein

Partner Freeborn & Peters

As a partner in Katten’s financial markets litigation and enforcement practice, David Luger defends clients before numerous regulatory bodies, including the SEC, CFTC and FINRA in federal and state courts. He also represents clients in arbitration before FINRA and the National Futures Association. He has represented prisoners at FCI Oakdale in Louisiana, one of the federal prisons most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. His pro bono work includes advocacy for two clients seeking post-conviction relief from significant sentences, including one client asserting innocence. Upon being awarded the Katten Pro Bono Service Award in 2020, Luger directed his $1,000 honorarium to the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, a nonprofit legal services organization that represents detained immigrant children in the U.S.

Litigation partner Christina Carriere Lutz is chair of Levenfeld Pearlstein’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force and has been instrumental in championing the firm’s diversity initiatives. She spearheaded the drafting, editing and adoption of a firmwide DEI operating plan and facilitated a partnership with the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program to place women of color in summer associate roles and improve the pipeline from law school to associate to partner. “This plan is already having a far-reaching impact on recruitment and retention, with a majority of our new hires in 2020 and 2021 identifying as women or diverse attorneys or professionals,” says Chairman and Managing Partner Robert A. Romanoff. Prior to her legal career, Lutz worked in television, including a stint as assistant to comedian George Carlin.

Erin McAdams Franzblau litigates employment matters and advises employers on nearly every subspecialty of employment law, including M&A transactions. Her diverse practice ranges from litigating class actions for Fortune 100 companies and advising startups to representing executives in severance negotiations. Her recent cases include a summary judgment for an automotive employer in two matters alleging violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Family & Medical Leave Act. She also served as lead employment lawyer in various multimillion-dollar M&A transactions in the medical testing, automotive logistics and insurance industries. She is co-chair of the firm’s Women’s Leadership Council, a board member of the Federal Bar Association’s Chicago chapter, chair of the Younger Lawyer’s Division and cochair of the Programming Committee.

SETH MEYER

BOB MORGAN

ELIN PARK

Partner Keller Lenkner

Partner Benesch

Partner Jenner & Block

Seth Meyer’s practice focuses on antitrust, class-action, appellate and bankruptcy matters. He has represented the state of Arizona and 18 municipalities in litigation related to the opioid crisis and is coordinating 41 class actions throughout the country against opioid defendants on behalf of insurance ratepayers. He is also part of the litigation team representing numerous states in antitrust litigation against Google for monopolizing products and services used by advertisers and publishers in online-display advertising. Before joining Keller Lenkner, Meyer was an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago and Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. He is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences Center for Legal Studies and volunteers with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Jewish United Fund.

Bob Morgan is a health care regulatory and policy attorney with extensive experience in the cannabis industry, being one of the primary architects of the state’s medical cannabis program. As a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, he passed legislation to reduce health insurance costs, ensure telehealth is permanently available in Illinois and strengthen protections for behavioral health patients. In July, he was appointed vice chair of the Cannabis Law & Policy General Committee of the American Bar Association for the 2021-22 bar year, where he will participate in CLE programs, publish articles and help plan activities that enhance professional development, ethics and diversity. Morgan is a longtime member of the Anti-Defamation League Midwest Regional Board and a board member of Equip for Equality.

Elin Park has extensive experience in complex commercial, consumer and class-action litigation. She represents financial institutions in a range of cases, including those involving asset-backed securities, asset management, bankruptcy and insurance-coverage disputes. She also handles government investigations for a variety of industries. Recently, she’s been part of a team representing Fair Fight Action in a federal lawsuit against Georgia’s secretary of state and Board of Elections. She was recognized for her successful representations of pro bono clients with awards from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Chicago chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the 7th Circuit Bar Association. She is president of the Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago and vice president of the Korean American Bar Association of Chicago.

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TANVI PATEL Partner Neal Gerber Eisenberg

Tanvi Patel handles all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark litigation, patent prosecution and client counseling related to noninfringement and patent enforcement. In addition to managing global patent portfolios, Patel frequently leads strategy in patent and trademark litigation. She is a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion committee and the Women’s Network Leadership Team, and she is co-chair of the Hiring Committee. Before joining Neal Gerber Eisenberg, Patel worked as an attorney at McAndrews Held & Malloy; prior to practicing law, she earned a degree in electrical engineering and worked at Caterpillar. She regularly volunteers with Equip for Equality and the Second Chances clinic.

ALLISON POWERS

JAMES C. PULLOS

Partner Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg

Partner Clifford Law Offices

Allison Powers defends employers against class and single-plaintiff claims of discrimination and harassment in lawsuits and in enforcement agency actions under federal and state laws. She joined Barack Ferrazzano’s business litigation and its luxury, fashion and retail practices in September 2020, charged with expanding the firm’s labor and employment law capabilities. She serves on the firm’s DEI and Business Development committees and on several special committees in her role as firm counsel. Powers’ pro bono practice includes representing immigrants seeking asylum and other relief under immigration laws, veterans seeking benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs and branches of the armed forces, and first-time homebuyers formerly housed in Chicago Housing Authority units.

SIMONE A. RANDOLPH

SARAH BETH RIZZO

Partner Thompson Hine

Partner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Simone A. Randolph, a partner in Thompson Hine’s real estate practice, focuses on complex commercial real estate and finance transactions, with experience in syndicated, mezzanine and construction financing. She has represented lender clients, including many Chicago-based banks, in more than 1,000 middle-market financings throughout the country, closing more than $500 million in multifamily, industrial, retail, office and commercial asset transactions in just the last two years. She also advises Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in structuring joint venture agreements and works with women- and minority-owned businesses in successfully preparing and submitting certification applications.

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Sarah Beth Rizzo represents clients in various tax-free and taxable acquisitions, dispositions, financings, spinoffs and restructurings. Among notable recent cases were a reverse spinoff of a $10.4 billion portfolio of apartment communities into AIR, an independent, publicly traded umbrella partnership real estate investment trust; the spinoff of certain telecommunications network assets into an independent, publicly traded REIT; and the tax-free spinoff of certain real estate assets into a separate, publicly traded REIT. Rizzo was named a partner of the firm this year, and she currently serves as a chair for the Chicago Summer Associate committee. She also is a board member and treasurer for One on One Chicago, which works to affirm the self-reliance of underserved individuals and families through meaningful work.

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James C. Pullos’ practice areas include personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights, medical malpractice, trucking matters, motor vehicle collisions and other claims. In recent months, he’s also worked on business interruption cases, helping business owners who paid insurance premiums for coverage for claims regarding the sudden financial business losses or closures suffered because of the pandemic, only to find their insurers denying them reimbursement. He has tried more than 50 cases to verdict and hundreds of bench trials and hearings in federal and state courts. He served 14 years in the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, preparing numerous state and federal appellate briefs and presenting oral arguments before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Most notably, he represented police officers from the Cook County sheriff’s office in civil lawsuits in federal court.

JASON ROMICK Partner Levenfeld Pearlstein

Jason Romick concentrates his practice on mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions, with a particular focus on the insurance brokerage industry. In addition, he has extensive experience representing middle-market asset managers, finance companies and institutional investors in structuring, negotiating and documenting opportunistic private-equity co-investments. After serving as a law clerk to federal Judge Milton Shadur and practicing as a corporate attorney at Sidley Austin and Levenfeld Pearlstein, Romick joined Hub International, ultimately serving as vice president, chief M&A counsel and deputy general counsel. He rejoined Levenfeld Pearlstein as a partner in 2020 and co-leads the expansion of the firm’s insurance brokerage M&A specialty practice.

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DANIEL SAEEDI

BRIAN SALVI

SARA SHANTI

Partner Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Partner Salvi Schostok & Pritchard

Partner Benesch

Daniel Saeedi handles issues relating to employment law, unfair competition and data privacy, representing clients in trade secrets and restrictive covenants disputes around the country. He also litigates complex class-action cases in the realm of computer fraud, privacy law and biometric face recognition technology. He is a certified information privacy professional, a designation that’s recognized around the world. He’s also the CLE instructor for the Illinois State Bar Association’s programming on restrictive covenants and trade secrets, and in the context of multidisciplinary skills such as drafting, consulting and litigation best practices. Saeedi is an active member of Taft’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and regularly provides implicit bias CLE training to hundreds of lawyers each year.

Brian Salvi represents victims of medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury and product liability. Among recent highlights, he won a $9 million jury verdict in November even though closing arguments suddenly switched to remote on the last day of trial due to a spike in COVID numbers. He and his team had to quickly pivot to ensure they still presented a compelling argument via Zoom. He is a Chicago advisory board member of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, an organization committed to finding a cure for chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Salvi also supports Horizons for Youth, Chicago’s only organization that provides needbased scholarships, comprehensive support programs and educational resources to students of all academic ability levels.

MARK A. SILVERMAN

JACK SNYDER

Member Dykema Gossett

Mark A. Silverman is a co-leader of the firm’s national commercial mortgage-backed securities special servicer group, leader of the firm’s nationwide Technology Advisory Committee, and a member of the firm’s financial industry group. He has represented several of the nation’s largest CMBS special servicers in contested foreclosure litigation, guarantor litigation and bankruptcy matters involving assets located in Illinois and around the country. His commercial foreclosure and workout experience spans many sectors. including hotel, retail and assets like airports and taxi medallions. Silverman routinely handles post-judgment collections and fraudulent transfers. Prior to joining Dykema, he was a judicial extern with U.S. District Judge Arlander Keys. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association’s DE&I committee.

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Partner and assistant general counsel Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg

As a partner in the firm’s litigation and motor vehicle practices, Jack Snyder is a first-chair trial lawyer who also advises clients on regulatory compliance, commercial contracts and product distribution strategies in multiple industries. He was a key member of the team that secured dismissal of all claims against a firm client in a multibillion-dollar nationwide lawsuit arising out of the Chicago Tribune’s leveraged buyout. When COVID-related business issues emerged in early 2020, he pivoted to the ensuing landlord-tenant disputes. Snyder was also a leading member of the team that built the firm’s database of COVID-related analysis and public orders for use as a resource throughout the pandemic.

A member of the Benesch Healthcare+ practice group, Sara Shanti represents health care providers and technology companies in matters related to data privacy and security, health care regulatory compliance and mergers and acquisitions. She provides counsel on digital health innovations including artificial intelligence, breaches and data controls, mobile applications and telemedicine. She co-founded her firm’s COVID-19 response team and advised providers on multiple emergency use authorization submissions as they treated patients throughout the pandemic. Her work helped many patients continue to see their doctors via telemedicine. Shanti also helped her clients navigate data security incidents and manage audits and regulatory inquiries from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General and state agencies. She serves as an active court-appointed guardian ad litem for minor children in Cook County.

JONATHAN SOLOMON Partner Latham & Watkins

A partner in Latham’s M&A and private-equity practices, Jonathan Solomon advises private-equity funds, family offices and their portfolio companies, and public and private companies on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. He also chairs the Chicago Corporate Department and is vice chair of the firm’s retail and consumer products industry group. Solomon recently has been advising semiconductor company AMD in its $35 billion acquisition of Xilinx, and he regularly represents various Pritzker family business interests. He also represented Madison Dearborn Partners in its investment into Evo Payment Solutions. Solomon began his legal career as an associate at Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York. He supports Lurie Children’s Hospital and PAWS and is a member of Chabad Lincoln Park.

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ERIC SWIBEL Partner Latham & Watkins

Eric Swibel represents global clients in litigation in federal and state courts, government investigations, internal investigations and arbitrations. As co-chair of the Chicago office’s 60-member Litigation & Trial Department, he successfully led a team representing Camping World Holdings and several of the company’s officers and directors in three securities class actions and four derivative suits (still pending) in five federal and state courts. He also tried no fewer than five JAMS commercial arbitrations during the pandemic. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins as an associate in 2009, Swibel clerked for U.S. District Judge William O’Kelley in Georgia. He’s a member of the Host Committee for the Honeycomb Project, a Chicago organization for family volunteering.

NILOFER UMAR Partner Sidley Austin

Nilofer Umar leads Sidley teams representing corporations, directors and officers in securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, M&A litigation and special committee investigations. In the past 18 months she’s defended some of the country’s biggest corporations, including NiSource, Brunswick and Walgreens and directors of Allstate and Coty. She is active within Sidley’s Chicago litigation group in promoting associate development and holds positions on the firm’s Diversity and Summer Associate committees as well as the Harvard Law recruiting team. Umar is on the leadership committee and is the programming co-chair for the 2021 annual meeting of the National Association of Women Lawyers. She has served on the board of CARPLS, Cook County’s largest provider of free legal services since 2019; she’s also on the board of Kohl Children’s Museum.

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JOANNA TRAVALINI

Partner Gould & Ratner

Partner Winston & Strawn

Admitted to practice in four states, Vanessa Tiradentes represents businesses and individuals in all phases of commercial litigation in federal and state courts. This experience includes handling allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, business divorces, contract disputes and indemnification claims. She also assists clients with construction matters, including contractor disputes, breach of warranty claims and insurance coverage issues. Tiradentes was appointed chair of the Judges Initiative Committee of the ABA Business Law Section in September 2020. She’s also served as editor for the ABA Business Law Section’s “The Business Courts Benchbook: Procedures and Best Practices in Business and Commercial Cases,” published in 2019. Most recently, she became co-president of Harvard University’s Latino Alumni Alliance. She’s also been deputy general counsel and an affiliate representative of the Hispanic National Bar Association.

Joanna Travalini’s litigation practice is concentrated on regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, securities matters, corporate internal investigations and complex commercial disputes. She draws from her licensure as a certified public accountant and experience in public accounting in representing clients. Shortly after the pandemic hit, the focus of her practice shifted to government-facing matters before the Justice Department and Securities & Exchange Commission. Travalini is chair of Winston’s Summer Program and a member of the firm’s Hiring & Recruitment Committee, and she runs its on-campus recruiting program at Northwestern University. She works with the National Immigrant Justice Center; she’s also involved with immigration cases, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals matters and U-Visa applications. She is a member of the ABA’s Professional Liability Litigation Committee, where she prepares roundtables and publishes materials.

ANDREW VOUZIERS

BRIAN O’CONNOR WATSON

Partner Sidley Austin

Andrew Vouziers represents investment banks, direct lenders, sponsors, commercial banks and borrowers in the structuring and negotiation of complex financial transactions. He is a primary Sidley relationship partner for lending work for JPMorgan and MUFG Bank, and his work includes cross-border deals in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia. He also structures and negotiates debt facilities with environmental, social and governance incentives for companies across all industries, including green and sustainability-linked loans. At Sidley, he is on the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and spearheaded the firm’s Hispanic Heritage Roundtable. Vouziers co-chairs the Financial Services Forum of the Executives’ Club of Chicago, and he recently joined the Campaign Cabinet of the United Way of Metro Chicago. He is on the board of the Hispanic Lawyers Scholarship Fund of Illinois.

Partner Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila

Brian O’Connor Watson represents clients in litigation and trial across the nation. Over the past 12 months, he has resolved nearly 100 cases successfully for clients, while also managing ongoing litigation for clients nationally, including multiple mass and proposed class actions for environmental contamination. He also serves on the recruiting and associate development committee at the firm. Before joining RSHC, he was assistant special prosecutor with Special Prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes in connection with the killing of Laquan McDonald. Watson serves the community through Habitat for Humanity, the All Stars Project Development School for Youth, Just the Beginning, Legal Prep Charter Academy and My Block, My Hood, My City.

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ADAM WEXNER

JAYA WHITE

TINA WILLS

Partner Kirkland & Ellis

Partner, health law practice group Quarles & Brady

Partner Freeborn & Peters

Adam Wexner’s practice focuses on advising private-equity funds and their portfolio companies on complex business transactions. He has structured, negotiated and closed M&A transactions ranging from less than $100 million to more than $3 billion. Among highlights of the past 18 months, he served as lead counsel for Pritzker Private Capital in its recapitalization of ProAmpac and in its acquisition of Energy Distribution Partners; for Aterian Investment Partners-backed Bright International in its acquisition of Bocchi Laboratories; and for Warburg Pincus in its $150 million financing of Aura. Wexner began his career as an associate at Latham & Watkins before joining Kirkland in 2015. He was promoted to Kirkland’s share partnership this year. He’s a founding member of the Impact Council at A Better Chicago, a venture-philanthropy fund.

Jaya White is the Chicago office chair of the firm’s health law practice group and co-chair of the long-term care team. She advises health care clients on regulatory compliance and transactional issues, with a focus on senior housing providers such as skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. White is a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and was selected by the firm as a fellow in 2017. She has published articles and presented on growing regulatory issues affecting LTC providers, including the use of cameras and social media in LTC, closing facilities and cannabis use in LTC. White serves in a pro bono capacity on a technology committee for nonprofit Thresholds, which provides services to individuals with mental health and substance abuse disorders.

MICHAEL R. WILSON

JEFFREY ZANCHELLI

Partner Locke Lord

Partner DLA Piper

Michael R. Wilson focuses his corporate transactional practice in four primary areas: M&A, debt finance, venture capital and fund formation. He advises private-equity funds, startup companies and banks. He’s also developed a “niche offering,” advising small business investment companies through transactions. Significant recent deals include representing Vix, an ad-supported streaming service, in its acquisition by Univision; Chicago Pacific Founders in its $30 million Series A investment in Tredence; XSell Technologies in taking an equity investment from Sageview Capital; and GainSystems in a minority growth investment from Francisco Partners. He also led Locke Lord’s Paycheck Protection Program team, providing advice to hundreds of clients amid COVID-19. Wilson is a member of the Executives’ Club of Chicago, serving as a mentor for “early risers” in the club’s EC Associates Program.

Jeffrey “Jeff” Zanchelli represents real estate fund sponsors and other real estate owners and operators in a variety of corporate transactions, including the formation and structuring of real estate private-equity funds, management entities and joint ventures. He represents both non-U.S. clients on inbound real estate investments throughout the United States as well as U.S.-based clients focused on real estate investment opportunities in Canada, Europe and the U.K. Significant recent deals include serving as counsel to real estate private-equity company Harrison Street in its $720 million sale of three Cambridge, Mass.-based life sciences properties to Healthpeak Properties. Zanchelli and his family support the Michael J. Fox Foundation, dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease. He has also worked on the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights’ Law Project.

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Tina Wills oversees all aspects of complex commercial matters, from day-to-day management of associates and staff to drafting major briefs, developing case analysis and communicating strategy with clients. In recent months she has defeated several critical motions on behalf of her clients, including motions for a preliminary injunction, dispositive motions including motions to dismiss and to determine arbitrability of claims. She also prevailed at trial in an action to reform contract terms, successfully barring most of the defendant’s affirmative defense before trial and using the defendant’s own expert in her client’s case-in-chief at trial. She is on Freeborn’s Women’s Leadership Council as a member of its pro bono and mentorship committees. She is actively involved with the National Immigrant Justice Center, successfully advocating through trial for two detained clients seeking asylum.

U.S. ESTIMATES FOR LAWYERS, MAY 2020

658,120 lawyers

$71.59

Mean hourly wage

$148,910 Mean annual wage

NUMBER OF LAWYERS IN ILLINOIS 70,000

62,720

60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 ‘11

‘13

‘15

‘17

‘19

‘21

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Bar Association

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Taxation

Real estate

Municipal

Litigation Environmental & legislative

Labor

Intellectual property

Insurance

Health care

Local managing partner

Banking Business reorg. & credit Corporate & securities

Law firm

Chicago partners’ specialties Antitrust

2020 rank

No. of local No. of attorneys attorneys in U.S. as of as of 6/30/21; 1-year 6/30/21; change worldwide

Local partners/ associates Local of counsels/ paralegals

Ranked by local attorneys as of June 30, 2021.

2020 firmwide revenue (millions); 1-year change

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 300 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 60654; 312-862-2000; Kirkland.com

Jon A. Ballis Chairman

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 1 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 60603; 312-853-7000; Sidley.com

Larry A. Barden 414 Chairman, manage- -7.4% ment committee Teresa Wilton Harmon, Managing partner, Chicago

MAYER BROWN LLP 71 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606; 312-782-0600; MayerBrown.com

Jon D. Van Gorp Chairman

JENNER & BLOCK LLP 353 N. Clark St., Suite 4500, Chicago 60654; 312-222-9350; Jenner.com

Katya Jestin 244 Randy E. Mehrberg -4.7% Co-managing partners

449 470

98 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $446.3 90 NA -0.4%

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 35 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60601; 312-558-5600; Winston.com

Linda T. Coberly Chicago managing partner

244 -9.3%

803 880

111 11 12 16 114 24

1 NA 13 30 48

2 NA 2

$981.2 -3.1%

KATTEN 525 W. Monroe St., Chicago 60661; 312-902-5200; Katten.com

Gil M. Soffer Managing partner, Chicago

235 -2.9%

596 631

100 28 0 104 3

$646.6 -3.5%

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 444 W. Lake St., Chicago 60606; 312-372-2000; MWE.com

Michael Boykins Office managing partner

218 813 140 28 6 -16.5% 1,115 68 6

38 29

56 $1,381.8 17.9%

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 8000, Chicago 60606; 312-460-5000; Seyfarth.com

Cory Hirsch Tracy Billows Chicago co-managing partners

203 -4.2%

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP Cathy A. Birkeland 194 330 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 2800, Chicago office 2.1% Chicago 60611; 312-876-7700; managing partner LW.com

17 14

5 $4,333.8 15.0%

BAKER MCKENZIE 300 E. Randolph St., Suite 5000, Chicago 60601; 312-861-8000; BakerMcKenzie.com

David Malliband Chicago office managing partner

GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP 77 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 3100, Chicago 60601; 312-456-8400; GTLaw.com

John F. Gibbons Rita M. Alliss Powers Co-managing shareholders

178 5.3%

DLA PIPER LLP 444 W. Lake St., Suite 900, Chicago 60606; 312-368-4000; DLAPiper.com

Raj N. Shah 168 Jesse A. Criz -7.7% Chicago co-managing partners

VEDDER PRICE 222 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2600, Chicago 60601; 312-609-7500; VedderPrice.com

Michael A. Nemeroff President, CEO

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702 5.1%

388 2.1%

2,406 340 NA 29 2,894 362 110

16 143 1

10 38

1 113 11

15 33 $4,830.01 16.3%

1,530 157 29 1,913 216 56

15 51

1,042 162 48 NA 33 1,833 170 25

27 NA NA 10 NA 35 NA NA 13 11 $1,520.0 2.4%

911 970

12 $2,462.9 5.4%

107 36 49 17

13 12 48

48 22

1,991 60 12 3,015 123 17

92 18 2 82 NA

16 15

12 12

26 $2,899.0 -0.7%

1,829 2,274

94 18 64 16

3 $1,730.0 5.4%

1,529 4,560

68 NA 1 54 NA

1 $3,133.8 0.7%

97 5 59 31

17 19

192 643 -16.9% 4,699

162 -4.7%

252 271

$717.0 -0.0%

$255.0 0.0%

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JONES DAY 77 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 3500, Chicago 60601; 312-782-3939; JonesDay.com

Tina M. Tabacchi Partner in charge

157 -2.5%

1,553 2,422

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP Joseph Krasovec 233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 7100, Managing partner Chicago 60606; 312-258-5545; SchiffHardin.com

156 -9.3%

219 219

REED SMITH LLP 10 S. Wacker Drive, 40th Floor, Chicago 60606; 312-207-1000; ReedSmith.com

Matthew J. Petersen Managing partner

133 -7.0%

FAEGRE DRINKER 191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 3700, Chicago 60606; 312-569-1000; FaegreDrinker.com

Patrick M. Miller James L. Sawyer Chicago office co-leaders

HINSHAW & CULBERTSON Peter D. Sullivan LLP 151 N. Franklin St., Chairman Suite 2500, Chicago 60606; 312-704-3000; HinshawLaw.com

104 16 37 12

Litigation Environmental & legislative

40 15 18 27

Taxation

222 222

Real estate

157 -3.7%

Municipal

Timothy P. Mohan Chief executive partner

Labor

CHAPMAN AND CUTLER LLP 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago 60603; 312-845-3000; Chapman.com

Intellectual property

Insurance

Health care

Local managing partner

Banking Business reorg. & credit Corporate & securities

Law firm

Chicago partners’ specialties Antitrust

2020 rank

No. of local No. of attorneys attorneys in U.S. as of as of 6/30/21; 1-year 6/30/21; change worldwide

Local partners/ associates Local of counsels/ paralegals

Ranked by local attorneys as of June 30, 2021.

2020 firmwide revenue (millions); 1-year change

$226.7 4.4%

62 13 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $2,226.41 79 2 7.2%

92 NA 2 46 NA

1,126 1,815

59 16 57 11

14 10

132 -2.2%

1,152 1,194

65 20 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $937.0 46 18 -1.6%

130 -0.8%

409 409

94 2 34 15

NEAL GERBER & EISENBERG LLP 2 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1700, Chicago 60602; 312-269-8000; NGE.com

Robert “Bobby” G. 126 Gerber -3.1% Managing partner

126 126

0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA

SWANSON MARTIN & BELL LLP 330 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 3300, Chicago 60611; 312-321-9100; SMBTrials.com

Timothy G. Nickels 125 Managing partner -3.8%

132 132

852 3 37 20

NA NA

BARNES & THORNBURG 1 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 4400, Chicago 60606; 312-357-1313; BTLaw.com

Michael A. Carrillo Chicago office managing partner

122 8.0%

739 739

83 11 14 26 15

11 27

$506.21 8.5%

PERKINS COIE LLP 131 S. Dearborn St., Suite 1700, Chicago 60603; 312-324-8400; PerkinsCoie.com

Richard L. Sevcik Chicago office managing partner

122 0.8%

1,254 1,268

57 17 46 10

2 NA NA 6

16 NA NA 8

4 $1,001.5 7.1%

POLSINELLI PC 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 3000, Chicago 60606; 312-819-1900; Polsinelli.com

Mary Clare Bonaccorsi Office managing partner, Chicago

122 7.0%

888 888

80 4 38 11

10 NA 17 35

$618.3 6.5%

TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP 111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2800, Chicago 60601 312-527-4000; TaftLaw.com

Cezar M. Froelich Partner, chairman Paul T. Jenson Partner in charge

118 4.4%

621 621

63 21 1 30 9

10 11 24

$365.11 NA

10 13

48 18

18 $174.0 -6.7%

8 $1,310.6 5.1%

15 19 13

23 52 10

$180.1 -6.5%

NA NA

Includes attorneys in the seven-county Chicago area: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will in Illinois and Lake in Indiana. All staff figures are as of June 30 unless otherwise noted. In the Chicago partners’ specialties section, partners in more than one specialty are counted in each area. NA: Not available. 1. From American Lawyer. 2. This figure accounts for 27 equity partners and 58 nonequity partners. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: SEPT. 13, 2021 Researched by Sophie Rodgers (sophie.rodgers@crain.com)

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These 51 general counsels hailing from multinationals, real estate firms, nonprofits and universities have had a full plate. They led their organization’s legal response to the pandemic: navigating work-from-home rules, developing safety protocols and negotiating special arrangements with financial institutions, suppliers and customers. With the heightened national recognition of systemic inequality, many became involved in stepped-up diversity and inclusion initiatives. They strived to make sure that their teams, as well as outside counsel, included attorneys from diverse

backgrounds. Some top in-house attorneys explored how to incorporate ESG—environmental, social and corporate governance—principles. Many managed funding for COVID relief and special donations for Black and other underserved communities. They did all this while they oversaw departments handling the usual docket of legal concerns, including M&A, intellectual property, contracts, corporate governance, taxes, financing and real estate. Yet they adapted to a remarkably changed landscape. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from the nomination materials. This list features only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by our editorial team. To qualify for the list, nominees must be based in the Chicago area and working as a full-time general counsel and as a member of the top management team. They must have demonstrated a leadership role in their organization, be active in professional groups and/or assumed a leadership position outside their organization, and have contributed pro bono work toward civic and community initiatives.

AYESHA AHMED General counsel and vice president of human resources Nexus Pharmaceuticals

Ayesha Ahmed is general counsel at Lincolnshire-based Nexus Pharmaceuticals, a women- and minority-owned health care company specializing in difficult-to-manufacture specialty and generic drugs. She focuses on compliance, labor law, intellectual property, litigation management and corporate matters. Ahmed, who joined Nexus in 2011, also manages human resources. Nexus is in rapid-growth mode, hiring more than 50 people (most of them virtually) over the past 18 months. Ahmed began her legal career in 2006 at a boutique law firm, and in 2008 she clerked for Cook County Circuit Judge Moshe Jacobius. She is on the advisory council of the Pro Bono Network, the board of directors of UMMA Center in Waukegan, the board of directors of the Kenosha Area Business Alliance and the alumni board of Chicago Kent Law School.

PRASANTH AKKAPEDDI General counsel-U.S. Zone Kraft Heinz

Prasanth Akkapeddi is general counsel for Kraft Heinz’s U.S. Zone, leading its U.S. legal team. In 2020, he led the company’s global COVID task force, implementing the crisis management framework that he created and protecting essential factory workers as well as Kraft Heinz’s food supply role in the country’s critical infrastructure. He also serves on the company’s U.S. leadership team and is the executive sponsor of the Asian Pacific American business resource group, working to foster diversity. Prior to joining Kraft Heinz in 2018, Akkapeddi was associate general counsel at S&P Global and McGraw-Hill for 11 years. Before that, he was in private practice and was an associate attorney in the litigation department at law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.

SALMAN AZAM General counsel and chief compliance officer Dialysis Care Center

Salman Azam is general counsel for Dialysis Care Center, a physician-owned health care provider headquartered in Homer Glen with more than 40 locations in seven states. He manages all legal personnel and legal matters, including complex acquisitions, health care regulatory affairs, corporate compliance and labor and employment issues, as well as corporate and transactional matters. Before joining Dialysis Care Center, he was the managing partner of Azam Chandran & Gilani, a boutique firm in Chicago that handles health care and hospitality matters for small businesses. He is a two-time recipient of the Federation of Indian Associations’ annual Chicago Community Service Award, does pro bono legal work at the Downtown Islamic Center and co-founded the South Asian Bar Association Chicago Foundation.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 7, 2021

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DOUGLAS C. BARNARD

KARYN L. BASS EHLER

Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary CF Industries

General counsel Illinois Department of Public Health

Douglas C. Barnard is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Deerfield-based CF Industries, a producer of ammonia and other derivative fertilizer products. He leads the legal department, providing corporate, commercial and litigation services for operations in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. He is a member of the senior leadership team, oversees the compliance and ethics programs and is involved in efforts to decarbonize CF Industries’ network. Before joining the company in 2004, Barnard was general counsel at Bcom3 Group; he also was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. He co-authored “Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts” with Martin Ginsburg and Jack Levin at Kirkland & Ellis. He was a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School in 2012-15 and is a member of the MIT Corporation Development Committee.

