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This Notables section features 56 LGBTQ businesses and large corporations, arts executives and 10 companies that cham- organizations and nonprofits. Typically, pion diversity. A number of the honorees they started or sponsor employee resource work for or support leading advocacy or- groups and serve on diversity and inclu- ganizations, including AIDS Foundation of sion councils with an eye to breaking down Chicago, Center on Halsted, Chicago House the barriers that keep LGBTQ people from & Social Service Agency, Equality Illinois advancing to leadership positions. And they and Howard Brown Health. mentor colleagues informally or in struc- Some of the attorneys on the list repre- tured settings to help them get ahead. sent gay clients in employment or family The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in law matters. Others have handled asylum June that civil rights law protects gay and cases for clients who were persecuted in transgender employees from discrimina- their home countries. They help advance tion pleases this cohort of Notables and the colleagues through the LGBT Bar Associa- broader community that advocates equality. tion and other legal forums. These Notables are working at small By Judith Crown

METHODOLOGY: The individuals and companies featured did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from the nomination materials submitted. This list is not comprehensive. It includes only individuals and companies for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by editors. To qualify for the list, individuals must have made significant contributions to advancing equality within the workplace or in the Chicago area. Companies must have demonstrated that they have promoted diversity and inclusion, including the hiring and advancement of LGBTQ managers and executives as well as women and minorities.

MICHAEL ABRAMS TONY ABRUSCATO DUKE ALDEN DAVID ALFINI JILL ALLREAD Founder and CEO Founder and president Vice president Partner CEO Michael Abrams Interiors Get Growing Foundation Alight Solutions Hinshaw & Culbertson Public Communications Inc.

Michael Abrams heads his own As founder of nonpro t Get At the provider of bene ts, A partner in Hinshaw & Culb- Jill Allread leads communica- 20-year-old design rm that Growing Foundation, Tony payroll and HR cloud services, ertson’s Chicago oce, David tions and marketing agency PCI, focuses on high-end residential Abruscato works to inspire, Duke Alden leads the global Al ni focuses on product liabil- which serves clients in health interiors. His team designs luxe educate and motivate the next security assurance function. ity defense and the defense of care, nonpro ts, travel and spaces in the generation Alden’s team nursing homes, tourism, ani- city as well as of garden- of cybersecu- long-term care mal care and auent sub- ers through rity experts facilities and conservation. urbs such as community supports 3,250 home care Over the past Hinsdale and outreach and clients world- companies. He 18 months, Highland Park. educational wide. Alden was instrumen- Allread has Assignments programs. e has been a tal in launching led initiatives take the team foundation is part of Alight’s and developing to increase out of town, the education- COVID-19 the rm’s long- commitment including work al partner of eorts, helping term care and to diversity on vacation homes in Florida the Chicago Flower & Garden clients respond to the pandem- aging-services practice, which he and inclusion among sta and and Utah. Abrams serves as Show, which Abruscato directed. ic. Alden served on the Illinois leads. Al ni serves as co-chair of clients. PCI is recognized by president of Designs for Dignity, Known as “Mr. Green Chicago,” Human Rights Commission the LGBTQ anity group, which the National LGBT Chamber of an organization that transforms Abruscato works with special between 2015 and 2019. During oers programs to raise LGBTQ Commerce as a certi ed LGBT nonpro t environments through needs programs to grow plant his term, he advanced equality awareness. One of his goals is Business Enterprise. Allread is pro bono design services and material that is distributed to in a number of rulings related to to connect his aging-services a founding board member of in-kind donations. Abrams aims underserved communities. His equal treatment in the work- practice and his work with the Girls in the Game, a Chicago to have all members of the Chi- latest initiative, Plant Truck place, including issuing work- LGBTQ community. is year, nonpro t that empowers girls cago-area design and construc- Chicago, is a mobile greenhouse place protections for members he’s helped clients respond to through sports and leadership. tion community support the that brings plants to commu- of the transgender community. issues related to COVID-19 and e organization serves 3,000 organization through pro bono nities that don’t have garden Alden served as co-chair of the recently participated on a panel girls in the region every year. design or construction services, centers. Abruscato has three governor’s LGBTQ Advisory discussion addressing issues She’s led fundraising events for donation of furnishings and con- decades of involvement with Committee for four years. He faced by LGBTQ seniors during the AIDS Foundation of Chicago struction materials or nancial the local and statewide LGBT currently is on the board of the pandemic. He is chair of the and Howard Brown Health. All- support. Prior to his involvement community. He has worked Howard Brown Health and was programing board for nonpro t read and her partner of 26 years with Designs for Dignity, Abrams with Equality Illinois, Chicago previously board chair. Before StartOut Chicago, which sup- worked to help pass Illinois’ rst was a board member of the Hu- House & Social Service Agency joining Alight Solutions in 2017, ports LGBTQ entrepreneurs and domestic partnership registry in man Rights Campaign. and Chicago AIDS Run & Walk. Alden was chief information business owners. their home village of Oak Park. And he was emcee for a Wintrust security ocer at Aon. Pride celebration in 2018. “MY EXPERIENCES. MY IDEAS. MY PRIDE IN THE WORKPLACE.”

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MICHAEL ANDREWS ANGELA BARNES TYLER BAUER NORA BONEHAM CRYSTAL BRABOY GREG CAMERON Chief financial officer, Hefty General counsel, director of legal Vice president Senior product manager Vice president of human resources, President and CEO Division affairs and growth initiatives NorthShore University Cohesion diversity, equity and inclusion Joffrey Ballet Reynolds Consumer Products City Tech Collaborative HealthSystem Medical Group Planned Parenthood of Illinois At the venture-funded company At the renowned ballet com- Michael Andrews handles nan- At the enterprise that seeks solu- Tyler Bauer is an executive leader that enables real estate own- Crystal Braboy leads HR and cul- pany, Greg Cameron leads a cial management for the Hefty tions to urban problems, Angela in the multispecialty practice ers and operators to remotely tivates a strong culture for the 350 sta of 181. When he assumed unit, which produces waste bags Barnes handles legal matters group of 950 primary and spe- monitor and operate buildings, employees at Planned Parent- leadership of the Jorey in 2013, and food stor- and co-leads cialty care Nora Boneham hood of Illinois. the organiza- age products. the company’s physicians with is building a Last year, Bra- tion hadn’t Andrews was racial equity 140 locations. product team boy launched implemented part of the team and inclusion Bauer has been in Chicago. She a diversity best practic- that earlier this framework. instrumental collaborates and inclusion es in many year led the e group in advancing on strategy for program. She areas and IPO for Lake has devised NorthShore’s positioning leads discus- faced nancial Forest-based solutions for a primary care ef- and pricing the sions around challenges. Reynolds Con- range of urban forts by integrat- product as well the country on He spear- sumer Prod- challenges ing genetics and as crafting a unconscious headed the ucts. Andrews joined Reynolds such as ooding and conges- personalized tools into patient care bene cial user experience. Bon- bias and trains to override bias, creation of a diversity, equity in 2015 after a 13-year stint at tion. Before joining City Tech plans. With the onset of COVID, ham joined Cohesion last year racial anxiety and stereotypes and inclusion sta committee, PepsiCo working on Quaker and last year, Barnes was general Bauer galvanized a response team after completing dual degrees and to reduce racial polarization. and the company has sent more Tropicana brands. At PepsiCo counsel and director of compli- that expanded capacity tenfold at at Northwestern University: an She’s the founder of Human than 40 employees for training. and earlier at Northwestern ance and business operations four NorthShore Immediate Care MBA from the Kellogg School Resources Practitioners of Color, Cameron has teamed with a University’s Kellogg School of at MxD, formerly known as UI sites. e team evaluated 27,000 of Management and an M.S. a supportive community for HR variety of nonpro ts, such as the Management, Andrews was Labs. Barnes chairs the board at patients, conducted 20,000 online in design innovation from the managers of color that has grown Center on Halsted, that support a leader with Reaching Out the Center on Halsted and leads visits and developed a drive-thru McCormick School of Engineer- to 3,000 members. is year, advancement of the arts and MBA, the annual conference for the center’s Women’s Action testing facility that has performed ing. At Northwestern, she was a she’s worked to support LGBTQ LGBTQ issues. e Jorey is also the LGBTQ MBA community. Council, focused on outreach 8,000 tests. Bauer has been an leader in Pride@Kellogg and vice communities and people of color a founding member of Enrich, e group works to facilitate and inclusion of the queer wom- inuencer in NorthShore’s diver- president of strategic initiatives. disproportionately aected by a collaborative of nonpro ts workplace change and support en’s community. She is on the sity and inclusion initiatives. He Boneham started a speaker the pandemic. She’s also a men- committed to ending racism and up-and-coming LGBTQ leaders. board of Chicago Coalition for co-leads the Sexual Orientation & series in which Kellogg hosted tor to emerging LGBTQ leaders systemic oppression in the arts He also co-chaired PepsiCo’s the Homeless and is former co- Gender Identity steering commit- nationally prominent LGBTQ throughout Planned Parenthood sector. e Stanford Graduate LGBT employee resource group. chair of GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian tee, which advocates inclusion business leaders on campus— nationally, as well as up-and- School of Business developed a An alumnus of Kellogg, Andrews Alliance Against Defamation) of accurate, appropriate and three sold-out events were held coming people of color. Before case study of the Jorey’s growth is on the board of advisers of Chicago Leadership Council. sensitive demographic and clinical in 2018 and 2019. Before enroll- joining Planned Parenthood in and transformation as an exam- Pride@Kellogg and serves as an She co-founded SHE100, a phil- information for transgender and ing at Northwestern, Boneham 2014, she was communications ple of organizational success. adviser, mentor and panelist on anthropic giving circle of lesbian nonbinary patients into electronic was an investment analyst at and human resources manager at LGBT issues. and queer women. health records. Prudential Financial. Circle Foundation.

