Midtown Advancement Council
Samuel Bell, Co-Chair
Canon Solutions America
Al Carter, Co-Chair
Walgreens
Andrew Estill
Aon
Andy Clark
DePaul University
Art Thelen
Midtown Center
Ben Younger
Riveron Consulting
Brent Bridwell
Midtown Educational Foundation
Brian Masterson
ZeroFOX
Chris Saletta
Salo LLC
Christopher Unterfranz
Salesforce
Dave Hand
IBM
David LaSota
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Erik Ojala
Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.
Glenn Wilke
Midtown Educational Foundation
Jake Noble
CIBC
Jay Presberg
Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust
Jim Sullivan
Greeley and Hansen
Justin Clapper
BMW Technology Corporation
Leo Dombrowski
Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP
Louis Artiaga
Midtown Educational Foundation
Michael Gray
Discover Financial Services
Peter Ladwein
Midtown Center
Rob Pluta
Mayer Brown
Todd Raclaw
Raymond James
Metro Advancement Council
Erika Maschmeyer, Chair
Columbia Wanger Asset Management
Lisa Brown
Post Holdings
Elizabeth Dolack
St. Mary of the Angels School
Maria Gemskie
Gagen MacDonald
Sea Grandon
Sea Grandon Photography
Mary Jaconetti
Aon
Tracey Jordan
Foran Glennon
Dana Kumar
Boeing
Maria Llamas
TMC/ C.H. Robinson
Jody Madler
IES Abroad
Susan McCrary
Chubb
Melissa Murrell
Fidelity Investments
Valerie Newman, CFA
Perkins Investment Management
Martha O’Bryan
Walgreens
Blair Pircon
Kellogg School of Management
Mary Presberg
PwC
Susan Presberg
Abbott Laboratories
Candice Smith
Boeing
Lovetta Spencer
US Bank
Rocio Telinski
Rocio Telinski & Associates, LLC
Upcoming Events
Midtown Educational Foundation (MEF) was the grateful recipient of a $100,000 grant from the PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.! This grant will help fund MEF's College Orientation Program (COP) for low-income high school youth in Chicago.
Kathrine Switzer, Marathon Woman, came to Chicago on March 2nd to speak at
MEF’s 21st Annual MAC Luncheon where over 295 MEF advocates and supporters
gathered to raise over $101,000 in support of MEF’s student programming. Alum Giovanna shared, "Metro inspires girls who don’t see themselves represented anywhere else, girls who often don’t think they are worthy of succeeding. Metro teaches us we can do anything we put our mind to. This is why the city of Chicago needs a place like Metro. This is why I needed Metro."
Over winter break, Midtown and Metro hosted events for their alumni, now in college or recently graduated. It was wonderful to see handfuls of alumni gather together as a community in the places many refer to as their “second home.”
Metro alumna Isabel Hernandez brought the crowd at the 20th Annual MAC Luncheon to its feet with her talk about how her experiences at Metro helped her flourish.
Candace Vogler leads a team of philosophers at the University of Chicago who are studying: "Virtue, Happiness and the Meaning of Life. She recently shared some of her observations about human nature and happiness at MEF's Breakfast with Champions speaker series.
ABC7 interviews Captain Katie Higgins, the first female Blue Angels pilot at the 19th Annual Metro Advancement Council Luncheon benefiting Chicago's at-risk urban youth.
Former Steve Jobs PR manager and marketing guru, Andy Cunningham, dazzled a packed house at 1871 with life lessons and her bright vision for the future.
The Metro Advancement Council (MAC) presented a series of professional development workshops for Metro alumnae.
The Metro Advancement Council invites you to the 22nd Annual Luncheon benefiting Chicago’s Metro Achievement Center for Girls!