Karyn L. Bass Ehler manages and oversees all Illinois Department of Public Health legal functions, including advising on litigation, procurement, regulatory matters, enforcement, legislation and public health guidance. Since starting as general counsel in August, she has assisted the IDPH team through a range of COVID-19 pandemic issues, from contracts to the legal aspects of mass vaccination. Before joining IDPH, she led the civil rights practice group at Grant & Eisenhofer; before that, she was chief of the Illinois attorney general’s Civil Rights Bureau. Bass Ehler is a 2018 Fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago, vice president of the Jewish Council of Urban Affairs and a member of the DePaul Law Dean’s Advisory Council. She helped found the DePaul Center for Public Interest Law in 2006.

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CARL BERGETZ General counsel Rush University Medical Center Chief legal officer Rush University System for Health

Carl Bergetz manages all legal services for Rush University System for Health, directing the work of 20 staff members in the Office of Legal Affairs and the Office of Risk & Claims Management. He also manages outside counsel relationships. Before joining Rush, Bergetz served as chief of the Special Litigation Bureau for the Illinois attorney general, supervising complex investigations and litigation. Before that, he practiced law in Illinois and California, beginning his career with McDermott Will & Emery. He developed a bioethics and health law course and continuing legal education classes on public health emergency law for the University of Illinois College of Law.

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KATHLEEN BOEGE

DOROTHY CAPERS

Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary Wintrust Financial

Executive vice president and global general counsel National Express Group

Kathleen Boege manages all legal affairs at Wintrust Financial, a $46 billion-asset, publicly held financial holding company headquartered in Rosemont. Responsibilities include corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation. She is on Wintrust’s executive and operating committees and is an executive sponsor of the Wintrust Women’s Network. Before joining Wintrust, she was general counsel at FreightCar America and Bally Total Fitness and was associate general counsel at the Chicago Stock Exchange. She is a member of the board of directors of the Chicago Public Library Foundation and City Year Chicago and is on the Keystone board of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

Dorothy Capers leads the legal, risk management, real estate, employment, labor, contracts, compliance and environmental functions at National Express Group, a U.K.-based public transport operator in Europe, North Africa, North America and the Middle East. During the pandemic, she led the North American team through the creation of a robust diversity and inclusion initiative. Before joining National Express, she was chief litigation and bankruptcy counsel at US Foods, was a Cook County prosecutor and was a senior counsel at law firm Greene & Letts. She volunteers at Just Roots farm, an organic farm that provides food to local shelters and food banks; is secretary at the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation; and serves on the finance committee of Children’s Home & Aid.

KIMBERLY CHMURA

KELLEYE CHUBE

General counsel and vice presidentadministration St. Anthony Hospital

General counsel Illinois Human Rights Commission

Kimberly Chmura provides legal, risk and compliance services and advises on a range of operational matters at St. Anthony Hospital, an acute-care community hospital serving Chicago’s West and Southwest sides. She oversees human resources, security, transport, telecom and employee health. She managed the hospital’s legal response to a 2019 malware attack that completely shut down its services and then pivoted to handling its COVID response, sourcing medical supplies, implementing new regulations and advising on a communitywide vaccine rollout. Before joining St. Anthony, Chmura worked at Northwest Community Healthcare, Advocate and University of Chicago Medical Center, executing health care mergers and acquisitions and navigating regulatory reviews. She also is the assistant corporate secretary to St. Anthony Hospital’s board and is responsible for all its governance functions.

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Kelleye Chube joined the Illinois Human Rights Commission (a quasi-judicial body for resolving discrimination complaints) in January 2019, when major legal changes reconstituted the agency. In less than a year, she helped eliminate a backlog of 2,000-plus sufficiency-of-investigation cases and various complex legal matters, transitioned lay commissioners from part time to full time, instituted free continuing legal education events and promulgated emergency rules to enable proceedings to continue through the pandemic. She refocused the commission on domestic violence victims and people with disabilities and/or limited English proficiency. Prior to joining the agency, Chube was counsel to the governor’s office. Before that she negotiated complex corporate transactions with major health care providers, software companies, Big Four accounting firms and large financial institutions.

STEVE CARSON Vice president, general counsel and secretary Fellowes Brands

Steve Carson is general counsel at Itasca-based Fellowes Brands. A member of the executive team, he is responsible for the global legal function, product safety, data security and regulatory compliance. His career began as an associate at Chapman & Cutler until becoming general counsel at Wallace Computer Services (now part of R.R. Donnelley). His Fellowes career began with the successful defense of a hostile takeover attempt; he then prevailed in two Illinois Trade Commission actions; and in 2010, he led the legal response to a factory takeover by a Chinese partner. In August 2019, Carson completed the acquisition of Holland, Mich.-based Trendway. He is a member of the Private Company General Counsel Group and is a volunteer firefighter in Long Beach, Ind.

NICK CHULOS Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary First Midwest

Nick Chulos is responsible for the overall direction of legal and government-relations functions, legal regulatory affairs, corporate governance and corporate insurance programs at Chicago-based First Midwest, one of the largest independent bank holding companies in the region. He led the $1.1 billion acquisition of Milwaukee-based Park Bank during height of the pandemic with completion, integration and training done virtually. Before joining First Midwest, he practiced law and was a partner at Indianapolis-based Krieg DeVault in for more than 20 years. He holds leadership roles at the American Bankers Association, Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America and Illinois Bankers Association.

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KAMAU COAR Chief legal officer and chief inclusion officer Heidrick & Struggles International

KRISTIN COLEMAN

ANNE-MARIE D’ANGELO

Executive vice president and general counsel US Foods

Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary NiSource

Kamau Coar is chief legal officer and chief inclusion officer at Chicago-based Heidrick & Struggles, a global leadership consultancy offering executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team acceleration services. His legal team is responsible for governance, global risk management, compliance and business partnership advice to C-suite and board clientele. In 2020, Heidrick & Struggles launched a diversity and inclusion practice, and Coar assumed additional responsibilities this year as chief inclusion officer. He is a leader of Heidrick & Struggles’ Director Institute and also serves as a Johns Hopkins Leadership Fellow; volunteers with My City, My Block, My Hood; and is active with his alma maters, Johns Hopkins University and Duke University School of Law (class of 2001).

In February 2017, Kristin Coleman joined Rosemont-based US Foods, a 28,000-employee distributor serving 300,000 restaurants and food service operators. She handles all legal support for board work, corporate governance, litigation, labor and employment, commercial contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. In 2020, she supported a $1 billion debt financing and $500 million convertible preferred stock private placement with KKR as well as the $1 billion acquisition of Smart Foodservice. Previously, she was general counsel at Sears Holdings and Brunswick as well as a corporate attorney at Sidley Austin. Over the past 13 months, she and a small “SWAT team” organized clinics to vaccinate 2,300plus employees and led the rollout of “Respectful Workplace” training for 4,000 company leaders. Coleman is a former board member of Boys & Girls Club of Chicago and a board member emeritus of the Center for Enriched Living.

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KATHY DEIGHAN

PEDRO DEJESUS

Executive managing director, COO, general counsel and corporate secretary Ziegler

Vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary Elkay

Executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and head of international business Tampico Beverages

At Ziegler, a privately held investment bank, capital markets and proprietary investments firm, Angelique David’s roles include compliance, IT, HR, marketing, accounting, research and office services. Her legal work involves advising the board and executive management on all matters relating to the broker-dealer including, but not limited to, M&A, employment, corporate governance and security law. She is Ziegler’s first Black and female leader to serve as a director on its board, as a member of its executive committee and as chair of its operating committee. Before joining Chicago-based Ziegler in 2007, she practiced law at Locke Lord Bissell and at Liddell. She is the founder of Just4Girlfriends, a global organization that creates networks for women to embrace self-care and self-preservation via supportive networking experiences while forming important professional connections.

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Kathy Deighan leads the legal department at Elkay, a 101-year-old international plumbing and interior systems business, offering consumer products such as sinks and drinking solutions as well as design, sourcing, construction and construction-management services. Her department handles acquisition, joint venture and other major business transactions, negotiates contracts, manages litigation and provides dayto-day legal advice. She also advised on COVID protocols at Elkay’s multiple locations. Before becoming general counsel, Deighan was the first corporate attorney at Downers Grove-based Elkay. Prior to that, Deighan worked at Dean Foods, primarily in acquisition work, and started her career as an associate at Lord Bissel & Brook.

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Anne-Marie D’Angelo is general counsel at Merrillville, Ind.-based NiSource, one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the U.S. As transmission centers are specific targets for domestic terrorists, she partnered with various business functions to establish protocols to safeguard crews and customers. She also has restructured NiSource’s legal department by reducing silos and realigned its relationships with service providers. Prior to joining NiSource, D’Angelo was general counsel at Global Brass & Copper Holdings in Schaumburg; before that, she held a number of roles at McDonald’s for 13 years, including assistant U.S. general counsel. She has conducted pro bono work for the National Immigrant Justice Center, served as a member of the Catholic Charities legal advisory board since 2012, and was a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Pedro DeJesus leads Tampico through legal matters that include mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance, intellectual property management and HR functions. As head of international business, he led the acquisition of a bottling manufacturing facility in Texas in 2021. A frequent speaker on the experience of Hispanics and Afro Latinos in corporate America, he works with the Tampico Foundation to provide funding for not-for-profit organizations working to support communities of color. Before joining Chicago-based Tampico, DeJesus was corporate counsel at Information Resources. He works with the Latino Corporate Directors Education Foundation, the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and Hispanic Lawyers Scholarship Fund of Illinois. DeJesus is on the board of Lake Forest Bank & Trust and is a Lurie Children’s Hospital trustee.

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BRETT GERRY

JULIE GETZELS

KAREN HARRIS

Chief legal officer and executive vice president-global compliance Boeing

General counsel Heartland Alliance

Senior vice president and general counsel Illinois Health & Hospital Association

Brett Gerry is Boeing’s senior legal adviser, leading its law department as well as its principal ethics and compliance organizations. He led Boeing’s litigation after the grounding of the 737 Max and guided the company’s resolution of an investigation by the Department of Justice. Since joining the company in 2008, he has served in various senior positions, including vice president and general counsel for Boeing Commercial Airplanes; before that, he was chief counsel to Boeing’s network and space systems businesses. He also served for three years as president of Boeing Japan. Gerry came to Boeing after holding several senior positions in the U.S. Department of Justice (including chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey) and the White House (associate counsel to the president).

KEITH HORTON General manager and general counsel Camelot Illinois

As general counsel at Camelot Illinois, the private manager of the Illinois Lottery, Keith Horton handles litigation, procurement, intellectual property, compliance and regulatory-affairs functions. In 2020 he oversaw the company’s transition to a predominantly work-from-home operation, overhauling Camelot’s policies, deploying technology and managing the legal and technology teams responsible for the lottery’s first new game launch in eight years. Before joining Camelot, he served as the general counsel and ethics officer for the Illinois state treasurer, implementing public-private partnership programs. He is vice president and secretary of the Yale Club of Chicago Foundation, which provides financial aid to Chicago-area students, and is active in Black Shop Friday, a campaign to support local Black-owned businesses on the day after Thanksgiving.

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As the first general counsel for Heartland Alliance, Julie Getzels is tasked with building the legal department at one of Chicago’s largest human service agencies. The organization (five separate companies with 1,700 employees in multiple states and countries) has a broad focus that includes delivering health care, housing and legal services to immigrants. Getzels served as the Art Institute of Chicago’s executive vice president, general counsel and secretary for 16 years. Before that, she was the first general counsel at Weiss Memorial Hospital, and she also worked as a chief assistant corporation counsel in the city’s Law Department and as an assistant U.S. attorney. Getzels sits on the advisory council of the University of Chicago charter school in Bronzeville and on the board of Seminary Co-Op Bookstores.

LILIANNA KALIN General counsel College of DuPage

Lilianna Kalin handles a range of issues at College of DuPage, including employment and labor law, compliance with regulatory agencies and contract law. She also manages outside counsel on litigation matters, provides legal guidance to the board of trustees and manages Freedom of Information Act matters. Kalin developed the college’s first freedom of speech policy and negotiated successor contracts for full-time faculty, operating engineers, and police and classified employees. Before joining College of DuPage, she served as senior labor and employment counsel for the Cook County Health & Hospital System and worked with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office prosecuting narcotics cases.

Karen Harris’ department provides legal guidance for all IHA entities, covering corporate governance, insurance coverage, contracts, intellectual property, HIPAA privacy and security, antitrust, employment law, and nonprofit and tax-exemption issues. She was at the center of Illinois’ response to COVID-19, coordinating the state’s 200 hospitals with local, state and federal agencies, helping draft state executive orders, filing amicus briefs and requesting regulatory waivers to enable hospitals to respond to the pandemic. She helped hospitals obtain PPE and testing supplies and also worked to establish drive-thru testing facilities and vaccination sites. She was appointed co-lead of IHA’s health disparities activities in June 2020.

MOHIT KALRA General counsel and chief privacy officer Numerator

Mohit Kalra’s legal team works on consumer-sourced data-privacy compliance, commercial negotiations, intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions issues for Numerator, a market-research company serving Fortune 500 clients. He leads efforts to ensure data privacy and collection practices that comply with all laws as well as global programs covering M&A efforts. He also has been working with HR on COVID-related changes. He is a founding executive sponsor of Numerator’s Culture, Belonging, Inclusion & Diversity Council. A Harvard Law graduate, Kalra spent 13 years at Google as senior counsel. He’s on the board of the Chicago chapter of College Possible and works with Cradles to Crayons. He’s been a guest lecturer at Northwestern University’s Law School and was a Public Interest Law Fellow at the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern.

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CRISTEN KOGL

ELENA KRAUS

Chief legal officer Zebra Technologies

Senior vice president and general counsel Walgreens

Cristen Kogl oversees the global legal practice at Zebra Technologies, a member of the S&P 500. This includes environmental health and safety, trade, privacy and compliance, as well as all matters related to securities, governance, M&A and government affairs. She co-led Zebra’s legal response to COVID-19, including activating the business-continuity program before the virus became a pandemic and spearheading an analysis of the 9,000-person worldwide workforce to issue personalized letters stating exceptional work allowances for essential employees. She also oversaw an acquisition, negotiated multiple commercial deals and spearheaded an effort to secure refunds from U.S. Customs after the imposition of Section 301 tariffs. Before joining Lincolnshire-based Zebra in 2015, she served in various leadership roles at W.W. Grainger, ServiceMaster, National Express and Spyglass.

STEPHEN LEVY Executive vice president and chief legal officer Senior Lifestyle

As a principal and member of the board of managers at the senior housing provider, Stephen Levy collaborated with staff, investors and vendors in the response to COVID. That involved keeping residents and staff safe, procuring PPE and developing procedures and protocols for community access, testing, vaccination and infection control. Over the past 23 years, Levy has worked with public and private REITS, private-equity and venture-capital firms, highnet-worth individuals and family offices to orchestrate and close more than $3 billion in real estate transactions while leading the company’s compliance, licensing, risk management and legal functions. He is on the legal committee of the American Seniors Housing Association and the legal and governmental affairs committee of Argentum, formerly the Assisted Living Federation of America.

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As general counsel at Walgreens, Elena Kraus’ responsibilities include regulatory and commercial legal advice and counsel, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and health care-services legal support. Walgreens played an integral role in U.S. COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts, and the legal department advanced these goals working to develop contracts with CDC on long-term care and with the Federal Retail Pharmacy program, as well as contracts for community-based testing in partnership with the Department of Health & Human Services. Previously, Kraus was at Rudnick & Wolfe (now DLA Piper), advising Walgreens’ leadership. She provides legal services to the Center for Disability & Elder Law, the National Immigration Justice Center and Equip for Equality, advocating for the civil rights of people with disabilities. She’s also a sponsor at the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms.

JAMES L. MARVIN Executive vice president and general counsel John Bean Technologies

As a leader on the executive leadership team, James L. Marvin helped the diversified manufacturer navigate the pandemic as well as the appointment of a new CEO last year. Marvin has advocated for diversity and inclusion at the company—his legal team of six includes three women of color, an African American man and an LGBTQ man. He’s also led efforts to participate in pro bono work. JBT’s legal department teamed with the Dykema law firm and the National Immigrant Justice Center to participate in several clinics. Legal department staff members assisted undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children prepare and file renewal applications to continue their status under the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program. Marvin joined JBT predecessor FMC Technologies in April 2003.

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LAURA LAZARCZYK Executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary Zurich North America

In the past 18 months, Laura Lazarczyk established a committee to enhance legal operations at Zurich North America in Schaumburg, inspiring similar initiatives in other regions. The team implemented AI to reduce manual entry of subpoenas into the tracking system by 80 percent, freeing paralegals to perform higher-value work. They streamlined legal metrics to an interactive dashboard, and she onboarded a legal technology vendor to more easily connect Zurich attorneys with pro bono service opportunities. Lazarczyk sponsored a new D&I committee and collaborated with the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms to broaden the slate of women- and minority-owned law firms for engagement as outside counsel. She was selected to serve on the Federal Reserve Board’s insurance policy advisory committee when it formed in 2019.

DAN MCSHANE Chief strategy officer and general counsel The McShane Cos.

In concert with other senior leaders, Dan McShane crafted policies to safeguard the health of employees and continue on-site construction operations throughout the pandemic. “I never thought, when I was in law school, that my job would one day involve driving my own toilet paper to our job sites so that we could keep our port-a-potties supplied,” McShane says. He also kept his eye on the bigger picture, positioning the Rosemont-based firm to capitalize on growth opportunities in the industrial and multifamily housing sectors that arose in the second half of 2020. He guided his family through the complexities of business continuity and estate planning and shepherded the transfer of ownership to the second generation.

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JENNIFER NICHOLS

General counsel Origin Investments

Senior vice president, general counsel CRG Integrated Real Estate Solutions

At the private-equity real estate investment firm, Michael McVickar has helped develop new investment products such as the QOZ fund, which focuses on tax-advantaged multifamily ground-up developments. The fund invests in opportunity zone projects in Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, Houston and Charlotte, N.C. Origin recently launched the multifamily credit fund that invests in mortgage-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac. The company uses crowdfunding strategies to bring its fund offerings to individual investors who lack access to institutional quality real estate investments. Before joining Origin in 2015, McVickar was vice president and senior associate general counsel at General Growth Properties. He is principal French horn in the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra and is a founding member of an all-lawyer woodwind quintet that has played together for 30 years.

AMY PEÑA

Jennifer Nichols joined the privately held development firm in December. CRG has developed more than 9,000 acres of land and delivered 200 million square feet of commercial, industrial, institutional and multifamily assets exceeding $12 billion in value. Previously, Nichols was vice president and general counsel at Portland, Ore.based Harsch Investment Properties. She’s helped acquire, finance, develop and sell more than $1 billion of real estate in the past two years. Earlier, she was deputy general counsel at Banner Real Estate Group in Northbrook. She won a pro bono adverse possession case on behalf of several elderly people who were at risk of losing their land to the tax assessor for nonpayment. Nichols is co-chair of the in-house committee for the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in the Law.

ADRIENNE PITTS

General counsel Chicago Community Trust

General counsel Loop Capital

At the Chicago Community Trust, Amy Peña supported the development of the Chicago COVID-19 response fund with United Way of Metro Chicago. More than 6,000 donors raised $35 million for the region. Over the past year, the trust distributed grants to more than 400 organizations providing emergency services to people most affected by COVID-19. Peña provides legal guidance on board governance, nonprofit tax, donor-advised funds, complex gift transaction, lobbying, trademarks and risk management. Before joining the trust in 2019, Peña was general counsel of Lions Clubs International. While at Lions, she was responsible for forming nonprofit entities in Brazil and Japan and advised on issues related to remote offices in India, Japan and South Korea. Peña is on the advisory board of the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation.

In the past 18 months, Adrienne Pitts has helped manage one of Loop Capital’s investments, the Michael Reese redevelopment in Bronzeville, providing counsel to the venture working to revitalize the neighborhood. Following the death of George Floyd, Pitts wrote a Chicago Tribune op-ed highlighting racial injustice, particularly when it comes to policing young Black men. She has mandated that vendors use talent from diverse backgrounds for Loop work. Pitts joined Loop Capital in 2016 from Baker McKenzie, where she was principal and did pro bono work to help homeless youth for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. She began her career at Winston & Strawn, where in 2003 she was elected the firm’s first Black female litigation partner. Pitts is on the World Business Chicago Legal Advisory Board.

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DHARMA PATEL General counsel Unite Here Health

With tens of thousands of hospitality workers displaced during the pandemic, Dharma Patel has worked to extend benefits. UHH is a multiemployer Taft-Hartley trust fund that provides health care to 225,000 employees and dependents in the hospitality industry. She advised executive leadership and the board on changing conditions, including how to make 100 percent federally subsidized COBRA coverage available to a large number of participants. Patel has advised the fund about how to promote testing and vaccinations to members. Earlier, she managed the due diligence for five health plan mergers into UHH. Most recently, she helped guide staff on new requirements related to the CARES Act, Families First Coronavirus Rescue Act and American Rescue Plan Act. Patel joined UHH as a pension project leader in 2001.

ANDY POLOVIN General counsel Tempus Labs

Since joining Tempus Labs in June 2020, Andy Polovin has helped close an investment from Google and a $200 million fundraising round that valued the firm at $8.1 billion. The young health care technology company uses AI to advance precision medicine. Polovin helped launch new products, including a hereditary genetic test and an at-home COVID test. He also helps lead efforts to establish partnerships with health care institutions. Before joining Tempus, Polovin was general counsel at the industrial data analytics firm Uptake. Earlier, he was a federal prosecutor and was lead investigator on a terrorism case stemming from arson at an Aurora Federal Aviation Administration facility and a drug trafficking investigation that seized more than 165 kilograms of heroin. Polovin is on the board of the Chicago legal aid organization CARPLS.

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MEREDITH RITCHIE Senior vice president, general counsel and government affairs officer Alliant Credit Union

Last year, Meredith Ritchie was responsible for onboarding a new CEO and was promoted to the executive team. Alliant is the sixth-largest credit union in the country, with $14 billion in assets. She is also chief ethics and government affairs officer. Ritchie was appointed president of Alliant Credit Union Foundation, which she helped found 10 years ago. Earlier, she was point person in preparing Alliant for the higher level of regulatory scrutiny and compliance required of financial institutions when they reach $10 billion in assets. Ritchie also launched Alliant’s women’s employee resource group. She is on the Fenwick High School board and is co-chair of the governance subcommittee of the American Bar Association credit union committee. She joined the credit union in 2007 from Accenture.

JIM ROGERS

MOLLY RYAN

Chief legal officer Cars.com

Vice president and general counsel Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

When the pandemic set in, Jim Rogers engaged a law firm to lobby for automobile dealers to be classified as essential business. He also handled the legal aspect of workforce furloughs and the move to remote work. He supported the company’s increased focus on diversity, which included tying compensation to DEI goals. While working with the nominating and governance committee, Rogers collaborated with other leaders add diversity to the board. The company reached out to the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers and provided marketing benefits to minority dealers. Rogers joined Cars.com in 2017 and help guide the company’s spinoff as a publicly traded firm, grow through an acquisition and establish a $900 million credit facility. For 18 years, he was on the Appleseed Network board.

Molly Ryan was instrumental in crafting a pandemic response and tools for the real estate brokerage firm to operate as an essential business. She established consistent safety protocol and business expectations for agents, buyers and sellers. In the face of increasing wire-fraud schemes, Ryan leads the company’s first-responder team for wire-fraud issues at real estate closings. As last year’s events brought attention to racial inequality, Ryan coached the company’s training and communications leaders to establish relationships with the Chicago Housing Authority and Freddie Mac. She teamed with a CHA leader at a companywide meeting to dispel myths about federal housing vouchers for low-income families and show brokers how expanding landlord participation would create business opportunities. Ryan is on the executive committee of Midwest Real Estate Data.

TRACEY SALINSKI

LAURA SCHUMACHER

KEVIN SHERLOCK

General counsel and senior vice president, legal DuPage Medical Group

Vice chairman, external affairs and chief legal officer AbbVie

General counsel and corporate secretary SpotHero

During the past year, Tracey Salinski worked with colleagues at the Downers Grove-based physician group to navigate the pandemic impact to doctors, staff and patients. Her department of 57 includes legal, compliance and risk management functions. Salinski led discussions with the city of Chicago’s legal team to negotiate agreements ensuring that physician and health care services are available to Chicagoans and local hospitals and health systems. Salinski developed expertise in health care representing health care providers and systems. Before joining DuPage Medical Group in 2019, she was associate general counsel for the U.S. hearing instrument segment for Swiss-based Sonova Group. Earlier, she was a partner at Arnstein & Lehr. She’s mentored other female lawyers as part of her involvement in the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys.

At biopharmaceutical giant AbbVie, Laura Schumacher leads 700 legal and external affairs department employees who resolve government investigations, develop strategies for intellectual property and handle regulatory compliance. In the past year, Schumacher’s team navigated the response to COVID on legal, contract and supply issues. That involved stay-at-home orders, employee safety and donations of PPE. Responding to the heightened national spotlight on equity and diversity, Schumacher led donations of than $50 million to underserved Black communities in the U.S. as well as $35 million for COVID relief. Schumacher has handled legal issues for North Chicago-based AbbVie and predecessor Abbott since 1990. She is on the board of California cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. And she is chair of the board compensation committee at Virginia-based General Dynamics.

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During the past year, Kevin Sherlock was the legal lead for SpotHero’s acquisition of Rover Parking and for the integration of Apple CarPlay. As a member of the senior leadership team, he helped navigate the pandemic. He was a member of the return-to-office committee and part of the team that reviewed diversity and inclusion. Earlier, he was legal lead for SpotHero’s $50 million Series D round that closed in fall 2019. Sherlock has been a volunteer attorney for the Wills for Heroes program, organized by the Wills for Heroes Foundation, to provide estate planning documents free to veterans and first responders. He’s a founding member of TechGC, a private, invitation-only organization for general counsels of leading venture-capital firms and venture-backed technology companies.

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MATTHEW SIMMONS

DEBORAH SOLMOR

General counsel Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority

General counsel and corporate secretary TCS Education System

As general counsel for the organization that owns and operates McCormick Place, Matthew Simmons handles matters ranging from construction to food service. At the start of the pandemic, Simmons’ department represented MPEA in establishing an alternate care facility at McCormick Place. This involved a $64 million construction transaction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in coordination with other government units. During its 2020 fiscal year, MPEA exceeded its diversity goals, achieving 33.6 percent participation from minority business enterprises and 13.8 percent from women-owned firms. Simmons is on the Chicago Sports Commission and was a member of the host committee for the NBA All-Star Game in February 2020. He joined MPEA in 2015 from Mayer Brown and was named general counsel in 2019.

During the past year, Deborah Solmor provided counsel related to workplace safety, employment and a move to remote learning at the nonprofit system of six colleges and universities. She is an integral part of the COVID-19 crisis response and return-to-office teams. Solmor provided guidance to support the Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s acquisition of TCS affiliate Dallas Nursing Institute, now known as the College of Nursing & Advanced Health Professions. And she was instrumental in the development of the Kansas Health Science Center’s proposed Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Before joining TCS in 2018, Solmor was chief compliance officer at Career Education, now Perdoceo Education. She’s a member of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and is co-chair of the in-house counsel committee.

KATHRYN STIEBER

ANNIE TERRY

Vice president, general counsel and secretary DePaul University

At DePaul University, Kathryn Stieber leads a team of five attorneys handling issues ranging from canon law to athletics. As secretary, she is an executive officer and leads the team that facilitates the business of the DePaul board of trustees. Over the past year, Stieber’s team responded to issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, including the campus shutdown and reopening, the move to remote work and the impact on foreign students and students studying abroad. Stieber joined DePaul in 2005 and was named to her current position last year. Earlier, she was an associate at Jones Day, where she handled labor and employment matters. She is a founding member of Theater Wit and has been board president since 2004.

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Managing director, general counsel and chief compliance officer Madison Dearborn Partners

Over the last 18 months, Annie Terry has dedicated significant time to accelerating ESG—environmental, social and corporate governance—efforts at the private-equity firm. That includes the formation of an ESG committee, adoption of an ESG policy and providing guidance to the firm in evaluating ESG considerations as part of diligence for acquisitions and monitoring portfolio companies. An inaugural ESG report was issued in April. Terry has led the legal aspects of fundraising efforts for Madison Dearborn’s eighth private-equity fund, which includes negotiating governing agreements with investors, including pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and university endowments. She’s also been involved in the creation of diversity, equity and inclusion working groups evaluating new practices. Terry is on the Legal Aid Chicago board and chairs its audit committee.

ANN SPILLANE General counsel Office of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Ann Spillane has been central to the state’s pandemic response and related legal issues. She advised on legislation to address systemic racism, including the criminal justice reform bill that eliminated cash bail. She has been instrumental in addressing issues of racial inequality in state government, including a statewide diversity and inclusion initiative. Before joining the governor’s office, Spillane was chief of staff to Attorney General Lisa Madigan for 16 years and was the first female chief of staff in that office. Spillane oversaw the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars for mortgage fraud victims and established a unit to assist identity theft victims. As a volunteer attorney at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, she’s handled adoptions and guardianship cases and is currently on the advisory board.

BRIAN VANDENBERG Senior vice president and general counsel American Medical Association

At the AMA, Brian Vandenberg diversified the general counsel’s office with women of color in leadership positions. His office has advocated on health equity issues including access to care, gun violence, immigration-related issues, women’s health and LGBTQ protections. Vandenberg established a program to increase the AMA’s retention of outside counsel from diverse backgrounds. Vandenberg’s department helped navigate community involvement as the AMA joined the West Side United collaborative as an anchor partner and deepened its relationship with Rush University Medical Center. Vandenberg joined the AMA in 2017 from Livongo Health. He is on the board of the Chicago Children’s Choir.

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GEORGIA VLAMIS

WANJI WALCOTT

Senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary USG

Executive vice president, chief legal officer and general counsel Discover Financial Services

Georgia Vlamis joined the century-old manufacturer in the midst of the pandemic last year. She helped guide the company in managing a remote workforce, navigating shutdown orders and complying with COVID-related laws and regulations. The maker of wallboard and other building products employs 6,900 and operates mines, quarries and manufacturing facilities. Vlamis coordinated with USG departments to develop safety standards and protocols to protect employees and customers. She has focused on diversifying outside counsel as well as in-house attorneys. Vlamis previously was vice president and general counsel at FreightCar America and also headed human resources. Earlier, she held legal positions at Motorola and successor Motorola Solutions, most recently as vice president and head of litigation. Vlamis has spoken on professional panels on leadership and the role of general counsels.