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CRYSTAL BRABOY GREG CAMERON TIMOTHY CARRIGAN MARC DEMOSS Vice president of human resources, President and CEO Chief nursing officer Head of research products LGBTQ WORKPLACE BLUES diversity, equity and inclusion Joffrey Ballet Loyola University Medical Center Morningstar Planned Parenthood of Illinois 93 percent At the renowned ballet com- At Loyola, Timothy Carrigan is a Marc DeMoss has pro t-and- of Fortune 500 companies have nondiscrimination policies that include sexual Crystal Braboy leads HR and cul- pany, Greg Cameron leads a member of the diversity and in- loss responsibility for roughly 10 orientation. And 91 percent have nondiscrimination policies that include gender tivates a strong culture for the 350 sta of 181. When he assumed clusion committee at the medical percent of Morningstar’s global identity. Many companies also provide other benefits: 53 percent include domestic employees at Planned Parent- leadership of the Jorey in 2013, center, which evaluates practices revenue and oversees products partner benefits; 65 percent include transgender-inclusive benefits. hood of Illinois. the organiza- related to work- delivering the Last year, Bra- tion hadn’t force inclusion, research of its boy launched implemented addresses po- 250 analysts. 20 percent a diversity best practic- tential patient He expanded of LGBTQ Americans have experienced discrimination based on sexual orientation or and inclusion es in many care inequi- Morningstar’s gender identity when applying for jobs. LGBTQ people of color (32 percent) are more program. She areas and ties, identi es research busi- likely to experience this type of discrimination than white LGBTQ people (13 percent). leads discus- faced nancial educational ness globally, And 22 percent of LGBTQ Americans have not been paid equally or promoted at the sions around challenges. opportunities particularly in same rate as their peers. the country on He spear- and helps the Asia. ere he unconscious headed the organization drove an out- bias and trains to override bias, creation of a diversity, equity prioritize outreach initiatives growth of the company’s equity racial anxiety and stereotypes and inclusion sta committee, to underserved communities. research business and established 25 percent of LGBTQ employees report staying in a job due to an LGBTQ-inclusive work envi- and to reduce racial polarization. and the company has sent more As a man in a predominantly a partnership with BNP Paribas. She’s the founder of Human than 40 employees for training. female profession, Carrigan DeMoss was an early advocate of ronment. But 10 percent of LGBTQ employees have left a job because the work Resources Practitioners of Color, Cameron has teamed with a has mentored and developed workplace equality at Morning- environment did not accept LGBTQ people. Fewer than 0.3 percent of Fortune 500 a supportive community for HR variety of nonpro ts, such as the nursing leaders from a range of star and is a founding member board directors were openly LGBTI in 2020. managers of color that has grown Center on Halsted, that support backgrounds, including men and of its LGBTQ anity group. He to 3,000 members. is year, advancement of the arts and women of all age groups, people helped organize the group’s rst she’s worked to support LGBTQ LGBTQ issues. e Jorey is also of color and professionals from event for Chicago-based employ- 77 countries communities and people of color a founding member of Enrich, the LGBTQ community. He has ees. He also has organized events prohibit discrimination in employment because of sexual orientation, including disproportionately aected by a collaborative of nonpro ts mentored LGTBQ leaders in with the anity group to mentor Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the the pandemic. She’s also a men- committed to ending racism and nursing who have advanced from Morningstar employees in their United Kingdom. On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act tor to emerging LGBTQ leaders systemic oppression in the arts bedside RNs to nursing directors career development. DeMoss of 1964 protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation throughout Planned Parenthood sector. e Stanford Graduate and executive leaders in health produced an independent fea- or gender identity. This means that workers across the U.S. cannot be fired for being nationally, as well as up-and- School of Business developed a care. Before joining Loyola last ture-length narrative lm, “Crime LGBT. Before the ruling, there was no state-level protection for sexual orientation coming people of color. Before case study of the Jorey’s growth year, Carrigan was system chief Fiction,” which was commercially or gender identity in 28 of the 50 states. Out of an estimated 8.1 million LGBT joining Planned Parenthood in and transformation as an exam- administrative ocer at Rush released in 2007. Last year, he workers age 16 or older, nearly half (3.9 million) lived in states without statutory 2014, she was communications ple of organizational success. University Medical Center. He produced a short documentary protections. and human resources manager at is on the board of Heartland lm in conjunction with Scrap- Source: Catalyst Circle Foundation. Alliance Health. pers Film Group.

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DAN EARLES ABBY FARRELL GREGORY FINE KENNETH FOX DENISE FOY Principal Executive director and lead, Rates CEO Chief health officer Vice president, business Earles Architects & Associates and Commodities Distribution Group CCIM Institute Chicago Public Schools operations health solutions CIBC World Markets American Medical Association Dan Earles owns three business- Gregory Fine leads the organi- As chief medical professional, es with revenue of $5 million: As team lead, Abby Farrell works zation that provides educational Dr. Kenneth Fox leads the Oce At the AMA, Denise Foy manag- Earles Architects & Associates, a with clients from CIBC’s U.S. and professional development of Student Health & Wellness, es the division that curates and full-service interior architecture middle market and specialty - for the commercial real estate a diverse team of 90. Fox works licenses the Current Procedural rm based in nance divisions industry, to eliminate Terminology the West Loop; to implement including the health-related medical code a commercial interest rate Certi ed Com- barriers to that is used to furniture deal- and commod- mercial Invest- learning and report pro- er; and a pop- ity hedging ment Member drive better cedures and corn company. strategies. She designation. health and services to phy- In the past 18 collaborates Over the past educational sicians, health months, Earles with company 18 months, outcomes for insurance served on an CEOs, CFOs CCIM Institute CPS stu- companies and American and stakehold- adopted an dents. He has accreditation Institute of Architects panel that ers to identify corporate risk and updated diversity and inclusion been a champion of Medicaid organizations. e division also focused on being “Out at Work” design hedging solutions in mul- statement. In February, the enrollment among CPS stu- maintains a database on physi- in architecture and interior de- tiple currencies and commodity institute convened a gathering of dents. Under his leadership, the cian education and certi cations. sign rms. Earles helped develop types. Farrell speaks often at commercial real estate lead- number of Medicaid-eligible Foy serves as the executive spon- and sponsored an LGBT Illinois CIBC meetings and industry ers to discuss the workforce of but unenrolled CPS students sor for the AMA’s Pride employee Chamber of Commerce business conferences. In March she was the future, which resulted in a decreased by 50 percent over resource group, which has raised boot camp for entrepreneurs. one of three panelists to discuss commitment to address barriers the past three years. His team awareness of the need for pro- And he participated in a panel topics of equality and inclusion to entry, enhance inclusion and completed work on creating safe noun policies, inclusive language discussion on opportunities for at a bank event on International create goals to ensure that top and supportive environments and all-gender restrooms. As minority rms in procurement Women’s Day. In talks, Far- talent is welcomed. Fine has for LGBTQ students and recently co-chair of the LGBT Community with the city of Chicago. e rell discusses the importance served as an ocial mentor for updated the district’s Guide- Fund at the Chicago Community workforce at his companies is of women and members of the American Society of Associ- lines on Support of Transgender Trust, Foy has helped raise mon- diverse: 35 percent LGBTQ, 47 the LGBTQ community being ation Executives diversity lead- & Gender Non-conforming ey and designate awards to local percent women and 30 percent represented in nancial ser- ership program. He was the face Students, including the rst dis- LGBTQ organizations. Last year, minority. He’s an active member vices industry leadership roles. of LGBTQ association executives trictwide webinar on this topic she joined the national board of of the AIA LGBTQI+ Alliance, She’s a supporter of Brave Space at an ASAE meeting 10 years ago that is mandatory for all CPS SAGE, which provides services as well as the LGBT Chamber of Alliance, a Black- and trans-led where he shared his professional sta. Appointed in 2016, Fox is a and advocacy for LGBT elders. Commerce of Illinois. nonpro t that supports LGBTQ journey as a gay man with 5,000 pediatrician with nearly 30 years Foy served for more than 10 people on the South and West of his peers. of clinical experience. years on the Center on Halsted sides. board.

