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VAL HALLER, the creative mind behind Valslist Music and the Winnetka Music Festival is a music curator, tastemaker, and live concert producer. Launched in 2007 Valslist.com is the first music site specifically created to help busy adults keep up with new music. Haller’s passion for discovering new artists and her unique ability to span generations

VERONICA ACEVES HUNT lives with her husband and four children in Lake Forest, where she was a stay-at-home mom for 13 years. However, Hunt is also an entrepreneur. At age 22, she helped to pioneer the food truck industry in Chicago, starting with one truck called Burrito Buggy. After 15 years, she had grown the

VALERIE I. STEINER and KRISTIN M. HOWETH, partners in the woman-owned Steiner Howeth Pasquesi & Hatch Ltd. family law firm, have a combined track record of success in defending and advocating for their clients that is second to none. Steiner, who co-founded the firm’s predecessor, Clark & Steiner Ltd., in 2012, brings a wealth of

KATHARINE HATCH and SONIA E. PASQUESI of Steiner Howeth Pasquesi & Hatch Ltd. exemplify the power of women in law. Pasquesi began her legal career working for a mid-sized law firm in Chicago focused on real estate litigation before transitioning to family law, joining Clark & Steiner Ltd. in 2015. Hatch, a trial lawyer with

As Senior Vice President and Team Lead of Fifth Third Bank’s Guardianship and Special Needs Trust Services in Chicago, Priscilla Rodriguez has more than 25 years of experience working in the guardianship field and has made a career of protecting the financial interests of minors, disabled children, and disabled adults. But as hundreds of clients

Tom Fuller didn’t know where he was. A native of the west suburbs and a resident of Geneva at the time, the singer and songwriter was filming a music video for his song “One-PlusOne” when he turned to the producer and asked, “Where am I?” Turns out, Fuller was in Lake Bluff. Coming from Geneva,