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CHICAGO ENGINEERS’ FOUNDATION65 West Jackson Boulevard | Chicago, Illinois 60604 chicagoengineersfoundation.org Empowering Chicago’s Next Generation of Engineers 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT

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CHICAGO ENGINEERS’ FOUNDATION

65 West Jackson Boulevard | Chicago, Illinois 60604

chicagoengineersfoundation.org

Empowering Chicago’s Next Generation of Engineers

2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT

CHICAGO ENGINEERS’ FOUNDATION

of the Union League Club of Chicago

YEARS OF INCENTIVE AWARDS

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History

CEF 2018-2019 Leadership

To encourage and empower young people to become the next generation of engineers through scholarship opportunities, outreach to educational institutions, and promoting interest in engineering as a career.

The Chicago Engineers’ Foundation (CEF) evolved from the Chicago Engineers’ Club, an organization established in 1903 as a professional, social and networking group for the Chicago engineering community During its tenure, the Club established a foundation and presented its first student awards in 1969 The Chicago Engineers’ Club Foundation became the present-day Chicago Engineers’ Foundation of the Union League Club in 1975 CEF remains one of three nonprofit organizations with a home at the Union League Club of Chicago, and proudly celebrates 50 years of Incentive Awards to Chicago’s future engineers in 2019.

Officers

President

Erik Cempel*

First Vice President

Rebecca Wingate

Second Vice President

Tom Riley +

Secretary

Michael Driscoll +

Treasurer

John Liston +

General Counsel

Patrick Burns +

Immediate Past President

James B Treleaven +

Directors

Paul Barter Sid Bennett Wendy Betts + Joni Croll + Sharon Harmsworth Brian Herbstritt Deborah Hodges + Lisa Kennedy Michael Lev Andrew Levenfeld + Cosmin Lucaci + Michael Nauman + Thomas Penn Steve Schlegel Cyrus Walker Kelsey Watterworth

P Kay Whitlock William Williams Karl Zimmerman

Advisors

Justin Dyer Steve Hoover

Sue Khalifah Michael Kharouta*

Carissa Kloncz + Bart Kozial Damian Krebsbach Taylor Leahy Pat Maloney*

Martin Owens Martin Ross Nancy Ross Erin L.D Sibley Mark Smith Evan Wind

Emeritus Directors

Walter Farrell Terry Hendrickson Van Lear

Anthony McGuire William J Nissen Don Pries

David B Whitehurst

Executive Director

* Denotes CEF Award Alumni

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From the President

On behalf of the CEF Scholars, thank you to everyone who gave their time, talents, and

resources to enlighten students across Chicago to the value and excitement of engineering

careers – and then supported $116,000 in Incentive Awards to help them achieve their career

goals Our volunteers, donors and friends make up an incredible community dedicated to

providing K-12 STEM education, Incentive Awards, and career development to the future

problem-solvers and innovators of Chicago

In 1969 the Chicago Engineers’ Club Foundation presented its first $100 awards to ten

Chicago high school students planning to study engineering in college The awards became

an annual activity and continued when the organization merged with the Union League

Club of Chicago in 1975 Over the last five decades, the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation

(CEF) has grown to inspire, encourage and empower Chicago’s next generation of engineers

In June 2019 we honored the 50th anniversary of our Incentive Award program when we celebrated our class

of 2019 scholars A highlight of the celebration was the presentation of CEF’s inaugural Distinguished Alumni

Award CEF established this award to honor past award recipients for their professional achievements and

dedication to future engineers George A Smith (Class of 1971) accepted this year’s honor Mr Smith received his

CEF award as a Lindblom High School graduate He attended Purdue University, pursuing a degree in electrical

engineering While at Purdue, George Smith was one of six students who founded a first-of-its-kind professional

and mentoring society for minority engineering students, which is now known as the National Society of Black

Engineers (NSBE)