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DENISE FOY LUCAS GOLDBACH Vice president, business Design director operations health solutions Mike Shively Architecture American Medical Association Lucas Goldbach manages design At the AMA, Denise Foy manag- at the architecture and interior es the division that curates and design rm that is an LGBTQIA+ licenses the Current Procedural owned business. Half the Terminology sta of eight medical code are LGBTQ that is used to employees. report pro- In four years cedures and at the rm, services to phy- he has com- sicians, health pleted dozens insurance of projects companies and and helped to accreditation GCM Grosvenor Chairman and CEO Michael Sacks and Indra Nooyi, former chairman and double the size organizations. e division also CEO of PepsiCo, have a “ reside chat” at Grosvenor’s 2019 Small and Emerging Managers of the team. Goldbach is active maintains a database on physi- Conference. in the American Institute of cian education and certi cations. Architects and is on the steer- GUARANTEED RATE Foy serves as the executive spon- GCM GROSVENOR ing committee of AIA Chicago’s sor for the AMA’s Pride employee At the alternative asset management rm with $55 billion LGBTQIA+ Alliance. He’s also e retail mortgage lender has members of the LGBTQ commu- resource group, which has raised invested, more than 60 percent of sta and 70 percent of hires a member of the AIA Bridge nity in high-ranking positions such as executive vice president awareness of the need for pro- in the last year were women or people from a variety of diverse mentoring program. In the com- of performance analytics and strategy and senior vice president noun policies, inclusive language backgrounds. While the company neither requires nor asks pany’s recently completed oce of mortgage lending. Guaranteed Rate launched an internal and all-gender restrooms. As employees to self-identify based on sexual orientation, it has a space, unisex bathrooms were organization, Proud, which oers education and a support co-chair of the LGBT Community robust and active Pride Alliance employee resource group that a priority. is design principle network for LGBTQ+ initiatives. Proud is creating a mentor- Fund at the Chicago Community launched in 2015. In 2018, Grosvenor instituted a cross-de- is central to space planning ship program along with quarterly meetings and events. e Trust, Foy has helped raise mon- partmental diversity and inclusion governance committee to and designing of architectural company also promotes diversity through the Guaranteed Rate ey and designate awards to local develop a cohesive strategy for promoting diversity, inclusion projects for MSA’s diverse group Organization of Women, an internal platform. e resource LGBTQ organizations. Last year, and equity and to drive accountability in the areas of people of clients. Goldbach encour- group conducts a mentorship program, monthly webinars and she joined the national board of and culture, industry leadership, investments, and vendors and ages clients to embrace unisex an annual conference. Nationwide, the company participates in SAGE, which provides services service providers. e Pride and women’s resource groups have bathrooms and other safe-space pride parades and celebrations. Employees donate their time to and advocacy for LGBT elders. promoted professional development and contributed to a high practices to create an LGBTQIA+ promote gay rights by joining LGBTQ+ chambers of commerce, Foy served for more than 10 percentage of employees from diverse backgrounds holding inclusive company culture. volunteering at nonpro ts that encourage LGBTQ+ youth and years on the Center on Halsted leadership positions. creating art exhibitions that examine inequality. board.

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JORDAN HEINZ TODD HEISER DANIEL HERNANDEZ JOE HIGGINS JEROME HOLSTON MICHAEL JARECKI Partner Co-managing director Founder and principal attorney Director of external affairs and Director Principal Kirkland & Ellis Gensler NextLevel Law community impact LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Jarecki Law Group Comcast Illinois Michael Jarecki leads the At Kirkand & Ellis, Jordan As a co-managing director of Daniel Hernandez this year 14-year-old rm specializing in Heinz specializes in intellectual Gensler’s Chicago oce, Todd launched NextLevel Law, Joe Higgins is responsible for ad- Last year Jerome Holston led immigration law. Jarecki handles property and general litigation. Heiser oversees more than 200 specializing in family law and vancing Comcast’s community the chamber’s hosting of an immigrant visas, temporary Heinz is a leader of the rm’s pro designers, architects and con- LGBTQ concerns. e rm impact strategy and strengthen- LGBTQ+ Biz Boot Camp to sup- workers and naturalization cas- bono program sultants. Heiser strives to pro- ing its diversity port LGBTQ+ es, including and co-chair spearheaded tect the rights commitments entrepreneurs. LGBT immi- of Kirkland’s design for the of LGBTQ+ in Illinois, And the city gration issues. rmwide nearly com- families as northwest Indi- of Chicago He’s provided LGBTQ+ com- plete $500 mil- they navigate ana and south- agreed to pro bono mittee. He has lion renovation family matters west Michi- begin a study representation spearheaded of the Willis from divorce to gan. Higgins on LGBTQ+ for LGBTQ im- litigation that Tower. Other adoption. Her- helped lead spending in migrants who has protected clients include nandez adopt- expansion of its suppli- have gained and advanced 1871, Kohler, ed a xed-fee Comcast’s In- er diversity asylum in the the rights of the LGBTQ+ com- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Le structure to make legal services ternet Essentials program, program. Holston has added U.S. after eeing their home munity. He led litigation teams Meridien Hotels, Nickelodeon accessible to the community. which provides low-income programs and resources to countries where they were per- representing same-sex couples and Northwestern University. He works as pro bono attorney and underrepresented families educate big companies and their secuted because of their sexual securing the right to marriage in Most recently, as COVID-19 for Chicago Volunteer Legal Ser- with low-cost internet service at LGBTQ+ employee resource orientation or gender identity. Illinois and Indiana. He is lead has posed questions about the vices. He is chair of the LGBTQ home. He oversees Comcast’s groups. ese programs have He is a frequent speaker on busi- counsel for individuals challeng- future of workplaces and oce committee at the Hispanic Law- annual day of giving: Last year, assisted companies in helping ness and family immigration law ing President Donald Trump’s buildings, Heiser has helped the yers Association of Illinois and is 5,100 volunteers completed their employees access pro- with community groups, lawyer ban on transgender military rm build strategies to support active in the LGBT division of the more than 70 projects, including fessional development. ey peers, students and news media. service (Karnoski v. Trump) clients and their projects. In ad- Hispanic National Bar Associa- youth training at the Center on also help employers adopt best Recently, Jarecki was a panelist in which the 9th Circuit found dition to his design work, Heiser tion. In addition, he is board vice Halsted and cleaning branches practices on hiring, retention, at a forum on undocumented that transgender-based laws are works to recruit and retain president at Between Friends, a of the Chicago River. Higgins promotion and overall inclu- and DACA LGBTQ immigrants subject to heightened judicial talent and helps students obtain nonpro t that aims to break the serves as executive champion for sion. Holston is a member of the hosted by the Los Angeles LGBT scrutiny. He recently achieved a internships at Gensler. Outside cycle of domestic violence. Her- OUT@Comcast, the company’s YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Center. Jarecki serves on the victory in a class action challeng- of work, Heiser is on the board nandez is an adjunct professor employee resource group for Business & Entrepreneurship leadership board of the National ing the Illinois prison system’s of Marwen, a nonpro t that at John Marshall Law School, his LGBTQ employees and allies. Advisory Council, Sterling Bay Immigrant Justice Center and maltreatment of transgender mentors youth and emerging alma mater. Externally, Higgins leads the Diversity & Inclusion Advisory on the board of governors of the prisoners. He serves as a mentor artists. He joined Gensler in 2005 United Way of Metropolitan Chi- Council and the city’s Govern- American Immigration Lawyers to LGBTQ+ attorneys in formal and was named to his current cago’s United Pride ERG, which ment Procurement Compliance Association. and informal structures. position in 2018. brings not-for-pro t and corpo- Forum. Holston joined the LGBT rate partners together to work Chamber in 2017. Earlier, he toward LGBTQ workforce inclu- was associate director at CCS, sion and the needs of the LGBTQ a fundraising consulting and community in the region. management rm.

