ANNUAL FAMILY DINNER
6:00PM – 9:00PM
THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL

Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker, and Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times #1 best-selling author. Ms. Goodwin joined us following the September 2018 publication of her seventh book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, a culmination of her five-decade career of studying the American presidents focusing on Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson, which became an instant New York Times bestseller.

LUNCHEON
12:00PM – 1:30PM
THE CHICAGO CLUB

The November luncheon celebrated the service of America’s veterans and active service members. Our guest speaker was Illinois’ U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War Veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years. Representatives of the member organizations spearheading our Veterans Working Group (VWG) joined the meeting and were available to answer questions. The mission of the VWG is to make Chicagoland one of the best places in the nation for returning veterans to enter the civilian workforce and build a career.

LUNCHEON
12:00PM – 1:30PM
THE CHICAGO CLUB

SPEAKERS:

David Axelrod

Senior Political Commentator, CNN, and Host, The Axe Files
Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics
Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama (2009-2011)

Reince Priebus

White House Chief of Staff (2017)
Chairman of the Republican National Committee (2011–2017)

In advance of the November 2018 mid-term election, we invited leading political strategists from each party to discuss their thoughts on the political climate in our country and share their views on the expected election outcome and its implications for the future. We welcomed David Axelrod, a 35-year veteran of politics and journalism and former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, and Reince Priebus, former Chairman of the Republic National Committee and Chief of Staff to Donald Trump, for a fireside chat three weeks before the election.

LUNCHEON
12:00PM – 1:30PM
THE CHICAGO CLUB

Steve Easterbrook has been President and CEO of the world’s largest restaurant company since 2015. Easterbrook is recognized for leading McDonald’s turnaround by sparking the evolution of its company culture with McDonald’s global system of franchisees, suppliers, and employees moving with greater speed, efficiency, and purpose to satisfy the rising expectations of today’s customers in their 37,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. As part of this process, McDonald’s moved their headquarters to downtown Chicago from Oak Brook in June 2018.

ANNUAL MEETING LUNCHEON
12:00PM – 1:30PM
THE CHICAGO CLUB

LUNCHEON
11:45AM – 2:00PM
JW MARRIOTT

LUNCHEON 
12:00PM – 1:30PM
THE CHICAGO CLUB

LUNCHEON
12:00PM – 1:30PM
THE CHICAGO CLUB

MODERATOR:

Robert A. Wislow

Chairman | CBRE Chicago

SPEAKERS:

Benjamin Breslau

International Director, Research | JLL, Inc.

David Reifman

Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development | City of Chicago

LUNCHEON
12:00PM – 1:30PM
THE CHICAGO CLUB

LUNCHEON
12:00PM – 1:30PM
THE CHICAGO CLUB

MODERATOR:

Deborah L. DeHaas

Vice Chairman, Chief Inclusion Officer and National Managing Partner for the Center for Board Effectiveness | Deloitte US

SPEAKERS:

Austan Goolsbee

Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics | University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Carl R. Tannenbaum

Executive Vice President and Chief Economist | Northern Trust