Bill McLean

FLIPPING THE SCRIPT

You won’t recognize this year’s Catholic Charities Art of Caring fundraiser, and that’s by design, says event chair and former pharmaceutical exec Thérèse McCall O’Sullivan. Buh-bye, black tie. So long, fancy dancing to live-band tunes. Godspeed to long speeches at attendees. This year’s Catholic Charities Art of Caring—the annual fundraiser organized by the Women’s Board

SCALING SUCCESS THROUGH SOFTWARE

A new local player is bringing fresh energy to user-focused product design and development. Several years ago, Infinum’s North America team worked with the National Hockey League to design and build the official Stanley Cup Bracket Challenge. This past winter, here on the North Shore, the award-winning agency sponsored a youth hockey team at the

NONPAREIL APPAREL AND MORE

Barrington Hills resident and former horse trainer Kiley King launched Mockingbird Markets a year ago. It has been a galloping success with no signs of slowing to a trot. This past winter, the parents of the Barrington High School boys’ wrestling team members wanted to do more than just show up at the Mid-Suburban League

BRAIN SURGEON’S STORY HAS HEART

Dr. Juan Alzate’s drive to succeed in the field of neurology. Juan Alzate was 19 and attending medical school in his native Colombia when he discovered the cure-all for his boredom one Friday night: head to the hospital. “I didn’t have much money, and I had no social life,” recalls a smiling Alzate, now Dr.

AQUA MAN

Swimming has taken longtime coach/USA Swimming administrator Michael Lawrence to natatoriums in countless countries, but what continues to mean the world to him is located right here—the Lake Forest Swim Club. ALYSE MAURO MASON KNOWS ALL about Michael Lawrence, the exceptional head coach/executive director at the Lake Forest Swim Club (LFSC), and Michael Lawrence, the

HIGH NOTES

Bringing Nashville to Lake Forest for a unique fundraising event this summer also brings hope to children in Haiti, India, and Venezuela. Lake Forest and Nashville, Tennessee, are separated by 500 miles. For the fourth year in a row, Music City will come calling—and singing, via the appearances of three esteemed singer-songwriters—here in Lake Forest

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