Scott Hoesman, CEO of inQuest Consulting, accepts the Diversity & Inclusion Award at the Erie Neighborhood House 2019 Future of Promise Dinner from Kirstin Chernawsky, executive director of ENH. With this year’s landmark ruling, we now have the nation’s attention…

HOWARD BROWN HEALTH INQUEST CONSULTING e LGBTQ community health center with 11 clinics provides medical services e rm founded in 2011 consults on diversity, equity and inclusion. Since its and behavioral health programs, social services and outreach for HIV and STI. start, inQuest has trained more than 60,000 people in 10 countries. Clients range let’s get to work! Howard Brown does not ask sta to self-identify but estimates more than 80 from Fortune 100 companies to local nonpro ts. e rm is a 100 percent LGBT- percent of employees are LGBTQ. As a community-based organization formed owned business certi ed through the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Of to serve an oppressed population, Howard Brown recruits and hires people with the rm’s core leadership team of nine, three are people of color, ve are women diverse backgrounds. Of the 13 members of the leadership team, 77 percent are and two are LGBTQ. Subcontractors include people with disabilities and veterans. Congratulations to PCI’s Jill Allread and all the Chicago Jill Allread, APR, CEO LGBTQ, 31 percent are Black, 8 percent are Latino and 61 percent are white. e Team members have keynoted and facilitated discussions at leading diversity, 312.558.1770 organization says its social justice orientation aords it the freedom to prioritize equity and inclusion conferences, including the Forum on Workplace Inclusion leaders making an impact in the LGBTQ community. recruitment of employees whose identities are consistent with its values. Hiring and SHRM Inclusion. In the last two years, team members have supported and/ pcipr.com people who reect the populations served makes the organization more eective or led discussions at LGBTQ+ related events including the Illinois LGBT Supplier Certified LGBT Business Enterprise™ (LGBTBE) in delivering services, Howard Brown says. Diversity Summit and the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce Conference. CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • JULY 13, 2020 33

JEROME HOLSTON MICHAEL JARECKI RODNEY JONES TYSON Director Principal Chief risk officer LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Jarecki Law Group Baird Illinois Michael Jarecki leads the As chief risk ocer, Rodney 14-year-old rm specializing in Jones-Tyson identi es and Last year Jerome Holston led immigration law. Jarecki handles manages risks that may emerge the chamber’s hosting of an immigrant visas, temporary from counterparty transactions, LGBTQ+ Biz Boot Camp to sup- workers and naturalization cas- securities underwriting, cyber- port LGBTQ+ es, including crime and entrepreneurs. LGBT immi- other sources. And the city gration issues. He’s the rst of Chicago He’s provided LGBTQ and agreed to pro bono African Ameri- begin a study representation can member of on LGBTQ+ for LGBTQ im- Baird’s execu- spending in migrants who tive committee. its suppli- have gained Jones-Tyson er diversity asylum in the led Baird’s program. Holston has added U.S. after eeing their home response to the pandemic across programs and resources to countries where they were per- global operations, including en- educate big companies and their secuted because of their sexual suring that trading, clearing and LGBTQ+ employee resource orientation or gender identity. settlement activities were main- groups. ese programs have He is a frequent speaker on busi- tained while transitioning Baird’s assisted companies in helping ness and family immigration law 4,600 employees to work from their employees access pro- with community groups, lawyer home. He revamped the compa- Top row, from left: Emily Loeb, Luke Platzer, Emily Chapuis and Matthew Cipolla. Bottom row, from left: Adam Unikowsky, E.K. McWilliams and fessional development. ey peers, students and news media. ny’s analysis of trading inventory Lindsay Harrison. also help employers adopt best Recently, Jarecki was a panelist risk and enhanced information practices on hiring, retention, at a forum on undocumented security and cyber programs. JENNER & BLOCK promotion and overall inclu- and DACA LGBTQ immigrants Jones-Tyson helped establish an People of color, women and LGBT partners serve on Jenner & Block’s policy and management com- sion. Holston is a member of the hosted by the Los Angeles LGBT LGBTQ employee resource group mittees and lead practice groups. Signi cantly, the diversity and inclusion committee is composed YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Center. Jarecki serves on the that he sponsors and has grown of and chaired by senior partners and rm leaders. Jenner’s three most recently promoted partner Business & Entrepreneurship leadership board of the National to 120 members. A multicultural classes averaged 58 percent female, 4 percent LGBT and 22 percent ethnically diverse. Last year, Advisory Council, Sterling Bay Immigrant Justice Center and resource group he helped start Jenner achieved Mans eld Plus certi cation for considering at least 30 percent women and minori- Diversity & Inclusion Advisory on the board of governors of the led to a tripling of the number of ties for leadership positions and senior-level recruiting and having at least 30 percent women and Council and the city’s Govern- American Immigration Lawyers ocers who are people of color. minorities in key leadership roles and lateral hires. e use of preferred pronouns placed the rm ment Procurement Compliance Association. Jones-Tyson is a member and among the rst group of law rms to implement an optional process. e D&I committee and the Forum. Holston joined the LGBT former co-chair of Baird’s Busi- Transgender Inclusion Working Group provided leadership for the rollout. Chamber in 2017. Earlier, he ness Diversity Council. was associate director at CCS, a fundraising consulting and management rm.

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JOHN KNIGHT TIMMY KNUDSEN ROBERT MESSERLY LGBTQ and HIV project director Partner Partner American Civil Liberties Union of ‘She was red for being transgender’ Croke Fairchild Morgan & Beres Quarles & Brady Illinois As LGBTQ and HIV project director for the Stephens contacted the ACLU of Michigan Timmy Knudsen recently joined At Quarles & Brady, Bob Mes- John Knight guides litigation, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, John after she was red for being transgender. the new corporate boutique serly leads a commercial real legislative and education Knight in 2018 convinced an appellate court We connected her with the EEOC. With the law rm, where he will focus estate practice, representing efforts to protect and extend that a funeral home’s ring of a transgender change of presidential administration in 2017, on venture capital and lead the investors across the country as the rights employee, Aimee Stephens, violated federal non- she asked us to represent her interests directly rm’s pro bono well as lenders. of LGBTQ discrimination law. e case became part of the because she feared the EEOC might not con- initiatives. Pre- He handles communities Supreme Court’s decision in June upholding job tinue to seek relief for her. viously he was complex and people protections for LGBTQ workers. Knight helped an associate at transactions for living with write the legal briefs, assisted with preparing for Did you realize at the time it could be a Su- Katten Muchin oce, industri- HIV/AIDS. oral arguments and helped with other aspects of preme Court landmark case? Rosenman, al, residential Knight joined litigating the case at the high court. He was at the We knew that it was an important case but did where he and mixed- the ACLU in counsel table for the oral arguments in October. not know at the time we got involved that it worked on use buildings. 2004 from the would end up in the Supreme Court. the Chicago In addition, U.S. Equal CRAIN’S: How did you come to be involved Sun-Times’ Messerly is a Employment Opportunity in this area of the law? Why was her case signicant? sale to union investors. He has member of the rm’s subcom- Commission, where he spent KNIGHT: I became a lawyer hoping to assist Stephens was willing to ght the discrimi- represented undocumented mittee that reviews the equity five years as a trial attorney, individuals and communities who were ght- nation she faced for many years, a ght that LGBTQ people in asylum cas- partner compensation process. handling cases involving working to live their lives successfully and free from many LGBTQ people are simply unable to es—recently, a Palestinian gay He joined Quarles & Brady in place harassment and discrim- discrimination. I learned early on that LGBTQ sustain. She was a valued employee, so there man in his successful claim. In 2013 from Dentons, where he ination. At the ACLU, Knight people were facing government-sanctioned was never any question that she was red for January, Knudsen traveled to the was managing partner of the was part of the legal team that discrimination in all aspects of their lives and who she was—a transgender woman—and southern border to work in ICE Chicago oce from 2006 to represented the late Aimee that those with the courage to push back were not because of her job performance. However, detention centers representing 2010. He was the rst openly Stephens, whose case was part often severely punished by police violence, job many other LGBTQ people are red simply detainees in their asylum cases, gay oce managing partner of of the Supreme Court’s June losses and family rejection. because of who they are, so this case is far in partnership with the National a Dentons oce. When mar- decision upholding job pro- from unusual. Immigration Justice Center. At riage equality was recognized, tections for LGBTQ employ- Did you have personal experience with this? Katten, Knudsen spearheaded Messerly and his husband gave a ees. Stephens was fired from As a gay man, I knew how it felt to experience What are you working on now? diversity initiatives including a rmwide presentation regarding her job at a Michigan funeral discrimination. But I was fortunate to have a I’m working now on a case for the more than preferred pronoun policy and the signi cance of that historic home in 2013 because she supportive family and all the privileges that 100 transgender people held in state custody represented the rm at the na- moment to their lives. He is a was transgender. Knight has come with growing up in a white, middle-class by the Illinois Department of Corrections who tional Lavender Law Conference. member of the Quarles diver- represented dozens of LGBTQ family with the kinds of opportunities too many are challenging the abysmal quality of medical He was appointed to the Zoning sity committee and regularly clients in discrimination cases Black and Brown LGBTQ people are denied. care they are provided and the resulting inhu- Board of Appeals by Mayor Lori participates in formal mentoring against private employers as mane conditions in which they are forced to Lightfoot last year. programs for associates. well as government units such How did you and the ACLU come to take the serve their time. as school districts and correc- Aimee Stephens case? tions departments.