Mr Smith is an incredible role model A modest award encouraged him in 1971, and George Smith went on

to establish an organization that grew to 16,000 members and over 500 Chapters worldwide George Smith

continues to visit K-12 classrooms as a CEF volunteer to inspire young minds and share all that engineering

offers to our history, present and future More CEF alumni are returning to CEF to volunteer and encourage

future award recipients It is a true honor to present CEF’s first Distinguished Alumni Award to George Smith,

and to be a fellow award alum

Incentive Awards are now presented to up to 100 Chicago high school and college students each year In fact,

over the last 50 years, the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation has presented awards to more than 2,000 students

Additionally, CEF has grown to offer both classroom and career development programming These programs

work together to ensure Chicago’s aspiring engineers are on track to succeed

Your support this year provided Chicago’s next generation of engineers with:

• Merit-based awards to high school and college students totaling $116,000: Our Scholars are from

neighborhoods across Chicago and 38% are first generation college students

• 40 outreach visits to schools and organizations, impacting 1,000 K-12 students

• Two career workshops which included resume and interview skill development, mentoring, corporate

tours and networking opportunities

• The CEF Resume Exchange, which connects scholars with companies seeking engineering interns

Thank you to all of our Directors, Advisors, volunteers and donors for the impact you’ve had this year!

I particularly want to express our gratitude to the Union League Club of Chicago (ULCC) I am proud of our

home within ULCC With their generous support of the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation and other nonprofit

initiatives, the Union League Club creates an indelible stamp on the community, preserving and enhancing its

proud civic and philanthropic legacy in Chicago

If you are learning about Chicago Engineers’ Foundation for the first time, please join us Simply volunteer

to share your own work experience with students, evaluate Incentive Award applications, or share the CEF

Resume Exchange with your company to start getting involved

Engineers innovate, build, and improve our world, and together we are inspiring, encouraging and empowering

remarkably talented students who are the future of engineering We look forward to celebrating many more

milestone anniversaries and, more importantly, celebrating the outstanding achievements of our alumni for

years to come

With gratitude,

Erik Cempel, PE, PMP

President & CEF Award Alum

CEF Annual Report 2019 Round 2 Edits

Front Cover:

• Please make our name Chicago Engineers Foundation… all one text block that is spaced away from the smaller 50 and red banner That smaller 50 is taking away from our name, which is more important

50 Chicago Engineers’ Foundation

of the Union League Club of Chicago

• Move 2018-2019 Annual Report down to the dark blue section at the bottom of the page

• Make Empowering….smaller and in italics Have that phrase all on one line Put 2018-2019 Annual Report below in a larger font, but leave a blank line between the phrase and the

2018-2019 Annual Report

Empowering Chicago’s Next Generation of Engineers

2018-2019 Annual Report Page 1:

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• 4th Paragraph, 3rd line: “share all that…”

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Inside Back Cover:

Text Box at the Top:

Format the text smaller to make one first line that reads: The Class of 2019 Includes CEF’s Largest Group

of Renewing Awardees Second line in a slightly larger font: A 90% Retention Rate!

The Class of 2019 Includes CEF’s Largest Group of Renewing Awardees

A 90% Retention Rate!

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CEF Scholars: In Their Own Words

Michael Kadus

Freshman, Purdue University

Engineers of the 21st Century are entrusted with the responsibility to combat some of the

world’s most pressing issues Engineers develop technology to make the world a safe and

better place

My contribution as an engineer addresses an issue that hits close to home I have

developed a viable solution to mitigate the effects of drunk driving My friend’s brother

was killed by a drunk driver the night of his homecoming dance Drunk driving is a real pandemic in the United States Unfortunately, anyone in a car can be at risk

I’ve formulated a cutting-edge solution to eliminate the possibility of drunk driving My solution is the Soteria

Driver Protection System (DPS), named after the Greek word for safety DPS uses transdermal ethanol sensors

placed on a steering wheel to detect a driver’s blood alcohol level Within as little as 10 seconds Soteria would

trigger the protection system and suspend vehicle operation My system would be more effective, friendly and universal than relying solely on police officers to pull over intoxicated drivers

