The Portrait

GREAT INSPIRATIONS

Maureen Bennett’s life, so far, has been one of happy accidents and fateful encounters. Growing up in a close family in Peoria with two sisters and one brother, she might have never imagined that she’d someday end up living in Lake Forest happily married to a sweaty stranger she would meet at a Chicago 5K.

IN HER HONOR

When Emily Krall moved away from her native Lake Forest to go to college and start her life, she always knew she’d find her way back to the area. “So many people share the same love of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff and it really adds to the welcoming nature of this extended community,” says

COMMUNITY CHAMPION

One of Beth Clemmensen’s earliest memories of Lake Forest is visiting from the western suburbs. “I would drive up with my mom to shop at Market Square,” says Clemmensen, a former Kraft marketing executive who is currently revamping the marketing curriculum as a professor at Lake Forest College. “We’d go to the Talbots store and

CARPE DIEM

Brooke Tagliaferro of Lake Forest truly understands the art of living in the moment. It’s a life skill she learned from her late grandmother, Shirley Leifer, who continues to inspire her as a wife, mother, and volunteer. “When I was about 10 years old, my grandmother picked me up to take me for tea,” explains

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

East coast native Jessica White met her husband, Patrick, the first week of college at Xavier University in Cincinnati. “We have been together since we were 18 and he is my partner and my best friend,” says Jessica, who moved to Chicago after graduating and began working as a nurse. “I got accepted into Nurse

EYE FOR DESIGN

Grace Millar’s love of design took her from the North Shore to New York City, where she is now a senior graphic artist for the luxury skin care brand, La Mer. She has built quite an impressive resume since graduating from the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) five years ago, working on graphic

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