Chicago Dinners and Speakers

 

Our keynote speaker is Patricia Curan, Executive Vice President, People (retired), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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Arts & Entertainment

Host: Rebecca Ford Terry, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Draper & Kramer, Board of Trustees, Goodman Theatre

Speakers: Rebecca Gillman, Actress, Goodman Theatre; Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference, The Eugene O'Neil Theater Center; Rachel Kraft, Executive Director, Lookingglass Theatre Company; Tanya Saracho, Co-Founder, Teatro Luna.

Climate Change - NEW!

Host: Helen Howes, Vice President, Corporate Environment Health & Safety, Exelon Corporation; Peggy Davis, Vice President, Diversity & Staffing, Exelon Corporation; Shelley Keller, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Exelon Corporation

Speakers: Karen Hobbs, First Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environment, City of Chicago; Debra Moskovits, Senior Vice President, Environment, Culture, Conservation, The Field Museum; Adele Simmons, President, Global Philanthropy Partnership.

Corporate Boards

Host: Tara Goff Kamradt, Partner, Katten Muchin & Rosenman, LLP.

Thought Leaders; Deborah DeHaas, Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner, Deloitte, LLP; Vicki W. Kramer, Principal, V. Kramer & Associates; Cheryl Mayberry McKissac, Founder, President and CEO, Nia Enterprises, LLC; Patty Morrison, Former Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Motorola, Inc.; Irene M. Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer, University HealthSystem Consortium; Marie Wilson, President and Founder, The White House Project

Corporate Leadership

Hosts: Cynde Hirschtick Munzer, Partner, Arnstein & Lehr, LLP; Wynona Redmond, Director, Public Affairs & Government Relations, Dominick's

Speakers: Gina Boswell, President, Global Brands, Alberto-Culver; Margaret Fogarty DeWoskin, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer, ORIX Real Estate Capital, Inc.; Kathleen M. Kedrowski, Managing Director, Navigant; Kristie Paskvan, Chief Financial Officer, Mesirow Financial

The C-Suite

Host: Susan Gallagher, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group

Speakers: Kary Mcllwain, President and Chief Executive Officer, Young & Rubicam; Nancy Pacher, President and Chief Operating Officer, US Equities Realty

Entrepreneurs

Host: Sandra Rand

Speakers: Genevieve Bos, Founding Publisher, PINK Magazine; Margaret Garner, President, Broadway Consolidated Companies; Christy Webber, President, Christy Webber Landscapes

General Counsels - NEW!

Hosts: Regine Corrado, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP; Olivia Tyrrell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP

Steering Committee: Mary Ann Hynes, Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, Corn Products International, Inc.; Michele Coleman Mayes, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Allstate Insurance Company; Gloria Santona, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, McDonald's Corporation.

Health

Host: Denise Bujak, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Health Care Service Corporation.

Speakers: Alejandra Perez-Tamayo, Chair, Department of Surgery, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center; Anne E. Phelps, Partner, Washington Council, Ernst & Young LLP; Shirley Richmond, Dean, College of Health Sciences, Northern Illinois University

Hospitality - NEW!

Host: Felecia Shallow-Davis, Dean, Student Affairs, Kendall College

Speakers: Lisa Langfeldt, Recruiter, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises; Monika Lotter, Director of Catering, Trump Hotel; Laurel Rhoads McCarthy, Director of Sales, Krisam Group, President, Meeting Professionals International; Andrew Moroney, Corporate Counsel, Hyatt Corporation

International Business

Host: Anita Tang, Managing Director, Royal Roots Global, Inc.

Speakers: Monica Chen, Director, Hong Kong Economics & Trade Office (New York); Patricia Curran, Executive Vice President, People (retired), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Donna Sims Wilson, President, M. R. Beal & Company.

Marketing & Advertising

Hosts: Carla Michelotti, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Leo Burnett Worldwide; Sarah Paulsen, Vice President, Account Director, Leo Burnett Worldwide

Speakers: Lisa Cochrane, Vice President, Marketing, Allstate Insurance Co.; Catherine G. Guthrie, President, Multi-National Accounts, Leo Burnett Worldwide; Sherren Leigh, President and Founder, Today's Chicago Woman; Marlena Peleo-Lazar, Chief Creative Officer, McDonald's North America.

Not-for-Profit

Host: Barbara Talisman, President, Talisman Associates, Inc.; Paula Goedert, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Speakers: Amina Dickerson, Senior Director, Corporate Community Involvement, Kraft Foods; Sunny Fischer, Executive Director, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Co-Founder, Chicago Foundation for Women; Kelly White, Executive Director, Chicago Foundation for Women

Philanthropy

Host: Marguerite H. Griffin, Senior Vice President, National Director of Philanthropic Services, Northern Trust Company

Speakers: Consuella Brown, Program Director, Woods Fund of Chicago; Nicole Robinson, Director, Corporate Community Involvement, Kraft Foods; Tina Stretch, Board Member, Young Women's Leadership Charter School

Politics

Host: Patty Dondanville, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP; Patricia Brown Holmes, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP

Thought Leaders: Reneé Amoore, Founder & President, The Amoore Group; Aurora Austriaco, Attorney, Political Activist, Former Political Candidate; Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Cook County; Nancy Chen, Regional Administrator, Women's Bureau, United States Department of Labor; Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs; Dr. Ann Kalayil, Past President, Indo-American Organization; Norma Reyes, Commissioner, Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection, City of Chicago

Science & Technology

Host: Eileen Sweeney, Director of Corporate and Foundation Philanthropic Relations, Motorola, Inc.

Speakers: Sarah Miller Caldicott, Founder, The Power Patterns of Innovation; Valinda Scarbro Kennedy, Financial Services Client Director, IBM; Ellen Rozelle Turner, President, Blackwell Consulting Services.