Welcome to our 2021-2022 Year in Review! The Chicago Network continues to thrive as we elevate our members and their communities through fostering our purpose, mission, values, and vision. We have much to celebrate as we reflect on our accomplishments this past year.
The Chicago Network's commitment to achieving gender equity continues to be our driving principle. Our new strategic plan's top initiatives include increasing the number of women on corporate boards as well as identifying and nurturing high potential women to secure C-Suite positions.
Our members are our lifeline and what makes us an exceptional organization. We listen to them, assist them achieve their goals, support their personal growth, and are grateful for them.
Sincerely,
Denise Singleton
Chair
Linda Imonti
Vice Chair
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Purpose: |
To empower women to lead |
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Mission: |
Connect with each other for personal and
professional growth |
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Vision: |
Gender Equity for Women of All Colors. At All Levels. Everywhere. |
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Values: |
Empathy: We meet women where they are |
41
Fortune 500 C-Suite Executives
2.8T
Publicly held member companies represent more than 2.8 Trillion in Market Cap
4.8M
Member companies employ more than 4.8 million people
12
Current and Former Fortune 500 CEOs
68%
CRAIN's most Powerful Women in Chicago Business
20%
CRAIN's Power 25 Chicagoans
6
University Presidents
28
Arts and Culture Trailblazers
50
Corporate C-Suite Executives
53
CEOs and Entrepreneurs of Mid-Size Companies
50+
Corporate Directors
9
Government Leaders
32
Healthcare Industry Executives
30
Higher Education Institution Leaders
48
Non-Profit Trailblazers
34
Media and Communications Executives
46
Law Industry Leaders
Diane Earll
USG Corporation
President,
Ceilings Division
Rhonda Ferguson
Allstate Corporation
Executive
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel &
Secretary
Kristen Murtos
NorthShore University
HealthSystem
Chief Administrative and Strategy Officer
Jaime Faulkner
Chicago Blackhawks
President
Brooke Flanagan
Steppenwolf Theatre
Company
Executive Director
Katie Rooney
Alight
Chief Financial
Officer
Geraldine Keefe
Goldman Sachs
Partner,
Co-Head of Midwest Investment Banking
Bobbie Byrne
Advocate Aurora Health
Chief
Information Officer
Laurie Joyner
Saint Xavier University
President
Linda Finkel
AVIA
Chief Executive
Officer
Felicia Davis Blakley
Chicago Foundation for
Women
President and CEO
Andrea Ingram Wiles
DuPage Children's
Museum
President and CEO
Natalie Brown
Mesirow
Chief Executive
Officer
Anna Paglia
Invesco Ltd.
Managing
Director, Head of Global ETFs & Indexed Strategies
Anna May Trala
GTCR
Managing Director
and Chief Financial Officer
Suzanne Yoon
Kinzie Capital Partners
Founder,
Managing Partner
Marcella David
Columbia College Chicago
Senior
Vice President and Provost
Mary Clare Bonaccorsi
Polsinelli, P.C.
Chair,
Cross Department Litigation; Managing Partner, Chicago
Tracy Brown
Chicago Public Media
Chief
Content Officer
Shelly Sun
BrightStar Care
CEO and
Founder
Rebekah Scheinfeld
Civic Consulting
Alliance
CEO and President
The initiatives within each pillar include:
- Retain: Women on Boards, Small Gatherings, and Affinity Groups;
- Serve: Women in the Forefront Luncheon and Equity Principles; and
- Engage: Launch Pad/ Next Generation and Early Identification of Leaders.
The plan is a living document and as such, we will work with it, measure our progress, and adjust the KPIs, if appropriate.