This Fall I start my college career as an Electrical Engineering major and plan to focus on topics related to systems, RF signals, and data collection/usage My participation with Chicago Engineers’ Foundation will help me experience the opportunity of uniting a strong undergraduate engineering program with my entrepreneurship strategies This combination will help me advance my solution for making the world a safer place My DPS is a safe, private, and efficient solution to our drunk driving pandemic and will become the new standardized safety feature in automobiles Chicago Engineers’ Foundation will help make my engineering career goals a reality.

Alyssa Sopanarat

Senior, University of Michigan- Ann Arbor

The Chicago Engineers’ Foundation has provided me with more support than I ever

imagined I would receive as a college student I won my first CEF Award when I was a

Senior at Whitney Young High School Each year I’ve received CEF Incentive Awards, I

have also gained valuable resources and support to help me though my education

Last summer, I was offered an internship position through CEF’s first Resume Exchange

Newell Brands viewed my resume through the CEF Exchange and contacted me about interviewing for a software engineering internship After going through my first professional interview process, I received and accepted an offer to spend last summer with the Newell software engineering team in Atlanta, GA Not only did my first internship provide me with valuable skills, connections and experience, it gave me confidence in myself as an engineer

This year I received another interview opportunity with a competitive Chicago company through the next CEF Resume Exchange Although I decided to pursue another internship for this summer, I gained great experience with behavior and technical interviews, and meeting with engineers and executives thanks to CEF My education and career decisions are often stressful, but CEF has provided me with support and many opportunities to grow and learn As I start my Senior year and prepare to search for full-time jobs, I’m nervous but also ready My readiness is due to years of hard work, and all I’ve gained from my participation with Chicago Engineers’ Foundation I am prepared and have made incredible progress towards my career goals thanks to the opportunities I’ve received from Chicago Engineers’ Foundation

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2019 Incentive Award Recipients

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Freshman Class

Zachary Anderson

Walter Payton College Prep

University of Notre Dame

Raymond Bernardo

Mather High School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Henry Beuving

Lane Tech College Prep

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign

Francis Burke-Olson

Northwestern University

Collin Butler

Miami University

Kellie Chu

Muchin College Prep

University of Michigan

Cameron Cole

Kenwood Academy

University of Southern California

Liam Coughlin

Brother Rice High School

Purdue University

Daisaq Cyrilla

Jones College Prep

University of Illinois at Chicago

Maureen Davasse

Jones College Prep

Purdue University

Gabriella Finch

Latin School of Chicago

University of Iowa

Michael Henze

St Rita of Cascia High School

Clemson University

Thomas Hoos

Michael Kadus

Loyola Academy

Purdue University

McKenna Kallianis

Marist High School

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Angelica Lorenzo

Loyola Academy

Yale University

Jessa Malicdem

Northeastern University

Vladimir Martinez

Whitney M Young High School

Joseph McCarey

Harvard University Diana Miller

Lindblom Math & Science Academy

University of Michigan Diego Rivera

Curie Metropolitan High School

University of Iowa Eric Roman

Northside College Prep

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Jack Ross

St Ignatius College Prep

Saint Louis University Ciaran Sheridan

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Ian Shimandle

Northside College Prep

Northwestern University Royal Shrestha

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Guadalupe Solis

Air Force Academy High School

University of Illinois at Chicago Ilaisanne Summers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Andrew Thompson

University of Wisconsin at Madison Kevin Williams

Taft High School

Engineering Pathways to University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Daniel Wong

Sophomore Class

Vivian Auduong Stanford University Stefan Borjan Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nora Chambers

Northwestern University Marc Jiang

Northwestern University Sophie Keller

Cornell University Joe Kresic The Ohio State University

Kimberly Lu Princeton University Michael Marino University of Notre Dame Kyle McNamara

