Ms. Mekus serves as Interior Design Principal on many of the firm’s interior architecture projects ranging in size up to 500,000 square feet. With over 35 years of experience, she has been involved in programming,...

A principal in the architectural and design firm of Tigerman McCurry and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Margaret McCurry received her Bachelor’s degree in Art History from Vassar College and her...

Named by Fast Company as one of the “change agents… designers, & dreamers who are creating your future,” Eva L. Maddox is a principal and board member of Perkins+Will as well as the founder of...

Sherren Leigh is founder and president of Leigh Communications, Inc., publishers of Today’s Chicago Woman magazine. Recognized nationally as an advocate of women’s economic and employment equality, she has been quoted in a variety of...

Occupation: President, Levy Home Entertainment Levy Home Entertainment is a $700M Wholesale Book Distributor, customers include: Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Meijer, Toys R Us and Rite Aid. Suppliers include: Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and...

Marilyn Kelly was Vice President “? Procurement at Kronos Foods, Inc., in Chicago and Glendale Heights, Illinois (now known as Grecian Delight | Kronos). She oversaw purchasing for multiple US divisions from 2004 to 2021....

Suzie Isaacs is founder and president of Ampersand, Inc., which she started in 1995. Its purpose is to create, position and market innovative intellectual properties including books, memoirs and other works, offering a full range...

Mary Ann Hynes was appointed as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Corn Products International, Inc., in 2006. She came to Corn Products with a wealth of experience in the role of vice...