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Mix Master

If you were a kid who liked to listen to the radio in the 80s, Chicago was the town to do it in. “I have always loved music,” says Vince Garcia of Hoffman Estates, recalling stories of doing Michael Jackson’s famous moonwalk almost as soon as he took his first steps. “When I was in

Students Today, CEOs Tomorrow

The future is brighter thanks to students taking the Business Incubator and Accelerator Program at Barrington High School. These progressive courses, centered around entrepreneurship, are offered to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, who are taught the art of business from ideation to execution, and everything in between. Led by Business Incubator teacher, Hagop Soulakian, this course

Ties That Bind

If you know real estate agent and broker Maria Devins, you probably know the story about how she got her first client. The year was 2008 and the real estate market was in crash mode. The Park Ridge native was taking the train home from the Baird & Warner Institute of Training when she saw

Leaning In On Learn

Fourteen years ago, Nancy and Scott Santi were invited by a Winnetka neighbor to explore an organization they had never heard of—LEARN Charter School Network. The years following that meeting have been spent nurturing LEARN students, mentoring LEARN leaders, and growing the LEARN system. As chairs of the 20th Anniversary Fund, these two ardent supporters

Madame Ambassador

The year was 2003. Winnetka’s Fay Hartog-Levin and her husband Daniel Levin were asked to enhance visibility and support for a little-known Illinois State Senator who had ambitious plans to run for the U.S. Senate. “Just meet him,” she implored to friends, some of whom she saw spontaneously, at the East Bank Club. Not only

Women Supporting Women

North Shore-based Liz Prior spent 25 years in advertising, co-founding a digital agency in 2006. As she approached the 15th anniversary of launching her own business, Prior began thinking about another venture that would allow her to use her years of experience in a more meaningful way. “Work has always been such a big part

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