Chair
Denise Singleton
EVP, General Counsel & Secretary,
WestRock Company
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Linda Imonti
Office Managing Principal
KPMG LLP
Secretary-Treasurer/ Finance & Audit Chair
Deb Boyda
Independent Board Director, Former CEO, Isobar
Immediate Past Chair/Nominating Committee Chair
Cary Grace
Independent Board Director, Former CEO, Global Retirement &
Investments, AON
Communications Chair
Kary McIIwain
CMO & CCO
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago
Media & Communications Subcommittee Chair
Teri Arvesu
SVP Social Impact & Sustainability
TelevisaUnivision
At Large
Tracey Benford
Managing Director, Midwest, Canadian, Southwest FICC & Equity
Goldman Sachs
Financial Services Subcommittee Chair
Sidney Dillard
Partner & Head of Corporate Investment Banking
Loop Capital Markets
Women on Boards Committee Chair
Sara Greenstein
President & CEO
Axel Johnson Inc.
Programs & Engagement Committee Chair
Cathy Kenworthy
Founder & President
Health Hippo
WIFL Co-Chair
Beth Kirk Malecki
Senior Partner, Chicago Office Leader
Mercer
Membership Committee Chair
Suzet McKinney
Principal & Director of Life Sciences
Sterling Bay
WIFL Co-Chair
Diane Offereins
EVP, President Payment Services
Discover Financial Services
Governance Committee Chair
Angela Williams
President & CEO
United Way Worldwide
Corporate Subcommittee Chair
Yasmine Winkler
Independent Board Director, Former CEO, Central Region, United
Health Care
At Large
Patricia Brown Holmes
Managing Partner
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
Marsha Cruzan
Regional Market President
US Bank
Francesca DeBiase
EVP, Global Chief Supply Chain Officer
McDonald's
Corporation
Grace Hou
Secretary
Illinois Department of Human
Services
Roxanne Martino
Managing Partner
OceanM19
Joyce St. Clair
Former Chief Human Resource Officer
Northern
Trust
Executive Committee
Denise Singleton, Chair
Cary Grace
Deb Boyda
Linda Imonti
Suzet McKinney
Finance and Audit Committee
Deb Boyda, Chair
Tracey Benford
Sidney Dillard
Linda Imonti
Roxanne Martino
Governance Committee
Angela Williams, Chair
Marsha Cruzan
Patricia Brown Holmes
Grace Hou
Membership Committee
Suzet McKinney, Chair
Teri Arvesu, Chair, Media & Communications Subcommittee
Verneda Bachus, Chair, Health, Science & Medicine Subcommittee
Gina Berndt, Chair, Professional Services & Associations
Subcommittee
Cathy Birkland, Chair, Law Subcommittee
Sidney Dillard, Chair, Financial Services Subcommittee
Sarah Herda, Chair, Arts & Culture Subcommittee
Jane Mentzinger, Chair, Nonprofit Subcommittee
Susan Poser, Chair, Higher Education Subcommittee
Julie Scott, Chair, Mid-Size Private Companies Subcommittee
Z. Scott, Chair, Government Subcommittee
Yasmine Winkler, Chair, Corporate Subcommittee
Communications Committee
Kary McIlwain, Chair
Gayla Brockman
Kathleen Carroll
Yvonne Franzese
Lindsey Jenkins
Diane Pearse
Aurelie Richard
Michelle Russell
Emerita Committee
Elizabeth Richter, Chair
Barbara Provus
Anna Rappaport
Toni Smith
Launchpad
Shan Bhati
Francesca Cornelli
Aarti Dhupelia
Karyn Esken
Yonhee Gordon
Teresa Wilton Harmon
Laurie Joyner
Maria Pesqueira
Tracie Morris
Aurelie Richard
Heather Russell
Kathy Scherer
Programs & Engagement Committee
Cathy Kenworthy, Chair
Bonnie Allen