SIMONE KOEHLINGER DAVID KROEGER ERIC LEDBETTER JORGE LEON JOHN LITCHFIELD Senior vice president of Partner Partner, Chicago office managing Partner Partner programming and chief programs Jenner & Block partner Michael Best & Friedrich Foley & Lardner officer Quarles & Brady AIDS Foundation Chicago David Kroeger is co-chair of the At Michael Best, Jorge Leon is John Litch eld is a member rm’s insurance recovery and Last year, Eric Ledbetter was group co-leader of the employee of the labor and employment Since starting at the foundation, counseling practice as well as appointed managing partner bene ts practice and co-chair of and the business litigation and Simone Koehlinger has helped its reinsurance practice. He is for the Chicago oce, which the diversity and inclusion com- dispute resolutions practices at to diversify part of a Jenner consists of 100 mittee. Leon the rm. He program fund- & Block team attorneys and spearheaded specializes ing and expand that counsels 100 nonattor- the creation in disability, the program dozens of ney profes- and imple- sick leave and George, portfolio. She companies sionals. He mentation of LGBTQ+ em- oversaw growth with insurance also leads the a transgender ployment is- in programs, matters involv- oce immi- policy, which sues. Litch eld including new ing COVID-19 gration team. protects indi- also handles housing and and various In managing viduals and cases in the you make care services governmental the oce, has educated growing can- for many of the Chicago area’s shutdown and stay-at-home Ledbetter was instrumental in others about LGBTQ issues. He nabis sector. He is co-chair of the most vulnerable residents. Early orders. Kroeger represents recon guring the footprint to led implementation of a chari- LGBTQA anity group’s recruit- this year, Koehlinger helped Mondelez International in a save about 25 percent in costs. table giving policy that prohibits ing committee, in which he plays launch the city’s rst HIV dispute against Zurich Ameri- In the past six months, he’s revi- the rm from supporting secular a central role in the recruitment, us proud. Resources Coordination Hub, can Insurance over coverage for talized recruiting and retention organizations that discriminate mentorship and advancement which provides information and more than $100 million in losses practices as well as employee against individuals or groups of LGBTQ+ attorneys. He also service referrals for people living caused by computer malware. outreach and communication, protected under the rm’s non- is part of the rm’s asylum pro with and vulnerable to HIV. He is a member of the rm’s with an emphasis on diversity discrimination policies such as bono practice group. In 2018, he During the COVID crisis, the diversity and inclusion commit- and inclusion. He rearmed LGBTQ. Leon also was instru- successfully represented a gay, hub has helped residents access tee and the LGBTQ+ Forum, ad- Quarles’ commitment to pro mental in developing a diversity HIV-positive Mexican immi- emergency nancial assistance vocating for LGBTQ+ rights and bono and community service scholarship program through grant in his asylum claim, and to buy food, pay rent and remain mentoring younger lawyers. He in the Chicago area for those in which he mentored LGBTQ and in 2017 he led a team that won safe. Koehlinger was instrumen- was nominated by the American need. Additionally, Ledbetter is minority law students to help a hard-fought asylum case for tal in the development of Illinois Medical Association for an am- an active member of the rm’s keep them on track to graduat- a gay Russian couple escaping Getting to Zero, a statewide icus brief regarding standards of LGBTQ business resource group. ing from law school. Leon also persecution. Litch eld is co-au- initiative to end the HIV epi- care for transgender individuals. As a law school student, he com- mentors attorneys through the thor of the LGBTQ Employment demic by 2030. She joined the He joined Jenner in 1994 from pleted a research assistantship Leadership Council on Legal Law Practices Guide, published AIDS Foundation of Chicago in Cravath Swaine & Moore. at the Williams Institute at the Diversity, providing advice and by LexisNexis. 2013 from the nonpro t Public UCLA School of Law, a premier encouragement on business Congratulations, George Walz, on being named one of Chicago’s Health Institute of Metropolitan LGBTQ think tank. development, advancement and Chicago. leadership skills development. Notable LGBTQ Executives.

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Timmy Knudsen recently joined At Quarles & Brady, Bob Mes- the new corporate boutique serly leads a commercial real law rm, where he will focus estate practice, representing on venture capital and lead the investors across the country as rm’s pro bono well as lenders. initiatives. Pre- He handles viously he was complex an associate at transactions for Katten Muchin oce, industri- Rosenman, al, residential where he and mixed- worked on use buildings. the Chicago In addition, Sun-Times’ Messerly is a sale to union investors. He has member of the rm’s subcom- represented undocumented mittee that reviews the equity LGBTQ people in asylum cas- partner compensation process. es—recently, a Palestinian gay He joined Quarles & Brady in man in his successful claim. In 2013 from Dentons, where he MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH PALMA January, Knudsen traveled to the was managing partner of the southern border to work in ICE Chicago oce from 2006 to e law rm has promoted LGBTQ attorneys to equity partner- e multicultural group of architects says diversity is one of detention centers representing 2010. He was the rst openly ship and placed LGBTQ attorneys in chair roles over practice the rm’s biggest assets. Founder Jo Palma sought to create a detainees in their asylum cases, gay oce managing partner of groups, subgroups and its diversity and inclusion committee. leadership team that would allow employees to see themselves in partnership with the National a Dentons oce. When mar- e rm also appointed women and minority lawyers to key represented at the rm’s highest levels. Company meetings are Immigration Justice Center. At riage equality was recognized, leadership roles such as on the management committee, the structured to enable participation by employees of all ranks Katten, Knudsen spearheaded Messerly and his husband gave a deputy general counsel, practice leaders and the CMO and and seniority. As managing director, Iana Kolev is a member of diversity initiatives including a rmwide presentation regarding CTO roles. Michael Best prohibits charitable aid in money or woman-led initiatives, including CREW and the Goldie Initia- preferred pronoun policy and the signi cance of that historic service to secular organizations with policies that discriminate tive, which aims to advance women in commercial real estate. represented the rm at the na- moment to their lives. He is a against individuals whom the rm protects in its nondiscrimi- Studio head Manuel Marti hails from the Latino community. tional Lavender Law Conference. member of the Quarles diver- nation policies. For example, if a private school limits restroom Marketing director Daniel Confroy, a member of the LGBTQ He was appointed to the Zoning sity committee and regularly usage for transgender students, the rm won’t support that community, helped launch the LGBTQ Alliance in the Ameri- Board of Appeals by Mayor Lori participates in formal mentoring school. Michael Best bene ts cover transgender individuals. can Institute of Architects’ Chicago chapter. e rm is working Lightfoot last year. programs for associates. e rm supports the Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chica- on new partnerships with the LGBTQ community, including go and is a sponsor of its Lawyers for Diversity events. organizing a fundraiser for Howard Brown Health.

