wbdc 2011 annual report final

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Marquee GovernMent

Partners

City o Chicago,

Department o Housing

and Economic

Development

Cook County, Bureau o

Economic Development

The Illinois Department

o Commerce and

Economic Opportunity,

Illinois Entrepreneurship

Network, Small Business

Development Center

U.S. Department o Energy

U.S. Small BusinessAdministration

U.S. Small Business

Administration Ofce

oWomens Business

Ownership

Marquee Contributors

($40,000+)

BMO Harris Bank N.A.

BP America, Inc.

More than just names ...

The Womens Business Development

Center (WBDC) extends its sincere

gratitude to the following organizations

and individuals for their support of our

Center and annual Entrepreneurial

Womans Conference in 2011.As we celebrate our 25th Anniversary in

2011, we applaud the accomplishments

we have jointly achieved towards the

advancement of women business owners.

Health Care Service

Corporation/BlueCross

BlueShield o Illinois

Keurig, Incorporated

Northern Trust

Robert R. McCormick

Foundation

Searle Funds at

The Chicago

Community Trust

Womens Business

Enterprise National

Council (WBENC)

PreMier Contributors

($25,000-$39,999)

AAR CORP.

Allstate Insurance

American Express OPEN

Bank o America Charitable

Foundation, Inc.

CDW

Citi

ComEd


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Continental Casualty

Company (CNA)

Craigslist Foundation

Fleishman-Hillard

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

INTREN, Inc.

JPMorgan Chase

Foundation

Lurie Besiko Lapidus& Company, LLP

Microsot Corporation

The Nielsen Company

OfceMax

PNC

Sara Lee Foundation

Smead ManuacturingCompany

Southwest Airlines Co.

Target Corp.

U.S. Bank

United Airlines

UPS

Walgreen Co.

Walmart Foundation

Wrigley

Major Contributors

($10,000-$24,999)

AT&T

Bank o AmericaCardinal Health

Charter One Bank

Edward M. Marx

Foundation

Ernst & Young LLP

Fith Third BankJewish Womens

Foundation o

Metropolitan Chicago

Kayhan International

Krat Foods

Macys

MasterCard WorldwideNational Van Lines

Ofce Depot

PepsiCo, Inc.

The Richard H.

Driehaus Foundation

UBS Financial Services Inc.

University o Illinoisat Chicago (UIC)

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

William G. McGowan

Charitable Fund

GovernMent

Contributors

($3,500-$10,000)Chicago Housing

Authority (CHA)

Federal Reserve

Bank o Chicago

Federal Reserve

Bank o Minneapolis

Metropolitan Pier

and Exposition

Authority (MPEA)

Minneapolis Public

School District

Contributors

($2,000-$9,999)

3MAdvocate Health Care

Albany Bank & Trust

Ameren Corp.

American Airlines

American Chartered Bank

American Family Insurance

American Hotel

Register Company

Ariel Investments, LLC

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Baxter Healthcare

Corporation

The Bellows Law Group P.C.

Best Buy Corporation

Blue Cross Blue Shield

o Minnesota

BUNN

The Bureau o

Engraving, Inc.

C.H. Robinson

Worldwide, Inc.

Cargill, Inc.

Cedar Concepts

Corporation

City Colleges o Chicago

CME Group

Cole Taylor Bank

Cub Foods

Deluxe Corporation

Dominicks Finer Foods

Ecolab

Elizabeth Beidler

Tisdahl Foundation

Francis Beidler Foundation

General Mills

Harley-Davidson

Motor Company


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Haworth, Inc.

J&J Exhibitors Service, Inc.

Jack & Goldie Wole

Miller Fund

John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur Foundation

Johnson Controls, Inc.

Kelly Mitchell Group, Inc.

Leo Burnett USA

Major League Baseball

Manilow Suites, Inc.

Manpower

Marc J. Lane

Investment Management

Mayo Clinic

Medtronic, Inc.

Midwest Bank

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Nationwide Insurance

Navistar

Nicor Gas

Northwestern University

Purchasing Resource

Services

Novation

Ofce Depot

Peoples Gas Delivery

The Private Bank

RSM McGladrey, Inc.

Rush University Medical

Center & Ofce

o Transormation

Smurft-Stone ContainerCorporation

SUPERVALU Inc.

TeamWerks Charitable

Foundation

Turner Construction

Company Foundation

U.S. Cellular

United Scrap Metal

The University o Chicago

The University o Chicago

Medical Center

Wisconsin Energy

Corporation

Xcel Energy

Media Partners

Black EOE Journal

CATALINA Magazine

Chicago Sun-Times

Comcast

Crains Chicago Business

Diversity MBA Magazine

Enterprising Women

Magazine

Fox 32 Chicago

Hispanic Network

Magazine

Hoy Newspaper

Latina Style Magazine

Latino Social Magazine

MBE Connect

MBE Magazine

Minorities and Women

In Business Magazine

Minority Business

News USA (MBN USA)

NBC5 Chicago


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Pioneer Press

Professional Womans

Magazine

Telemundo

Todays Chicago Woman

Univision RadioWomens Enterprise

Magazine (WE USA)

WVON

individual donors

($2,000+)

Tammie Johnson

Marc J. Lane

Shirley Marx

Nancy Murphy

Sandra Rand

Arabel Alva Rosales

Loretta Rosenmayer

Julia Stasch

sPeCial thanks

ACCION Chicago

Alto Tech

Laurel Bellows

BMO Harris Bank N.A.