Aurora Austriaco
Tracey Benford
Deborah Bowen
Barbra Bukovac
Karen Case
Maria Carrillo
Elizabeth Coolidge
Regine Corrado
Monica Davey
Angelique David
Mitra Dutta
Opella Ernest
Karyn Esken
Pamela Forbes Lieberman
Sarah Guernsey
Sandra Helton
Mary Jo Herseth
Grace Hou
Erin Inman
Katie Lawler
Marilyn Lissner
Dorri McWhorter
Nivine Megahed
Carla Michelotti
Theresa Mintle
Jill Nicholson
Jenny Niemann
Diane Primo
Elizabeth Richter
Jacqueline Stewart
Joyce St. Clair
Ann Thompson
Anna Valencia
Brooke Wiseman
Amanda Woodward
Kathleen Yosko
Women in the Forefront Luncheon Committee
Beth Kirk Malecki, Co-Chair
Diane Offereins, Co-Chair
Julie Scott, Co-Chair
Sue Bettman
Regine Corrado
Francesca DeBiase
Kathy Seegebrecht
Jill Smart
Joyce St. Clair
Yasmine Winkler
Women on Boards Committee
Sara Greenstein, Chair
Deb Boyda
Katie Doyle
Mary Josephs
Blythe McGarvie
Tierney Remick
Denise Singleton
Yasmine Winkler
Ann Ziegler
Arts & Culture Subcommittee
Sarah Herda, Chair
Susan Abrams
Jean Franczyk
Sarah Guernsey
Perri Imer
Megan Ross
Lynn Osmond
Laura Sadler
Joyce Simon
Corporate Subcommittee
Yasmine Winkler, Chair
Therese Fauerbach
Laura Gurski
Trish Lukasik
Beth Kirk Malecki
Laurie O’Shea
Talita Ramos Erickson
Kathy Seegebrecht
Ann Ziegler
Financial Services Subcommittee
Sidney Dillard, Chair
Tracey Benford
Elizabeth Betten
Gwen Butler
Mary Josephs
Beth Karlson
Roxanne Martino
Joyce St. Clair
Julie Vander Weele
Government Subcommittee
Z. Scott, Chair
Melissa Bean
Kim Foxx
Bridget Gainer
Lori Healey
Janice Jackson
Robin Kelly
Juliana Stratton
Health, Science & Medicine Subcommittee
Verneda Bachus, Chair
Cynthia Barginere
Jan Berger
Deborah Bowen
Cheryl Lulias
Lisa Johnson
Michelle Stephenson
Dana Thompson
Brenda Wolf
Kathleen Yosko
Higher Education Membership Subcommittee
Susan Poser, Chair
Donna Carroll
Beth Harris
Elaine Maimon
Stephanie Marshall
Marilyn McCoy
Nivine Megahed
Jennifer Rosato Perea
Rebecca Rugg
Elissa Tenny
Law Membership Subcommittee
Cathy Birkeland, Chair
Rebecca Bacon
Christine Edwar ds
Esther Franco-Payne
Mary Ann Hynes
Devi Koya
Joan Lefkow
Terri Mascherin
Maura Ann McBreen
Mary Meg McCarthy
Media & Communications Membership Subcommittee
Teri Arvesu, Chair
Shan Bhati
Cari Bucci-Hulings
Karyn Esken
E.T. Franklin
Jennifer Graves
Susan Jacobs
Renetta McCann
Sandra Cordova Micek
Alison Scholly
Maxine Winer
Mid-Size Private Companies Membership Subcommittee
Julie Scott, Chair
Caroline Becker Joss
Rona Borre
Eileen Chin
Anne Edwards-Cotter
Alison Gutterman
Stephanie Hickman
Erin Inman
Cheryl Lulias
Laura Neiman
Jenny Niemann
Ellen Rudnick
Donna Williamson
Nonprofit Membership Subcommittee
Jane Mentzinger, Chair
Heather Anichini
MarySue Barrett
Gillian Darlow
Maria Kim
Alison Ranney
Angela Williams
Brooke Wiseman
Professional Services & Associations Membership
Subcommittee
Gina Berndt, Chair
Donni Case
Lisa Johnson
Jackie Koo
Kathy Scherer
Jill Smart
Maria Doughty
President and CEO
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Ellen S. Feinberg
Executive Coordinator/Director of Operations
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Lora Joffe
Director of Programs and Member Experience
312 787 1994
Nathan Upchurch
Director of Design and Innovation
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