JOHN LITCHFIELD Partner Foley & Lardner

John Litch eld is a member of the labor and employment and the business litigation and dispute resolutions practices at the rm. He specializes in disability, sick leave and George, LGBTQ+ employment issues. Litch eld also handles cases in the you make growing can- nabis sector. He is co-chair of the LGBTQA anity group’s recruiting committee, in which he plays a central role in the recruitment, us proud. mentorship and advancement of LGBTQ+ attorneys. He also is part of the rm’s asylum pro bono practice group. In 2018, he successfully represented a gay, HIV-positive Mexican immigrant in his asylum claim, and in 2017 he led a team that won a hard-fought asylum case for a gay Russian couple escaping persecution. Litch eld is co-au- thor of the LGBTQ Employment Law Practices Guide, published by LexisNexis. Congratulations, George Walz, on being named one of Chicago’s Notable LGBTQ Executives.

CHANNYN PARKER JOSIE PAUL R. BARKLEY PAYNE NICOLE PRESPERIN JENNIFER PRITZKER CHASSE REHWINKEL Director of strategic partnerships Senior program director Executive director Senior director of New Ventures President and CEO Acting director of banking Howard Brown Health Chicago House & Social Service American Medical Association Group Tawani Enterprises Illinois Department of Financial & Agency Foundation Aon Professional Regulation At Howard Brown Health, Chan- Jennifer Pritzker, a retired nyn Parker oversees the organi- At Chicago House, Josie Paul R. Barkley Payne leads the phil- At Aon, Nicole Presperin is U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, During the pandemic, Chasse zation’s volunteer program and transformed the TransLife Care anthropic arm of the American senior director of the rm’s inter- oversees a portfolio of brands Rehwinkel has made certain that develops partnerships to expand Program that serves Chicago-ar- Medical Association. He led the nal incubator for new business including property management banks provide critical services Howard ea transgender creation and opportunities, and develop- to Illinois Brown’s reach. and gender implemen- reporting to the ment and the residents. For She partici- nonconform- tation of two chief innova- Pritzker Mili- example, he pates in edu- ing commu- three-year stra- tion ocer. tary Museum spearheaded cational events nities. She tegic plans to She joined Aon & Library. e eorts to ensure and public relaunched strengthen the as manager Tawani Foun- that COVID-19 forums and the struggling organization’s of internal dation sup- stimulus testi es at pub- program to impact. Grants consolida- ports organiza- checks could be lic hearings. In become one increased to tions and has tions involved cashed without January, Parker that regularly $50,000 from held roles in in military additional fees. became the rst transgender receives national recognition. $5,000 per organization. Individ- nance, accounting and risk. awareness and heritage, and Additionally, Rehwinkel helped person on the organization’s During the past 18 months, Paul ual giving tripled, with the aver- Presperin is a member of Aon’s LGBTQ and human rights. Pritz- secure relief options with private leadership team. During the expanded the program model to age major individual gift growing North America diversity, equity ker is an outspoken defender student loan servicers to expand pandemic, she has worked with include three sites by the end of to $35,000 from $10,000. e and inclusion council. Last year, and advocate for LGBTQ causes, on the protections the federal community organizations to the year. e program supports donor retention rate increased Presperin spoke on a panel at criticizing the transgender mili- government granted to federal provide testing on the South and more than 500 clients. In her to 54 percent from 42 percent. In the Illinois CPA Society Col- tary ban and other anti-LGBTQ student loan borrowers, bene- West sides. She heads Howard work for HIV prevention, Paul addition, Payne is managing the lege Day where she mentioned policies. In the past year, Tawani ting over 138,000 Illinoisans Brown’s planning process to designed a program that resulted launch of a fellowship program her wife. As a result, students opened two Chicago properties: with privately held student loans. build a multiagency LGBTQ in a Chicago Department of designed to create LGBTQ health followed up and said Presper- Chestnut Row Homes, a luxury Rehwinkel promotes diversity and community center on the South Public Health funding award. specialists while exponentially in’s openness encouraged them property inspired by 19th-cen- inclusion and has mentored and Side. Before joining Howard She challenges existing chronic improving the quality of LGBTQ because they worried that they tury architecture, and 1323 W. served as a role model for LGBT Brown in 2018, Parker served as disease and STI outreach and health care. e initiative is be- wouldn’t be able to be out in a Morse Ave., which oers modern colleagues. In a previous role, Re- manager of the Broadway Youth screening models in search of in- ing led by John Evans, co-found- corporate setting. Additionally, design at aordable cost. e hwinkel advocated for the Illinois Center’s Youth Development novative strategies for reaching er of C-SPAN and an internation- Presperin supports young wom- property development arm is in marriage equality bill that was Program. She is the rst openly the hardest-to-reach commu- ally recognized philanthropist. en and working mothers in their the early stages of developing an signed into law in 2013. Before transgender women to work at nities vulnerable to HIV. When Before joining the AMA in 2014, professional development and archival center in Somers, Wis., becoming acting state banking the Cook County Department of the pandemic hit, she advocated Payne served in other founda- helps them pursue opportunities to support the military museum director last year, Rehwinkel was Corrections, where she advocat- for her sta to get the resources tion roles, including as executive at Aon. She recently served as and library and help families chief economist and director of ed for equitable policies. Parker needed to work remotely. director of the American Dental co-president of the Ronald Mc- protect their legacies and stories. the bond division for the state is on the board of Equality Association Foundation. Donald House auxiliary board. comptroller. Illinois.

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JENNIFER PRITZKER CHASSE REHWINKEL CYRUS RIVETNA President and CEO Acting director of banking Owner/principal Tawani Enterprises Illinois Department of Financial & Rivetna Architects Professional Regulation Jennifer Pritzker, a retired Cyrus Rivetna is founder, CEO U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, During the pandemic, Chasse and principal architect at Rivet- oversees a portfolio of brands Rehwinkel has made certain that na Architects, which special- including property management banks provide critical services izes in single and multifamily and develop- to Illinois homes, historic ment and the residents. For restorations, Pritzker Mili- example, he and religious tary Museum spearheaded and commu- & Library. e eorts to ensure nity centers. Tawani Foun- that COVID-19 e rm has dation sup- stimulus rehabbed ports organiza- checks could be distressed tions involved cashed without properties in in military additional fees. low-income awareness and heritage, and Additionally, Rehwinkel helped neighborhoods. Over the past 18 LGBTQ and human rights. Pritz- secure relief options with private months, Cyrus Rivetna contrib- ker is an outspoken defender student loan servicers to expand uted to the project that updated and advocate for LGBTQ causes, on the protections the federal the city of Chicago’s building criticizing the transgender mili- government granted to federal code. One project in Logan tary ban and other anti-LGBTQ student loan borrowers, bene- Square converted an abandoned policies. In the past year, Tawani ting over 138,000 Illinoisans rehouse into a design and opened two Chicago properties: with privately held student loans. Top row, from left: Deborah Bone, Ed Casmere, Sondra Hemeryck and Matt Crowl. Bottom row, from left: Ruth Krugly, Azar Alexander, Raymond sales oce for acoustics rm Chestnut Row Homes, a luxury Rehwinkel promotes diversity and Rushing and Jessie Mahr. Turf. Rivetna is an authority on property inspired by 19th-cen- inclusion and has mentored and Zoroastrian re temples and tury architecture, and 1323 W. served as a role model for LGBT RILEY SAFER HOLMES & CANCILA was architect of a temple that Morse Ave., which oers modern colleagues. In a previous role, Re- Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes is the rst African American woman to lead and be a name part- opened in Houston last year, the design at aordable cost. e hwinkel advocated for the Illinois ner at a major law rm that is not women- or minority-owned. e rm’s attorneys are 34 percent racially rst in North America. Rivetna property development arm is in marriage equality bill that was and ethnically diverse, 43 percent female and 5 percent LGBT, exceeding national averages. Riley Safer’s is a founding member of the the early stages of developing an signed into law in 2013. Before Summer Institute creates a legal careers pipeline for disadvantaged students, exposing them to experienc- American Institute of Architects archival center in Somers, Wis., becoming acting state banking es such as court hearings and depositions. e rm’s LGBTQ attorneys serve in leadership roles internally Chicago LGBTQ Alliance and a to support the military museum director last year, Rehwinkel was as well as in LGBTQ organizations, including the LGBTQ section of the Cook County Bar Association, the member of the LGBTQ Chamber and library and help families chief economist and director of Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chicago and the National LGBT Bar Association. And the rm supports of Commerce. protect their legacies and stories. the bond division for the state attorneys with disabilities through sponsorship of the ABA Committee on Lawyers Living With Disabilities. comptroller.