In response to the pandemic, Wanji Walcott worked to respond to the changing needs of Discover’s customers and fast-moving developments in Washington and across the states. She focused on helping Discover customers maintain access to credit in the face of job loss and economic uncertainty. Following the heightened awareness of racial injustice, Walcott was named executive co-sponsor of a new diversity, equity and inclusion task force. She works with Discover’s DEI office to develop and execute a plan to foster a more inclusive environment, achieve a more diverse workforce and increase impact through programs to benefit employees, customers and communities. She is the executive sponsor of Discover’s Latino employee resource group. Walcott joined Discover in 2019 from PayPal, where she was senior vice president and general counsel.

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BRYAN ZAIR Senior vice president, chief legal officer, assistant secretary Sasser Family Cos.

Early in the pandemic, Bryan Zair teamed with the HR department to comply with COVID regulations and ensure safe workplaces for employees at the Schaumburg company specializing in transportation asset leasing and management. He worked to amend credit agreements to provide financial flexibility and crafted creative approaches to allow Sasser to provide relief to customers affected by shutdowns. He also worked with the board to create a committee to evaluate environmental, social and governance principles for the company. Zair co-led the company’s recent divestiture of its Australian rail business and has been involved in structuring securitizations, secured lending facilities and joint ventures. Before joining Sasser in 2017, Zair was a partner at Jones Day and led the M&A practice for the firm’s Detroit office.

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Chicago-area real estate brokers had a white-knuckle ride through 2020. When the pandemic and shutdown orders hit in March, many expected a lost year. As the market started to revive in May, they scrambled to adopt technologies, including glossy marketing packages with 3D walk-throughs and drone footage, livestreamed open houses and Facebook or Zoom conferences. In-person showings were handled deftly with hand sanitizer and masks, but many buyers acquired their homes sight unseen.

For these 152 brokers, it was an entirely new landscape. Families working from home needed more space to stretch out, preferably with a yard. Properties that had been languishing on the market were repositioned and received multiple bids. Some brokers conveyed worrying anecdotes of furloughed clients and canceled contracts. In the end, the dust seemed to settle, and a number of brokers reported that they had recorded their best year. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The Notable Real Estate Brokers did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only those for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after an editorial review. They must have generated $20 million in volume and/or 20 combined buy and sell transactions in 2020. The brokers must also have demonstrated an innovative approach to marketing homes and assumed a leadership position outside their organization, including professional associations and civic/community initiatives.

MARY SHANLEY ALOISIO Broker Dream Town

During 2020, Mary Shanley Aloisio spent more time educating buyers and sellers via phone calls and Zoom. These new practices resulted in more focused clients who spent less time going on multiple showings before buying. The year’s accomplishments included listing and marketing an Edison Park four-flat that generated 10 offers and sold for much more than any other fourflat in that area’s MLS. Aloisio owned and operated a marketing-services firm for 30 years before joining the field. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: APRIL 5, 2021

DENISE AMRAEN

CONNIE ANTONIOU

RICH ARONSON

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Vice president, sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

To keep business brisk during the pandemic, Denise Amraen sent members of her network a small bottle of hand sanitizer with her logo, the slogan “Spread referrals, not germs” and a paragraph on her appreciation of referrals. In 2020, Evergreen Park-based Amraen went outside her comfort zone by listing a half-million-dollar property in an area outside her expertise. The property sold in just a few days.

Connie Antoniou survived the pandemic by pivoting to virtual open houses, first on Zoom, then on Microsoft Teams and then via Facebook Live videos. “Growth is mandatory,” she says. A highlight of the year was being the third listing agency for a prestige home in Barrington Hills. Within 36 hours of listing the property, Antoniou had three “unbelievable” offers. The property sold at list price. Throughout her career, she’s also helped many National Hockey League players rent, buy or sell homes.

While others slowed or stopped advertising during the pandemic, Rich Aronson saw an opportunity to attract new clients by upping the investment. As a result, business grew by more than 45 percent in 2020, he says. He also built all-digital advertising and social media campaigns around the use of “indoor drone videos” that enable viewers to virtually walk through a home. Among 2020 highlights was helping preservationist-architect clients find an 1860 landmarked farmhouse in Evanston.

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ALLEY BALLARD

ELIZABETH BALLIS

CATHY BIER

Broker, team leader at The Ballard Group @properties

Broker Compass

Broker Smothers Group with Compass

Elizabeth Ballis installed a new contact-management system to facilitate outreach to current and past clients; several clients from 20 or 30 years ago reached out. When the shutdown made in-person showings impossible, she arranged to have her sellers—not agents—do their own “virtual walkthroughs,” explaining their home’s history and special features. These personalized videos proved to be so authentic and effective that this Lincoln Park-based broker plans to continue them post-pandemic.

Cathy Bier overcame 2020’s obstacles to in-person business by including virtual tours and floor-plan maps in every listing and creating FaceTime viewings in lieu of open houses. In one case, she sold an $800,000 home to out-of-state buyers who first visited the house just prior to closing. She says that focusing these efforts on La Grange, La Grange Park and Western Springs helped make 2020 her best year in a 20-year career.

Maggie Baczkowski says she kept busy in 2020 by expanding her team, starting a nonprofit, becoming licensed in Michigan (and working on it in Florida), logging the two most expensive sales in Chicago’s Cathedral District and launching a new website and podcast on market conditions. She also focuses on prospecting efforts that go beyond MLS, Zillow and Trulia by strategically targeting listings through various social media and other digital platforms.

Alley Ballard says that her Andersonville-based team focused on Zoom buyer meetings and FaceTime showings that leverage walkthrough videos. Her team began wearing masks before it was mandatory and purchased gallons of hand sanitizer from Koval Distillery and repackaged them in small bottles for clients. For Ballard, formerly a movie set decorator, a memorable transaction involved relocating a divorced couple into houses on the same block—five doors apart— for the sake of their kids.

LUKE BLAHNIK

JANET BORDEN

CARA BUFFA

SHAUNNA BURHOP

Broker @properties

Broker Compass

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker Baird & Warner

With multiple investor clients, Luke Blahnik devoted part of 2020 to helping maintain building values, navigate broken leases and find new tenants despite a rough rental market. Key projects included selling a unique greystone on a wide lot in Logan Square to buyers who had long searched for such a home and an Avondale four-flat. He also rehabbed and sold dozens of properties as a licensed general contractor, yet still found time to open Avondale Bowl on Milwaukee Avenue.

Janet Borden used 2020 to use her love of creative marketing. She set up tailgate-lunch open houses, hosted a concert on a deck for brokers, posted Halloween videos in full costume and gave away wine bottles with listings on labels to boost business. Highlights were the sale of a historic midcentury ranch by architectural legend Edward Dart as well as an “amazing” East Highland Park home with an indoor basketball court.

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Seeing the pandemic hit her downtown and River North condo markets especially hard, Cara Buffa focused on the “emotional side” of business, taking care to keep clients calm and secure. Among essential tactics were the meticulous staging of homes and first-rate photography; attending every showing in person (“not a lockbox or assistant to be found”); and placing fresh flowers and bakery treats at all properties to reinforce a sense of normalcy.

Faced with shelter-in-place limits, Shaunna Burhop reports selling 39 homes as a single agent in 2020. She created self-narrated video listings, increased the frequency of her market updates and publicized everything via social media, emails and door hangers with QR codes. “Work/school from home” spaces were added to home staging efforts. Promotions included a “pop by” Christkindl market event and a reinvented Arlington Heights Fourth of July parade as a “drive-through” for hundreds of cars.

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JULIE BUSBY

TOMMY CHOI

KIKI CLARK

DARLENE COADY

Founder, broker Busby Group at Compass

Co-founder Weinberg Choi Residential at Keller Williams ONEChicago

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Tommy Choi’s pandemic strategy included the retargeting of listing advertisements via social media platforms. A particular focus was on home offices and outdoor spaces, key features for buyers stuck working from home. His company also used virtual showings, with one 2020 buyer seeing her condo in person for the first time at closing. Choi also pivoted his firm’s charitable-giving program, 365 Days of Giving, to raise awareness of and revenue for small businesses in the community.

After working seven days a week for months and “on a roll” into 2020, Kiki Clark used the time during the shutdown to strategize how best to move forward. She hired a social media designer/marketing coordinator to manage posts, boosts and online advertising. Among interesting challenges were two historic but unique Lake Forest homes that had been converted from barns to residences. The sellers required heavy coaching as the unique properties had a limited buyer pool, and both sellers had multiple offers.

Working through the Homes for Heroes program, Darlene Coady focused on veterans and front-line (fire, police and health care) workers, emphasizing remote transactions through touchless closings, online scheduling, FaceTime and Zoom. She was an early adopter of electronic signature, document and document-storage technology, eliminating all “wet” signature options this year. Coady says business expanded from Kane and Cook counties into DuPageCounty, and she closed 50 percent more transactions (in terms of sales volume) during the pandemic.

HELAINE COHEN

JAMIE CONNOR

HOLLY CONNORS

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Vice president, sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Managing partner/senior broker–GetBurbed team @properties

BROOKE DAITCHMAN

Helaine Cohen, founder of ChicagoCondoFinder.com, put her tech background to use in 2020, sharpening skills in digital marketing, Facebook advertising, retargeting and the livestreaming of open houses. One memorable transaction, early in the lockdown, involved a client with only 30 days to purchase in a market without in-person showings, limited contractor access for estimates and complicated scheduling. Cohen employed a suite of tech tools to ensure the transaction could proceed via sanitizing protocols, FaceTime showings, video tours and a no-touch closing.

Jamie Connor’s experience in client management for a large global advertising agency helped him meet the stress of the pandemic. His most noteworthy 2020 transaction wasn’t a large deal, but it meant taking extra time to help a family navigate the early stages of COVID-19 and the uncertainty of employment during the shutdown. Ready to walk away from a property they loved, they wound up purchasing it—“one of the best financial decisions they’ve ever made,” Connor says.

Holly Connors focused her energy on the community and clients during the pandemic. She created GetBurbed Bites, a charity initiative that encouraged people to order from Arlington Heights restaurants, with proceeds going to Arlington Cares, which helps community members in need. On the client front, she sold her stager’s home and sold another home after recommending some renovations to the seller. The home sold before it went to market, and for a sizable profit.

Julie Busby, based in Bucktown, implemented proprietary systems to provide concierge-level service to all clients: professional training and weekly workshops; high-resolution video for virtual showing; and revamped marketing to deal with COVID-important issues (plus Peloton giveaways). She tailored business protocols to help frontline workers and doctors relocate to Chicago for one of the city’s hospital groups. She says she’s Chicago’s only SportStar Relocation broker and that business grew by 45 percent.

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Broker Dream Town

Brooke Daitchman, based in Lincoln Park, pivoted to address the “new market” while building a new home for herself in the middle of a pandemic. Her team went remote as needed, emphasizing safety and clean protocols to keep clients safe. On Halloween, her team held an open house at a home that was difficult to sell. They dressed up, handed out candy to the kids and invited parents in for a look. The home sold not long after.

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SHEILA DANTZLER

MARIA DELBOCCIO

AMY DIAMOND

Broker, founding partner of DelBoccio/Marchetti Group @properties

Broker, team lead, Deal with Diamond Group @properties

Katrina de los Reyes enjoyed her highest volume year, with 85 percent of transactions from referrals. The Evanston-based broker took advantage of marketing tools such as video previews. One of her most interesting deals materialized at the end of the year, when her client’s purchase was contingent on selling their home. And the prospective buyer’s offer on her client’s home was contingent on the sale of their home, as well. In the end, there were four closings on Dec. 21, leaving plenty of time to celebrate the holiday.

Throughout the pandemic, Maria DelBoccio has adopted digital marketing tools to move her Arlington Heights business online. Her team also used digital advertising to market listings to individuals that had visited their websites. DelBoccio leveraged platforms such as Adwerx and Homesnap for retargeting ads on social media. These ads put her listings before prospective homebuyers searching the web and on social media. DelBoccio was a dual agent on a million-dollar, new construction property with longtime clients.

As the pandemic wore on, Amy Diamond noted how buyers were looking differently at homes, requiring home offices and spaces for children to learn remotely. The Arlington Heights broker marketed online and through social media and print. When the market heated up, she was able to pivot a three-year-old listing with a distressed home that was initially offered for its land value. She switched the listing to a detached single-family home and received multiple offers from investors.

JODY DICKSTEIN

JERRY DOETSCH

PAIGE DOOLEY

CONNIE DORNAN

Broker @properties

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker, team leader Compass

Broker @properties

Paige Dooley works to preserve classic homes in Winnetka and the North Shore. Last year, Dooley worked with investors to renovate a George Maher Prairie-style home in Kenilworth. The team gutted the inside and redesigned the flow for an open kitchen and family space while retaining the original stairway, fireplace and millwork. The investors sold the property to a family from California. To facilitate sales, Dooley has arranged for prospective buyers to spend a day in the home and even prepare dinner.

The pandemic opened opportunities for Connie Dornan, who is based in Glenview. In the middle of the quarantine, a home in Glencoe was languishing on the market with no 3D tour and a lawn sign with no direct contact information. The seller hired Dornan, who marketed the home with FaceTime showings, 3D media tours and PPE kits. The home went under contract in 27 days. In addition to using technology for virtual showings, Dornan offers “Google walks” of the neighborhood.

Broker associate Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

When the real estate market became active last spring, Sheila Dantzler pivoted to find creative ways to service clients virtually. She showed her listings via Zoom and FaceTime and took advantage of online staging and 3D floor plans. The ability to use virtual staging to showcase a vacant property was a huge benefit. One noteworthy transaction: She helped a client sell a West Loop condo and find a home in Hyde Park—all within two weeks.

Glencoe broker Jody Dickstein typically raffles homemade jewelry and designer handbags at her open houses. With the pandemic, she invested in a new website and building a presence on social media. Before her real estate career, Dickstein worked as a department manager at luxury retailers Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, which prepared her to work with high-end clients. She has volunteered as a meal coordinator at The ARK, the nonprofit that supports the area’s Jewish community.

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During the pandemic, Jerry Doetsch created virtual home walk-throughs that nearly replicate real time. Doetsch narrated unique features and improvements, providing a safe viewing experience. He used his iPhone as well as iMovie, Snowball and social media. Doetsch works with his parents as the Glenview-based Doetsch Team. His father has been a real estate broker for 63 years and his mother for 49 years. Adding Jerry Doetsch’s 27 years combines for the team’s 139 years in real estate.

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DANIELLE DOWELL

ANNE DUBRAY

AMY DUONG KIM

DINNY DWYER

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker Coldwell Banker Realty

Senior broker and founding member Compass

Broker Coldwell Banker

When the quarantine loosened up, Danielle Dowell and her team, The Dowell Group, had one of their best years. The team, which is based on the Near North Side, uses social media to get listings in front of agents and their buyer clients. Dowell had multiple buyers and sellers that went under contract and then decided not to close the deal. It was the first time she saw such uncertainty, but she believes they will come around this year.

Glenview broker Anne DuBray learned to get the job done without in-person meetings. She conducted phone interviews with sellers and asked them to submit photos to help establish market value. Then she used Matterport videos and virtual showings. One rewarding transaction was the sale of a five-bedroom home in Glenview with an outdoor pool. The buyers have five children and were delighted to find the home at a time when the world was shutting down.

Amy Duong Kim and her team work in the city and suburbs and during the pandemic assisted more than 100 families purchasing and renting homes and apartments. Last March, the team pivoted to initial meetings on FaceTime and Zoom, as well as virtual tours and videos. Team members cover six languages in addition to English: Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Japanese and Greek. Before becoming a real estate broker, Duong Kim was an actuarial consultant.

With the pandemic, it became apparent to Dinny Dwyer that prospective buyers were working remotely and had children learning on Zoom, therefore needing more space. The Winnetka broker pivoted, with sales handled via FaceTime and viewings on video or 3D Matterport tours. Dwyer’s listings featured drone photography. She sent out email blasts to let buyers know of new properties available or price changes. A co-listed property on Lake Michigan entertained multiple offers and closed in a couple of weeks.

MARIA ETLING

LINDSAY EVEREST

CRAIG FALLICO

LINDA FEINSTEIN

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker Dream Town

Managing broker, Signature Homes Compass

Libertyville broker Maria Etling used videos of her listings accompanied by personal introductions. She expanded her social media presence through Facebook and Instagram and earned office recognition for the best use of social media. When the pandemic hit, Etling was able to revive a listing that had fallen through at closing in fall 2019. The 7,000-square-foot luxury home on 5 acres with a pool and pool house attracted multiple offers and a sale.

After working for 12 years on a team, Lindsay Everest went out on her own and further established herself in the city’s single-family home market. She sold a Lincoln Park co-op, one of the few co-op sales in the last year. Everest notes that before COVID, writing backup offers wasn’t a common practice. But the pandemic created more movement in the market. Last year she had three sellers that accepted backup offers and ended up successfully closing.

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With the onset of the pandemic, Craig Fallico and his partner, son Nick, reached out to clients to chat, and even sent meals and gifts. The team delivered a custom map of Park Ridge to every resident in town. They produced a constant stream of social media posts. And they added lighting on their signs to make sure they were illuminated at night. Fallico previously was a Spanish teacher and speaks at high school career events.

In the past year, Hinsdale broker Linda Feinstein brought her team from ReMax to Compass and updated her database. One memorable deal was selling a Hinsdale home to a widow who had wanted to buy it in 1956 when it was new. Her husband had preferred another home. When the widow drove by with her daughter and saw that it was for sale, they decided to buy it, Feinstein says. The home went under contract on Christmas Eve.

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NICOLE FLORES

EUDICE FOGEL

LAURA FREEMAN

EUGENE FU

Broker Dream Town

Broker Compass

Chicago broker Nicole Flores navigated a series of what she calls “emotional transactions” last year. There were clients leaving their family home and downsizing after more than 40 years, divorces leading to fresh starts and children selling homes they grew up in after losing their parents. Clients relocated in and out of Illinois. Flores is a fan of exposing a home on a private listing network to test the market. She aims to attract buyers with staging, photography and floor plans.

The onset of the pandemic marked Eudice Fogel’s 40th year in residential real estate. She knew that in uncertain times, clients would need expert guidance. The Chicago-based broker turned to interactive floor plans and videos, striving to make a virtual first showing as real-life as possible. Fogel represented a buyer of a $4 million Lincoln Park home with an extra-wide lot and attached garage. The buyers had been searching intermittently for more than 1½ years.

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker, principal of Eugene Fu Group @properties

Evergreen Park-based broker Laura Freeman last year teamed with Berkshire Hathaway brokers Susan Romano and Erin Cotter. They quickly adopted online tools including 360 tours, which they found helpful to prospective buyers. They strive to target their listing so that the right property “appears magically in front of a potential buyer.” Before starting in real estate, Freeman was a legal assistant at a banking and real estate law firm. She is immediate past president of the Evergreen Park Chamber of Commerce.

Chicago broker Eugene Fu shifted his strategy to focus on millennials and firsttime buyers using online advertising, social media and direct marketing. He formed a team and has three sales associates with a fourth coming on board. One memorable deal involved two condo units at Olympia Centre connected by a staircase. By marketing the property as a single residence and also as two separate units, he attracted multiple offers and sold the space in its entirety, which he preferred.

KIMBER GALVIN

STEVE GENYK

NANCY GIBSON

MELANIE GIGLIO

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker/principal, Steve Genyk Group Dream Town

Broker @properties

Real estate broker, team lead MVP Team Compass

Kimber Galvin and her sister and business partner, Drew Westergreen, officially formed a new real estate team for Chicago, K+D Homes. Their most noteworthy sales were 24 new-construction condos in Wicker Park. They were involved all the way from construction to designing the marketing, developing the website, staging and hosting open houses, negotiating offers and managing punch lists. They increased their use of 3D Matterport home tours, FaceTime showings, drone videos and Zoom listing appointments in 2020.

Steve Genyk recently joined Dream Town from @properties, where he was senior broker specialist. In his previous role, Genyk achieved a number of luxury sales at Superior House, a new-construction condo building in River North. A highlight of 2020 was being on both sides of the sale of a $3.5 million penthouse. For another listing, he placed 12 golden retriever puppies in the front yard to attract the foot traffic that was nearby because of a local market—and sold the home that day. Genyk made it possible to do 100 percent of each transaction virtually.

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Nancy Gibson reports selling 30 percent of Northbrook’s top 10 luxury homes (including the town’s two highest sales in the last 12 months) as part of her 75 percent repeat and referral business. She still physically stages homes (she maintains her own storage locker filled with lamps, accessories, pictures, etc.) but now blends it with “virtual staging,” adding elements such as the digital painting of rooms and cabinetry into the mix.

Melanie Giglio works tirelessly to make sure her team has the tools it needs to succeed. One innovative approach she used to market a home in 2020 was an event that garnered social media coverage, word-of-mouth attention and more than 150 people in attendance. From that one event, an offer was submitted, and the home successfully closed. She serves on the board of Imerman Angels, an organization that pairs cancer fighters with survivors.

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SUZANNE GIGNILLIAT

DOROTHY GILLIAN

LESLIE GLAZIER

BETH GOMEZ

Luxury real estate agent @properties

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker @properties

During the pandemic, Suzanne Gignilliat ramped up her digital advertising as well as personal outreach via mail, phone calls and email to clients, some of whom she says are on their fifth or sixth transaction with her. She successfully coordinated a complicated sale and move—entirely virtually—for a client stuck in California. Another highlight of the year: submitting a property to be featured in the University of Chicago’s historic mansion virtual tour.

March of last year was “a very quiet month” reports Dorothy Gillian and her Oak Park team as they learned about COVID, but 2020 turned into one of her best sales years. She put safe showing procedures in place, stayed in touch with clients through COVID-friendly pop-bys and Zoom happy hours, and advertised their newest listings in creative ways, such as contests for decorating dollhouses during the Halloween and Christmas seasons.

In 2020, Chicago-based Leslie Glazier says she was the first Realtor to become an affiliate member of Collaborative Divorce Illinois. To establish herself as the area’s “divorce real estate adviser,” she began writing letters and talking to past clients more than ever. She also often works with first-time homeowners and relocation, move-up and downsizing clients. One effective technique is to ask sellers to write down the five things they love about their home and neighborhood, and then incorporate them into marketing efforts.

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

ROSIE GONZALEZ

JOHN GRAFFT

MARY GRANT

MARIO GRECO

Broker Coldwell Banker Realty

Realtor Compass

Senior broker @properties

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

La Grange-based Rosie Gonzalez’s most interesting transaction in 2020 involved two seller clients—one looking to downsize, the other looking for a larger house— who swapped homes. Another notable event saw her hosting an open house at twilight with appetizers, wine and music to draw nearby train commuters, which also turned into a great networking event for all involved. The evening, at a completely renovated house on her block, also resulted in Gonzalez gaining two new clients.

John Grafft says that while competitors were firing staff, he hired a cameraman to record more than 70 videos during the pandemic to showcase Chicago real estate. As a result, he says his Instagram following grew from 900 to more than 5,000, and he had his best year in 2020. In 2021 he’ll meet with small-business owners to help promote them with video that brings their stories to the public.

Mary Grant reports that 2020 was her most successful year yet, and across a wide range of styles, from a $160,000 unit in Evanston all the way up to a $5.5 million home in Winnetka. She invested more in online advertising and social media, and for one high-end listing in Kenilworth, she dropped bottles of Veuve Clicquot and handwritten notes about the house to area agents who had sold or were out showing anything over $3 million.

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Beth Gomez says her business is 99 percent referral-based. In 2020, marketing evolved with the use of interactive floor plans, virtual walkthrough tours on WhatsApp, video inspections, and drone videos to showcase neighborhoods. An “interesting” transaction involved the purchase of a Ukrainian Village home where, after contracts were signed, the seller backed out and contracted with another for a higher offer. Her buyer won, eventually, after a bidding war unlike any other in her experience.

Mario Greco says he lost nearly a dozen deals days after the March shutdown, yet his group still ended the year successfully. He’s most proud of his team’s pivot from partly electronic to fully virtual in just two weeks. Among many game-changers was sending a digital brochure to a buyer’s agent from the scheduling system immediately upon confirmation of a showing request. This ensured that things ran smoothly and that nothing fell through the cracks.

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JUSTIN GREENBERG Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

CONNIE GRUNWALDT Broker @properties

NICOLE HAJDU Broker Dream Town

Nicole Hajdu says that 2020 was her most successful year yet. An early adopter of drone technology, she contracted with a friend to create an inner drone video of a luxury property and used it as part of a holiday lights party to create buzz for a property. Early on in the shutdown, she used the sale of her own home to test-drive safe procedures for meetings, staging, photos, showings, inspections and appraisals, ultimately buying her dream home in Park Ridge.

KIMBERLY CHASE HARDING Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Glenview-based Justin Greenberg says he boosted business by 10 percent and the number of units sold by 20 percent in 2020. Since many clients fell into higher-risk categories, he used Matterport 3D tours for every listing and prerecorded video walk-throughs to screen serious buyers from shoppers to prevent unnecessary traffic. His most noteworthy transaction was an Arlington Heights home where, after he urged partnering with Curbio for pre-sale home renovations, the house had multiple offers within a month.

Connie Grunwaldt increased her sales-to-listprice ratio to 98.4 percent from 97 percent (market average: 96 percent); her total gross sales grew by 10 percent. One notable 2020 transaction involved a rarity—a Chicago lot with riparian rights. Pricing it without much data was a challenge, and finding a high-end buyer meant combing local fishing/sailing databases to reach folks personally and through online ads and direct mail. She got a fullprice cash offer.

JILL HARE

JULIE HARRON

JOANNE HUDSON

DIANA IVAS

Vice president, sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Senior vice president, sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Broker Compass

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

While she “sheltered in place” at home for five months, Jill Hare mastered the use of Matterport, videos and floor plans and discovered the value of always being available to talk rather than being out in the field—often unnecessarily. Constant contact was essential during the most difficult sale of her career, when a Chicago-area property went under contract four times, and she had to untangle multiple offers, home-sale contingencies, backup offers, escalation clauses and kick-out clauses.

Julie Harron had been using video and social-media marketing for years before the shutdowns— even digitally “staging” rooms during walkthroughs for her Chicago-area clients. Her pandemic pivot emphasized personalizing these skills. Instead of sending mass emails to clients, she picked up the phone to connect with each one. She says this relationship-building paid off in 2020 when she sold her first “virtual property” without the buyer seeing it in person before the purchase.

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Joanne Hudson took a cinematic approach to the pandemic, showcasing houses via FaceTime, video and Matterport three-dimensional floor plans. She even produced a drone video of nine cars pulling into the nine-car garage for a Winnetka client. Coronavirus protections are in place for all showings with masks, booties and gloves; temperatures taken at the door; 6-foot distancing honored; wiped-down doorknobs, counters and surfaces after showings; and all long conversations held outside.

In 2020, Kimberly Chase Harding celebrated a personal sales record; expanded her team from four to seven brokers (plus two leasing agents); and sold a client’s Hyde Park/ Kenwood home to Chicago Deputy Mayor Samir Mayekar. She also became the University of Chicago Law School’s broker of choice for incoming professors. As people are spending less time “looking at homes” and more time “vetting” and narrowing them on the internet, her digital platform of choice is Adwerx.

The pandemic prompted Hinsdale broker Diana Ivas to reach out to present and past clients. Her most noteworthy sale of this year was a Hinsdale home that sold for $2.05 million in August. Although the sellers were happy to sell and move to a different state, they were wistful that they would miss time in the park-like backyard with a koi fish pond. Ivas also was successful with a listing for an Indian Head Park fixer-upper.

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MARK JAK

ALICE JENNETT

MISSY JERFITA

MELINDA JORDAN

Broker @properties

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker Compass

Broker associate Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Chicago broker Mark Jak and his colleagues formed a group to share best practices and collaborated with Manhattan and San Francisco counterparts on how best to help clients in densely populated city markets. He assisted overseas clients in COVID-stricken countries who used the U.S. Embassy to execute, sign and notarize documents. Jak targeted high-net-worth clients for a city listing that had parking for four cars in the garage. Before becoming a real estate broker, Jak worked in telecom.

Chicago broker Alice Jennett specializes in REO business involving the sale of properties owned by a lender. Before her real estate career, Jennett was an information specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Lockheed Aircraft. Shortly after starting at the newly opened Rubloff South Loop office, Jennett was referred to a seller whose mother was in a nursing home—that seller would become her husband. Jennett serves on the professional standards committee of the Chicago Association of Realtors.

Last year, Glenview broker Missy Jerfita pivoted to a virtual process for showings, visits and even inspections. On several occasions, she negotiated contracts before the buyer actually visited the property. Before moving into real estate, Jerfita worked as an actress, with jobs in commercials, print ads and industrial videos. “Auditioning for jobs was very tough and humbling, which made me comfortable with the word ‘no’ ” Jerfita says. “Transitioning into real estate was a bit easy.”

Chicago broker Melinda Jordan teamed with a colleague to assist an out-of-state client with an aggressive relocation timeline and specific home and neighborhood criteria. After viewing more than 40 homes in three house-hunting trips, making offers on five properties and being under contract on three homes, the client closed on a Winnetka home. Jordan previously worked in brand marketing at Coca-Cola, Energizer and Michelin Tires and is active in the Chicago chapter of the National Black MBA Association.

SUSIE KANTER

LANCE KIRSHNER

SOPHIA KLOPAS

AMIE KLUJIAN

Broker Dream Town

Broker and team leader Compass

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker Dream Town

Last year, three of Susie Kanter’s past clients were visiting friends from Los Angeles who said they would like to look at homes “just for fun.” Kanter scrambled and found three homes including one in a private listing network. The Angelenos ended up buying a Spanish-inspired home in Oak Park the same day. Before selling real estate, Kanter worked for a privately owned bank in Lincoln Park where she specialized in rehab and construction loans.

For Lance Kirshner, 2020 showed that you have to roll with the punches. Kirshner and his team pivoted to virtual showings and rolled out 3D tours. The group also adopted video provided by drone to attract attention to their listings. Kirshner has represented a developer that was renovating units in a River North high-rise. His team has closed 43 of the 55 units since 2018, despite a dip in demand for the neighborhood last year.

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Sophia Klopas and her Chicago team guided buyers through the sales process with few in-person interactions. They embraced Zoom the first week of the lockdown and use it today for ease of day-to-day conversations. Klopas predicts that Zoom could permanently change the way real estate is bought and sold. She sold a home that the buyers didn’t see until the walk-through on closing day. She was relieved that the buyers liked the property more than they thought they would.

Last year, Amie Klujian and her partner Todd Szwajkowski embraced new platforms of communication with clients and substituted annual client events with more independent and distanced client interactions. The partners focus on the Edgewater and Andersonville neighborhoods. Klujian’s team packed and delivered pandemic relief items to past clients. Before becoming a licensed broker, Klujian managed marketing for the Chicago Tribune’s real estate advertising division, which paved the way for entering the transactional side of the business.

