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LORI GLATTLY and her daughter-in-law, COURTNEY GLATTLY, have come together to create a dream team that represents excellence and distinction. As the Glattly Group with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, they have combined their diverse professional backgrounds, complementary skills, and vast resources to deliver results that exceed clients’ objectives. These driven professionals are passionate about solving

Over the years that MARY JANE N. HENDER, Ed. D., spent teaching students from preschool to master’s level she noticed one glaring issue that she was determined to remedy— the disparity in students’ literacy opportunities depended on the community in which they lived. From this experience and insight, she developed and co-founded Reading Power Inc.,

MARY COLE, a former Lake County prosecutor, recently announced her run for Illinois State’s attorney in Lake County in the November 2024 election. She believes that justice is more than an end result; it’s how you are treated in the process. As a graduate of John Marshall Law School, National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under

MELISSA MELSHENKER ACKERMAN, founder and CEO of Planet Harvest LLC, has a vision to optimize the produce supply chain to ensure that as much of the world’s usable produce is consumed, that everyone who wants access to fresh nutritious food has it, and that we are better stewards to the planet by reducing waste, greenhouse

Known for her spirited client advocacy and refined negotiation skills, MONA HELLINGA considers it a privilege to have sold real estate on the entire North Shore and in Chicago for 28 years. This Lake Forest-based broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago has decades of experience connecting home buyers and sellers that is second to none.

With 25 years of experience in hospitality, destination marketing, and consumer brands, NANCY O’BRIEN-WIDELKA is an award-winning sales strategist and entrepreneur. As the Vice President of Business Development for Gemini Builds It!, the Chicago native leverages that hospitality sales expertise in collaboration with Gemini’s custom design and creative services to bring clients’ brands to life