BILL ROSSI WADE SCHAAF DARYL SNEED JENNIFER SOBECKI Chief operations officer Founder and artistic director CEO CEO Rossi Enterprises/Earles Architects Chicago Repertory Ballet Soundoff Designs for Dignity & Associates Founder and artistic director Daryl Sneed is CEO of the Jennifer Sobecki heads Designs Bill Rossi is COO of Earles Wade Schaaf produces profes- gender-neutral lifestyle clothing for Dignity, which provides Architects & Associates and sional, contemporary ballet from brand that he co-founded with design services to nonpro ts contributes expertise in nancial a queer perspective and cham- partners Bret Grafton and Drew serving marginalized and at-risk operations, risk pions art that Ferguson. populations, management, challenges the Sneed han- including accounting, gender-binary dles business LGBTQ people, bookkeeping and heter- operations, veterans, and human onormative including homeless resources to culture. Schaaf manufacturing, people and nine other has grown the production, those with businesses. company into public relations disabilities. Over the past a midsize arts and digital Under Sobec- 18 months, organization marketing ki’s leadership, Rossi has contributed to growth that hires numerous artists each teams. Soundo aims to repre- the organization has doubled at Dan Earles’ architecture, year, leads with equal-pay prac- sent a diverse community and the number of nonpro t projects furniture and popcorn enterpris- tices and prioritizes diversity, promote acceptance and toler- awarded annually to 18. Addi- es. He serves as CFO for eight RUSH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOR HEALTH equity and inclusion in hiring. ance. It features a line of T-shirts tionally, the number of vendors franchises of the It’s Just Lunch Last year, the company revived and hats that pay homage to the and manufacturers donating matchmaking brand and works Since Rush’s participation in the Human Rights Campaign’s “Macbeth” at the Athenaeum Black Lives Matter movement, furnishings and materials has with companies in media rela- Healthcare Equality Index in 2009, the system has committed eatre, its rst full-length ballet. printed with “I Can’t Breathe” nearly tripled. Since its start, tions and lm production. Rossi to LGBTQ+ employment. Of Rush’s workforce, 54.5 percent are Other landmark works include and “I Stand for Black Lives nonpro t D4D has completed spearheaded initiatives that led underrepresented minorities and 75 percent are women. Of “e Four Seasons,” “Le Sacre Matter.” Sneed also is founder over 250 projects and deployed to the LGBTBE certi cation of C-suite executives, 42.9 percent are women and 28.6 percent du Printemps” and “Bolero.” and designer for fashion brand more than $17 million in donat- the Earles businesses. He’s an are minorities. Rush participates in the WERQ LGBTQ Job Fair, Schaaf has danced for the Ohio Ricorso Design, which targets ed materials, furnishings and active member of the Illinois recently joined Hire Trans Now and has recruited through so- Ballet, State Street Ballet Santa celebrities and inuencers. He nishes. Sobecki has served as LGBT Chamber of Commerce, cial services agencies such as Chicago House. e Rush system Barbara, the Omaha eater also designed the uniforms an authority on pro bono design the state of Illinois LGBTQ has HR roles dedicated to hiring from the communities served, Ballet, odos Dance Chicago of the ZBar lounge sta at the and sustainability and has spo- Task Force and the Center on with speci c outreach to people with disabilities, veterans and and River North Chicago Dance. Peninsula Chicago. Soundo ken at the NeoCon trade show in Halsted. Rossi mentors LGBTQ LGBTQ+ individuals. It tracks its hiring and retention from He also instructs and mentors donates 10 percent of annual Chicago. Sobecki has mentored professionals and has advocated diverse communities as well as the promotion of women and student dancers at the Jorey pro ts to causes it supports, student interns, many of whom for inclusive practices at client underrepresented minorities into positions at the director level Academy in Chicago and other such as voter education and identi ed as LGBTQIA. companies, including bene ts and above. Rush supports LGBTQ+ organizations during and dance studios throughout the reducing gun violence. for same-sex couples. beyond Pride Month. Chicago area.

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DARYL SNEED JENNIFER SOBECKI ED STELLON RICHARD SYPNIEWSKI CEO CEO Executive director, Heartland CEO and managing director Soundoff Designs for Dignity Alliance Health Sagin Heartland Alliance Daryl Sneed is CEO of the Jennifer Sobecki heads Designs As executive director, Ed Stel- Rich Sypniewski heads boutique gender-neutral lifestyle clothing for Dignity, which provides lon oversees federally quali- management consultancy Sagin, brand that he co-founded with design services to nonpro ts ed health centers in Uptown, an LGBTQ-certi ed business. partners Bret Grafton and Drew serving marginalized and at-risk Englewood and the Near West e consultancy specializes in Ferguson. populations, Side; three food IT managed Sneed han- including pantries serv- services, dles business LGBTQ people, ing individuals organizational operations, veterans, living with HIV development, including homeless and AIDS; and recruiting and manufacturing, people and several housing risk manage- production, those with initiatives for ment. Clients public relations disabilities. individuals have includ- and digital Under Sobec- living with ed ComEd, marketing ki’s leadership, mental health Dell, Hyatt, Top row, from left: Eileen Duner, Eli Sidman and Eric Rolfsen. Second row, from left: JC Grubbs, teams. Soundo aims to repre- the organization has doubled and substance-use disorders. Loyola Medicine and Second Jewel Tolbert and Josh Linden. Third row, from left: Katie Beeks, Matt DuBois and McKenzie sent a diverse community and the number of nonpro t projects During the pandemic, Stellon has City. During the pandemic, the Landorf. Bottom row, from left: Shamyle Ghazali, Stephanie Minn and Taher Motiwalla. promote acceptance and toler- awarded annually to 18. Addi- overhauled health care services, rm has retained its sta and ance. It features a line of T-shirts tionally, the number of vendors reorganizing homeless outreach expanded into online training TANDEM and hats that pay homage to the and manufacturers donating to include COVID-19 testing. and education as well as resell- Black Lives Matter movement, furnishings and materials has Food pantries were able to make ing technology hardware and e custom software consultancy prioritizes equitable hiring printed with “I Can’t Breathe” nearly tripled. Since its start, deliveries. Stellon formed and software. It also has oered crisis practices, such as advertising job openings to groups that include and “I Stand for Black Lives nonpro t D4D has completed chaired a board for the rst state- management consulting to help people from underrepresented minority groups and requesting Matter.” Sneed also is founder over 250 projects and deployed wide clinically integrated health clients navigate the pandemic pronouns during the application process. Tandem doesn’t require and designer for fashion brand more than $17 million in donat- network, Illinois Health Practice and its fallout. e consultancy degrees from four-year universities or assign job levels based on an Ricorso Design, which targets ed materials, furnishings and Alliance. e alliance consists contributes 15 percent of its prof- applicant’s education. e company oers employer-paid health celebrities and inuencers. He nishes. Sobecki has served as of 72 community behavioral its to causes in equality, educa- insurance with a transgender-inclusive plan. Core hours provide also designed the uniforms an authority on pro bono design organizations and is designed to tion and the environment. Two exibility for employees with caregiving responsibilities. Oce re- of the ZBar lounge sta at the and sustainability and has spo- integrate behavioral and physical years ago, Sypniewski launched strooms are all-gender and single-occupancy. Documented career Peninsula Chicago. Soundo ken at the NeoCon trade show in health care. In its rst year, IHPA CityLvn, an online ticketing paths with transparent salary bands help remove ambiguity and donates 10 percent of annual Chicago. Sobecki has mentored served 15,000 Medicaid members platform that links consumers to bias in determining appropriate salaries for new hires and promot- pro ts to causes it supports, student interns, many of whom and improved completion of merchants that provide events, ed employees. Tandem makes its Bucktown oce space available such as voter education and identi ed as LGBTQIA. health risk assessments. Stellon tours and classes. He serves as to host events for community groups. Designers and engineers vol- reducing gun violence. joined Heartland Alliance in 1991 treasurer of the Pride Arts Center unteer for Design for the Homeless, a nonpro t that helps homeless and was named to his current and also provides guidance to people access government aid, shelter and mental health resources. post in 2016. LGBTQ startups.