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JAMES KRAMER Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

SHANNON KUTCHEK

IVONA KUTERMANKIEWICZ

Broker associate Compass

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Chicago broker James Kramer used 3D Matterport to take potential buyers into homes virtually. When buyers toured homes in person, he kept them safe with masks, gloves, sanitizer and distancing. Kramer sold a 12,000-square-foot home in Glen Ellyn with five bedrooms, six full baths and two half-baths, an elevator and a massive wine cellar. At the time of the closing, it was the highest-priced home that sold in Glen Ellyn in 2020.

During the pandemic, Shannon Kutchek encouraged sellers to prepare their home for the market post-pandemic. She created newsletters and media to promote the importance of home. Kutchek sold a distinctive property in La Grange that needed repairs and updating and was a candidate for a teardown. She marketed the home as an Art Deco masterpiece and was able to find a buyer who loves the architecture and plans to restore it to its original glory.

ANN LASALLE LYON

BARI LEVINE

Realtor @properties

Broker @properties

In Lake Forest, Ann LaSalle Lyon made use of Zoom and FaceTime calls, Matterport virtual home tours, and interior and exterior drone videos of homes. She also included more detail into each property’s website and used social media to reach potential buyers. Her most noteworthy sale of the year was a $5 million transaction in which she represented the buyer and seller. It was the most expensive home sale in Lake Forest last year.

After preparing their Gold Coast home to go on the market, Bari Levine’s clients were ready to list right when the pandemic shut down the city. The clients were sheltering in place and allowed showings only during a short window when they were out. Levine used digital showings and targeted her outreach, ultimately selling the home at full price. She makes use of virtual staging and can be found carrying a coffee table up three flights of stairs.

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The pandemic required Chicago broker Ivona Kutermankiewicz and her team to revise their business plan and use technology to increase productivity. They found that Zoom and FaceTime could expedite the marketing process. She’s a native of Poland and specializes in single-family homes, luxury condominiums and new construction projects. Kutermankiewicz has built and rehabbed homes and owned rental units. Last year, she biked 111 miles for the Jackson Chance Foundation where she serves on the board.

JENNY LIM-SPIGGOS Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

After setting up her office at home, Northbrook broker Jenny Lim-Spiggos relied on digital marketing and showings. One unpredictable deal dated to December 2019 when clients made an offer on a luxury home in Glenview and subsequently signed a contract without a contingency. Nervous about the husband’s job security in the hospitality field, the couple canceled the contract. Fortunately, the couple was able to sell their Glenview home and resubmitted the offer. Both transactions closed in mid-May.

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MATT LARICY Managing partner Americorp

Chicago broker Matt Laricy says he was early to embrace the virtual world. With the pandemic, Laricy’s team made a quick transition, launching a social media campaign and presenting drone videos and custom 3D tours. Laricy produced a 10-part podcast to let his community know what his team was seeing firsthand during the early part of the lockdown. The biggest challenge, Laricy says, was convincing people that it was OK to move ahead during such a dark time.

BRAD LIPPITZ President, Brad Lippitz Group Compass

Chicago broker Brad Lippitz drew upon his experiences selling real estate in the aftermath of 9/11 and the Great Recession. He offered buyers two options: a virtual showing with FaceTime or monitored in-person showings requiring masks, distancing and sanitizing. Lippitz says his most noteworthy 2020 transaction was the sale of a $4.7 million new construction Lincoln Park house. It was his buyers’ culmination of a 10-year search for a perfect home that would meet their needs and desires.

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VITTORIA LOGLI

SALLY MABADI

JACKIE MACK

J MAGGIO

Real estate agent @properties

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Vice president, sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Broker @properties

Evanston-based Sally Mabadi says she always devoted a lot of resources to staging and photography, so her team was prepared to use technology in new ways to maximize the exposure of client homes: FaceTime, Zoom, Facebook. Reels, TikTok and Instagram Live. This embrace of technology ensured that all listings and sales stayed on schedule even during the early days of the pandemic, she says, and sales volume increased over 2019.

Jackie Mack used the stayat-home order to revamp procedures with her Evanston-based team. She re-marketed every listing virtually; incorporated Zoom for buyer consultations, listing appointments and 30day reviews; and deployed Marco Polo virtual tours and 3D tours as well as interactive floor plans. She also supported local businesses by creating a COVID-19 list of open businesses and those that delivered or offered pickup. She says her group increased sales in 2020 by more than 13 percent.

MICHAEL MAIER

ERIN MANDEL

DIANE MARCHETTI

LEIGH MARCUS

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker associate @properties

Broker, founding partner, DelBoccio/Marchetti Group @properties

Broker @properties

For Vittoria Logli, the last 18 months have been a series of ups and downs. She went from a robust 2019 to a halt in sales for the first two months of the pandemic to the busiest time of her real estate career. She sustained her Glenview-based business with virtual showings and 3D tours for her listings. At the height of the pandemic, she sold a few houses sight unseen, with only virtual walk-throughs.

Michael Maier says he persevered in a downtown Chicago market where showings, open houses and even access to common areas to fully sell a building were off limits for months at a time. Using dynamic photography including drones, videos, floor plans and enhanced digital marketing kept him front of mind throughout 2020. He even managed to secure a property for a travel-restricted California client, managing the transaction entirely, from contract to closing, through videos and Zoom.

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Erin Mandel reports that despite market conditions, she sold 95 percent of her listings in 2020. She started an Instagram account to deliver mass listing exposure and updates to the Chicago market; she increased 3D tours and her video-marketing efforts; and she offered PPE at every listing. She made sure that properties were well staged, Instagram-worthy and generally movein ready as a counter to buyers’ pandemic fatigue. On high-end properties she conducted caravan tours with other agents.

Arlington Heights-based Diane Marchetti reports that 2020 was her team’s best year in terms of sales volume. She transitioned to a digital-based listing and buying process using various platforms, emails and video blasts. A special emphasis was placed on retargeting through social media. One noteworthy transaction was a Barrington estate sold to a Chicago family looking for a resort-like summer home to use as an escape from the shutdown restrictions in the city.

Hinsdale-based J Maggio says investing triple that of his previous highest marketing spend in 2020 paid off in personal sales records. All listings, regardless of price, carried key digital assets including 3D tours, floor plans and custom video. A notable 2020 listing involved a home that, for medical reasons, had equipment that couldn’t be moved for sales photography; a clever photo editor digitally removed all items and showed the property as vacant, selling off-market above expectations.

Chicago-based Leigh Marcus added eight people to his team in 2020 and also boosted business by 30 percent. He uses virtual walkthroughs, FaceTime and interactive floor plans to accentuate a home’s features and layout. A notable 2020 transaction was a multimillion-dollar penthouse sale that, despite an oversupply of condo inventory downtown, moved during the pandemic in fewer than three months. His team also sold two other million-dollar homes—both sight unseen by the buyers until the closings—during COVID.

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JOE MARELLA

DEBBIE MAUE

BRENDA MAULDIN

LAURA MCGREAL

Managing broker Keller Williams Realty Partners

Vice president, sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Broker Baird & Warner, Gold Coast

Broker Dream Town

During COVID, Chicago-based Brenda Mauldin embraced sales strategies that were more high-tech than high-touch, focusing on virtual open houses, panoramic 3D virtual tours and well-organized digital marketing campaigns. Recognizing that it was a time of uncertainty but by no means a housing crisis, she picked up the phone more often and served as a voice of reason, knowledge and experience for her clients.

Chicago-based Laura McGreal reports that her team, which specializes in city-to-suburban transitions, had one of its best years in 2020. The team, which grew to eight women, saw an influx of buyers coming from the city to the suburbs and soon, inventory became low. McGreal had success monitoring local real estate brokers daily to find off-market homes—homes normally not shared with city clients—that she sent to everyone in hopes of capturing the right buyer.

AMANDA MCMILLAN

CHRISTINA MCNAMEE

LAURA MEIER

Chief real estate adviser, Chicago Home Partner @properties

Senior broker @properties

Park Ridge-based Joe Marella says in 28 years he’s seen many shifts in the business landscape. The key to his exceeding goals even in a pandemic was to stay calm, spend time developing safety protocols for buyers and sellers, embrace technologies like 3D home viewing and work with like-minded business partners and advisers. He keeps contacts close by hosting online trivia nights, Facebook live seminars on property issues and open houses for neighbors.

DAWN MCKENNA President, Dawn McKenna Group Coldwell Banker

Hinsdale-based Dawn McKenna is a founding member of “Luxury Alliance,” an invite-only group of Coldwell Banker’s top agents worldwide, and reports that she is the only Illinois member of “Luxury Presence,” which includes the top agents from any agency in the world’s most important markets. She reports that in 2020, her group (at locations in Illinois and Naples, Fla.) grew to 27 from 18 agents, her Hinsdale sales volume increased by 40 percent and her Chicago team closed transactions in every downtown Chicago neighborhood.

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Having worked remotely sporadically for 11 years, Debbie Maue says that splitting time between the action in Chicago and launching a development in Montana (“Landmark Whitefish” in Whitefish, Mont.) was a natural transition. She says that she’d already been doing FaceTime and recorded video tours for almost two years prior to the shutdowns, and as a result, sees virtually “walking through” a property as natural as an in-person tour. She is president of Real Estate to the Rescue and chair of Chicago Association of Realtors International Committee.

Chicago-based Amanda McMillan shifted her business to a “physical-to-virtual” model, employing predictive data (based on past tax records) for her listings to build a “move-up path” of locations, price points and more to better target potential buyers. Once a move-up audience was identified, she’d focus on particular client types in marketing campaigns and drive that traffic to physical-to-virtual landing pages featuring custom Zoom tours that she’d narrate.

Christina McNamee navigated the pandemic by taking her business digital and learning how to make DIY video walkthroughs using editing software and YouTube, as well as adding 3D tours and video to all listings. Notable 2020 transactions included helping her buyers purchase an off-market, midcentury modern home in Lake Forest and successfully renting out an entire 20-unit, new-construction apartment building in just three months. She also reported the largest-volume buy-side sale of her career.

Broker @properties

Laura Meier grew her team and business in 2020 by mixing old-school relationship-building with new technologies. Pre-pandemic, her team was well known for hosting client events to keep in touch, and she wouldn’t let a shutdown break that tradition. She enlisted local businesses such as Chicago’s Kit Kat Lounge to deliver treats and a Zoom “Happy Birthday” to clients, as well as with Salerno’s Pizza to deliver at-home pizza-making kits for Zoom parties.

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LAURA MICHICICH

JENNIFER MILLS

PHIL MISTRATA

PETER MOORE

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Senior vice president of sales/ team lead, The Home Discovery Team Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Broker Dream Town

Broker Baird & Warner - Gold Coast

Over the past 18 months, Chicago-based Phil Mistrata reports that he closed more than 90 transactions. Step one was a deep dive through his database to reconnect with people and assist past clients where needed. Step two involved new technological methods, such as the ability to send links to materials in a concise electronic format that’s easy to share, which proved especially effective on investment properties such as rental buildings, retail spaces and commercial buildings.

Peter Moore’s most interesting 2020 transaction saw him negotiating a $3 million condo buy with a seller who was canoeing down the Amazon River and didn’t have a voice phone plan—everything was communicated in 20-word texts. Instead of doing one open house a month in Chicago, he tries for six to eight, as well as using 3D tours and Zoom showings. He also adapted his marketing to coincide with buyers’ increasing reliance on third-party sites like Zillow and Redfin.

SARAH O’SHEA MUNOZ

Laura Michicich saw 2020 as a lesson in lifelong learning. With safety at the forefront, her Hinsdale team implemented the technologies necessary to foster connections via FaceTime, Flipbooks, Zoom, DocuSign, virtual open houses and an increased presence on social media. Offline relationships are still important too, and when weather permitted, she hosted socially distanced outdoor movie screenings for friends and clients. Her team worked together to deliver dinners, homemade cookies, pies and gigantic cinnamon rolls.

When selling a penthouse in Chicago’s River North neighborhood during the winter, Jennifer Mills used renderings to show the property’s outdoor spaces in summer. She also had a variety of “virtual renovations” completed to show buyers its potential, which ultimately led to a successful sale. One particularly notable 2020 transaction involved the sale of a fourunit building in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood that had previously been listed with another broker for a whopping 705 days.

JAN MOREL

JOHN MORRISON

DANIELLE MOY

Broker @properties

Broker, team lead, Morrison Home Team @properties

Broker @properties

Jan Morel reports that in 2020, he grew his market share in Clarendon Hills to the largest margin of his career. His most noteworthy transaction was a single-family home that garnered Clarendon Hills’ highest sales price in a decade. But finding a buyer for the most expensive home in town takes skill: Twilight open houses and a Fall Fest neighborhood event that included a Bears game viewing, customized swag and info on the home and neighborhood helped do the trick.

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John Morrison focused on marketing through social media and supporting the Barrington community. He helped clients understand PPP loans and forbearance on mortgages. He patronized restaurants for carryout meals and sent out daily lunches to front-line workers at the local hospital. Morrison had luck taking over a listing that was on the market for nearly a year. He ended up selling it to his own buyer within a week of it going live. He represented both sides of the deal.

Early in the pandemic, Orland Park broker Danielle Moy told sellers that it was a great time to list their homes because of the market’s low inventory. Moy helped clients who had purchased a home in Orland Park but never moved in as they hadn’t been able to sell their Lemont townhouse. Moy listed the Orland Park home, which immediately went under contract, and the clients finally received a contract on their townhouse. They ended up buying a top-floor condo closer to family in Palos Heights.

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Oak Park broker Sarah O’Shea Munoz early on learned to navigate Zoom for consultations, enabling clients to meet from home and save travel time. In-person showings were handled with social distancing, masks and sanitizer. Munoz’s most noteworthy transaction involved selling a rehabbed home to a buyer relocating to Chicago. The buyer signed a contract without seeing the property, and the loan process was delayed because the deed for the rehabbed property hadn’t been recorded. But the deal closed on Dec. 30.

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PATTIE MURRAY

JOANNE NEMEROVSKI

SUSAN NICE

JASON O’BEIRNE

Realtor Dream Town

Senior vice president of sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Luxury real estate adviser Compass

Pattie Murray and her Glen Ellyn team learned every way to bring listing photos to the consumer. Photographers created packages with still images, 3D walkthroughs, drone/ aerial tours and floor plans, the next best thing to a live, in-person showing. Open houses were livestreamed. At broker open houses, Murray substituted individual cheese and fruit boxes with a split of Champagne for the typical spreads. She ended up increasing her sales volume for the year by 38 percent.

During the pandemic, Joanne Nemerovski pivoted to virtual showings and tours, online walk-throughs and open houses, and targeted digital marketing. She also expanded her networks. Realizing that doormen are first responders, she crafted care packages to cheer them during a scary time but also solidify her as a top-of-mind broker in key Chicago buildings. While Nemerovski normally focuses on the city, she saw opportunity in the suburbs and took on a majestic 10acre Barrington estate.

BARBARA O’CONNOR

MAUREEN O’GRADY-TUOHY

STEPHANY OLIVEROS

Broker Dream Town

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Realtor Compass

Shortly after the shutdown last March, Chicago broker Barbara O’Connor landed a listing that the owners needed to sell as quickly as possible. When the first showing request came in, O’Connor led a virtual walk-through, taking the buyers through every room, sometimes twice. They closed in just over 30 days, having never seen the house in person. O’Connor used an auction to sell a sixflat rental in Lincoln Park, which enabled her to win top dollar for her client.

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During the shutdown, Maureen O’Grady-Tuohy advanced her education, with classes and webinars in décor, technology and other subjects. The Lake Forest broker helps sellers stage their homes and offers virtually staged options to buyers to help them envision a room in a particular color or decorated a particular way. Social media and internet advertising showcases her listings to larger audiences. She has volunteered for the nonprofit Dreams for Kids, which provided programs for underprivileged children.

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Chicago broker Susan Nice represented White Sox Hall of Famer Frank Thomas in the sale of his Libertyville home. The 7,000-squarefoot, six-bedroom house closed in October for $1.36 million. Last year, Nice pivoted to phone calls, Zoom presentations and virtual open houses. She expanded her bandwidth by taking and passing the public adjuster exam to be able to settle insurance claims. She tutors low-income students through Cabrini Connections and Tutoring Chicago.

Chicago broker Stephany Oliveros handled the sale of a home in Logan Square, next to Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Taking an aerial photo of the home required approval from the mayor’s head of security. Pulling up for every showing required permission from the mayor’s security detail. The strict protection in the area made the sale more exciting, Oliveros says, and the deal was the most expensive single-family home sold west of Kimball Avenue in Logan Square in 2020.

Last year Chicago broker Jason O’Beirne pivoted by using digital and video mediums, hoping to capture potential homebuyers who weren’t comfortable touring properties during the pandemic. He incorporated drone footage, connecting the features and location of the home to its neighborhood. Early in the year, he closed on the sale of a classic stone mansion that had been chopped up into multiple apartments. The deal felt like it would fall apart more than once, O’Beirne says.

ANDRA O’NEILL Broker @properties

A highlight of last year was representing the sellers of a 30,000-square-foot home on the shore in Lake Bluff that realized $4.2 million. The mansion was designed by society architect David Adler and built for Lester Armour of the meatpacking family. It was most recently owned by 1980s pop star Richard Marx and his ex-wife. During the pandemic, O’Neill says she served as a sounding board for people who were nervous about what was coming down the road.

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ELAINE PAGELS

KELLY PARKER

CHRIS PEQUET

SAM POWELL

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker, founder of Chicago Home Collective Compass

Broker Dream Town

Last year Elaine Pagels navigated unchartered territory, managing worried buyers, sellers and agents. Early on, the Hinsdale broker created a flyer for her group’s listings, outlining new protocols to tour a home or for an open house. The time invested to educate agents, buyers and sellers made everyone more comfortable. Pagels started a company with her sister that consults on staging, hand-painted murals and specialty finishes for residential and commercial projects.

Kelly Parker’s Chicago team shifted from generating new business to wellness checks on any client helped in the last decade. Parker sold out a new construction development in seven days and increased sales by 24 percent from 2019. Parker serves as her team’s mentor. Early in the pandemic, she spoke on two panels on how to weather the market’s uncertainty. She is a sponsor and volunteer for the nonprofit Honeycomb Project that supports children and families.

Vice president of residential sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

ELIZABETH PYLE

JESSICA RIVERA

Realtor/broker Compass

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Early in the pandemic, Chicago broker Elizabeth Pyle and her partner, Santiago Valdez, purchased video equipment and produced videos of their listings. They also hosted virtual open houses and tours. The pair represented the sellers of 3501 N. Halsted St. in the $6.2 million purchase by Howard Brown Health for a redevelopment that will include medical and dental clinics, a pharmacy and offices.

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In the past 18 months, Oak Park broker Jessica Rivera helped 24 families buy or sell properties. She worked to provide a safe and secure experience to allow her clients to feel comfortable enough to pursue their goals. She promoted positive opportunities such as historically low interest rates for buyers and low inventory for sellers. Rivera also has worked as a HUD-approved housing counselor for the nonprofit Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County.

Chris Pequet has 30 years of experience in real estate and has lived in the western suburbs for 40 years. Pequet and her team turned to technology, conducting virtual open houses and video tours of her listings and FaceTime showings for buyers. She listed the largest new subdivision in Oak Brook and sold one of the most important historical homes in Hinsdale. She serves as adviser to the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

MICHAEL ROSENBLUM Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Last year, River North-based broker Michael Rosenblum worked with two out-ofstate buyers in their purchase of million-dollar homes. They gained confidence with detailed videos that showed every corner of the rooms. Rosenblum is the author of the 2018 book “Happily Ever Always: A Guide to Personal Transformation, Security, Confidence, and Healthy Self.” His second book, geared to children, “The Caterpillar and the Butterfly: A Story About the Power of Believing in Yourself,” was published in February.

Even before the pandemic, Chicago broker Sam Powell had abandoned paper in favor of digital platforms. During the year, she spoke with clients via videoconferencing, conducted 3D virtual reality tours and used drone videos to show home interiors and outdoor views. When clients leave items behind in their property such as guitars and blenders, Powell and her partner collect them and annually fill a 24-foot truck of donations. She is active in the Women’s Council of Realtors.

ANNE ROSSLEY Broker associate Baird & Warner

With high inventory in the Loop, broker Anne Rossley took on a condo at 6 North Michigan Avenue that previously had been listed for more than a year. Rossley used the opportunity to bring in a staging crew and create an “Ask Anne” video that showed what the property looked like before, during and after staging. The sale closed in August. This year, Rossley was selected by Baird & Warner to help build market share in the luxury segment.

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LORI ROWE Broker Coldwell Banker

Long Grove broker Lori Rowe brought her sellers weekly goodies so they knew she was working hard for them. The first week she gave them a giftwrapped roll of toilet paper with a card that said, “If I can find this, I can find you a buyer!” One week, she gave kids sidewalk chalk and puzzle books. She received 17 offers on a Chase foreclosure and sold it for 42 percent higher than the list price.

MORGAN SAGE Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

It was a busy year for Morgan Sage, closing transactions for 23 buyers and 30 sellers, with 50 percent of her listings selling in fewer than 40 days. One memorable transaction was the sale of a condo owned by a young woman who had died unexpectedly. The sale was an emotional experience for the young woman’s parents. Sage’s knowledge of condo financing, specifically debtto-income calculation, saved the deal and also shielded the bereaved parents from undue worry.

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MARLENE RUBENSTEIN

KELLY RYNES

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Team leader Baird & Warner

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Highland Park broker Marlene Rubenstein and her partner, daughter Dena Fox, use technology but also embrace the personal touch. Last year, the pair and their team offered to run errands for the elderly. Team members delivered cookies to current and past clients. Online tools including social media, video, FaceTime and 3D perspectives were critical. Rubenstein favors testing listings on private listings before they hit the public market. More than ever, properties need to be move-in ready, she says.

With the onset of the pandemic, buyer priorities shifted dramatically, says Glenview broker Kelly Rynes. Buyers sought more space, control over safety, privacy and wellness. And they asked for amenities including multiple offices, gyms and pools. Rynes represented the seller of a home on Sheridan Road in Winnetka that sold for $9.5 million, a half-million over the original list price. She sold three homes via FaceTime and used technology for client meetings, sending contracts and hosting virtual open houses.

Emily Sachs Wong started a charity organization named YIMBY to help students at Lincoln Park High School who are homeless. On the business side, Wong and her team got deals done with clients who preferred to move forward virtually. Hard-copy magazines engaged people who wanted to do something other than look at screens. One notable transaction was 441 Belden Ave., which sold for $4.55 million. It was the third time in Sachs Wong’s career that she completed a transaction with this home.

MICHAEL SALADINO

CRIS SALLMEN

LISA SANDERS

Managing broker Keller Williams OneChicago

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker @properties

A few months into the pandemic, Michael Saladino suffered a massive heart attack, yet was still able to sell 50 properties in 2020 working mostly from home. He moved to an almost completely virtual operation including team meetings, listing appointments and buyer consultations. He uses paid marketing on social media as well as virtual tours and, sometimes, property- and outdoor-drone videos. Previously a Chicago police sergeant, he’s affiliated with Homes for Heroes and contributes 25 percent of his commission.

Cris Sallmen says her marketing mixes old-school techniques and new technologies, among them drone videos, livestream open houses, Facebook tours and more. It’s a multigenerational market, too. She’s getting calls from past clients who are retiring and moving to senior living places, and some of her newest clients are children she babysat back when their parents were her clients. Sallmen, a broker in the Schaumburg office, was a phys-ed and health teacher for 15 years before starting her real estate career.

Owner/broker, ESW Luxury @properties

Lisa Sanders reports selling nearly 100 homes in 2020; within the last 18 months, she sold two million-dollar-plus homes in transactions where she represented both the sellers’ and the buyers’ sides. In her marketing, she mixes in night shots that show listings in a different light, and places feature cards throughout properties that call out renovations and benefits (for instance “new furnace, 2020”). She piloted a new charity called Care for Cops Inc. that supports police families.

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JACKSON SANDERSON Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

TIM SCHILLER Broker, managing partner of the Schiller Team @properties

MEREDITH SCHREIBER Broker @properties

KAREN SCHWARTZ Broker Dream Town

Karen Schwartz successfully closed out several condo developments in the city, including a 79-unit West Loop location and 40unit and 32-unit properties in River North. She was then hired to sell another 31-unit condo development in River North. Meanwhile, her focus on city-to-suburban transitions amplified as clients longed for breathing space during the pandemic; her group now serves all of the metro area. She worked for PulteGroup from 20052014, selling new construction across the Chicago area.

After the real estate market paused when the pandemic hit last spring, Tim Schiller went back to his roots utilizing “oldschool” marketing tactics such as calling, texting, connecting and more throughout the Elmhurst area. Along with other community activities, he is a sponsor of Elmhurst Movies in the Park, Touch a Truck and five other park district events. Before becoming a real estate professional, he was a loan officer for three years.

In 2020, Meredith Schreiber began sourcing 90-plus percent of business from past clients and referrals, increasing her market share in Evanston and sales volume by 50 percent. She teases photos on social media about certain market listings before they’re live in the MLS, and once they’re listed, she’s able to post “sneak peeks.” Prior to her real estate career, she was with Levy Restaurants, handling food and beverage operations at Ravinia Festival and Arlington International Racecourse, among many others.

DARRELL SCOTT

LINA SHAH

AARON SHARE

TIM SHEAHAN

Broker Compass

Broker Coldwell Banker Realty

Vice president, sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Broker/team lead Compass

Darrell Scott says business grew 57.6 percent from 2019 due to improved marketing, photography, video, 3D walkthroughs, social media and consistent client engagement. He stresses making properties “move-in ready” by helping sellers spruce up their interiors and emphasizing staging, high-end photography and professional drone video. One specialty is working with Chicago athletes including various Bulls, Cubs and Blackhawks players over the years. Before his career in real estate, he was an intern architect in Florida and Indiana.

Oak Brook-based Lina Shah says she came close to doubling 2019 sales volume during the COVID pandemic, working with an extremely diverse client base. During lockdown and on crutches from a broken ankle, she adapted with high-resolution virtual open-house tours, 3D animated walk-throughs and in-person tours, as well as through online ad promotion and the use of TV ads (important when people are stuck in their homes). Shah’s diverse work background and life experience enables her to connect with various people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds and truly understand their residential needs from all facets.

While 2020 was challenging, it was one of Jackson Sanderson’s best years in terms of production. He used Facebook Live for virtual open houses, showed properties using Zoom and took advantage of digital-signature and curbside-closing technologies. An interesting 2020 transaction was a home sold in the Interlaken subdivision of Libertyville: A past client was returning from a two-year assignment in Singapore and, via technology, was able to spend hours fully inspecting every potential property virtually in advance.

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Aaron Share’s hallmark is building strong relationships with his clients that last long after the transaction; he facilitates all listing preparation needs with an enthusiastic attention to detail. During the pandemic, that meant virtual showings, drone videos of all listings and video tours as first showings. Second showings were done in person. Share reports that properties that had just sat prior to the shutdown sold quickly, and that his team encouraged buyers to take advantage before the market heated up again.

Over the past five years, Tim Sheahan has focused on the 28 ultra-luxury residences of Hayden West Loop, achieving a total sellout (prior to the completion of construction) of $75 million in 2020. A 20-year real estate veteran, he’s already begun sales for Sulo Development’s next project—Embry, a 58-unit building adjacent to Hayden. Over the past year Sheahan also added five new team members to the Sheahan Group, bringing the total to 10.

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PHIL SKOWRON

GAIL SPREEN

Broker and founder of the Melissa Siegal Group @properties

Broker @properties

Senior vice president, sales Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Melissa Siegal says her major 2020 accomplishment was leading her team to a 66 percent increase in sales. All of her listings include a custom marketing video, using various techniques including twilight and drone shots. She also began a weekly video series to update her clients and social media followers on the changing market. Another highlight was selling a $4.2 million penthouse that had been on the market for a year with another broker.

Phil Skowron reports that his most noteworthy real estate transaction for the year was completed in December 2020: the sale of an $11.9 million house, considered the most expensive home sold in Chicago since 2018. He says he implemented every tool to help virtually showcase properties from social media to digital ads as well as interactive floor plans, virtual tours and real estate photography. Earlier in his career, Skowron worked in hospitality and commercial real estate leasing.

CAROLINE STARR

CRAIG STEIN

ROBERT SULLIVAN

Broker, team lead for C Starr Team @properties

Broker Dream Town

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Broker Dream Town

Chicago broker Robert Sullivan says his approach to marketing real estate didn’t fundamentally change. He adopted videos but found the personal touch counted more. Sullivan used the phone more than emails and texts to maintain close contact with his clients and discuss details and strategies. Clients required reassurance and patience, he says, and every deal took more time and effort. He sold a $1 million home in Hyde Park sight unseen to buyers sheltering in South America.

Last year, Evanston broker Mary Summerville launched a new team and rebranded her business as Summerville Partners. Summerville worked with a developer and created a new residential block on a site that was a landscape nursery for more than 75 years. The eight townhouses, including four duplexes, were sold. Summerville also sold 2659 Sheridan Road for $2.6 million—a new home constructed on a double lot that was once owned by the family that founded Finkl Steel.

Formerly a successful commercial photographer, Michael Shenfeld marked 2020 by strategically positioning himself as a global real estate adviser. By introducing his clients to referral partners, he says he can help them with real estate needs anywhere in the world. He also began speaking on national real estate panels to educate agents on the changing environment and the use of virtual showings, drones, virtual brochures and real-time video walkthroughs.

Arlington Heights broker Caroline Starr adopted personally narrated, detailed video walkthroughs for new listings, which provided prospective buyers with a feel of living in the home. She reported weekly on market conditions via social media and arranged video checkins with clients. Her biggest transaction was the sale of a 12,000-square-foot luxury foreclosure home in downtown Glen Ellyn.

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Although he prefers live contact, Chicago broker Craig Stein embraced Zoom and came to appreciate the benefits of virtual platforms. He found it useful to virtually stage vacant homes during a year where many buyers were shopping online before seeing homes in person. Stein had a buyer who was furloughed, just days before closing. The seller allowed the buyer to move into the property for a short-term rental. Fortunately, she subsequently returned to work and the deal closed.

Almost without interruption, Gail Spreen transitioned to virtual tours by narrating walk-through videos for nearly all 75 of her listings. She also streamed tours on Facebook and Instagram. Spreen continued open houses every weekend through livestreaming and also in person with masks, gloves and sanitizer. She serves on the board of the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents where she was five-time president and now is chair of the real estate committee. Spree also serves on the Magnificent Mile Association board.

