Early this spring, Sheridan Road’s consummate Editor in Chief Dustin O’Regan assembled an extraordinary group of ten women into an advisory council for Forest & Bluff’s incoming Editor in Chief Wendy Franzen. The council members, each heavily involved in the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff communities, gathered in Deer Path Inn’s garden-inspired atrium to discuss story ideas, thoughts on education, and insight into philanthropies they serve and businesses they run. All were buzzing over the May issue’s much-anticipated new content and redesign.

MELISSA TRANDEL

Board Member, The Joffrey Ballet Women’s Board; Committee Member, Joffrey Ballet’s Little Mermaid Luncheon (September 15, 2020); Volunteer, Deer Path Middle School

JEANNA PARK

President, Ragdale Board of Trustees (Ragdale’s Novel Affair rescheduled for October 3); Board Member, Northwestern University Women’s Board; Member, Lake Forest High School APT

WHITLEY BOUMA HERBERT

Founder, CO-OP PR; Board Member, Women’s Board of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation; Board Member, Allendale Shelter Club; Board Member, Guild of the Chicago Botanic Garden; Co-Chair, Women’s Board of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation Gala (Fall 2021); Member, Sheridan School APT

BROOKE TAGLIAFERRO

Docent, Lake Forest Preservation Foundation; Committee Member, Kinderhaven Pre-School’s upcoming Giving Tree Fundraiser (date TBD); Volunteer, Kinderhaven Pre-School

PAULA CLAIR-GOULD

Vice President and Director of Development, Lake Forest Open Lands; Member and Secretary, Jr. Garden Club of Lake Forest

MEREDITH MITCHELL

Vice President, Allendale Shelter Club of Lake Forest; Social Chair, Infant Welfare Society Auxiliary, Lake Forest Chapter; Volunteer, Lake Forest Country Day School

KATIE MAY

Founder and fashion designer at eponymous brand Shop Katie May; lifestyle blogger, Simply May; Volunteer, Lake Forest Country Day School and Everett Elementary School

PIM ALLEY

Co-founder, Holley Growth; Board Member, Women’s Board of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation; Co-Chair, Women’s Board of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation Gala (Fall 2021); Board Member, Gorton Community Center

LAURA TOROSIAN

President, Allendale Shelter Club of Lake Forest; Allendale Shelter Club Annual Benefit (November 7, 2020)