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SHAWN TAYLOR MARIO TRETO MODESTO ‘TICO’ VALLE EDWARD WAGNER GEORGE WALZ ERIC WILKERSON Partner Director of real estate CEO Chief officer of external relations U.S. chief compliance officer Chief development officer Akerman Illinois Department of Financial & Center on Halsted AIDS Foundation Chicago BMO Harris Bank Chicago House & Social Service Professional Regulation Agency Litigation partner Shawn Taylor As CEO of Center on Halsted, Edward Wagner oversees the At BMO Harris, George Walz focuses on complex commer- As head regulator of the state’s Modesto “Tico” Valle provides foundation’s communications heads a team that ensures the Eric Wilkerson oversees fund- cial and intellectual property real estate industry, Mario Treto strategic direction and leads and development departments, bank complies with banking and raising, communications, litigation, representing clients in oversees professional education, fundraising for the LGBTQ com- including the teams that run securities regulations. He man- media relations and government securities litiga- licensure and munity center. programs such ages more than relations at the tion, enforce- regulation for He joined the as the AIDS 100 profession- organization ment actions, nearly 100,000 nonpro t in Run & Walk. He als in Chicago, that supports class-action licensees. 2007, oversee- is part of the New York and individuals defense, ERISA He’s also a ing the opening organization’s Milwaukee. impacted by litigation and member of of its 175,000- COVID-19 Before joining HIV/AIDS. intellectu- the governor’s square-foot response BMO in 2014, In the past al property Cabinet. Since building. team. Wagner Walz was head 18 months, disputes. Pro assuming the Although the recently led of the Oce of Wilkerson bono work position last building was a rebranding Risk and the launched a 60- has included guardianship and year, Treto has doubled his di- closed during the pandemic, that included a new identity and Oce of Regulatory Programs at day campaign to raise $500,000. domestic violence cases. He’s an vision’s commitment to funding the center oered telecom and logo. e foundation achieved the Financial Industry Regula- He hit the $470,000 mark on day active member of the rm’s LGBT minority student scholarships. online services as well as HIV 100 percent participation of AFC tory Authority in Washington. A 60 and subsequently exceeded anity group. And he expand- He reduced license processing testing. Valle secured funding board members giving through technical expert on risk-based the goal. He joined Chicago ed Akerman’s relationship with times by half and has also cut the to bring back previously fur- direct contributions for three supervision for the IMF and House last year from Shedd LGBTQ organizations, including backlog of audits and investiga- loughed sta. He has developed years in a row. Individual giving World Bank, he’s delivered ed- Aquarium, where he was senior Lambda Legal’s Midwest region- tions, as well as prosecutions. a youth housing project, and has increased by more than 50 ucational workshops in Europe, director of institutional giving. al oce and Equality Illinois, Before his appointment, Treto directed plans for the LGBTQ percent since the start of Wag- Central America and East Africa. He also has held development assisting both nonpro ts with was deputy city attorney for housing on the South Side. Valle ner’s tenure. Wagner joined the As a senior executive and the positions at Equality Illinois fundraising events. Taylor has ad- Evanston, where he drafted an joined the movement to address AIDS Foundation in 2014 from bank’s most senior Latino exec- and Center on Halsted. Of $10 vocated for diversity and inclusion update to the city’s human rights police brutality and systemic the American Red Cross, where utive in the U.S., Walz considers million he’s raised for Chica- eorts, particularly in recruitment ordinance to include gender racism by crafting the center’s he was senior major gifts ocer. it his responsibility to support go-area nonpro ts, 7.5 percent and community engagement. identity. He mentors Latino and public response and signing He is a United Pride executive the Latino and LGBTQ+ commu- has gone to LGBTQ+ communi- He’s represented the rm at the LGBTQ youth interested in gov- on to a letter from 75 LGBTQ committee member at the Unit- nities at BMO. He’s a member ties. He serves on the national National LGBT Bar Association’s ernment and nonpro t careers. organizations condemning racist ed Way of Greater Chicago and a of the Latino Alliance and BMO board of Victory Fund, a political annual Lavender Law Career Treto is chair of the Howard violence. He is on the board of committee member for the OUT Pride employee resource groups action committee dedicated to Fair, where he interviewed and Brown Health board and is the CenterLink, an organization at Chicago History Museum at the bank. increasing the number of openly recruited LGBT candidates. Taylor rst Latino to hold that position. serving LGBTQ community cen- LGBT Group. LGBTQ public ocials, and is joined Akerman in 2014 from ters across the country. chair of the Midwest Caucus. Winston & Strawn, where he was an associate.

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GEORGE WALZ ERIC WILKERSON DAVID WILLIAMS RICHARD WILSON MIKE ZIRI U.S. chief compliance officer Chief development officer Chief design officer Owner and principal Director of public policy COVID IMPACT BMO Harris Bank Chicago House & Social Service Morningstar Law Offices of Richard A. Wilson Equality Illinois Agency 5 million At BMO Harris, George Walz As head of design, David Wil- Richard Wilson has practiced At the state’s LGBTQ civil LGBT employees may be affected heads a team that ensures the Eric Wilkerson oversees fund- liams is responsible for corpo- family and matrimonial law for rights organization, Mike Ziri is by the COVID-19 pandemic, bank complies with banking and raising, communications, rate design and its application more than 25 years, specializing responsible for researching, de- according to early estimates. securities regulations. He man- media relations and government to brand identity, products, in same-sex domestic relations veloping and advancing Equality ages more than relations at the communica- law, trans- Illinois’ civil 100 profession- organization tions and the gender rights rights policy als in Chicago, that supports workplace. and domestic agenda. As a About New York and individuals He manages a partnerships. result of his ad- Milwaukee. impacted by senior design Over the years vocacy, Illinois 40 percent Before joining HIV/AIDS. leadership when there was students learn of LGBT employees work in BMO in 2014, In the past team cover- no law, or what about LGBTQ industries where they face more Walz was head 18 months, ing corporate law existed was in school, exposure to infection and/or eco- of the Oce of Wilkerson design opera- piecemeal and discrimination nomic insecurity. About 2 million Risk and the launched a 60- tions, market- unreliable, Wil- against LGBTQ (15 percent) of LGBT workers are Oce of Regulatory Programs at day campaign to raise $500,000. ing, product content strategy, son was one of the few lawyers people is prohibited in jury in restaurants and food services; the Financial Industry Regula- He hit the $470,000 mark on day user research and ve business focused on family law issues for service, the governor is required 1 million (7.5 percent) work in tory Authority in Washington. A 60 and subsequently exceeded units. e design team applies LGBTQ people. He shared his to report annually on LGBTQ hospitals. technical expert on risk-based the goal. He joined Chicago user-centered methods to craft knowledge through continu- representation on state boards, supervision for the IMF and House last year from Shedd innovative presentations of ing legal education programs and single-stall restrooms in World Bank, he’s delivered ed- Aquarium, where he was senior nancial information. Over the and educated colleagues about public accommodations are gen- ucational workshops in Europe, director of institutional giving. past 18 months, Williams’ team LGBTQ issues that were often der-neutral. Ziri joined Equal- 46 percent Central America and East Africa. He also has held development launched a graphic that visual- overlooked or misunderstood. ity Illinois in 2015 after seven of LGBTQ workers in the United As a senior executive and the positions at Equality Illinois izes factors driving a portfolio’s He was a mentor to dozens of years in state government, most States are closeted in the work- bank’s most senior Latino exec- and Center on Halsted. Of $10 future returns. Williams is a young lawyers. Wilson was an recently as director of legislative place. utive in the U.S., Walz considers million he’s raised for Chica- member and executive sponsor adjunct lecturer at the University aairs for the Illinois Environ- it his responsibility to support go-area nonpro ts, 7.5 percent of Out@Morningstar, the compa- of Michigan Law School, where mental Protection Agency. Ear- the Latino and LGBTQ+ commu- has gone to LGBTQ+ communi- ny’s LGBTQ+ employee resource he taught an advanced seminar, lier, he was legislative liaison for 59 percent nities at BMO. He’s a member ties. He serves on the national group. e group supports its “Sexual Orientation, Gender the Illinois Department of Natu- of non-LGBTQ employees believe of the Latino Alliance and BMO board of Victory Fund, a political members’ professional develop- Identity and the Law.” He was ral Resources. Ziri runs Equality it is “unprofessional” to discuss Pride employee resource groups action committee dedicated to ment and social network within chair of the American Bar Asso- Illinois’ 25-member Community sexual orientation or gender at the bank. increasing the number of openly and outside the company. A ciation’s HIV/AIDS coordinating Advisory Group, a diverse set identity in the workplace. LGBTQ public ocials, and is member of Morningstar’s diver- committee from 2015 to 2019. of stakeholders advocating for chair of the Midwest Caucus. sity and inclusion council, Wil- LGBTQ equality. Source: Catalyst liams has provided advice and guidance on corporate policy.

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