Marion Brooks

The Bureau o

Engraving, Inc.

Calhoun Beach Club

Leylani Cardoso

Chicago Minority

Supplier Development

Council (CMSDC)

Chicago Restaurant

Partners

Chris Ruys

Communications, Inc.

Maxine Clark

Consolidated Printing

Company

COSi (Cycle oSuccess Institute)

Jeanne H. Crain

Desert Rose Design

Designer Sign Systems

Federation o WomenContractors (FWC)

Futura Marketing, Inc.

Global Capital, Ltd.

Google

Harley-Davidson

Motor Company

Lisa Holter

Hoopla Communications

Cathy Hughes

Ideal Printers, Inc.

Illinois Action or Children

J&J Exhibitors Service, Inc.

Cheryle R. Jackson

Keurig, Incorporated

Beth Kieer Leonard

Gloria Larkin

Levy Security Corporation

Manpower

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

NAWBO-Chicago

Overture Premiums

& Promotions LLC

RubinBrown LLP

Saint Louis University

Sarahs Pastries & Candies

Terry Savage

Slang Productions

Lindsay Sokolowski

Sondra Solarte

Michelle Stacy

Staples, Inc.

Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique

Lynn Tilton

Wisconsin Energy

Corporation

Women Impacting

Public Policy (WIPP)

ZORCH

WbdC 25th anniversary

host CoMMittee

Connie Lindsey, Co-Chair

Sandra Rand,Co-Chair

Christy Webber, Co-Chair

Phyllis Apelbaum

Rita Athas

Emily Barr

Maureen Beal

Monica Billinger

Janice Block

Rita Canning

Nancy Conner

Jeanne Crain

Jennier Cusack

Carolyn Gable

Martha Garza

Jennier Girard

Lori Healey

Kayhan Hellriegel

Carrie Hightman

Mellody Hobson

Cheryle R. Jackson

Lisa Johnson

Linda Johnson Rice

Marilyn Jones

Beth Kieer Leonard

Colleen Kramer

Sherren Leigh

Helen Levinson

Vicky Linko

Nicole Lotus

Francine Manilow

Kim McCullough

Terri McNally

Dorri McWhorter

Susana Mendoza

Nancy Murphy

Roberta Osher

Kim Oster Holstein

Cheryl Pearson McNeil


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Jackie Gomez

Mark Graham

Julia GuanDelia Haddad

Klista Hill

Mercedes Jaime-Le Vvintre

Gwen Johnson

Gwen Jones

Michelle Joseph

J.P. Keating

Debra King

Margaret Klinsport

Karen Kostrewa

Michele Kurlander

Carla Lampkin

Mary LawrenceJessie Leonard

Kristy Ludwig

Millie Maddocks

Hector Martinez

Patricia May

Kathy Mazon

Ruby McCleary

Elisha Neely

Marie OBrien

Elizabeth Perino

Theresa Ruzicka

Lisa Sandos

Cassandra SanordDeborah Sawyer

Stephanie Selb

Jenni Sheldon

Maurie Smith

Jean Marie Thiel

Laura Tobolaski

Aileen Velazquez

Shondra Watson

Jeanna Winkler

Jean Wocken

We have made every

effort to ensure that all

contributors are recognized.

Contributors listed are

those committed by

August 1, 2011.

The WBDC is an

Illinois Small Business

Development Center and

an Illinois ProcurementTechnical Assistance Center

funded in part through a

cooperative agreement

with the U.S. Small

Business Administration,

the U.S. Department of

Defense, and the Illinois

Department of Commerce

and Economic Opportunity;

a delegate agency of theCity of Chicago and Cook

County; and is a certifying

partner of the Womens

Business Enterprise

National Council (WBENC).

Anita Ponder

Anne Pramaggiore

Pamela Prince-Eason

Judy Rice

Vicky Rock

Loretta Rosenmayer

Judith RousselChris Ruys

Cassandra Sanord

Terry Savage

Deborah Sawyer

Laura Schwartz

Marsha Serlin

Nita Smith

Melody Spann Cooper

Geri Swit

Genevieve Thiers

Jayne Thompson

Marsha Werner

McGhee Williams OsseDori Wilson

Maxine Winer

Ava Youngblood

WbdC CoMMittee

MeMbers

Tina Beckett

Kathy Benson

Kathy Brown Zerwas

Toni Brown

Sharon Castillo

Diana Conley

Carol Courtney

Diane Craig

Sonja Dahlberg

Beth Doria

Anna Doyle

Carol Dunn

Kim Findlay

Kaaren Fox

Jerry Fulmer

Jeremy Gibson


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