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SUSAN HEIL fondly recalls attending Mistletoe Medley 2015 as a guest of her friend, Oak Brook Chapter Member Susan Santefort, and donor Nives Rizza. That year, Nives and her husband, Joe, were honored for their 25th year of giving to the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Describing Nives as an inspirational figure, Heil says she

It’s your divine right to feel amazing – mentally and physically, connected to loved ones, balanced in your life, and filled with peace and clarity,” says LUCY ARENBERG, LCPC, CLC, psychotherapist, founder, and president of LifeSpark Counseling and Wellness Center. She offers integrative, solution-focused therapy to assist clients in healing and moving forward in their

If you ask about JULIANN GELDNER’s business style as Chief Operating Officer and Legal Counsel at The Geldner Center in Hinsdale and Chicago, you’re likely to get a nuanced response, one that praises her uncanny knack for marrying the art of collaborative participation with, when necessary, a dash of aggressive persuasion. JuliAnn, however, would rather

When the country went into lockdown and MARIEL PAIN had to close her studio doors to barre3 Clarendon Hills in March 2020, she viewed the sudden change as an opportunity to transform her business. It actually aligned perfectly with Pain’s motivation for becoming a barre3 studio owner in the first place. “My studio celebrates movement