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Nina Onyemeziem

Princeton University Pratik Patel Illinois Institute of Technology Thomas Phelan

The Ohio State University Julian Robinson

Case Western Reserve University Chloe Zwolfer

Junior Class

Erika Anderson Case Western Reserve University Jorge Barrios

University of Illinois at Chicago Brett Bittner

Valparaiso University Michael Bump Northwestern University Sarah Coughlin Northwestern University Ying Guan

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Dylan Haugh-Ewald

University of Michigan Joseph Henze Clemson University Jay Huang University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Danica Jayco

University of Michigan Matthew Kadus University of Kentucky David Kierpiec University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Victoria Krummick

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Alexander Marks

Purdue University Max Mitchell University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Peter Motyka

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Weronika Myslak

Uchenna Ngwe

Karolina Rak

Ava Sherry

Harvey Mudd College

Elizabeth Travnik

University of Notre Dame

Yesenia Ulloa

Stanford University

Senior Class

Laith Abad

Sara Baase

Anastasia Bouchelion

Vanderbilt University

John Burke

Guillermo Camarillo Stanford University Liam Clair Saint Louis University Liam Flood

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Bhavin Gandhi

University of Michigan Kristen Kacich University of Illinois at Chicago Marta Marczuk

University of Michigan Richard Mauge University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Robert Mauge

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Christopher Obiozor

Columbia University Suliyat Olagbenro University of Michigan Anne Reardon University of IL at Urbana-Champaign

Justin Reyes Tufts University Tess Russell Northwestern University Justin Schmit

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Paige Solcani

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Alyssa Sopanarat

University of Michigan Justin Tringl

Illinois Institute of Technology Sasu Tuladhar

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign Johan Villanueva

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Atirah Winford

Illinois Institute of Technology

Ka Wong Northwestern University

2019 Incentive Award Recipients continued

Boston University * Carnegie Mellon University * Case Western Reserve University * Columbia University * Clemson University * Cornell University * Dartmouth College * Harvard University * Harvey Mudd College Illinois Institute of Technology * Johns Hopkins * Marquette University * Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Miami University * Michigan State University * Northeastern University * Northwestern University Purdue University * Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology * Saint Louis University * Stanford University * The Ohio State University * Trinity College * Tufts University * University of Iowa * University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign * University of Kentucky * University of Michigan * University of Notre Dame * University of Southern California * University of Wisconsin-Madison * Valparaiso University Vanderbilt University * Yale University

Award Recipients by University

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1st Vice President Rebecca Wingate and Secretary

Michael Driscoll with the winners of the CEF Award

at the 2019 Future Cities Competition

CEF Student Outreach

Students and professionals chat at the inaugural Student Success

Networking Event CEF leaders and volunteers with the winners of the Union League Boys and Girls Club Science Fair

t han 40 o utreach V isits

o utreach i Mpacted 1,000 K-12 s tudents

CEF Advisor Erin Sibley facilitates

a discussion at a Chicago Public Schools scholarship event

Alum George Smith discusses engineering with students at Howe Elementary CEF Award recipients, alumni and professionals at the first Student Success Networking Event

President and Alum Erik Cempel discusses a project while serving as a judge at the Union League Boys and Girls Club Science Fair

CEF Advisor Paul Juettner talks about engineering careers at Kennedy High School Executive Director Debbie Birrell details the CEF Incentive Award

opportunities to students at the Chicago Scholars Scholarship Fair

CEF Advisor Marty Owens moderates a panel discussion at the annual Student Success Workshop

with Director Cyrus Walker, Director Paul Barter, and Advisor Taylor Leahy

Union League Boys and Girls Club members work on engineering projects inspired by the Chicago World’s Fair

in honor of the 125th anniversary for a special CEF competition

Members of the Union League Boys and

Girls Club create an engineering project

to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the

Chicago World’s Fair as part of a special

CEF competition

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CEF Celebrations

Congratulations to the 2019 Incentive Award recipients

Alumni (from left) Advisor Pat Maloney, NSBE Co-founder George Smith and President Erik Cempel at a CEF reception celebrating engineering during National Engineers Week 2019

