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Leadership

Officers

Justine Fedak 

Chair of the Board

  

Donna J. Pugh

President, The Magnificent Mile Charitable Foundation

Foley & Lardner LLP

 

 

  Nichole Benolken

Treasurer

360 CHICAGO

 

Burnell Goldman

Secretary

Omni Chicago Hotel

 

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

 

Karen Hickey

Director of Membership

 

Ellen Farrar

Producer | The Wintrust Magnificent Mile Lights Festival

 

Marshun Tolbert

Government Relations Manager

 

Willie Richardson

Accountant

 

Victoria Knurowski

Marketing and Events Associate 

 

Francesca Loise

Marketing and Strategic Partnerships Associate