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TODD SZWAJKOWSKI Broker Dream Town

Broker Todd Szwajkowski and partner Amie Klujian enjoyed a record year in Edgewater and Andersonville home sales. Szwajkowski focused on staying in touch with people in his database, dropping off pandemic care packages to past clients. Last year, he listed and sold the city’s first pre-certified renovation under the Passive House Institute of the United States criteria. The 1890s Ravenswood farmhouse exceeded criteria for energy efficiency and healthy environmental air quality, with smart systems regulating air flow and temperature.

ANNIKA VALDISERRI Broker @properties

Shooting a personal video to send to new clients was an adjustment that required Winnetka broker Annika Valdiserri to “get out of her comfort zone.” An interesting transaction was with a young couple buying their first home together. After seeing properties, negotiating the deal, going through the inspection and closing, Valdiserri realized she had never seen the couple without their masks. It wasn’t until they invited Valdiserri to become Facebook friends afterwards that she saw their full faces.

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SUSAN TEPER

CRYSTAL TRAN

SANTIAGO VALDEZ

Broker @properties

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Realtor/broker Compass

Under the stressful and uncertain conditions of the pandemic, Northbrook broker Susan Teper navigated her highest-volume year. She adapted to new protocols and put a priority on making clients feel comfortable and safe throughout the buying and selling process. Her most noteworthy transaction was a large Craftsman style home built in 1907. The home was vacant and had been on the market for a few years. Teper staged and sold the home without the owners being in town.

With the pandemic, Chicago broker Crystal Tran and her team doubled up on their social media content and their online lead flow increased with less faceto-face interaction. They launched advertising on Google, Facebook and Instagram. Tran added every contact to the team’s data feed in order to show listings to potential clients that matched their criteria and keep them on the team’s website. Tran offered video and prerecorded tours; the team nearly eliminated paper transactions and focused on providing PDFs.

CHRIS VEECH

KEITH WILKEY

Broker @properties

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

When COVID-19 hit, Winnetka broker Chris Veech filled a basket with masks, gloves, Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer and committed to keeping her business moving forward safely. Home price appreciation on the North Shore had been modest over the last several years, so Chris was excited when a client made a 30 percent return on their Wilmette home that had been built in 2012 for just under $1 million and sold for more than $1.3 million.

Chicago broker Keith Wilkey saw his listing and buyer transactions grow by more than 30 percent each, and his dollar sales increase 12 percent. In March 2020, Wilkey had multiple listings set to launch in March and April, and the lockdown necessitated a change in timetables. He adapted his brochures to an e-format and used walk-through videos to make sure properties were a good fit before an in-person showing. Aerial drone footage and social media posts worked well.

Early in the pandemic, Chicago broker Santiago Valdez and his partner, Elizabeth Pyle, purchased video equipment and produced videos of their listings. They also hosted virtual open houses and tours. By creating good-quality online images, the partners found buyers were more comfortable moving forward with offers. The pair represented the sellers of 3501 N. Halsted St. in the $6.2 million purchase by Howard Brown Health for a redevelopment that will include medical and dental clinics, a pharmacy and offices.

LAUREN MITRICK WOOD Broker, team lead Compass

Third-generation broker Lauren Mitrick Wood last year focused on branding and client outreach. She strengthened her team’s website and added a blog that includes design tips and recipes. In 2019, Wood launched a team brand, Olive Well, with a magazine and newsletters. The team includes Wood’s parents, husband, cousin and other agents. Wood represented the buyer of a 3-acre estate in Winnetka with seven bedrooms, a swimming pool and tennis court. The $2.7 million deal closed in December.

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TRACY WURSTER

JULIANA YEAGER

JAMES ZILTZ

Real estate agent Compass

Broker @properties

Lake Forest agent Tracy Wurster made use of technology including videos, floor plans, drone photography, upgraded professional photos and virtual open houses. She also introduced FaceTime showings, Zoom interviews and online flipbook brochures. Wurster helped facilitate creative financing with one of her largest sales. A deal was struck whereby the transaction would close and the seller participated in the cost of the buyer carrying his own home until closing. The deal came together successfully.

When real estate was deemed an essential business, Chicago broker Juliana Yeager embraced masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and other safety measures as aspects of her new normal. She quickly implemented Zoom meetings to reach clients face to face, a technology she will continue to use long after the pandemic is over. She has since increased her marketing efforts and found that using teaser previews on social media helps get buyers through the door early, even before a property hits the market.

Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

During the pandemic, broker James Ziltz grew his business while working on building, renovation and interior design projects. He represents investors and developers, as well as traditional buyers and sellers, specializing in Lincoln Park and the Clybourn Corridor. He expanded his use of digital platforms and limited in-person interactions. In one dramatic moment, a last-minute plumbing problem emerged at a final walk-through that required a 7 a.m. fix, but the closing went off as scheduled.

DAVID ZWARYCZ Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Even with last year’s chaotic market, Chicago broker David Zwarycz says he grew his business by 50 percent. He implemented prerecorded narrated tours and FaceTime showings and livestreamed open houses. Nine months later, Zwarycz says his listings are selling with 20 to 30 percent fewer showings. Early on, Zwarycz took close-up photos at a listing, even showing the weave of a carpet, to give buyers the comfort they needed to make an offer without physically visiting the home.

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CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO AREA’S PRICIEST HOME SALES All sales in 2020. Ranked by purchase price. Address

1 2 3 4

Purchase price (millions)

Price per Square feet square foot

Bedrooms/ bathrooms

Purchase date

Buyer(s)

Seller(s)

Neighborhood

NORTH HOWE STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$11.9

12,000

$992

6 BR/7.5 BA

12/23

William and Sandra Sterling

Lincoln Park

SHERIDAN ROAD, WINNETKA 60093

$9.5

4,849

$1,959

5 BR/4.5 BA

10/27

Walton 2019 Revocable Trust

Estate of Stavrula Gotsis

Not applicable

LOCUST ROAD, WINNETKA 60093

$8.8

16,800

$521

5 BR/8 BA

7/16

Chicago Title Land Trust

Sherwin and Deborah Jarol

Not applicable

MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO 60611

$8.4

6,240

$1,346

5 BR/4.5 BA

5/8

Michael L. and Deborah M. Greenhill trusts

800 N Michigan Unit 5101 LLC

Streeterville

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

SHERIDAN ROAD, WINNETKA 60093

$8.2

4,323

$1,897

5 BR/4.5 BA

7/27

Orchard 2020 Revocable Trust

Robert and Sharlene Britz

Not applicable

MICHIGAN AVENUE, WILMETTE 60091

$8.0

8,282

$966

6 BR/10 BA

9/9

1126 Michigan Ave LLC

Brad and Mary Whitmore

Not applicable

SHERIDAN ROAD, KENILWORTH 60043

$7.5

6,291

$1,192

5 BR/3.5 BA

8/19

Sairam and Amisha Muthalu

Craig and Elsa Donohue

Not applicable

WALTON STREET, CHICAGO 60610

$7.2

5,230

$1,377

4 BR/4.5 BA

7/13

4036 NW 58th LLC

Jason Heyward

Gold Coast

SEMINARY AVENUE, CHICAGO 60614

$6.7

9,000

$747

5 BR/6 BA

8/14

Chicago Title Land Trust

Lincoln Park

SHERIDAN ROAD, WINNETKA 60093

$6.5

6,390

$1,017

6 BR/5.5 BA

10/13

Chicago Title Land Trust

Susan E. Remien trust

Not applicable

KENMORE AVENUE, CHICAGO 60614

$6.5

8,900

$730

6 BR/5.5 BA

5/24

Office of Penny Pritzker

David Scherer, Rosemarie Lizarraga

Lincoln Park

12 13 14 15 16 16 18 19 20 20 22 23 24 24 26

GRAND AVENUE, CHICAGO 60611

$6.3

4,798

$1,303

3 BR/3.5 BA

3/12

Streeterville

SHERIDAN ROAD, WINNETKA 60093

$6.2

5,410

$1,146

6 BR/5.5 BA

11/9

Claude Ricard

Not applicable

STATE PARKWAY, CHICAGO 60610

$5.9

7,430

$794

6 BR/7 BA

8/31

Jason Heyward

Bloomfield Development

Gold Coast

HOWE STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$5.9

5,358

$1,092

5 BR/4.5 BA

5/11

Ronald and Deborah Clarkson

Lincoln Park

PRIVATE ROAD, WINNETKA 60093

$5.5

2,602

$2,114

4 BR/6.5 BA

8/26

Bernick Family Property Trust

Mark and Yoanna Kulas

Not applicable

DEMING PLACE, CHICAGO 60614

$5.5

6,884

$799

6 BR/5.5 BA

2/5

Chicago Title Land Trust

Mary B. Miller trust

Lincoln Park

CEDAR STREET, CHICAGO 60611

$5.5

7,000

$779

5 BR/6 BA

2/3

Ketu Amin, Komal M. Patel

James and Janice Jensen trusts

Gold Coast

MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO 60611

$5.1

6,240

$817

5 BR/4.5 BA

10/1

Matthew Gornet, Valerie Ratts

Michael G. Medzigian trust

Streeterville

MAYFLOWER ROAD, LAKE FOREST 60045

$5.0

24,500

$204

10 BR/13 BA

8/28

Chicago Title Land Trust

CG Mayflower LLC

Not applicable

GOETHE STREET, CHICAGO 60610

$5.0

5,800

$862

4 BR/5.5 BA

10/15

Mark and Robin Tebbe

R. Montgomery Falb

Gold Coast

WALTON STREET, CHICAGO 60611

$4.8

4,000

$1,200

3 BR/3.5 BA

1/24

Arrow 5 LLC

Lisa Rees

Near North Side

LILL AVENUE, CHICAGO 60614

$4.7

6,757

$698

6 BR/5.5 BA

7/8

Forest Union LLC

Environs Development

Lincoln Park

BELDEN AVENUE, CHICAGO 60614

$4.6

6,290

$723

6 BR/5.5 BA

10/26

Stephen Brown

Stewart M. Mather trust

Lincoln Park

EIGHTH STREET, HINSDALE 60521

$4.6

14,727

$309

8 BR/9 BA

8/31

Incobrasa Industries Ltd.

Frederick A. and Not Karen L. Henderson applicable

RIPARIAN ROAD, HIGHLAND PARK 60035

$4.5

13,000

$346

5 BR/8.5 BA

9/15

Kymberly A. Foglia trust

Michael L. and Debra M. Greenhill

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Not applicable

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Purchase price (millions)

Address

26 26 29 30 31 32 33 34 34 34 34 38 39 40 40 42 43 43 45 45

Price per Square feet square foot

Bedrooms/ bathrooms

Purchase date

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Buyer(s)

Seller(s)

Neighborhood

SHERIDAN ROAD, KENILWORTH 60043

$4.5

5,155

$873

5 BR/5.5 BA

8/19

Mary E. Glerum trust

Yoanna Kulas

Not applicable

DEMING PLACE, CHICAGO 60614

$4.5

10,150

$443

6 BR/7.5 BA

5/20

Chicago Title Land Trust

Missy D. Lavender trust

Lincoln Park

ELM STREET, CHICAGO 60611

$4.4

5,100

$863

5 BR/6 BA

9/25

MOD Construction

Gold Coast

MENOMONEE STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$4.3

6,739

$644

5 BR/6 BA

8/24

Evan Jahn

Benjamin Weprin

Old Town

ALTGELD STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$4.4

6,538

$665

5 BR/5 BA

5/11

B, K & D LLC

Thomas Ross and Mary T. Bergonia

Lincoln Park

DAYTON STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$4.3

9,182

$466

7 BR/7.5 BA

5/14

Chicago Title Land Trust

Stephen B. Bonner trust

Lincoln Park

MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO 60611

$4.3

3,228

$1,317

3 BR/3.5 BA

3/30

Timothy W. Turner

Andrew Carvill

Streeterville

BURLING STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$4.2

7,000

$600

6 BR/6.5 BA

11/2

Lincoln Park

GRAND AVENUE, CHICAGO 60611

$4.2

3,765

$1,116

3 BR/3.5 BA

9/22

Streeterville

SUPERIOR STREET, CHICAGO 60654

$4.2

4,700

$894

4 BR/3.5 BA

8/21

Mallers family trust

Michael D. Neller

River North

ARBOR DRIVE, LAKE BLUFF 60044

$4.2

29,745

$141

7 BR/11 BA

3/9

Patrick J. and Edith Ahern

Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes

Not applicable

HOWE STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$4.2

8,500

$491

7 BR/6 BA

5/19

Stephen A. and Jennifer L. Sullivan

Donald J. and Edna L. Weiss

Lincoln Park

HIGGINSON LANE, WINNETKA 60093

$4.2

11,000

$377

6 BR/8 BA

2/26

Liliana G. Roche trust

Kerry and Sarah Wood

Not applicable

GREENLEAF AVENUE, GLENCOE 60022

$4.1

14,000

$293

7 BR/8 BA

9/30

Roger N. Chams trust

Paul J. and Ellen C. McDonough

Not applicable

EUGENIE STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$4.1

3,000

$1,367

6 BR/6.5 BA

2/24

Chicago Title Land Trust

Matt Smith

Old Town

SHERIDAN ROAD, WILMETTE 60091

$4.1

4,056

$1,006

4 BR/3 BA

1/13

Adam and Susan Lee Sabow

Peter V. and Robin S. Baugher

Not applicable

CLARK STREET, CHICAGO 60610

$4.1

3,852

$1,051

4 BR/4.5 BA

10/21

Kenneth M. Tallering

1550 North Clark (Chicago) Owner LLC

Gold Coast

DUNDEE LANE, BARRINGTON HILLS 60010

$4.1

13,000

$312

6 BR/8.5 BA

3/18

Aqeel A. and Mari- Robert and am R. Sandhu trusts Elizabeth Schmidt

Not applicable

BURLING STREET, CHICAGO 60614

$4.0

7,000

$571

6 BR/5.5 BA

10/15

Elizabeth Hirschtritt

Dmitry and Elona Balyasny

Lincoln Park

WESTMINSTER ROAD, LAKE FOREST 60045

$4.0

10,863

$368

7 BR/8.5 BA

10/16

Michael H. and Lynda L. Mooney trusts

Robert and Susan Morrison

Not applicable

47 48 49

ELM TREE ROAD, LAKE FOREST 60045

$4.0

7,845

$507

5 BR/7 BA

8/10

Chicago Title Land Trust

James and Haity McNerney

Not applicable

OAK STREET, HINSDALE 60521

$4.0

14,490

$273

5 BR/8 BA

5/12

Chicago Title Land Trust

Roger Weston

Not applicable

WOODLAND ROAD, LAKE FOREST 60045

$3.9

7,800

$500

6 BR/8 BA

12/3

612 E. Woodland Road Residence Trust 1 and 2

Gregory D. and Melissa K. Glyman

Not applicable

GOETHE STREET, CHICAGO 60610

$3.9

3,543

$1,101

2 BR/2.5 BA

2/26

Deborah Bricker trust

Chicago Title Land Trust

Gold Coast

Ranked by purchase price. Includes homes sold in Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties and reported in real estate listings or public records by Jan. 29, 2020. Purchase price is rounded to the nearest thousand; only those homes that share a ranking number have identical full prices. NA: Not available. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: FEB. 8, 2021

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CRAIN’S LIST AREA’S LARGEST COMMERCIAL BUILDING SALES Ranked by purchase price. Includes transactions completed between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021.

Sale price (in millions)

Property type

Year built

Building square footage

MCDONALD’S HEADQUARTERS 110 N. Carpenter St., Chicago 60607

$412.5

Office

2018

575,208

333 SOUTH WABASH 333 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 60604

$376.0

Office

1972

1K FULTON 1000 W. Fulton St., Chicago 60607

$354.8

Office

ESSEX ON THE PARK 808 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60605

$190.0

MICHELIN WILMINGTON 29900 S. Graaskamp Blvd., Wilmington 60481

Buyer(s)

Seller(s)

Listing broker

Normandy Properties LLC

Sterling Bay

JLL

1,206,741

SHVO, Deutsche Finance America

The John Buck Co. JLL

2015

531,190

Office Properties Income Trust

American Realty Advisors

Multifamily

2019

463,960

ICONIQ Capital LLC Oxford Capital Group LLC

$130.0

Industrial

2015

2,028,954

CH ROBINSON 1515 W. Webster Ave., Chicago 60614

$110.3

Office

2018

207,000

APEX Capital Sterling Bay Investments Corp.

GLENMUIR LUXURY RENTAL HOMES 2604 Rockport Lane, Naperville 60564

$103.7

Multifamily

2000

332,047

BH Equities LLC

The Connor Group Newmark

930 WEST EVERGREEN 930 W. Evergreen Ave., Chicago 60642

$99.8

Industrial

1998

339,000

Prologis Inc.

Greenfield Partners

INTERCHANGE 55 LOGISTICS PARK Bluff Road, Romeoville 60446

$98.0

Industrial

2019

1,340,000

Prologis Inc.

Macquarie Bank Colliers Limited, CT Realty International Investors

CIRCLE PARK APARTMENTS 1111 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago 60607

$98.0

Multifamily

1983

437,370

The Related Cos.

HGK Management Marcus & Co. Millichap

4220 SOUTH KILDARE 4220 S. Kildare Ave., Chicago 60632

$94.5

Industrial

1951

633,000

Scout Capital Partners

Madison Partners Realty, Brennan Investment Group, Marc Realty

CBRE

12 13

RIVERSTONE APARTMENTS 308 Woodcreek Drive, Bolingbrook 60440

$93.5

Multifamily

1995

766,977

Alliant Strategic

Jackson Square Properties

JLL

LAKEHAVEN APARTMENTS 732 Bluff St., Carol Stream 60188

$87.8

Multifamily

1984

427,280

Golub & Co.

F & F Realty

JLL

14 15 16

ROCK CREEK LOGISTICS CENTER 3300 Channahon Road, Joliet 60436

$87.5

Industrial

2018

1,220,140

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.

AEW Capital Management

CBRE

THE AVENTINE AT OAKHURST NORTH 2800 Pontiac Drive, Aurora 60502

$86.3

Multifamily

1998

459,000

Hayman Co.

JVM Realty Corp.

CBRE

400 NORTH WOLF ROAD 400 N. Wolf Road, Northlake 60164

$84.0

Industrial

1957

914,949

Apollo Global Management LLC

CenterPoint Properties

CBRE

17 18

555 WEST MONROE 555 W. Monroe St., Chicago 60661

$73.3

Office

2002

429,316

State of Illinois

Principal Financial JLL Group Inc.

HAMPTON IN HIGHLAND 2300 Azalea Drive, Highland, Ind. 46322

$68.5

Multifamily

1974

Beitel Group, Scharf Group

PCRM

Property name

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A tale of Chicago’s two commercial real estate markets Chicago commercial real estate is a tale of two markets. Office space is abundant, while industrial real estate is in short supply. For an occupier, seizing opportunities in either sector requires a sophisticated approach and the knowledge to be decisive in a quicklyshifting market.

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President Chicago Chapter, Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® (SIOR) Senior Managing Director - Newmark adam.marshall@nmrk.com 773-957-1428 ADAM MARSHALL is the 2021 president of the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® (SIOR). As a senior managing director at Newmark, he specializes in the representation of industrial occupiers, property owners, investors and developers.

Bottlenecks are causing shipping delays globally. What is Chicago’s role in the global supply chain? Chicago is a critical stop in the global supply chain. Real estate decisions in Chicago can influence delivery speed and service quality a thousand miles away in any direction. Chicago is the only market in which six Class 1 railroads intersect, which is why Chicago has some of the most active intermodal railyards in North America. It’s also within a day’s truck drive of many major U.S. metropolitan markets. O’Hare International Airport has become the U.S. leader in air cargo by freight volume and among the top 20 globally. Adding to its advantages is Chicago’s highly developed manufacturing and logistics infrastructure. With more than 1.2 billion square feet of space,

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our industrial property market is among the largest in the country. Chicago also continues to be a leader in manufacturing jobs and capital investment. That’s why the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® (SIOR) has thrived here for decades and continues to play a critical leadership role in this highstakes marketplace. The office market has been greatly affected by remote working, with many employees preferring to work remotely at least part of the time. For employers, what’s the key to a successful hybrid office strategy? Many companies are asking “if,” “whether” or “when” they should return to the office. However, what they should be asking is “how” – how in a tight labor market they can retain employees whose needs have changed. Leading office brokers in the SIOR network are advising companies on making sound office space decisions to boost talent retention and recruitment. These marketplace leaders advise that the time to makes moves is now. Employee expectations have evolved and companies should consider everything about the experience they’re offering, including office location, options to employees and the synergy that the space offers. Many companies have found that remote working impacts corporate culture—the DNA of the business. Successful hybrid workplace strategies balance the competing demands of flexibility and the energy and ideation that springs from in-person collaboration.

In an inflationary environment, what are the keys to overcoming labor and real estate cost challenges? Right now, disruption in the supply chain, whether sourcing raw materials or delivering direct to consumers, is a significant issue. SIOR brokers are involved in problem-solving to resolve those bottlenecks—including a trend toward onshoring some or all production. However, it’s currently challenging to secure industrial space in Chicago. According to Newmark Research, third-quarter industrial vacancy fell to a new record low of 5.7%. Actual rents are quickly rising and have outpaced asking rents in several submarkets. These dynamics will likely continue for the foreseeable future. As a result, a client may see their options rapidly dwindle. Companies should forecast growth as much as possible and commit to space now. For example, SIOR brokers have helped clients lease space in new buildings even before construction begins. If a tenant waits too long, space will no longer be available or the price will have risen by 10% or even 20%. We’re also advising companies to seek locations to satisfy their labor needs. While Illinois has more labor availability than many other states, labor shortages are still a real concern across most industry sectors and job types. Real estate can be a part of a larger solution to address workplace issues. All workers appreciate a shorter commute, a clean, safe and modern work environment and access to amenities to ease the workday.

Experienced SIOR designee brokers excel at understanding the market dynamics and building the relationships needed to uncover opportunities and close transactions. They meet strict membership requirements, adhere to a code of ethics and values, and deliver the highest value to their clients. The SIOR network fosters relationships among leading brokers, building trust over time—something that pays off when agreements need to be made swiftly and thoughtfully. In the current real estate climate, what do corporate occupiers need most from their real estate advisors? The short answer is trust. No matter the market conditions, it’s critical to have the right advisor to provide benchmarks and actionable ideas. SIOR brokers are known for their market insights and ability to see the bigger picture of their clients’ business strategies in the context of real estate market trends. In the industrial sector, SIOR brokers provide their clients with information and insight so they can successfully navigate competitive markets, thus securing their futures. In the office market, SIOR brokers are helping clients find the ideal office location, negotiate the advantageous rental rates, incentives and tenant improvement allowances this market offers, and create the refreshed workplace that will attract and retain employees. Companies that make office decisions now, while the market remains tenant-friendly, will be well-equipped to attract talent. The war for talent is going to continue into the future, so companies must seize the day—today.

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CRAIN’S LIST AREA’S LARGEST COMMERCIAL BUILDING SALES Ranked by purchase price. Includes transactions completed between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021.

Property name

Sale price (in millions)

Property type

Year built

Building square footage

Buyer(s)

Seller(s)

Listing broker

PENDRY CHICAGO 230 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60601

$65.6

Hospitality

1929

220,000

Montage Hotels & Resorts, Rodina Group

Becker Ventures

20 21 22

AMAZON CHICAGO-PULLMAN 10500 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago 60628

$65.1

Industrial

2020

144,207

Inveria

Ryan Companies US Inc.

Colliers International

FORMER NAVISTAR FACILITY 10400 W. North Ave., Melrose Park 60160

$62.9

Industrial

2009

2,000,000

Bridge Industrial

Navistar

JLL

SPRINGS AT CANTERFIELD 1900 Canterfield Pky E, West Dundee 60118

$55.3

Multifamily

2018

260,000

Pensam Capital

Continental Properties Co.

Berkadia Real Estate Advisors

WALDORF ASTORIA CHICAGO 11 E. Walton St., Chicago 60611

$54.5

Hospitality

2009

1,128,060

Mansueto Properties, Lodging Capital Partners

Walton Street Capital

Hodges Ward Elliott

24 25

LIFE TIME ATHLETIC 1100 Skokie Blvd., Northbrook 60062

$54.0

Retail

2019

93,000

Spirit Realty Capital

Life Time Fitness Inc.

4027 SOUTH WELLS 4027 S. Wells St., Chicago 60609

$54.0

Industrial

DFA Chiago LLC

Chicago Title Land NA Trust Co.

Eligible sales are located in the seven-county Chicago area of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties in Illinois and Lake County in Indiana. List excludes most portfolio sales, defined here as when more than one property is traded for a single price. NA: Not available

Data provided by CoStar, with supplemental data from CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield and Real Capital Analytics; additional research by Sophie Rodgers (sophie.rodgers@crain.com). ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: OCT. 18, 2021

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EXECUTIVES

Industry leaders Chicago needs to know Notable Gen X Leaders in HR

Notable Women in Law

Notable Minority Executives in Health Care

Notable Gen X Leaders in Sports

Notable Residential Real Estate Brokers

Notable Nonprofit Board Leaders

Notable Minorities in Construction and Commercial Real Estate

Notable Military Veteran Executives

Nomination Deadline: December 21, 2021 Nomination Deadline: January 7

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Notable Minority Executives in Manufacturing

Notable Gen X Leaders in Accounting, Consulting and Law

Notable Executives with Disabilities

Notable Black Leaders and Executives

Nomination Deadline: April 15

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Notable Minority Executives in Finance Nomination Deadline: May 20

View the full calendar and nominate at CHICAGOBUSINESS.COM/NOTABLENOMS

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These 65 professionals demonstrate that construction and design is far less of an exclusively male domain than it used to be. The women featured here lead in all corners of the field, including design, site selection, project management and administration, with specialties in landscaping, office buildings, senior and student housing, health care and data centers. Firms represented range from specialized architecture practices and subcontractors to the largest general contractors. Some are on the cutting edge of green design, winning Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, or LEED, certifications for sustainable buildings in their use

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of energy, water and materials. Early in the pandemic, many pivoted to develop safety protocols so that work could continue on-site and projects could be completed. These Notables champion women in their fields, mentoring colleagues so they can advance to leadership positions. Many participate in structured programs aimed to engage the next generation of women in the possibilities of designing distribution centers, renovating historic buildings and building senior housing. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from the nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by editors. To qualify for the list, an honoree must be employed in a construction, architecture, engineering or commercial design firm, have worked on significant projects during the past 18 months and have striven to advance women in the field.

STEPHANIE ADAMCZYK Project executive, senior living Ryan Cos. US

As a project executive in Ryan’s Senior Living sector based in Westmont, Stephanie Adamczyk leads teams of architects and other professionals through design, construction and warranty. Her portfolio is focused around the Clarendale senior living communities. In the past 18 months, she completed $40 million of construction and broke ground on three of the largest Clarendale communities. Adamczyk is managing preconstruction on four additional communities, and her portfolio under warranty is approximately $175 million. Adamczyk was a member of Ryan Companies’ Emerging Leaders Group, which recommended the company establish an innovation department headed by a vice president. She joined Ryan Companies as a project manager in 2015 and in 2017 collaborated with a colleague to create design standards that are used for all Clarendale projects. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MAY 3, 2021

AMA ADDAI

MARY BRUSH

Director, site development and utilities Ardmore Roderick

Owner, principal, architect Brush Architects

At engineering firm Ardmore Roderick, Ama Addai is responsible for the development and management of 25 designers, engineers and technicians as well as projects related to public site improvements and utility coordination. As a technical expert, Addai is responsible for updating documentation for the Illinois Toll Highway Authority. She’s coordinating between the Chicago Transit Authority and its engineering consultant on utility relocations for the Red Line Extension Program. Addai has led teams involved in electric and gas distribution design, subsurface utility engineering, underground utility location and survey and land development. She also developed what has become an eight-person design office in Pennsylvania. Addai advocates for women in construction and design through her involvement in the Chicago chapters of Women’s Energy Network and Women’s Transportation Seminar International.

Architect Mary Brush specializes in historic preservation. Her firm led the restoration of the Federal Plaza Post Office, Kluczynski and Dirksen Federal buildings, Legler Library and National Public Housing Museum. The pandemic slowed work and payment, but the practice maintained its core staff and recently added a new architect. Brush says she is the first architect and woman in Chicago to perform exterior facade inspections in Chicago and recently rappelled down the facades of the Dirksen and Kluczynski buildings. In 2016, she was elevated into the College of Fellows for the American Institute of Architects. Brush mentors young architects through the AIA Chicago Bridge program. She presents frequently at conferences and lectures at Illinois universities.

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KATIE CANINO

ABBIE CLARY

President Canino Electric

Director, global health practice Cannon Design

Katie Canino’s electrical contracting firm has worked in the construction of testing and vaccination distribution sites capable of preserving vaccine dosages at their requisite temperatures. Last year, the Westmont company supported the University of Chicago Medical Center in converting space for COVID patients. For City Winery, the contractor installed air purifiers and UV lighting, which enabled the venue to operate under pandemic safety guidelines. Canino started the business in 1988 out of her home with her husband, an electrician. It’s grown to a workforce of 40 electricians with revenues ranging from $5 million to $15 million. Other clients have included University of Illinois Hospital, College of DuPage and Willis Tower. Katie Canino is an executive committee member of the Electrical Contractors Association of City of Chicago.

MARGARET COOK President Painters USA

Margaret “Meg” Cook is owner and president of the certified woman-owned business in Glendale Heights that provides commercial and industrial painting, flooring and other services. The company has revenue of more than $30 million with a workforce of 167. When the pandemic hit last year, work at an automotive facility was curtailed. Cook redeployed workers from the closed facility to Walmart stores in the South, which were receiving painting and coating. The company added paid online training to keep employees working and ready to go when other customers opened up. The company has a roster of blue-chip clients including 3M, American Airlines, Cargill, Exxon Mobil and Kraft Heinz. Cook works with the Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Women Build program to raise awareness for women in trades.

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At Cannon Design, Abbie Clary supports the growth and development of the firm’s global health care practice. She’s responsible for overseeing more than $2.5 billion in health care projects over her career. Clary and her team have led health projects across the country, including work with Kaiser Permanente, Rush, UIC and other health systems. She seeks projects that can influence pressing challenges, such as helping people regain abilities after traumatic injuries. Clary joined Cannon Design in 2018 from the design firm HDR, where she was vice president and director for health. Clary has authored articles on the future of health for publications including Healthcare Design and Chicago Hospital and has presented at industry conferences. She founded Women’s Networking Dinners for working professional women in the health care industry.