(Far left) Rebecca Beem and Richard Beem (Far right) with award recipients Michael and Joseph Henze (middle) and their parents at the 2019 Incentive Award Celebration

Hopewell Brewing, voted Best

Brewery at CEF’s Building Brews

2018 event

Alum and NSBE Co-founder

George Smith receives the

inaugural CEF Distinguished

Alumni Award at the 2019

Award Celebration from

President Erik Cempel

Advisor and Alum Pat Maloney

and guest enjoy this year’s

Engineering Magic event Guests attending CEF’s reception, Celebrating Engineering in Chicago, during National Engineers Week 2019

Magician Steve Belliveau (a

former engineer) performs at

Engineering Magic

CEF hosted A World of Innovation, a luncheon in celebration of the 125th

anniversary of the Chicago World’s Fair

(From left) 2nd Vice President Tom Riley, Director Michael Nauman, and Emeritus Director William Nissen

are all smiles at Engineering Magic

Director Wendy Betts places a

silent auction bid at Engineering

Magic

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Incentive Award Sponsors

Gifts of $1,000 and above

Anonymous

AMVETS Post #66

Beem Patent Law Firm

Mr & Mrs Sid Bennett

Mr Patrick Burns

Mr Erik Cempel and Dr Pil Bin Im

Cless Family Foundation

Mr Nicholas Conrardy

in honor of Sid Bennett

Mr & Mrs Mark and Joni Croll

Mr John Croll

Mr & Mrs Armond Dinverno

Mr Phil Dodson and Ms Nancy Ross

Mrs Arlene Eckmann

in memory of Donald Eckmann

Mr Walter Farrell

Mr & Mrs James Gillespie

Ms Sharon Harmsworth & Ms Diane Ferrari

Mr & Mrs Stephen Hoover

Mr Van Lear

Mr Michael Lev

The Curtis Linder Family

in memory of Wm D & Glenna Linder

Mr John Liston

Mr & Mrs Anthony McGuire

Mr & Mrs Wiliam J Nissen

Nitzberg Magic Fund

Mr Thomas Penn

Primera Foundation

The Radomski Family

in memory of Michael Radomski

Mr Richard Rauch

Mr Martin Ross

Mr Thomas P Riley

Rotary/One Chicago

Mr Stephen Schlegel

The Sinka Family

George & Judith Thomas

Ms P Kay Whitlock

Mr William Williams

Sustaining Donors

Gifts of $250 - $999

Anonymous

Mr John Alberts

Ms Fern Allison

Mr Paul Barter

Mr & Mrs Richard Beem

Ms Wendy Betts

The Birrell Family

Mr Joel Buchanan

Mr William Cisar

Mr Charles Candiano CEF Advisory Committee

Mr Michael Driscoll

Mr Justin Dyer

Mr Kevin Fanning

Mr Bruce Foudree

Mr John Grivetti, III

Mr Richard Handley

Mr Terry Hendrickson

Mr Michael Just

Mr Thomas Karaba Cpt Damian Krebsbach

Mr Michael Lev

Mr & Mrs Andrew Levenfeld

Mr Chris Lucaci-Oprea

Ms Eileen Martin Mrs Martha Jahn Martin

Mr & Mrs Philip Mergener

Mr James Meyer

Mr Michael Nauman

Mr Michael Niemiec

Mr Martin Owens

Mr & Mrs Richard Packman

Ms Elizabeth Anne Peters

Mr Donald Pries Col Jennifer Pritzker

Mr Timo Rehbock

Ms Lynne Rinkoski

Ms Ellen Rubert

Mr Louis Siracusano

Dr James Treleaven

Mr Cyrus Walker

Ms Kelsey Watterworth

Mr Richard Westerfield

Mr David Whitehurst

Mr William Wigoda

Mr William Yurek

Supporting Patrons

Gifts of $100 - $249

Anonymous

Mr Ronald Amato

Mr Michael Bish

Ms Kathleen Caldwell

Mr Jeffrey Chen

Mr Jim Crotty

Mr A Dillon

Mr John Donnelly

Mr Peter Doris

Ms Marilyn Dresser

Mr Allan Edwards

Ms Stacy Fleming

Mr Karl Haraldsson

Ms Deborah Hodges

Mr Ed Howe

Ms Shelia Jelinek

Mr Sean Jucas

