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Leadership

Officers

Justine Fedak 

Chair of the Board

rEvolution

 

Nichole Benolken

Vice Chair

360 CHICAGO

 

Donna J. Pugh

Chair, The Magnificent Mile Charitable Foundation

Foley & Lardner LLP

 

 

  Gabriel Constantin

 Treasurer

Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago

 

Susan Jablonski

Secretary

ClaimBuyout

 

Amundsen Davis

Legal Counsel

Board of Directors

  • Holly H. Agra*

Chicago’s First Lady Cruises

 

  • Robert Agra III

Chicago’s First Lady Cruises

 

  • Jack Aiello

Garrett Popcorn Shops

 

  • Carolyn Ascher

Amlings Interior Landscape

 

  • Nichole Benolken

360 CHICAGO

 

  • Patrick Birchall

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile

 

  • Grace Borgstrom

Wendella

 

  • Laura Bossert

737 North Michigan Avenue/CBRE

 

  • Alexis Brown

Eataly Chicago

 

  • Nick Canellis

Trellis Group

 

  • Nancy Capacona

Hearn Company

 

  • Andrew Carlson

LAZ Parking  

 

  • Christine Carlyle

Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates

 

  • Peter Caruso

JLL Chicago

 

  • Vanessa Casciano

Magellan Development Group

 

  • Christopher Cawley

InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, an IHG Hotel

 

  • Richard Cialabrini

Constellation Energy

 

  • Jennifer Clark

Loyola University Chicago

 

  • John R. Colletti

Gibsons Restaurant Group

 

  • Chip Collopy

Shoreline Sightseeing

 

  • Gabriel Constantin

Trump International Hotel & Tower

  

  • Tim Conway

Golub and Company

 

  • Kevin Cross

NBC Universal Media, LLC

 

  • Shevket Dardovski

SP Plus

 

  • Jacqueline Davis

Zeller - The Wrigley Building

 

  • Grant DePorter*

Harry Caray's Restaurant Group

 

  • George DiLeonardi

Northwestern Medicine

 

  • Robert Dion

Davis Harrison Dion

 

  • Patrick Donelly

Hyatt Regency Chicago

 

  • Patrick M. Donley

Power Construction Co.

 

  • Susan A. Ellefson

The Peninsula Chicago

 

  • Rike Erdbrink

Park Hyatt Chicago

 

  • Mike Evans

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits

 

  • Rick Fawell

Gensler

 

  • Justine Fedak

 

  • Mitchell C. Feldman

Water Tower Place/M & J Wilkow

 

  • Rachel Fink

Lookingglass Theatre

 

  • Eric Fogel

Amundsen Davis Law

 

  • Wei Fraser

Lakeshore Beverage

 

  • Stephanie Frazee

Mid-America Real Estate Group

 

  • Richard Gamble

Realized Value Collaborative, LLC

 

  • Karen Gana

CBRE

 

  • Marilynn K. Gardner

Navy Pier, Inc.

 

  • Steve Gardner

InterPark

 

  • Aileen Gaspari

Semmer Landscape LLC

 

  • Dan Gibbons

City Club of Chicago

 

  • Oliver Gibbons

St. Regis Chicago Hotel

 

  • Burnell Goldman

Omni Hotel Chicago

 

  • Lee Golub

Golub & Company

 

  • Susan Hayes Gordon

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

 

  • Barry Graham

900 North Michigan Shops

 

  • Robert Grusin

Point B Communications

 

  • Robert Habeeb

Maverick Hotels and Restaurants

 

  • Steven J. Hartenstein

Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants

  

  • Jacqueline C. Hayes

Jacqueline Hayes & Associates, Ltd.

  

  • Lindsay Hearn

HEARN/875 N. Michigan Ave.

 

  • Todd Hiepler

Cushman and Wakefield

 

  • Christopher Howard

AV Concepts, Inc.

 

  • Kim Hutto

Encore Event Technologies 

 

  • Cindy Irani

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

 

  • Susan Jablonski

Jablonski and Associates

 

  • Danny Jacobson

CBRE

  

  • Ryan Jacobson

Amundsen Davis Law

 

  • Camille Julmy*

Parkside Realty

 

  • Tony Karman

EXPO CHICAGO

 

  • Basil Kromelow

   

  • Jennifer L. Kunde

Northwestern University

 

  • Edward J. Kus

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

 

  • Dean G. Kutrumanes

REALTOR Building/GNP Realty Partners

 

  • Amy Lemar

Wintrust Financial Corporation

 

  • Robb Leone

BIÂN

 

  • Juan Leyva

LondonHouse Chicago

 

  • Howard Meyer

Zeller

 

  • Stanley Nitzberg

Mid-America Real Estate Corporation

 

  • Tim O’Malley

Ateema Media & Marketing

 

  • Lori Olson

401 North Michigan Avenue/Zeller Realty Group

 

  • Lynn J. Osmond

Choose Chicago

 

  • Nancy Paridy

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

 

  • Donovan Pepper

Walgreens 

 

  • Donna Pugh

Foley & Lardner LLP

  • Lou Raizin

Broadway in Chicago

 

  • Randy Romero

Sable at Navy Pier Chicago, Curio Collection

 

  • Grace Rappe

HDR

 

  • Christine A. Reller

ABC 7 Chicago

 

  • Sven Richter

Sofitel Chicago 

 

  • Richard J. Roman*

The Signature Room at the 95th

 

  • Mary Ann Rose*

Tamar Productions, Inc.

 

  • Dan Russell

City Experiences

 

  • Marc S. Schulman*

The Eli's Cheesecake Company

 

  • Ted Selogie

Swissotel Chicago

  

  • Richard Similio

CBRE

 

  • Richard Simon

United Service Companies

  

  • Peter Simoncelli*

The Ritz-Carlton Chicago

 

  • Clay Spencer

Fairmont Chicago - Millennium Park

 

  • Gail Spreen

Jameson Realty

 

  •  David Stone

Stone Real Estate

 

  • Stacy Sweat

Stacy Sweat Designs

 

  • Todd Temperly

Waldorf Astoria Chicago

 

  • Daniel Thomas

TimeZoneOne

 

  • Lisa Tienken

American Girl Place

 

  • Lisa Timbo

Marriott International, Inc.

 

  • Tommie Van

Marriott International, Inc.

 

  • Donald V. Versen, Sr.*

Former Banking Executive

 

  • Roger Walters

SP Plus

 

  • Stephen Wancha

Four Seasons Hotel Chicago

 

  • Heather Way Kitzes

Chicago Cubs

 

  • Ralph Weber*

Weber Alliance

 

  • Brendan Winters

The Stone Group

 

  • Danny Wirtz

Breakthrough Beverage Group

 

  • Kelly Wisecarver

Wisecarver Public Relations

 

  • Anthony Zamora

The Langham, Chicago

 

  • Maria Zec

The Peninsula Chicago

 

Association Staff

Kimberly Bares

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Denise Chudy

Director of Marketing and Communications

 

Ellen Farrar

Producer | The Wintrust Magnificent Mile Lights Festival

 

Karen Hickey

Director of Membership

 

Victoria Knurowski

Membership Associate 

 

Lidia Kora

Storefront Activation Program Manager

 

Willie Richardson

Accountant

 

Marshun Tolbert

Government Relations Manager

 

Glenn White

Safety and Security Advisor