MARY COOK President and founder Mary Cook Associates

Mary Cook’s firm provides interior architecture and design services to builders and developers. Projects include model homes, leasing and sales galleries, amenity spaces and community clubhouses. The company completed 51 projects last year and has more than 60 projects underway in 14 states. Local projects include five model units at Tribune Tower Residences and model units at 8000 North in Skokie. Clients include homebuilders M/I Homes, Lennar and Toll Brothers. Cook is the author of “The Art of Space,” a textbook used in design schools. She’s a champion of advancing women in design; the firm’s staff of more than 30 designers, architects and professionals comprises mostly women, including the CFO. Cook shares her knowledge of for-sale communities, rental, student and senior housing on real estate panels.

SHEYLA CONFORTE Principal and executive director of interior design Solomon Cordwell Buenz

As executive director of interior design, Sheyla Conforte leads teams in Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and Seattle. She’s been with the architecture and design firm for her entire 16-year career and became the youngest partner in the firm’s history after only eight years. In the past 18 months Conforte redesigned the 120,000-square-feet of headquarters for the law firm Hinshaw and Culbertson. She oversaw the design of the Mondelez International headquarters in the West Loop and the new United Polaris Club at O’Hare International Airport. She also led design for a new headquarters office for law firm Michael Best & Friedrich in Milwaukee. Conforte is a member of the International Interior Design Association, the American Society of Interior Designers and the Young Presidents’ Organization Chicago chapter.

SHANNON COOMES President Hill Fire Protection

Under Shannon Coomes’ leadership, Hill Fire Protection in Franklin Park has grown to $30 million from $3.5 million in under 10 years. It’s the second-largest sprinkler contractor in the Chicago area. Coomes’ team has sold, designed and executed work at Salesforce Tower, Walgreens’ headquarters at the Old Post Office, Rush University Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She was a project manager and later became branch manager at Northstar Fire Protection. When she left in 2010 to join Hill she started as the general manager and was promoted to president in 2014. She has presented at Purdue University building construction management classes and has spoken at National Association of Women in Construction events. Coomes is on the board of Girls in the Game.

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STEPHANIE COTEY

BETHANY CRISPIN

Director of special projects W.E. O’Neil Construction

Senior vice president, residential business unit Clayco

At W.E. O’Neil Construction, Stephanie Cotey oversees the Special Projects Group, which focuses on small-scale construction and renovations delivered on condensed schedules. She manages around 12 employees and serves as a project executive for many of the jobs within this group. With the construction industry hard hit by the pandemic and many projects halted, Cotey’s team found new projects to replace lost revenues. Cotey was previously a project engineer, superintendent and project manager at W.E. O’Neil. During her her master’s program, she traveled to several countries to learn from leaders in construction—from bamboo scaffolding in China to the massive excavation effort at the Panama Canal. Cotey leads the company’s mentor program for high school students in which they are guided through a design and construction project.

Bethany Crispin has 22 years of experience in senior living, residential, mixed-use and hospitality projects on the owner and contractor side. She joined Clayco last year from CA Ventures, where was executive vice president, construction and development, senior living. Previously, she oversaw construction of Anthology of King of Prussia, a senior-living building outside Philadelphia. The facility included 192 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Since joining Clayco, she’s been involved in the preconstruction of a 17-story student living tower in South Carolina, a 12-story building in Reno, Nev., and a 27-story apartment building in Minneapolis. Crispin is on the board of Margaret’s Village, a nonprofit that provides transitional housing. She recently discussed her career in engineering and construction at her high school, Mother McAuley.

NORA DEGNAN Vice president Thorne Associates

At specialty subcontractor Thorne Associates, Nora Degnan estimates and runs projects. As a member of the owning family, she represents the company and industry on the local and national level. Early in the pandemic, she developed protocols for how to safely continue construction projects. Thorne Associates specializes in commercial buildings, with clients in health care and data centers. The company currently is managing drywall, carpentry and plaster work at the 52-story tower under construction at 320 S. Canal St. Degnan is chair of the Construction Leadership Council steering committee of Chicagoland Associated General Contractors. She’s also active in the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction and plans the group’s annual Women in Construction Week program. This year, it was a five-day virtual program.

KENDRA DINKINS

STACIE DOVALOVSKY

RADA DOYTCHEVA

President and CEO Taylor Electric

Vice president, transportation division manager Primera Engineers

Principal and head of design Rada Architects

As president of the family-owned company, Kendra Dinkins oversees operations including new business development and project management. Taylor Electric recently completed the Chicago Fire Department’s new Engine Co. 115, the second-largest station in the city. Other customers include Soldier Field, Guaranteed Rate Field, the University of Chicago and Navy Pier. Dinkins began at Taylor Electric as a bookkeeper in 2007 and over time assumed more roles. With the transition to the fourth generation of ownership in 2015, Dinkins was elevated to CEO. Dinkins is president of the Federation of Women Contractors. She’s a charter member and immediate past president of the nonprofit Black Contractors Owners and Executives. Dinkins also is a charter member of the National Electrical Contractors’ Association’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force.

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At Primera Engineers, Stacie Dovalovsky oversees a 45-person division that includes the civil, roadway, structural, aviation and construction engineering departments. In addition to leading and mentoring her team, she’s responsible for executive management, strategic planning, building and maintaining client relationships, and project management at the woman-owned engineering design and consulting firm. Dovalovsky joined Primera earlier this year from Clark Dietz, where she most recently was area manager. Working for the village of Richton Park, she ensured infrastructure projects remained on schedule and helped secure a $1.5 million grant. Dovalovsky is active in the American Council of Engineering Companies Illinois chapter and has been nominated for the board. She’s mentored students through WTS-Chicago, an organization focused on promoting the development and advancement of women in transportation.

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Rada Doytcheva is founding principal of the architecture firm that focuses on city schools, colleges, health care, commercial and workplace design. With $3 million in annual revenue, the firm employs a staff of 16. In the past 18 months, Dotycheva started designs on the pedestrian bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway at the Illinois Medical District. Doytcheva also is designing field houses for the Chicago Park District. Her previous clients include the University of Chicago, UIC and Chicago Public Schools. Before founding her architecture firm in 1994, Doytcheva was associate principal at Loebl Schlossman & Hackl. She’s an active member of Chicago Women in Architecture and presented at the group’s January forum. Doytcheva also has spoken at American Institute of Architects conventions on empowering women in the field.

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LISA ELKINS

DARCIE FANKHAUSER

MELISSA GIBSON

Regional partner Transwestern Development

Senior associate, director of specifications Goettsch Partners

Earlier this year, Darcie Fankhauser became regional partner for Transwestern Development’s national Logistics Group, where she leads Midwest development efforts and operations. She’s responsible for site selection, entitlement, construction, leasing and disposition of groundup developments. In nearly six years, Fankhauser has overseen speculative and build-to-suit industrial projects. In the past 18 months, Fankhauser was instrumental in executing a build-tosuit deal in Bartlett’s Brewster Creek Business Park for a Fortune 10 company, which leased the entire space. Fankhauser and her team also executed the purchase of 30 separate parcels within a single residential assemblage to develop a new spec industrial property in the O’Hare submarket. She’s a member of the Chicago chapter of commercial real estate development association organization NAIOP and is on its National Forum.

At architectural and planning firm Goettsch Partners, Melissa Gibson manages the production and coordination of project construction specifications, plays an integral role in quality assurance and control processes and is active in construction administration. Recent projects include the $35 million renovation of Kovler Lion House at Lincoln Park Zoo and the 52-story office tower under way at 320 S. Canal St. Gibson joined Goettsch Partners in 2019 from Epstein Architecture, Engineering & Construction, where she was specifications writer and associate vice president. Gibson has participated in more than a dozen technical programs as a presenter, moderator and panelist and is directing research to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. She is on the board of the Chicago Chapter of Construction Specifications Institute and is chair of programming.

DULCINEA GILLMAN

KATE GONZALEZ

DEANNA GOODMAN

Managing member, partner North Arrow Partners

Associate principal LCM Architects

Senior project manager The Walsh Group

At LCM Architects, Kate Gonzalez develops accessibility programs for businesses seeking help complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. In the past 18 months, Gonzalez managed assessment and remediation programs for Hilton hotels, a top-10 U.S. bank and a large retailer. As many clients have multiple sites, from 10 to more than 10,000, that must comply with ADA regulations, Gonzalez develops and manages programs to assess sizable multiproperty portfolios, identify accessibility barriers and propose solutions. She joined LCM in 2010 as accessibility specialist from the Chicago Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.

Deanna Goodman manages clients from major health care institutions. Last year, she completed a new, $26 million Emergency Department at Rush Oak Park Hospital. She helped create a game plan of negative-pressure rooms to care for COVID-19 patients. Goodman also managed the McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility’s first phase of 500 patient beds, 14 nurse stations and other amenities. Goodman joined Walsh as an intern and has been with the company for 22 years. Major projects include the McCormick Place Office Building and the Millennium Park garage. In health care, she’s overseen projects at Loyola University Medical Center and Adventist La Grange. As vice chair of the Walsh diversity and inclusion committee, she’s organized awareness initiatives, created an inclusivity guide, formed employee resource groups and improved the maternity leave policy.

Managing partner and architect On Point Design Build

Lisa Elkins leads operations of On Point Design Build, which specializes in design and construction of dental and medical offices. Over the past 18 months, the firm completed an expansion of A New You plastic surgery center to a second location, as well as several women-owned dental startups including a pediatric practice. With women representing more than half of dental graduates last year, many prefer to work with a woman-led architecture team, Elkins says. She launched the company in 2019, which has grown to a staff of nine. Earlier, she founded an architectural practice, 2 Point Perspective, specializing in sustainable designs for commercial and residential clients. Elkins earlier taught architectural design at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She’s a regular speaker at the Women’s Business Development Center.

Dulcinea Gillman is managing member of the Villa Park design and build firm that specializes in multi-family developments in Illinois and the Midwest. The firm works with municipalities, developers, housing authorities and nonprofits. Recent projects include Flax Meadow Townhomes with 32 affordable townhomes for families in Highland and Altamont Senior Residences with 36 affordable senior apartments in Altamont. Gillman is skilled in identifying underserved areas for new affordable and special needs housing. She was CEO of architecture firm #9 Design and La Mancha Construction, both started in 1999, which were combined as North Arrow in 2018. Gillman says her most rewarding project was the development of permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities on the site of a former Hardee’s where she had worked as a teenager.

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KAREN GUTEKANST

STEPHANIE HICKMAN

PEGGY HOFFMANN

Executive managing director, risk management and administration Clune Construction

President and CEO Trice Construction

Vice president, design principal FGM Architects

At Clune Construction, Karen Gutekanst oversees administrative functions for Clune’s six offices and 600 staff members including risk management, human resources and payroll. She’s a member of the executive management committee. When the pandemic began, Gutekanst worked with the office and risk management teams to develop job site and work-from-home protocols. She included COVID-19 testing in the company’s health insurance offerings. Gutekanst became the first female partner in 2012 and last year was promoted to be the first woman executive managing director. She’s been instrumental in establishing Clune’s benefits package, which provides medical insurance at no cost to employees, and an employee stock ownership plan.

MANISHA KAUL Principal Design Workshop

Manisha Kaul, a specialist in landscape architecture, is responsible for business development and project leadership at Design Workshop’s Chicago studio. During the pandemic, Kaul continued to oversee bids for construction for the Chicago Park District’s AIDS Garden, Diversey Play Fields and Natural Area and Wheaton Downtown Streetscape. She also has led projects in downstate Alton and in Sterling Heights, Mich. Kaul joined Design Workshop in 2018 from Biome Landscape Studio, where she was principal landscape architect and implemented resilient landscape projects for educational institutions in Africa. Manisha’s career of more than 20 years includes projects in the United States, Middle East, Africa and India. She’s a member of Urban Land Institute and is on ULI’s University Development & Innovation Product Council.

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Stephanie Hickman leveraged her family’s 40-year legacy in construction when she acquired the company in 2007. She has transformed Trice from a small company to a middle-market utility infrastructure and commercial concrete contractor serving Fortune 500 corporations, top 100 general and infrastructure contractors and public entities. Trice is the first African American woman-owned construction firm awarded prime contracts for ComEd, Ameren, Peoples Gas, Nicor Gas and the Chicago Department of Transportation. Recent projects include Chicago Fire Department Engine Co. 115 in West Pullman, where Trice handled cast-in-place concrete and teamed on the design-build, and the Pullman National Monument. Before acquiring her family’s company, Hickman had a 25-year career as a labor attorney, utility executive and lobbyist. She is on the Museum of Science & Industry board.

HELEN J. KESSLER President HJKessler Associates

Architect Helen J. Kessler specializes in sustainable design with a focus on universities and Chicago Public Schools. Since leading on the creation Chicago’s first energy code and helping start the local chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, she has worked on significant green projects. Recently, Kessler has consulted for Northwestern University’s first LEED Platinum projects, the Kellogg Global Hub and Kresge Centennial Hall. Kessler is completing sustainability consulting on the Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago and providing peer review for the Obama Presidential Center. She’s also consulted for nonprofits LEED Platinum Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston and the Legacy Charter School in North Lawndale. Kessler is a mentor through the AIA Chicago Bridge program and serves on the board of the Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation.

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At FGM Architects in Oak Brook, Peggy Hoffmann leads interior design for the PK-12 educational practice, focusing on new construction, renovation and additions for schools throughout Illinois. Hoffmann was lead interior designer for the new Sherlock Elementary School in Cicero that was recognized by the Illinois Association of School Boards. Other recent projects include renovation of elementary and middle schools in Glenview and the Student Resource Center at Oak Park River Forest High School. She presents frequently at EDspaces, an annual gathering of industry experts and educators as well as at Illinois conferences for educators. She has been published in numerous journals, most recently in a publication of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. She’s a past president of the International Interior Design Association.

SUSAN KIRBY Managing member/ CFO Associated Electrical Contractors

In 2015, controller Susan Kirby became a co-owner of the 25-year-old electrical contractor, along with two partners. She has been with the Woodstock company since 2001. Current projects include several large distribution centers in Illinois and Wisconsin, supermarkets, school campuses and auto dealers. The company has grown to revenue of $35 million with year-round staff of 60, with more during peak periods. The challenge during the pandemic, Kirby says, is having enough people to do the job and meet quality expectations. The company is using Microsoft Teams software and technology training for field personnel to improve performance and profitability, with the goal of making AEC a preferred vendor for large distribution centers. Kirby serves on the board of the McHenry County College Education to Empowerment Scholarship Program.

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JACKIE KOO Principal Koo LLC

As founding principal of Koo LLC, Jackie Koo oversees the architecture firm’s design and construction activities in new construction, adaptive reuse and historic renovations. Current projects include the Sable Hotel at Navy Pier, the first hotel at the Pier, the Altgeld Family Resource Center at Altgeld Gardens on the Far South Side and Surge Esports Stadium, an immersive video venue in Bronzeville. Koo also handled the adaptive reuse of the former Cook County Hospital with two hotels and a food court. Koo established her practice in 2005: Her first project was the Wit hotel in the Loop, which opened in 2009. Koo is involved in the Invest South/West streetscape program, the future UIC Center for the Arts and the Discovery Partners Institute innovation center to anchor Related Midwest’s development, the 78.

LINDA KOZLOSKI Creative design director Lendlease

At the multinational construction and infrastructure company, Linda Kozloski manages the design process for Chicago projects and supports Lendlease’s national development pipeline. Kozloski helped deliver Porte, a 586-residence building in the West Loop, and is involved in Cirrus, a 350-unit condominium tower; Cascade, an adjacent 503-unit apartment tower; and The Reed, a 440-unit residential tower that will break ground this spring. As a champion of environmentally conscious design, Kozloski has incorporated green rooftop farms with beehives and other eco-friendly initiatives into several of Lendlease’s urban regeneration projects. She joined Lendlease in 2015 from CBRE, where she was senior project manager. Kozloski has contributed to industry panels including the AIASpire Student Leadership Panel and the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings, The Future of the Chicago Skyline.

JULIE LARDENOIT

LACEY LAWRENCE

Practice leader, workplace solutions ESD

Senior associate Hitchcock Design Group

Julie Lardenoit has worked in each market vertical at ESD (Environmental Systems Design): commercial interiors, mission-critical facilities and high-performance buildings. She now leads the workplace solutions team. The global consulting-engineering firm had sales of nearly $87 million last year with a workforce of 300. Over the past year, Lardenoit’s series of articles, videos and podcasts provided timely information on how to stay safe in the COVID-19 era. Lardenoit opened and led ESD’s first international office in Abu Dhabi for almost a decade, where she participated in the 2018 Women’s Heritage Walk, a five-day desert trek. Lardenoit has been active with ESD’s women’s group, ESD NEW, and co-founded the Women of Willis, an organization to promote women in leadership and provide mentoring opportunities within the Willis Tower building.

Landscape architect Lacey Lawrence serves as lead designer, project manager and environmental specialist for the Hitchcock Design Group Chicago-area office based in Naperville. Lawrence’s team focuses on public park planning and design throughout the Midwest. She’s lead designer for the Garfield Park Conservatory Children’s Garden for the Chicago Park District, which is under construction this year. Lawrence also manages work for the Batavia Park District and the city of Lake Forest. She recently designed and managed construction for the Wauconda Park District’s Phil’s Beach, which was featured in the 1980 movie “The Blues Brothers.” Before joining Hitchcock in 2016, Lawrence was a landscape architect and environmental scientist at Wills Burke Kelsey Associates. She has assisted in preparing presentations for conferences hosted by the Illinois Parks & Recreation Association and Illinois Association of Park Districts.

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KARRIE KRATZ Vice president Gilbane Building

Karrie Kratz leads Gilbane’s Chicago office, overseeing strategic planning and managing profit and loss for the local portfolio. Kratz oversaw the construction of the Orchard Condominiums in Lincoln Park. She also helped advance the Illinois Tech Student Housing Development and Revitalization project. As both projects were scheduled to finish near the beginning of the pandemic, Kratz worked with project teams to adapt to the new safety protocols so on-site work could continue. Gilbane retrofitted alternative care facilities on three sites to care for COVID-19 patients. Kratz promotes inclusion by hosting Hire360 courses and offers trade partners opportunities to broaden their skills in the Gilbane Rising Contractors Program. She supports the next generation through her 10-year involvement with the ACE Mentorship Program, where she serves on the board.

VICKY LEE Vice president, development Focus

Vicky Lee leads the real estate acquisition, development and architectural-design activities on multiple projects (total development value $200 million-plus) for both Focus and third-party clients. Recent accomplishments include helping to secure two major mall redevelopment projects (Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills and Fox Valley Mall in Aurora) for Focus, with all ownership and municipal meetings done virtually due to the pandemic. She also led the development and sale of Atworth at Mellody Farm in Vernon Hills, which was leased in just 10 months. Prior to Focus, Lee was a project manager at Torti Gallas & Partners. She participates in various thought-leadership forums, including the ULI Real Estate Forum at DePaul University and the “Adventures in CRE” podcast. Lee mentors women through Focus’ MORE program.

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CHHENG LIM

CORI LINNELL

Associate Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects

Vice presidentconstruction Hines

Chheng Lim is an associate and senior architect at Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects with control over corporate revenue, profit/loss and staff development. Responsibilities include design, planning commission, regulatory approvals and building construction at the 147-employee firm. She has overseen 7 million square feet of projects for clients with an aggregate construction cost of $7 billion and 350 megawatts of power capacity. Her data center projects support the internet and cloud infrastructure. Before joining SNHA seven years ago, she worked as a designer at Skidmore Owings & Merrill and at Gensler; she also spent time in Singapore with Ong & Ong Architects. Inside SNHA, she encourages women to lead in design, client presentations and on-site construction to gain the visibility that advances careers.

Cori Linnell leads project design, budgeting, scheduling, bidding, contracting, procurement and construction closeout for a number of Houston-based Hines’ complex construction projects. Currently, she’s handling the interior construction for Salesforce Tower Chicago, a 1.2 million-square-foot high-rise on the Chicago River’s Wolf Point site. Another notable recent project is the Orchard, Hines Midwest’s first condominium project (32 luxury residences) and the final building constructed as part of Lincoln Common. Linnell joined Hines as an assistant construction manager on the Renaissance Center (GM global headquarters) in Detroit. She is the co-lead ambassador for the Chicago OneHines Women’s Network, which supports an inclusive culture.

Christine Lussow oversees the direction, financial outcome and quality of Bear’s construction projects. She was an integral team member on the $11 million restoration of the grand lobby at the Old Post Office. She also worked on the Macy’s Building redevelopment, overseeing the eightfloor Spec Suite and Corridor project for Brookfield Properties. Working as an architect, a general contractor and as an owner’s rep during a 32-year career, Lussow designed hundreds of workplaces, assisted with the renovations of dozens of Fortune 500 firms and aided in the purchase and sale of large blocks of corporate real estate for EQ Office. Prior to joining Bear Construction, she was with GE Capital Real Estate/Arden Real Estate.

JAIME MAGALIFF

SHERINA MAYE EDWARDS

AMY MAYER

Principal Steep Architecture

CEO Intren

Vice president, construction Related Midwest

Jaime Magaliff’s recent efforts have focused on retail spaces for high-security industries, designing marijuana dispensaries for Viola brands in Michigan and Missouri and Dispensary 33 in Chicago—the only dispensary in Illinois to display cannabis. She also has expertise in smaller-scale residential projects, recently designing an accessory dwelling unit in Chicago. Prior to founding Evanston-based Steep, Magaliff worked as a project architect at Eastlake Studio and as an architect and project manager at Perimeter Architects & Construction. Before relocating to Chicago, she worked in New York City at OMA*NY and Studio MAPOS. She is a mentor to young women in interior design and architecture, preparing and reviewing their portfolios, and also acting as an NCARB supervisor and NCIDQ sponsor.

As CEO of Unionbased Intren, Sherina Maye Edwards manages the strategic direction, human resources, marketing, operations and financial performance of the nation’s largest Women’s Business Enterprise utility contractor. Before joining Intren, she was a partner at Quarles & Brady law firm and spent five years on the Illinois Commerce Commission. In 2016, Edwards was appointed by President Barack Obama as co-chair of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group. She founded both the Women’s Energy Summit and Women’s Energy Network of Chicago. She is second vice president on the board of directors of Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana. She is on the executive compensation committee of SouthWest Water in Houston.

Amy Mayer handles preconstruction and cost management across Related Midwest’s portfolio of mixed-use, mixed-income, affordable and luxury developments. She is also the general manager of Quality First, the company’s union carpentry division. A notable recent project is One Bennett Park, Chicago’s first Robert A.M. Stern Architects-designed high-rise. Other key projects include Landmark West Loop, 500 Lake Shore Drive, the Residences on Lake Shore Park, Park Tower, the Town of Fort Sheridan and the Mayfair. Mayer has mentored a construction team that is 50 percent women, and she is working toward Chicago Women in Trades’ goal of staffing 20 percent women on all construction jobs—twice the industry average. She was elected to Geneva’s city council in April 2021.

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MICHELLE MCCLENDON

MOLLY MCSHANE

Project executive Gilbane Building

CEO McShane Cos.

As project executive leading the K-12 and public-sector markets for Providence, R.I.-based Gilbane Building, Michelle McClendon is responsible for management and administration from award through occupancy. A 17-year construction veteran who joined Gilbane in 2020, she has a portfolio that includes corporate headquarters, high-end and multifamily residences, schools and public-use facilities. She is a LEED-accredited professional for interior design and construction and recently joined the board of directors of the Illinois Green Alliance. She has served as an adjunct instructor at Westwood College and National American University, teaching computer applications, business management, construction management and green building. To promote the next generation of leaders in STEM, she and her sister co-founded the Myesha & Michelle McClendon Scholarship Fund for African American women.

Molly McShane manages the overall operations and strategic direction of the McShane Cos., which achieved its highest revenue to date ($1.6 billion) in 2020 and was one of Crain’s “Best Places to Work” for the third year in a row. She started out as a project engineer before transitioning to the development side, eventually becoming chief investment officer in 2014, helping to guide 25 developments totaling 11 million square feet. She was promoted to chief operating officer in 2018 and became the Rosemont-based company’s first female CEO in October 2020. She was named NAIOP Chicago’s first female president in 2018, is on the advisory boards of IWIRE and ULI’s Women’s Leadership Initiative and also serves as a mentor for the Goldie Initiative.

Joy Meek is principal and project architect at Wheeler Kearns Architects. A 23-year veteran of the firm, she also leads its inclusive hiring process, which now boasts 50 percent women, and oversees professional liability insurance and computer technology development. Key recent projects include the Ryan Learning Center at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Night Ministry in Chicago, the West Suburban Community Pantry in Woodridge and the Snowmass Retreat in Colorado. She’s an adjunct lecturer in architecture engineering and design at Northwestern University’s department of civil and environmental engineering. Since 2001, she’s served as a mentor for the Illinois Math & Science Academy’s Student Inquiry & Research Program, working with high school students interested in the field of architecture.

MOLLY MEYER

ELISSA MORGANTE

KERRY NUTTER

Founder and CEO Omni Ecosystems

Molly Meyer founded and leads a 35-employee company that designs, constructs and maintains sustainable, working landscapes. Recently Omni was included on the team designing the satellite concourses for the Global Terminal at O’Hare International Airport, built the green roof and terraces at 800 Fulton and completed its headquarters in Bronzeville. Past projects include the O’Hare Terminal 2 concourses, McDonald’s headquarters in Chicago, Harvard Business School’s McCollum/ MacArthur Hall and the Fifth Third Bank Tower in Cincinnati. Meyer’s previous positions include co-founder of the Roof Crop in Chicago, green roof product manager at Conservation Technology in Baltimore and fellow with Robert Bosch Fellowship in Germany. She was named 2020 Illinois Small Businessperson of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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Co-founding partner and principal Morgante Wilson Architects

With expertise in architecture, interior design and custom-furniture design, Elissa Morgante leads her Evanston-based company on projects ranging from private residences and vacation homes to multifamily, hospitality and commercial interiors. In 2020, Morgante completed (on schedule, despite pandemic shutdowns) the design and installation of interiors at Westerly, Fifield’s newest Chicago rental property. Morgante launched her firm’s interiors division in 2007, leading to expansion into commercial interiors work and projects such as 727 West Madison in the West Loop, Atworth at Mellody Farm in Vernon Hills and E2 in downtown Evanston. In 2020, she helped launch the Morgante Wilson Foundation to help create affordable homes based on Community Land Trust principles; inaugural funding provided support for 14 affordable scattered-site homes in Wilmette.

JOY MEEK Principal Wheeler Kearns Architects

Founder and president Program Management & Controls Services Consulting

Kerry Nutter is president of La Grange-based PMCS Consulting, a 21-employee firm that helps manage large public-infrastructure projects. Most recently, PMCS has been managing the budget and scheduling for the $4 billion widening project of the Central Tri-State Tollway corridor, and it also served as the program management office for the CTA Red/Purple Line modernization program. Among notable past assignments are the CTA’s Red Line extension program, the Illinois Tollway’s ISO certification effort, the leadership team on the tollway’s Move Illinois program, and the “Big Dig” project in Boston. Before founding PMCS, Nutter worked for URS and Bechtel. She participates in the Women in Transportation Symposium, which fundraises for scholarships for women, and also supports ACE Mentors for scholarships for inner-city students.

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MARY O’MALLEY Senior superintendent Pepper Construction

MEG OSMAN

ASHLEE PFORR

Executive director, commercial CannonDesign

Project executive Skender

Mary O’Malley leads all activities in the field, supervising Pepper Construction personnel, maintaining schedules and implementing safety and quality standards. She is beginning work on the Barrington Firehouse and is the lead field manager for Pepper’s new solar panel group. Recent work includes a science and design lab along with security vestibules for the Lake Forest Elementary School District and new cardiac cath labs and emergency department renovations at Advocate Christ Medical Center. O’Malley, Pepper’s first female superintendent, began her 31-year career as a carpenter apprentice and has worked in hospitality, retail, interiors and religious institutions as well.

Meg Osman leads CannonDesign’s global commercial practice for Fortune 500 clients across several industries, directing integrated teams on a variety of notable projects for Cboe, Square, LinkedIn, Disney, Atlassian, Nippon and others in recent years. She has been an executive business consultant and design strategist involved with commercial real estate and “future of work” issues for decades, serving clients ranging from large, global businesses like Zurich to breakthrough-tech companies like Upwork. Osman is a member of New York City-based CannonDesign’s Women’s Forum, helping shape programming, mentorship and opportunities for other female leaders. She is a mentor to women on her team and across CannonDesign’s talent network. She’s held diverse professional roles with CoreNet Global and numerous other design and community organizations.

KELLY POWERS

LAURIE PRICE

Vice president Powers & Sons Construction

President CDI Construction

Kelly Powers shares executive management responsibilities for operations in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana, overseeing marketing, new business development and partnership opportunities. She has 20 years of experience in engineering, general contracting, project management and strategic planning in all aspects of public and private construction and real estate. Gary-based Powers & Sons is a founder of the Lakeside Alliance, which is building the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park. Kelly Powers co-leads its Project Leadership and Community & Citizenship work groups, aiming to maximize contract opportunities for women-owned, minority-owned and other small business enterprises. The goal is a workforce that better represents the South Side and boosts diversity in the apprenticeship pipeline in Chicago’s trade unions.

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Laurie Price, owner of Deerfield-based CDI Construction, is responsible for business development, operational activities and strategic direction. CDI has completed 52 projects over the past 18 months, including three with total contract values in excess of $2.5 million: a two-building warehouse/office reconfiguration for CEVA Logistics in Des Plaines, a tenant renovation for Valent BioSciences in Libertyville’s Innovation Park and a confidential U.S. government project involving the coordination of highly specialized structural components. Prior to founding CDI in 1992, Price worked as a commercial property manager and financial analyst for Rubloff and as a CPA for KPMG. Price is a 20-year member of CREW; her current mentorship is to train a young woman to run her father’s general contracting business.

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The first woman to hold the project executive role at Skender, Ashlee Pforr leads a team of six construction managers, engineers and coordinators, providing overall project management direction on all jobs. She has managed several major projects recently, including new offices for WBEZ, Upwork and Relativity. She handled a 17-floor, 536,000-square-foot interior buildout as part of a Bank of America relocation to 110 N. Wacker Drive. It included a trading floor with supplemental cooling and uninterrupted power supply, critical-system infrastructure, custom two-story trellises and a monument staircase. Pforr supports women by teaching them to golf, empowering them to capitalize on networking opportunities traditionally viewed as men-only. Pforr also serves in a leadership role with the Habitat for Humanity Women Build program.

ALICE REBECHINI Vice president Project Management Advisors

A 48-year industry veteran, Alice Rebechini is project manager for commercial real estate developments that are generally $100 million in construction cost or greater. She’s a subject-matter expert in multifamily, due diligence, life sciences and pro-forma analysis. Most recently, she was a senior leader on the project team for One Steuart Lane, a luxury condominium development in San Francisco, successfully managing it through the pandemic using virtual methodologies to direct participants spread across the country. Before joining PMA, she was director of facilities projects at the Institute for Transfusion Medicine and also held positions with Aimco, Mesirow Stein Real Estate Chicago, Draper & Kramer and others. She sits on the mentorship panel at PMA and has mentored several young women.