Ms Emily Jungblut

Mr Daniel Kadjan

Mr Dietmar Lantz

Mr Cosmin Lucaci

Ms Jessica McCarthy

Mr Mark McClain

Mr Tony McGuire

Mr Jim Meyer

Mr Richard Moore

Ms Corinne Morrissey

Ms Courtney Murtaugh

Mr Frank Niederman

Ms Kimberly Palmisano

Mr Jay Pierce

Mr Harry Robertson

Ms Solvig Robertson

Mr Alan Rodriguez

Mr Monroe Roth

Mr Robert Ryan

Mr John Schladweiler

Mr Hugh Schwartzberg

Ms Lisa Shade

Mr Mell Sloan

Mr Mark Smith

Mr Robert Subkowsky

Ms Theodore Tabe

Mr Corey Tallent

Mr John Totten

Mr Mark Tunney

Mr John Weaver

Ms Rayelle Weber

Mr Richard Weiss

Ms Mae Whiteside

Ms Brooke Wiseman

Mr Paul Wisner

Mr Richard Yant

Thank You

On behalf of Chicago’s future engineers, the leadership of the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation extends its gratitude to the individuals, corporations and organizations who contributed to our efforts this year Thank you for your generosity and support of our mission

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The 2019 donor list represents gifts provided to CEF from June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019 Our apologies for any omissions or inaccuracies that may have occurred in this donor acknowledgement Please email any modifications to info@chicagoengineersfoundation.org and corrections will be made in future publications

Friends of CEF

More than 2,000 ULCC members and individuals made small gifts to CEF throughout the fiscal year These donations, totaling more than

$70,000 annually, are vital to CEF’s mission and we are grateful for each contribution Our apologies we cannot recognize each of these friends individually due to space limitations

Thank You continued

Corporate Support

(Monetary and In-kind Contributions)

A.M Feldman Jewelers

Adler Planetarium

AmazonSmile Foundation

Ann Sather Restaurants

Anonymous

Arthur Murray

Audio Visual One

Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund

Benevity Causes

Boka Restaurant Group

Cambridge Systematics

C & C Power

Camp Galileo

CBM Meetings Plus

Cheesecake Factory

Chicago Architecture Center

Chicago Athletic Clubs

Chicago Bears

Chicago Botanic Garden

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Cubs

Chicago Dogs

Chicago History Museum

Chicago Pizza Tours

Chicago White Sox

Chicago Wolves

Chicagoland Speedway

Christopher B Burke Engineering

ComEd

Constellation Community Champions

Cooper’s Hawk Winery

Data Defenders

Dinkel’s Bakery

Field Museum

Focus Group Holdings

Golden Square

HNTB

HR Law Counsel Holiday World Idlewild Country Club

IL Railway Museum

IL Sports Facilities Authority Illinois Tools Works Foundation Jacobs Engineering

Joffrey Ballet KOVAL Distillery Liston & Tsantilis Lettuce Entertain You Linder Legal Staffing Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria Luminarts

Lynfred Winery The Magic Parlour The Magic Penthouse Mississippi River Museum Mott MacDonald

Microsoft Network for Good New 400 Theater Northwestern University Athletics Peggy Noteabart Museum Pier 39

Primera Engineers Rivers Casino Second City TechNexus Timken Tito’s Vodka TranSystems TTX Company Union League Club of Chicago University of IL at Chicago USG Foundation

Wines for Humanity

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