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LESLEY ROTH Principal Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Lesley Roth joined Lamar Johnson Collaborative in February, bringing expertise in urban design and planning to the firm, where she provides design direction, project management and consultant/client coordination. Before joining LJC she was with Ratio Architects and Solomon Cordwell Buenz. Recent efforts include management of Chicago’s citywide plan, the first of its type completed in 40 years and which engaged more than 250 Chicagoans in 14 community conversations. Other career highlights include campus parks at CPS schools, multifamily housing and various urban-design and planning contributions. Roth is a board member of Territory, a youth-centered architecture and urban-design nonprofit; a diversity committee member at APA-IL; and an advisory committee member for UIC’s Master of City Planning program.

JESSICA SARAVIA Senior architect, director of construction documentation and administration DMAC Architecture

Jessica Saravia leads construction documentation and administration for Evanston-based DMAC Architecture, working across various verticals for the firm’s projects at nearly every stage, while also managing the LEED certification process. Upon joining DMAC she led the construction administration of the Hotel at Midtown, the 55-key boutique hotel component of the Midtown Athletic Club, while overseeing the construction documentation of four restaurants in multiple states. Before joining DMAC she was at DKA as project architect for Kankakee Community College’s North Extension Center and Joliet Junior College’s Student Services Center. Recently, she was invited to present at Girls Build, a Chicago Architecture Center program. She’s also a first-year studio instructor in industrial design, architecture and building construction at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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PATRICIA SALDAÑA NATKE President UrbanWorks

TRINA SANDSCHAFER Design principal, vice president Kahler Slater

Patricia Saldaña Natke is a founding partner of UrbanWorks. Recently, her firm was design lead on a 164,000- square-foot building at John Hancock High School in Chicago; a new 9-acre housing development in the Boston Square Master Plan in Grand Rapids, Mich.; and the West Pullman School Redevelopment, an adaptive reuse of a school into 60 units of affordable senior housing. Over her 33-year career, she’s been involved in more than 5,000 units of affordable housing, seven comprehensive mixed-income developments and more than 70 public school renovations, additions and new structures. Natke is board chair of the Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation and is a past co-chair of AIA Chicago’s Equity Roundtable. She is a part-time professor at Illinois Tech and a guest instructor at Spain’s IE School of Architecture, and she previously was an adjunct associate professor at UIC’s School of Architecture.

As vice president and design principal for Milwaukee-based Kahler Slater, Trina Sandschafer influences all aspects of the firm’s design process for its residential, hospitality and corporate practices. She also leads the firm’s Chicago Studio, created a design dialogue group to emphasize design culture and showcase work and initiated a mentorship program. Prior to joining Kahler Slater in 2020, she was design principal at Booth Hansen for 13 years. In 2020, Kahler Slater designed or delivered more than 8,000 residential units, 2,000 hotel keys and nearly a million square feet of corporate space. Sandschafer is a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture and chairs the UIUC Architectural Alumni Advisory Board.

CHRISANNMARIE SPENCER

REGINA STILP

Principal Wheeler Kearns Architects

As a firm principal and project architect, Chris-Annmarie Spencer is involved in all key projects, including such recent notables as the Go Green Community Fresh Market (under construction), Humboldt Park House (under construction), Clearwater Lake Retreat in Minocqua, Wis., and the Care for Real Food Pantry in Chicago. Spencer is also involved in the firm’s inclusive hiring process, reviewing, interviewing, hiring, supporting and retaining staff. In addition to volunteering with programs such as Architects in Schools, which introduces design thinking to elementary school students, she is developing a summer internship program, WKA Lift, to increase diversity within architecture. As an AIA Chicago Foundation board member, she helped establish its Diversity Scholarship program.

Principal Farpoint Development

Regina Stilp is a founding principal at Farpoint, which specializes in ground-up and adaptive-reuse projects. Her focus currently is on Bronzeville Lakefront, a South Side megadevelopment that will revitalize the 100-acre site of the former Michael Reese Medical Center, creating health equity, life sciences jobs and affordable housing. Bronzeville Lakefront aspires to 65 percent minority and female participation, including professional services. Stilp’s key projects over the last 18 months include the adaptive reuse of 1308 N. Elston Ave., the modernizing of 6300 River Road in Rosemont and the redevelopment of Green Acres Country Club in Northbrook. Before joining Farpoint Development, she spent 20 years as a principal at Sterling Bay, where she redeveloped office spaces for Gogo, Twitter, Uber, Google and McDonald’s, among others.

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CAROL STOLT Vice president, design principal FGM Architects

Carol Stolt is considered a pioneer in the use of the WELL Building Standard and among the first generation of interior designers certified in this global movement. She leads interior design for Oak Brook-based FGM’s Higher Education and Corporate practices, and she is a senior member of the firm’s Resilient Design committee. Recent projects include the renovation of the Cook County Board room and commissioners’ and president’s suite, Dominican University’s Multicultural Center and the master plan for the executive MBA program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business. Before joining FGM, Stolt was a principal for nine years with Abrams Design Consultants. Stolt is a member of the Learning Spaces Collaboratory, a think tank focused on changing educational design through the lessons learned in the pandemic.

HEIDI WANG Partner Worn Jerabek Wiltse

Heidi Wang oversees business development, marketing and staff development at WJW while managing projects from design and master planning through construction. She was project manager and partner-in-charge of 229,000 square feet of supportive and affordable housing over the past 18 months, with an aggregate construction cost of $59 million, and an additional 485,000 square feet of moderate rehab projects with an aggregate construction cost of $59 million. Other recent efforts include Tiger Senior Apartments, a historic preservation/sustainable-reuse project, as well as Martin Avenue Apartments, Ladd Senior Apartments and projects at the schematic design phase. She is helping to establish the Illinois Housing Council’s Emerging Leaders Network, a mentorship/career-pathways program in affordable housing design. Wang is WJW’s first female partner, and she helps foster a workforce that is now 50 percent women.

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MELISSA VENOY

President Direct Steel & Construction

Associate principal Goettsch Partners

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Rosemary Swierk is the founder of Direct Steel & Construction, a 17-year-old Crystal Lake-based company that offers commercial general contracting, construction management and owners’ representation services. While the pandemic delayed some opportunities, Direct was able to proceed with several projects, including completion of the first phase of an $11 million contract to expand a Veterans Affairs building, with the second phase underway; the construction of an electronic recycling facility; various environmental building upgrades for a local manufacturer; and a sizable project award at USACE at Fort Hood, Texas. Swierk serves as an ambassador at the Women’s Business Development Center and also is a state-appointed board member at the Small Business Development Center. She also has been a featured speaker on real estate and construction.

Recently promoted to associate principal, Melissa Venoy is the youngest woman to hold this position at Goettsch. Her responsibilities include managing multiple project teams on large-scale developments, from concept design through design development, coordination and collaboration with consultants. She has experience with international architectural assignments in North America, the Middle East and two large projects in China: a 3.4 million-squarefoot mixed-use tower in Wenzhou, featuring office space and a 330-key hotel, and a mixed-use development in Shantou, featuring five towers and a 646,000-square-foot retail mall. Venoy is on the board of the Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation and is a member of the development committee, working on a fellowship and mentorship program to elevate women to leadership positions.

CHRISTY WEBBER

MEGHAN WEBSTER

President Christy Webber Landscapes

Principal Gensler Chicago

Christy Webber manages everything from new business and staffing to signing checks and “turning lights off at night.” Recent efforts include landscaping the 606, a rails-to-trails project that weaves through five different neighborhoods, and the Old Post Office, a collaborative landscape construction that required specialized soils, the laying of brickwork, a sport court installation and the procurement of hundreds of native plants and beehives. Webber promotes immigration reform and the need to recognize the Latino workforce as an American workforce. Her secret for mentoring women in construction and design: “Hire them.” Her civic priority is guerrilla gardening, bringing a Bobcat, dump truck and whatever soils and plants are needed to help neighborhoods take back vacant lots.

Meghan Webster has led Gensler’s global education practice for the better part of her 10 years with the firm, growing its revenue by 50 percent while driving strategy, new business, client engagement and thought leadership. She leads a team that has shaped student experiences on various campuses, ranging from Columbia College Chicago’s Student Center and campus master plan to projects at Wichita State University, Illinois State University and the University of Illinois at Chicago. With the growth of the life sciences industry in Chicago, she’s been instrumental in amplifying the practice area and rapidly securing work in the space. Before joining Gensler, Webster was an architectural designer at Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart, Germany, and in Boston, as well as at Studio Urbis in Berkeley, Calif.

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MAE C. WHITESIDE

ALLYSIA YOUNGQUIST

CEO CKL Engineers

Associate principal Klein & Hoffman

In 2009, Mae C. Whiteside founded CKL Engineers, a civil, environmental and structural engineering firm engaged in projects around Illinois. It has since grown into a multistate, multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm delivering aviation, civil/site, construction management, environmental and structural engineering services. Key projects include the U.S. 41 South Lake Shore Drive relocation, the Elgin-O’Hare Western Access project Pine Dunes wetland mitigation, O’Hare-21, COVID-19 analysis at O’Hare and Midway airports, and Lewis Airport construction management services. CKL also serves as a prime consultant for various construction projects for the Illinois Tollway and the Illinois Department of Transportation. In summer 2018, Whiteside created the Women STEM Entrepreneurs Breakfast Forum as a space for female CEOs in STEM to share experiences.

Allysia Youngquist is an associate principal, shareholder and member of Klein & Hoffman’s board of directors and executive committee. Her responsibilities include corporate-level management, project and staffing coordination within the firm’s architectural group and firmwide technical guidance for roofing and waterproofing. Recent efforts include project managing the $80 million Building Enclosure System restoration, which began in 2013, at Terminal 1 at O’Hare International Airport. As principal architect, she also oversees a 60-building portfolio at Loyola University Chicago. Youngquist is involved with Women in Restoration Engineering and is on the board of the Chicago Chapter of IIBEC, an international association of professionals who specialize in roofing, waterproofing and exterior-wall specification and design.

WOMEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

86.7% of women in construction are in office positions. Nearly 1 in 3 companies promoted women to senior roles in 2018: 45% sales and office; 31% management; 21% construction and maintenance; 1.5% service occupations; and 1.4% transportation. 13% of construction firms are owned by women. There was 64% growth in female owners from 2014 to 2019. 9% of women-owned firms achieved revenues greater than $500,000. 44% of the top 100 contracting companies have women in executive roles. Source: Big Rentz

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EXECUTIVES IN MARKETING It would be apt to call the last two years the best of times and the worst of times for marketing professionals. A stable economy means they’ve marketed their organizations’ or clients’ brands to new domestic and global markets and introduced new products and services. At the same time, they’ve been challenged by the difficult job of respectfully and effectively connecting with a public energized—and divided—by the pandemic, demands for social justice and calls for racial and gender equity. The 33 professionals profiled here rose to the

occasion by doing what they do best: Keeping their eyes on mission statements and goals. Proactively listening to consumers. Reinventing, recalibrating and sometimes upending strategies and tactics to address “the new normal” of the work environment. Doubling if not tripling down on pro bono efforts. Harnessing the power of technology, including AI. If marketing in the 21st century means owning a wardrobe of hats, these executives wear them very well indeed. By Judith Crown and Lisa Bertagnoli

METHODOLOGY: Honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only executives for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after an editorial review. The honorees demonstrated that they used their skills to significantly advance their organization or their client’s.

JILL ALLREAD

SARAH BARNES

CEO Public Communications

Vice president, marketing Spaulding Ridge

Jill Allread leads a 50-person national, integrated agency that provides full-service communications, digital strategy, and content and executive training to a range of industries. A frequent trainer on crisis management, her experience includes 12 years in newsrooms of daily newspapers, including a stint as metropolitan editor for the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. The agency has been recognized by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce and LGBT Business Enterprise. Allread is on the steering committee for a $20 million capital campaign to build a recreation center in Oak Park for underresourced families, youth and seniors. She also serves on the capital campaign committee for Howard Brown Health Center to raise $15 million for a new youth center for LGBTQ youth and a new clinic on Chicago’s South Side.

Sarah Barnes oversees marketing strategy and sales enablement at Spaulding Ridge, a management consultant specializing in IT strategy, cloud implementation and process improvement. Her responsibilities include developing and executing marketing and PR plans and budgets, mentoring talent and building scalable systems to measure success. Since joining in early 2021, she’s instituted strategic marketing and sales enablement guidance; orchestrated Spaulding Ridge’s first conference, Elevate21, which featured 19 sessions with prominent speakers; coordinated the launch of new branding and a new website; and served on the DEI committee. Before joining Spaulding Ridge, Barnes was senior director of marketing at Nvisia and director of marketing at Campbell & Co. For 11 years, she was also adjunct faculty at the Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business, teaching digital marketing and public relations.

PATRICK BERGNER Chief marketing officer Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Patrick Bergner has specialized in real estate marketing for more than 20 years. As CMO at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, his team serves more than 1,400 real estate agents and their clients. Recently, his department rebranded the entire company, launched company websites and opened new offices. Among his key campaigns are “Get Noticed” and “Chicago Strong,” which highlighted the resilience of communities during the pandemic. Before his work with the marketing team at BHHS Chicago, Bergner was an account representative for a print and online ad management software company. He serves on the board of BHHS Chicago’s nonprofit, the Kindness Foundation, which supports meaningful local initiatives in the communities it serves and enhances the quality of life for fellow citizens.

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CHRISTINA BOTTIS

CARL J. BRODARICK

CHRISTOPHER BROYLES

Chief marketing officer Coyote Logistics

Chief marketing officer Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care

Executive director, digital and creative marketing lead KPMG

Christina Bottis is CMO at Coyote Logistics, a global third-party supply chain solutions provider. She oversees a team of 25 professionals that develops and executes the company’s marketing efforts, including its go-tomarket, lead-generation and sales-enablement strategies. Recent achievements include producing Coyote’s first global digital summit for 7,000 shippers and carriers; launching the CoyoteGO digital freight e-commerce platform to enable carriers and shippers to manage supply chains digitally in the midst of the global pandemic; curating a COVID-19 content series to help customers navigate market volatility and demand shifts within their supply chains; and developing the “Green Means Give Thanks” campaign to recognize front-line workers and health care professionals. Marketing drove upward of 80% of inbound leads in 2020 and is on track to surpass that metric in 2021.

CHRISTOPHER CLEMMENSEN Senior vice president of marketing Echo Global Logistics

Christopher Clemmensen is responsible for digital and online marketing, advertising, search, lead generation, social media and public relations at Echo Global Logistics, a provider of transportation-management services. He also leads the strategy and execution of company branding, product positioning, content development and market research. Recently he spearheaded the development and launch of a client loyalty program called “EchoShip Rewards,” which allows clients to earn and redeem points when they book freight shipments via Echo’s proprietary shipping platform. During his career, Clemmensen has guided marketing and sales operations through two successful acquisitions, including an early-stage IPO and a venture-backed $100 million health care IT company. He served for nine years on the corporate board of Lurie Children’s Hospital, raising more than $7 million.

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Carl J. Brodarick is responsible for marketing strategies at Seasons Hospice, an AccentCare company, managing initiatives to boost user acquisition, conversion, engagement, satisfaction, facility and renewal rates for the organization’s 50-plus Medicare-certified sites and 23 hospice inpatient centers. Faced with COVID-19 implications and the industry’s largest merger, he reinvented key go-to-market approaches and helped fuel annualized growth of more than 10% a year. He was the executive sponsor of the organization’s DEI initiative, which is developing strategies and actions to overcome racial and socioeconomic barriers and bring awareness of hospice and palliative care to underserved communities nationwide. He also serves as a board member for Seasons Hospice Foundation.

Christopher Broyles leads Digital Marketing & Creative, the internal agency for KPMG U.S. marketing. His team is responsible for project management and web operations, digital channel activation, social media and analytics, creative production and content strategy as well as VR/ AR development and other emerging media applications. He also serves as the marketing activation program manager for KPMG’s ongoing front-office transformation, which involves training, operations, coaching and communications for the change-management team. When the pandemic hit, his digital team built KPMG U.S.’s COVID-response website to serve clients and stakeholders with new video capabilities and go-to-market digital tools.

EMILY DAILEY

LAUREL FLATT

Director of marketing First Hospitality

President, business leadership, West region Dentsu

Emily Dailey leads a marketing team that supports 52 hotels across the country and provides direct B2B marketing support for First Hospitality. She manages marketing, budgeting, strategy and deployment for both organic and paid marketing through various digital and traditional channels. Throughout the pandemic, she has directly handled all crisis communication and coordinated initiatives to shift marketing strategies and digitize the guest experience. She also launched a portfoliowide digital-selling tool that highlights 3D and 360-degree content for the hotels to improve conversions amid travel restrictions. The marketing team has taken over six new hotels in the past year, each of which has ramped up to more than 100% of their fair share of revenue within 90 days of opening; that’s twice as fast as the industry average.

Laurel Flatt oversees the Dentsu network’s most important client relationships in the Midwest and on the West Coast, a portfolio worth $70 million. She is responsible for a range of clients, including Clorox, P&G and FTX. Under her leadership, the firm is now also agency of record for Cracker Barrel, P&G brands and Qurate. Her efforts yielded an additional $20 million in annualized revenue for the West region, making it an engine of growth at a time that many advertising agencies have struggled. During the pandemic, Flatt took on the executive sponsorship of the Dentsu Enablement Business Resource Group. She also led the agency’s pro-bono efforts for Foster More, an organization focused on encouraging the fostering of children.

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CHRISTINE FOLEY-PRIESTER

ANITA FORTE-SCOTT

SACHIN GADHVI

System vice president, brand Advocate Aurora Health

Marketing manager Integrated Building Industries

Chief marketing officer Sittercity

Christine Foley-Priester is responsible for brand strategy and execution at Advocate Aurora Health, one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the country. She oversees insight-based, conversion-focused integrated marketing efforts, leading a team that spans the system’s brand partnerships, creative services, consumer insights, digital marketing, media planning, social media and consumer-relationship functions. During the pandemic, Foley-Priester oversaw award-winning multichannel campaigns that honored Advocate Aurora’s front-line staff and helped consumers recognize COVID-19 symptoms and access virtual and in-person care. She also developed culturally relevant messaging to engage communities of color, raise awareness around health disparities and encourage vaccination in high-risk communities.

Anita Forte-Scott designs and deploys marketing and communication campaigns across Integrated Building Industries’ four companies, managing intricate marketing budgets each year that are unique to each of the companies. Most recently, she created comprehensive marketing plans, compiled thorough competitive analysis reports and launched new websites for each of the companies. The websites’ analytics have never been higher, with a record number of site sessions and visitors, alongside 86% growth over previous years. Since 2005, Forte-Scott has been an elected trustee of the Schaumburg Township District Library and has served as board president seven times. As a library trustee, she has worked toward building a new branch and many renovation projects, and in 2020 she led a refund of $1.5 million to library district taxpayers.

Sachin Gadhvi manages the entire marketing process, from research and planning to execution and analysis, for Sittercity, an online marketplace for hiring local in-home caregivers such as babysitters, senior care providers and housekeepers. Within the past 18 months, Gadhvi spearheaded two product launches, the “virtual sitting” and free planning-assistant tools, which were created in response to the pandemic. These efforts have helped earn Sittercity triple-digit growth numbers that have exceeded pre-pandemic levels of performance. Before joining Sittercity in 2019, he served as vice president of growth marketing at Cars.com, CMO at Everything But The House, and vice president of marketing at Ticketmaster. He is a member of the American Marketing Association Chicago, the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association, and AllRetail Retail Executive Network.

KELLY JO GOLSON

CHRISSY JENSEN

MARK LEVIN

Chief brand and consumer experience officer Advocate Aurora Health

Vice President, marketing and communications Zeller

Kelly Jo Golson is responsible for brand, marketing and digital strategy as well as public affairs and internal communications at Advocate Aurora Health. Since 2018, she’s unveiled new Advocate Aurora branding and launched the LiveWell app, a digital ecosystem that lets individuals manage their health journey. During COVID-19, she created the “Safe Care Promise,” a five-point statement to encourage patients to seek important care; she also created culturally relevant materials and partnerships with community groups to distribute masks and other resources. She championed Advocate Aurora’s partnership with Microsoft, helping it become one of the first health systems to implement artificial-intelligence-enabled technology that lets patients type in symptoms and be directed to the best mode of care. The system’s telemedicine program completed 1 million virtual visits in 2020.

Chrissy Jensen is responsible for corporate brand management and public communications at Zeller, a commercial real estate investment and development company. She acts as the liaison between corporate and property management teams for brand management, and she helps oversee the company’s tenant-engagement and community-engagement programs. In 2020 Jensen developed procedures and standards for conveying information as Zeller digitized significant elements of its leasing tours. She trained engagement managers to produce in-house videos to depict safety measures, including cleaning protocols, air filtration systems, amenity usage and social distancing requirements. She also launched Zeller’s refreshed brand, a new corporate website and 14 property-specific websites. These initiatives helped Zeller become one of the mostviewed firms in its industry space on platforms like LinkedIn and Instagram.

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Chief marketing and business development officer Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Mark Levin is a member of the law firm’s executive leadership, working with a team to develop integrated marketing and business development plans, build the firm’s brand identity and position it as an IP thought leader. While others decreased their investments in these areas, Levin introduced enhanced client-service technologies and helped the firm nurture existing client relationships. Since starting at Marshall Gerstein, the firm has seen a 125% increase in RFPs. He is a member of Marshall Gerstein’s diversity and inclusion committee and has been instrumental in providing programming on racial inequality, discrimination and social justice. He also serves on the editorial board of the Legal Sales & Service Organization and is a member of the National Association for Law Placement.

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JUDD MARCELLO Executive vice president and chief marketing officer Conexiom

Judd Marcello leads all facets of marketing for Conexiom, a provider of document automation solutions. He oversees teams in North America, the U.K. and Germany that manage brand strategy, demand generation, product marketing, field marketing and customer marketing. He started at Conexiom the day that Chicago initiated stay-at-home orders, and he quickly initiated a complete overhaul of everything from teams and processes to methods and measurement. In his first 15 months, he hired all new personnel (including the first European marketing hire), built a new tech stack, relaunched the brand, reset the marketing methods for demand generation and relaunched/repositioned the brand as well as the company’s website. Through the first six months of 2021, bookings from marketing-generated activities were up 152% to plan and 4.6 times higher than the previous year.

ALICIA M. MOSLEY Vice president, marketing, Keebler brand Ferrara

Alicia M. Mosley is vice president of marketing for the Keebler brand, which was acquired by Ferrara in 2019. Since joining the company last year, Mosley has led the revamping of the vision and strategy for the brand, creating a multiyear growth plan across six subbrands. She built a marketing team and created opportunities for members’ professional growth. Before joining Ferrara, Mosley held marketing roles at Tyson Foods in brand management, innovation and corporate marketing. Most recently as shopper marketing director, she grew efficiencies by more than 40%. Earlier Mosley was director of product innovation and technical services at Lopez Foods, a McDonald’s supplier. At Ferrara, she’s an adviser to the Black employee resource group. At Tyson, she chaired marketing committees for the women’s and multicultural business resource groups.

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KELLY MEGEL

KATE MOHAN

Vice president, brand marketing, media and the Brand Creative Group Discover Financial Services

Director of marketing Brewer Sewing

Kelly Megel leads the development of mass creative and media at Discover and also manages the Brand Creative Group, the company’s internal creative agency. During the pandemic she helped build a program that offered financial support to businesses, including the “Eat It Forward” campaign, which gave $5 million to Black-owned restaurants. She spearheaded other innovative campaigns, such as one that provided free FICO credit scores to everyone with Discover Credit Scorecard, driving 5.1 million monthly users to access their information for free even if they’re not a customer. Other campaigns included “Freeze-it,” an industry-first feature that enables customers to prevent new purchases with an on/off switch, and free Social Security number alerts that help cardmembers monitor their identities on the dark web.

As director of marketing at the Aurora-based sewing supplies distributor, Kate Mohan is leading a brand refresh using e-commerce, print and digital sales tools and email marketing. Mohan’s team is introducing updates such as ADA compliance on the Brewer website and requiring diversity training. Mohan designed and implemented a new marketing structure, shifting from basic sales support to a brand management team leading integrated marketing. Mohan established an email audience of 15,000, with average open rates exceeding 30% and click-throughs ranging from 2% to 5%. Shifting from a quarterly print catalog to a bimonthly digital catalog boosted sales. Mohan also oversees account activities with Amazon, Walmart, Zulily and other retailers. She joined Brewer Sewing last year; previously she was a brand strategist and marketing consultant.

BRAD MOST

ERIN O’NEILL

Marketing director Gilda’s Club Chicago

Senior vice president, director of marketing Byline Bank

As marketing director at nonprofit Gilda’s Club, Brad Most communicates the brand that supports people with cancer and their families. It’s named after the late comedian Gilda Radner, an original “Saturday Night Live” cast member who died of ovarian cancer. Most drives member participation in program activities and supports the development team in fundraising to keep programming free. During the pandemic, he helped the organization adapt to online programming, and it served more than 2,400 people. Another highlight: He secured a free recurring radio spot and free outdoor advertising highlighting Gilda’s Club and its role in the community. Over his 35-year career, Most has managed advertising for Dr Pepper, Norwegian Cruise Line, Miller Brewing and H&R Block. For 18 years he handled advertising for Blue Cross in five states.

At Byline Bank, Erin O’Neill develops strategies and campaigns for the retail, small-business capital, commercial and product marketing teams. She and her team have supported three acquisitions and an IPO and have helped establish awareness following the 100-year-old community bank’s rebranding in 2015. Last year, O’Neill and her team helped direct investment in neighborhoods and communities served by the bank, amounting to $472,000 in grants, donations and sponsorships. That included the purchase of gift cards for local restaurants in Lakeview, Evanston and Oak Park. The team also helped support the bank’s PPP program. O’Neill joined Byline Bank in 2015 from JPMorgan Chase, where she was marketing manager in middle-market banking.

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NATASHA PATLA

VERCHELE ROBERTS

Chief marketing officer @properties

Vice president of brand management U.S. Cellular

As chief marketing officer, Natasha Patla oversees brand development, broker marketing, event production and advertising. Under Patla’s direction, @properties’ marketing department has more than doubled and expanded to include a full-service onsite print center, video production, digital marketing, event coordination and a franchise team. Patla played a key role in the September 2020 launch of the real estate company’s national franchise brand, which has expanded her marketing programs across the country. The programs have led to new franchises in Detroit, La Crosse, Wis., Dallas and Indianapolis. During the pandemic, Patla led the development of digital marketing initiatives, including the redesign of the company’s proprietary email marketing tool.

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SHAWNA ROSS Executive vice president, integrated strategy lead DentsuMB

As vice president of brand management, Verchele Roberts is updating the wireless brand. The campaign kicked off a year ago, with the company’s first new logo in 20 years. Roberts is leading a retail store redesign that makes use of local artwork to highlight a community-centered focus. In April, U.S. Cellular launched a campaign, “America’s Locally Grown Wireless,” that underscores its community presence. Roberts joined the wireless company 2019 from Focus Brands, where she was chief marketing officer for Moe’s Southwest Grill. Earlier, Roberts held marketing positions at United Services Automobile Association, InterContinental Hotels Group and Procter & Gamble. At IHG, Roberts implemented an integrated and centralized marketing program for the Holiday Inn brand family.

Shawna Ross oversees strategy for the agency’s clients, including WW (formerly Weight Watchers), Anthem Healthcare, Cracker Barrel, Hershey’s and Procter & Gamble. Her guidance led to Cracker Barrel’s positioning as a brand that cares for people. And a campaign for Howard Brown Health helped LGBTQ+ people feel seen and understood. In partnership with Dentsu’s chief equity officer, she founded a creative council to offer insights and guidance on strategy and creative, with an aim to amplify underrepresented voices. The council plays an integral role in shaping the agency’s work. Before Dentsu’s recent reorganization and rebranding of the McGarryBowen agency to DentsuMB, Ross was chief strategy officer of Dentsu McGarryBowen in Chicago. McGarryBowen was acquired by Dentsu in 2008. Earlier, she was group planning director at McGarryBowen.

CORY ROTHSCHILD

JESSICA SCHAEFFER

ANUP SHAH

Senior vice president and head of marketing Cresco Labs

Vice president, marketing and communications LaSalle Network

Vice president, chief marketing officer, Juice+ Brands PepsiCo Beverages North America

At the staffing organization, Jessica Schaeffer joins the C-suite in making decisions on LaSalle Network’s hiring, culture and sales and recruitment initiatives. Last year, Schaeffer scrapped the marketing plan to provide information on how to lead through the pandemic. The marketing team created 250 original blogs and more than 600 pages of research-backed content that resulted in thousands of downloads. Schaeffer helped spearhead DEI initiatives and an initiative to hire veterans. She also helped acquire new clients, which contributed to LaSalle rebounding from losing 50% of its business in April 2020 to hitting an all-time revenue high in the fourth quarter. LaSalle’s guidance on re-entry to the office was featured on CNBC and other media. Schaeffer is on the Chicago Society for Human Resource Management board.

Anup Shah leads strategic positioning and marketing communication for a $2.5 billion portfolio of 15 brands, including Tropicana, Naked Juice, Izze, Dole, KeVita and Frutly. Shah and his team set out to better understand how the pandemic shifted consumer attitudes toward juice. A proprietary study served as the foundation for the division’s 2021 strategy, spurring growth across the portfolio with the launch of Frutly, a hydrating juice water for teens and KeVita’s jump into prebiotic shots. Under Shah’s leadership, year-to-date net revenue is up 5.5% from year-earlier levels. He led his team through racial equality-focused town halls and diversity and inclusion initiatives, part of PepsiCo’s racial equality commitment. Shah joined PepsiCo last year from Miller Coors Beverage, where he was global vice president for Miller brands.

At Cresco Labs, Cory Rothschild is responsible for building and scaling the cannabis company’s wholesale brand portfolio. He also leads marketing for the Sunnyside retail chain, strengthening the brand in seven states and driving same-store sales growth. During his tenure, the brand businesses have grown from $17 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 to an expected $1 billion annualized run rate in the coming fourth quarter. Rothschild leads the brands’ social equity and restorative justice initiatives supporting people hurt by the national war on drugs. That includes helping fund and lead clemency, compassionate release, expungement and reform efforts. A Cresco-produced documentary promotes the national fight to release the 40,000 Americans imprisoned for cannabis-related offenses. Rothschild joined Cresco Labs in 2018 from PepsiCo, where he was brand director for Gatorade.

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CHRISTINA SOLOMON Chief marketing and business development officer Freeborn & Peters

JIM STADLER Executive vice president, chief marketing and communications officer First Midwest Bank

CAITLYN TERRELL Chief marketing officer Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Caitlyn Terrell leads the marketing strategy and creative services teams that support the brokerage’s real estate agents. This year, Jameson Sotheby’s introduced marketing and technology initiatives, including a platform that advertises new listings to Jameson agents via text and email as soon as an agreement is signed. Agents can send sellers a report on how their property views are tracking on online portals. In August, the team introduced an online report on the Chicago-area real estate market that can be shared on social media. Terrell also established a diversity and inclusion council to lead in recruiting, supporting and advancing more employees and agents of color. She joined Jameson Sotheby’s in 2017 from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRuboff Reality Group.

At Freeborn & Peters, Christina Solomon leads a team charged with client development, strategic planning, market research, competitive intelligence and other functions. Solomon helped navigate the law firm through the pandemic. When issues of racial inequality emerged, Solomon worked with leaders and the firm’s director of recruiting and diversity to ensure the firm was communicating effectively and implementing policies toward building a more diverse and aware workforce. Solomon’s team published more content during March and April 2020 than in all of 2019. She helped bring in 480 new clients in 2020 and substantially grew the number of unique visitors to the firm’s website by more than 40,000, as well as to the firm’s social media channels. Solomon is a licensed attorney and coaches firm lawyers in business development.

Jim Stadler is leading development of a marketing and communications strategy for the merger with Indiana-based Old National Bancorp, which will double the bank’s size and footprint. In the past 18 months, Stadler used software to drive more than 11,300 PPP applications. He also helped increase local brand awareness through digital advertising on the Kennedy Expressway and joining with ESPN to sponsor a contest awarding an advertising campaign to a local small business. He introduced the agile marketing model to support prospecting, onboarding and cross-sell growth initiatives. As of June, consumer loans originated online were at 78% of the 2021 goal.

THERESE VAN RYNE

CHARLEY WICKMAN

MARISA ZIMMERMAN

Global director of public relations, thought leadership and advocacy Zebra Technologies

Chief creative officer Guaranteed Rate

Vice president of marketing Camelot Illinois

At Zebra Technologies in Lincolnshire, Therese Van Ryne developed a program in which customers share stories of their success with Zebra products, which are posted on the website. Last year the success stories webpage posted a 135% increase in visits over the prior year. Van Ryne’s team also manages a blog of industry posts and podcasts. Last year, the blog had nearly 140,000 visitors, a 40% yearover-year increase. This year, Van Ryne published a children’s book, “Zippy’s Special Gift,” about a young zebra who learns to accept her stripes. The book encourages people to be proud of their unique qualities and accept others. Book proceeds are donated to a Zebra philanthropic partner. Van Ryne serves on the board of trustees for the village of Lake Barrington.

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Chief Creative Officer Charley Wickman founded and leads Guaranteed Rate’s 30-person internal creative agency, the Point. Wickman’s team developed the mortgage lender’s “Believe You Will” campaign, highlighted by a 60-second Super Bowl spot that was seen by more than 90 million viewers. The campaign has included U.S. figure skater Starr Andrews, UFC champion Dustin Poirier and NASCAR’s Ryan Newman. Wickman joined Guaranteed Rate in 2019. He is a former executive vice president and executive creative director at Leo Burnett, where he worked for 23 years. He’s best known for leading the Allstate Insurance account and its “Mayhem” campaign. He also led the Firestone, Marshalls and Delta Faucet accounts.

At Camelot, the private manager of the Illinois Lottery, Marisa Zimmerman manages relationships with outside agencies and the company’s in-house creative studio. She manages a $30 million annual marketing budget. Despite challenges raised by the pandemic, Zimmerman led her team to develop two campaigns remotely. The first was a brand campaign paying tribute to the state’s health care workers during the throes of the pandemic. The second was a holiday campaign featuring a lovable hamster Claude. Zimmerman expanded use of flexible digital media during the pandemic, driving players to the iLottery platform, which helped boost revenue 98% year over year. Zimmerman joined Camelot Illinois in 2018 from dairy company Fonterra, where she was marketing director. Earlier, she worked at Kraft Foods, Tula Foods and YoCrunch.

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COMPANY INDEX @properties (At World Properties LLC) . . . . 20 1818 Co-Investment Fund . . . . . . . . . . . 46 1955 Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 226 Companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 50 South Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 7wireVentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 A A. Epstein and Sons International Inc. . . . . 27 A.M. Castle & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Aakash Chemicals (Vivify) . . . . . . . . . . . 29 AAM Insurance Investment Management . 115 AAR Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 AArete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Abbott Laboratories . 30, 124, 138, 139, 140, 213 AbbVie Inc. . . . . . . . . 30, 124, 137, 139, 213 Abt Electronics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Accel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Accel Entertainment Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Accenture Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 ACCO Brands Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 213 Ace Hardware Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ActiveCampaign . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 46, 262 Adage Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Adams Street Partners LLC . . 46, 115, 117, 119 Addison Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 ADM Ventures Investment Corp. . . . . . . . . 46 Adtalem Global Education Inc. . . . . . . . . . 34 Advanced Clinical LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Advanced Foot & Ankle . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Advantage Chevrolet of Hodgkins . . . . .23, 48 Advocate Aurora Health. . . . . . . . . 124, 196 Advocate Christ Medical Center . . . . . . . 194 Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital . . . . . 195 Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center . 194 Advocate Lutheran General Hospital . . . . 194 Advocate Medical Group . . . . . . . . . . . 197 AGB Innovative Security Solutions. . . . .44, 49 Ageatia Global Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 AHEAD Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 AIT Worldwide Logistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Alden Management Services Inc. . . . . . . . 20 Aldi U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Aldridge Electric Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Alera Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Alfred Benesch & Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Alight Solutions LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 All Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. . . . 33, 213 Allstate + Arity International . . . . . . . . 213 Allstate Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 137 Alphawood Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Altair Advisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Amalgamated Bank of Chicago . . . . . . . 114 Amazon.com Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 American Airlines Group Inc. . . . . . . 124, 125 American Hotel Register Co. . . . . . . . . . . 19 American Litho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 American Transport Group LLC . . . . . . . . . 25 Americaneagle.com (Svanaco Inc.) . . . . . . 28 Americorp Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 AMITA Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 196 AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center 194 AMITA Health Medical Group. . . . . . . . . 197 AMITA Health Saint Joseph’s Medical

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Center - Joliet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Amsive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Amsted Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 14, 213 Anderson Pacific Capital LLC . . . . . . . . . 119 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Aon plc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 AptarGroup Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 213 Aptitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Arbor Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. . . . . 30, 137, 140 ARCO/Murray National Construction Co. 19, 40, 45 Ardmore Roderick . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44, 48 Ariel Investments LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 116 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Assertio Holdings Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 AT&T Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 Athletico Physical Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Athyrium Capital Management . . . . . . . . 46 ATI Physical Therapy Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Atkore Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Atlas Toyota Material Handling LLC . . . . . . 22 Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund Inc. . . . . . . 28 August Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Avant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 46 Avionos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 AZEK Co., The . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 137, 139 B Baillie Gifford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Bain Capital Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Baird & Warner Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Baird Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 119 Baker McKenzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 227 Baker Tilly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 42, 105 Balasa Dinverno Foltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Baldwin Richardson Foods Co. . . . . . . .22, 48 Balyasny Asset Management. . . . . . . . . . 46 BAM Elevate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Banc Funds Co. LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Bank of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 BankFinancial Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 BankFinancial NA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Banner Wholesale Groceries . . . . . . . . . . 29 Barnes & Thornburg . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 228 Baxter International Inc. . . . . . . 31, 138, 213 BCD International . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 45 BDO USA LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 105 Beacon Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Beacon Hill Staffing Group . . . . . . . . . . . 42 BEAR Construction Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Becker Logistics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Becknell Industrial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BenchPrep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Benestar Brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Berglund Construction Co. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Berlin Packaging LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 BIG Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Bigane Paving Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Biggers Chevrolet/Isuzu Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 23 Binny’s Beverage Depot (Gold Standard Enterprises Inc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 BKD LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Black Horse Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Blistex Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Blue Chip Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 BlueDog Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 BMO Asset Management U.S. . . . . . . . . 115 BMO Harris Bank NA. . . . . . . . . . . 112, 125 Bob Loquercio Auto Group . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Boeing Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 137, 213 Bold Insight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Boler Co. (Hendrickson) . . . . . . . . . . 16, 213 BOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 40 Bounds Equity Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Bounteous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 44 Bowa Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Brake Parts Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Braviant Holdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Breakthrough Energy Ventures. . . . . . . . . 46 BrightStar Group Holdings Inc.. . . . . . . . . 19 Brinson Foundation, The . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Broadwind Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Brunswick Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 213 Builtech Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Bulley & Andrews LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Burwood Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 38 Business IT Source Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Butera Finer Foods Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Byline Bancorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 112 C C&G Construction Supply Co. . . . . . . . . . . 44 C+R Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Cabrera Capital Markets LLC . . . . . . . . . . 48 Calamos Asset Management Inc. . . . . . . 115 Cambium Networks Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Cameo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Campagna-Turano Bakery Inc. . . . . . . . . . 21 Camping World Holdings Inc. . . . . . . . . . 32 CapGrow Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Capital Fitness Inc. (XSport Fitness) . . . . . . 24 Capital Group Private Client Services . . . . 115 Cardiac Surgery Associates . . . . . . . . . . 198 CareerBuilder LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Carl Buddig & Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 CarrierDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Cars.com Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Caterpillar Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 138, 213 CB2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Cboe Global Markets Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 CC Industries Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 CCC Intelligent Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 CDK Global Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 CDW Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 263 Celebrity Home Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Centier Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Centro Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 40 Century Aluminum Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 CF Industries Holdings Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Chaifetz Group LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 119 Chamberlain Group/Duchossois Group 16, 213 Chapman and Cutler LLP . . . . . . . . . 23, 228 Chicago Association of Realtors . . . . . . . . 40 Chicago Bears Football Club Inc. . . . . . . . . 21 Chicago Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Chicago Capital Partners . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Chicago Community Trust, The . . . . . . . . 149

Chicago Cubs Baseball Club LLC . . . . . . . . 24 Chicago Meat Authority Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 27 Chicago Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Chicago Transit Authority . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Chicago Ventures. . . . . . . . . . . .46, 47, 117 Chicago White Sox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Chicagoland Automotive Group . . . . . . . . 21 Children’s Hospital of Chicago Faculty Practice Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Chingona Ventures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 CHS Acquisition Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 CIBC Private Wealth Management. . . . . . 115 Citadel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 115 Citadel Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 City of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 City Staffing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 CIVC Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Clarity Partners LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 49 Claro Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Clayco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 43 Cleveland-Cliffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Clifford Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 CliftonLarsonAllen LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Climate Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Cloudbakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Clover Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Clune Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 40 CMC Materials Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34, 45 CME Group Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 CME Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 138, 213 CNA Financial Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 138 Coatue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Coeur Mining Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 CohnReznick LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 CoinFlip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Coleman Foundation Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Colony Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Colson Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC . 116 Comcast Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley 150 Community Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Compact Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ComPsych Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Conagra Brands Inc. . . . . . . . . . 31, 138, 213 Concentric Equity Partners . . . . . . . . . . 119 Concord Marketing Solutions. . . . . . . . . . 42 Continental Motors Group . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Convergint Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Cook County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Cook County Health & Hospitals System . . 196 Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants . . . . . 22 Copado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Corazon Capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Co. . . . 114 Corporate Concepts Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Cortland Capital Market Services . . . . . . 213 Cramer-Krasselt Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Creation Investments Capital Management LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 creative werks LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Crowe LLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 105

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COMPANY INDEX CTS Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Culligan International Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Curran Contracting Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Cushman & Wakefield plc. . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CVS Health Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 D Daniel J. Edelman Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Daubert Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Declaration Partners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Deere & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 138, 213 Deloitte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 125 Delta Dental of Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Devbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 DG Ventures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Discover Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Distinctive Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Dixon Midland Co. LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 DLA Piper LLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 DNS Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 DoALL Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc.. . . . . . . 34 Dover Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 138, 213 Dragoneer Investment Group . . . . . . . . . 46 Driehaus Capital Management LLC . . . . . 116 Duane Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 DuPage Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 DuPage Medical Group . . . . . . . . . . 16, 197 E Ebco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Echo Global Logistics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Ed Miniat LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Edge Logistics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Edward Don & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Edward Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Edward-Elmhurst Health . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Edward-Elmhurst Medical Groups . . . . . . 197 Egen Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Elements Global Services . . . . . . . 29, 44, 48 Elkay Manufacturing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Elmhurst Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Emergence Capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 EMKAY Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Empire Today LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Employco USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 EN Engineering LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Encore Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Endurance Warranty Services . . . . . . .18, 44 Energy Distribution Partners (EDPO LLC) . . . 23 Enesco LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Enova International Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Ensono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Envestnet Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 116 Equity Commonwealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.. . . . . . . . . 34 Equity Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Ernst & Young LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 126 ESD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 48 Evergreen Bank Group. . . . . . . . . . . 43, 114 Executive Construction Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Exelon Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 138, 213 EXP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 F F.H. Paschen S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC . . 18 Faegre Drinker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

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Farmington Foods Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 FCL Builders LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Federal Savings Bank, The . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Federal Signal Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Fellowes Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 213 Ferrara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 FGMK LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 105 Fidelitone Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 FireStarter Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 First American Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 First Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 First Bank of Highland Park. . . . . . . . 40, 112 First Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. . . . . . . . . 35 First Midwest Bancorp Inc. . . . . . . . . 35, 112 First Secure Bank Group. . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Flavorchem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Flexera Software LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Flexpoint Ford LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Flexterra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Florstar Sales Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Flying Food Group LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Follett Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ford Motor Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Fort Dearborn Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. . . . . . 31 Forward Space LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Four Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. 26 Frank Consolidated Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . 15 Franklin Templeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Freeborn & Peters LLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 FreightCar America Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Frontenac Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Fulton Grace Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 G G2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Gallant Building Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Gary Lang Auto Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 GATX Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Gaylord And Dorothy Donnelley Foundation .149 GCM Grosvenor. . . . . . . . . 35, 115, 120, 139 General Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Generation Investment Management. . . . . 46 Geneva Glen Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 George Sollitt Construction Co.. . . . . . . . . 23 Gibsons Restaurant Group . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Glenstar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Glenview State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Gogo Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 GoHealth Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .35, 44, 137, 139 Goldman Sachs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46, 47 Gonnella Baking Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Google. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 GP Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 45 Grand Victoria Foundation . . . . . . . . . . 150 Grant Thornton LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 105 Graycor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 GreatPoint Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Grecian Delight Foods|Kronos (World Foods Holdings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Greeley and Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Green Thumb Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Greenberg Traurig LLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Griffith Foods Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Grotefeld Hoffmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Groupon Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 213 Grubhub Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33, 45 GTCR LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co.. . . . . . . 21 Guaranteed Rate Cos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 H H.W. Lochner Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hallstar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Halo Branded Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . .17, 45 Hammacher Schlemmer & Co. . . . . . . . . . 25 Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. . . . . . . . . . 115 Harris Associates LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Havi Group LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 HBR Consulting LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 45 Health Care Service Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14, 124 Healthy Communities Foundation. . . . . . 150 Hearthside Food Solutions LLC . . . . . . . . . 14 Heico Cos. LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. . . . . 35 Heniff Transportation Systems . . . . . . . . . 18 Henricksen & Co. Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Henry Crown & Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 HERE Holding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Hickory Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 High Street Capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Highland Park Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Hightower Advisors LLC . . . . . . . . . . 20, 115 Hill Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33, 213 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP . . . . . . . . 24, 228 Hireology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Hoffer Plastics Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Hollister Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 213 Home Depot Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Home Run Inn Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Honey-Can-Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 41 Horizon Therapeutics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Horton Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 HPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Hub Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Hub International Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Humboldt Park Health Partners . . . . . . . 198 Hunt Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Huron Consulting Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 35 Hyatt Hotels Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 138 Hyde Park Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Hyde Park Venture Partners. . . . . . . . 47, 117 I IAA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 IBM Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ICONIQ Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Ideal Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 IDEX Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 213 IHC Construction Cos. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Illinois Bone & Joint Institute LLC . . . . 21, 197 Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation . . 150 Illinois Dermatology Institute LLC . . . . . . 198 Illinois Gastroenterology Group . . . . . . . 198 Illinois Tool Works Inc. . . . . . . . . 31, 138, 213 iManage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 IMC Trading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Impact Advisors LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Impact Networking LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Industrial Opportunity Partners LLC. . . . . 120 Information Resources Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Infosec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Infutor Data Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ingredion Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Inland Bank and Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. . . . . . . . . 15 Insight Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Inspire11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Instant Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Instant Brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Intec Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Integrated Project Management Company. . 40 Interior Investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 International Contractors Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25 International Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Intren LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Invesco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 IrishAngels Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Irving Harris Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . 149 ISAI Cap Venture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ISCO International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 ITsavvy LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 IVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 J J.C. Anderson Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 J.C. Restoration Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Jackson National Asset Management . . . . 115 Jel Sert Co., The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Jenner & Block LLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 227 Jewel-Osco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 35 John Bean Technologies Corp. . . . . . . 33, 213 John Burns Construction Co. . . . . . . . . . . 25 John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation .149 John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County 194 Jones Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30, 140 Joyce Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 JPMorgan Chase & Co.. . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 Jump Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 117 K Katten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 227 KB Partners LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Kearney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 KeHE Distributors LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Kelso-Burnett Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Kemper Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Kennicott Brothers Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Kenway Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Keypath Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Keystone Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 KI Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 40 Kingsway Financial Services Inc.. . . . . . . . 37 Kinnevik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Kinzie Capital Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Kirkland & Ellis LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 227 Klein & Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Klein Tools Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Kleiner Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Knowles Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 213

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Koch Foods Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Komatsu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Kovitz Investment Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 KPMG LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Kraft Heinz Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 139, 213 L La Galera Produce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) . . . . . . 22 Lakeside Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 LaSalle Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Latham & Watkins LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Laughlin Constable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Launch Technical Workforce Solutions . .27, 45 Lauterbach & Amen LLP . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Lawson Products Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Lead Edge Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Lead Lap Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Leahy-IFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Left Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Legacy Professionals LLP . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIM America) . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Lendlease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Leopardo Cos. Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc.. . . . . 20 Level Construction Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Liberty Advisor Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Life Spine + Spinal Generations . . . . . . . 213 Lifeway Foods Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Lightbank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 117 Lightspeed Venture Partners . . . . . . . . . . 47 Lincoln Provision Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Linden Capital Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 LionBird Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Littelfuse Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 213 LKQ Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Lloyd A. Fry Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Loeber Motors Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 LogicGate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Longshore Capital Partners. . . . . . . . . . 120 Loop Capital LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 48 Loyola Medical Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Loyola Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Loyola University Medical Center . . . . . . 194 LSV Asset Management. . . . . . . . . . . . 115 M M&R Printing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 213 M. Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 M1 Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 M25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 MacLean-Fogg Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Madison Construction Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Madison Dearborn Partners LLC . . . . . . . 120 Madison Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Magenium Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Magid Glove & Safety Manufacturing Co. LLC 21 Magneco/Metrel Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Magnetar Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Manitex International Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Mansueto Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Maranon Capital LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Marcum LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Mariano’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Marilyn Miglin LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Marino Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram (Uptown Motors Inc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Marketing Store, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Marquette Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Mars Wrigley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 MAT Holdings Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 48 MATH Venture Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Mather Group, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Mayer Brown LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 227 Mazzetta Co. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 McDermott Will & Emery LLP. . . . . . . 16, 227 McDonald’s Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 139 McGrath Imports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 McHugh Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 McNally Capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 McShane Cos., The . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 42 Mead Johnson Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Mediafly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Medix Staffing Solutions Inc.. . . . . . . . . . 22 Medline Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 14, 213 Medspeed LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 45 Menlo Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Meridian Group International Inc. . . . . . . . 20 Merit Capital Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. . . . . . .21, 42 Mesirow Private Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Method Capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Methode Electronics Inc. . . . . . . . . . 34, 213 Methodist Hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Michael Reese Health Trust . . . . . . . . . . 150 Middleby Corp., The . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 213 Midland Paper Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Midwest Center for Women’s Healthcare . . 198 Midwest Mezzanine Funds . . . . . . . . . . 121 Milhouse Engineering & Construction Inc. . . 49 Millennium Trust Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 45 Miller Cooper & Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . 27, 105 Miner Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Miracapo Pizza Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 MK Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 MNJ Technologies Direct Inc. . . . . . . . .24, 42 Moderne Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 MoLo Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Mondelez International Inc. . 30, 138, 213, 262 Monroe Capital LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Morey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Morningstar Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Motor Werks Auto Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Motorola Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . 31, 137, 213 Mowery & Schoenfeld LLC . . . . . . . . . . 106 MPAC Healthcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Mr. Bult’s Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Mueller & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Muller & Monroe Asset Management LLC . 122 Mumford Cos., The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 N Napleton Auto Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Napleton Automotive Group . . . . . . . . . . 14 Narrative Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 National Van Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Nature’s Fynd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Navistar International Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 31 Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP . . . . . . . . . 228

Neighborhood Loans Inc. . . . . . . . 26, 40, 44 Neighborhoods.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Nelson Westerberg Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois/ Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 198 Netrix LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Network Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 New Enterprise Associates (NEA) . . . . . . . 46 New Home Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 New World Van Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Newly Weds Foods Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 NiSource Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Nitel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Northern Trust Asset Management . . . . . 115 Northern Trust Corp. . . . . . . . . . 31, 112, 263 NorthShore Evanston Hospital . . . . . . . . 194 NorthShore University HealthSystem . . . . 196 NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Northwest Community Health Medical Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Northwest Community Healthcare . . . . . 194 Northwestern Medical Group . . . . . . . . 197 Northwestern Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital . . 195 Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital . . . 195 Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Northwestern Memorial HealthCare . . . . 124 Northwestern Memorial Hospital . . . . . . 194 Northwestern University . . . . . . . . 124, 213 Novak Construction Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Novo Holdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 NOW Health Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 NuCurrent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 O Oak HC/FT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Oak Street Health Inc. . . . . . . . . 34, 137, 139 Objective Paradigm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Office of Experience, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Oil-Dri Corp. of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Old Republic International Corp. . . . . . . . . 31 Old Second Bancorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 36, 112 Old World Industries LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 O’Neil Industries Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 OneSpan Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 OppFi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 44 Optima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Option Care Health Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ORBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Origin Ventures. . . . . . . . . . . . .46, 47, 118 OSI Group LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 OSM Worldwide (One Stop Mailing LLC) .21, 44 Other World Computing Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 25 Otto Engineering Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Overture Promotions . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 45 Oxeon Partners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 P Packaging Corp. of America. . . . . . . . . . . 31 Pactiv Evergreen Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Palo Santo Fund, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Panduit Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 213 Pangea Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Paragon Micro Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Parasol Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Parent Petroleum Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Paris Presents Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Pariveda Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Parksite Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Parkway Bank and Trust Co.. . . . . . . . . . 112 Parts Town (PT Holdings LLC). . . . . . . .17, 45 Patrick Dealer Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Patriot Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Paylocity Holding Corp. . . . . . . . . . . .35, 45 PCTEL Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 PediaTrust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Peer Foods Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Peerless Network Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Peoples Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Pepper Construction Group. . . . . . . . . . . 16 Perdoceo Education Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Perkins Coie LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 228 PerkSpot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Perma-Pipe International Holdings Inc. . . . 37 Permira Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Perpetual Investors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Pfingsten Partners LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Phusion Projects LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PKF Mueller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Plante & Moran PLLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Plote Construction Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 PLS Financial Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Polk Bros. Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Polsinelli PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Populus Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Porte Brown LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Portillo’s Hot Dogs LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Potbelly Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Power Construction Co. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Powers & Sons Construction Co. Inc.. . . .28, 48 PPM America Capital Partners . . . . . . . . 122 PPM America Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Prairie Capital LP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Pregis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 213 Premier Design & Build Group LLC. . . . . . . 20 Premier International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. . . . . . 105, 126 Prime TSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Prince Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Prince Charitable Trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Pritzker Group Venture Capital . . . .46, 47, 118 Producers National Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Project44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Prologis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Prospect Airport Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . 24 Prospect Partners LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Providence Bank & Trust . . . . . . . . . . . 114 PSC Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Q QST Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 R R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.. . . . . . . . . 32, 213 R1 RCM Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Rabine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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COMPANY INDEX Radio Flyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raja Foods LLC (Patel Brothers) . . Ralph H. Simpson . . . . . . . . . . RCP Advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . Readerlink LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . Redmond Construction Corp.. . . . RedShelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redwood Logistics. . . . . . . . . . Reed Smith LLP . . . . . . . . . . . Relativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Republic Bank of Chicago. . . . . . Retail Properties of America Inc.. . RevenueWell . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reverb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revolution Growth. . . . . . . . . . Reyes Holdings LLC . . . . . . . . . Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. . RHM Staffing Solutions . . . . . . . Richard Group . . . . . . . . . . . . Richardson Electronics Ltd. . . . . . Riddell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Right at School LLC . . . . . . . . . RIM Logistics Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . RLI Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Bosch Tool . . . . . . . . . . Robert R. McCormick Foundation . Rock Island Capital LLC . . . . . . . Rohrman Automotive Group . . . . RoomPlace, The . . . . . . . . . . . Royal Buying Group Inc.. . . . . . . RRE Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . RRF Foundation for Aging . . . . . RSM US LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RTC Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RTC Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . Rush Copley Medical Center . . . . Rush Street Interactive . . . . . . . Rush University Medical Center . . Rush University Medical Group. . . Rush University System for Health. Rush Wellness Center . . . . . . . . Ryan LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Specialty Group . . . . . . . . Ryerson Holding Corp.. . . . . . . . S S&C Electric Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . S2G Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safeway Insurance Co.. . . . . . . . Sage Products/Stryker . . . . . . . Salem Group, The . . . . . . . . . . Salesforce Ventures . . . . . . . . . Sandbox Industries . . . . . . . . . Sayers Technology . . . . . . . . . . Scale Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . Schiff Hardin LLP. . . . . . . . . . . Scholle IPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co. . . . . . Schumacher Electric Corp. . . . . . SDI Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . Segall Bryant & Hamill . . . . . . . Segerdahl (SG360). . . . . . . . . . SEKO Worldwide LLC. . . . . . . . . Senior Lifestyle Corp. . . . . . . . .

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Sentinel Technologies Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Sevan Multi-Site Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . 28 Seyfarth Shaw LLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 227 ShipBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 44, 46 Shirley Ryan AbilityLab . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Shore Capital Partners. . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Shure Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 262 Sidley Austin LLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 227 SigmaTron International Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 36 Signature Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Signode Industrial Group . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Sikich LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 41, 105 Silver Cross Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Silver Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Silversmith Capital Partners . . . . . . . . . . 46 Sinai Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Sinai Medical Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Sipi Metals Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sirva Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Skender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 43 Skidmore Owings & Merrill . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SmithBucklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Smokeball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SMS Assist LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 4 SoftBank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46, 47 Southwest Airlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 SP Plus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Specialty Print Communications. . . . . . . . 29 Spencer Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Spencer Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Sprout Social Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . .36, 44, 139 SQN Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SRAM LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 213 Stacker Holdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Stampede Meat Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Starting Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 118 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 State of Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 Steans Family Foundation . . . . . . . . . . 149 Steiner Electric Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Stepan Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 213 Stericycle Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sterling Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Sterling Capital Partners . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Sterling Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Stout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Stratosphere Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Stumm Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SunCoke Energy Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Sunset Foods Mart Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Superior Graphite Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Surgalign Holdings Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Susquehanna Growth Equity . . . . . . . . . . 46 Sutton Auto Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 48 Svoboda Capital Partners LLC. . . . . . . . . 122 Swanson Martin & Bell LLP. . . . . . . . . . 228 Sweeney Scharkey & Blanchard . . . . . . . 262 Synetro Group LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 122 T T. Rowe Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP . . . . . . . . 228 Talman Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tandem HR Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Target Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Telephone and Data Systems Inc. . . . . . . . 32 Tempel Steel Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Temperature Equipment Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20 Tempus Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Tenneco Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 213 Terlato Wine Group Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Terra Foundation For American Art . . . . . 149 Thoma Bravo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 213 ThoughtWorks Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Tiger Global. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46, 47 Tilia Holdings LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Tony’s Finer Foods Enterprises Inc.. . . . . . . 22 Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Topco Associates LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Topstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Town Hall Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 TPS Parking Management LLC . . . . . . . . . 29 Trading Technologies International Inc. 25, 213 Transform SR Brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Transportation One . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 44 TransUnion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 TreeHouse Foods Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Tribune Publishing Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Trio Management Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Triteq Lock & Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 True Value Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Trustmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 TTX Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Turtle Wax Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Tuthill Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Twin Bridge Capital Partners . . . . . . . . . 123 Ty Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Tyson Motor LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 48 U U.S. Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 Ulta Beauty Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 United Airlines Holdings Inc. . . . . 31, 124, 138 United Parcel Service Inc. . . . . . . . . 124, 125 United Scrap Metal Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 United States Cellular Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 32 UnitedHealthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Univar Solutions Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Universal Scrap Metals Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 University of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 124, 213 University of Chicago Medical Center . . . . 194 University of Chicago Medicine . . . . . . . 196 University of Chicago Physicians Group . . . 197 University of Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 University of Illinois at Chicago . . . . . . . 124 University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Service Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics . . . 194 Uptake Technologies Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46, 213 US Foods Holding Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 V Valor Equity Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Vaxcel International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 VCapital Managment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Vedder Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 227 Ventana Financial Associates. . . . . . . . . 118 Ventas Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 138 Venturi Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Vericity Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Vi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Victory Park Capital Advisors LLC. . . . . . . 123 VillageMD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 46 Vista Physician Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Vista Trans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 44 Vistex Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 48 Vistria Group LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 VitalizeVC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Voyant Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Vyaire Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 W W.S. Darley & Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 45 W.W. Grainger Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Walder Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 46, 124, 138, 139, 140, 213, 262 Walker Sands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Walmart Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 Walsh Group Ltd., The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Walter E. Smithe Furniture Inc.. . . . . . . . . 28 Warady & Davis LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Water Street Healthcare Partners . . . . . . 123 Waterton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Waud Capital Partners LLC . . . . . . . . . . 123 Wavicle Data Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Waystar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 WeatherTech Direct LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Weber Packaging Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . 24 Weber-Stephen Products LLC . . . . . . . . . 16 Weiss & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Wells Plumbing & Heating Supplies. . . . . . 49 West Monroe Partners LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 20 West Suburban Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Westcap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Westside Mechanical Group . . . . . . . . . . 28 White Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Whitney Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Whole Earth Brands Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Will Group, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 William A. Randolph Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 William Blair & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 115 William M. Yarbrough Foundation, The . . . 213 William Ryan Homes Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Wilson Sporting Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Wind Point Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Windy City-Fox Motorsports LLC . . . . . . . . 26 Winona Capital Management LLC . . . . . . 123 Winston & Strawn LLP. . . . . . . . . . . 17, 227 Wintrust Financial Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Wintrust Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Wintrust Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Wintrust Wealth Management. . . . . . . . 116 Wipfli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Wirtz Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Wiss Janney Elstner Associates Inc. . . . . . . 24 World’s Finest Chocolate Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 27 Wozniak Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Wynnchurch Capital L.P.. . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Wynndalco Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Y YCharts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Zebra Technologies Corp. . . . . . . . . . 32, 213 Ziegler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ZS Associates Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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