Banking / Finance

Kim Becker, Busey Bank

Busey Bank welcomes Kim Becker as Senior Vice President and Treasury Management Executive. Throughout her extensive career, she has been a trusted advisor who takes a consultative and educational approach with clients. Combined with her commitment to building strong relationships, Kim provides treasury solutions and strategies that support the unique needs of Busey’s clients, including their daily cash flow, investments, information reporting and fraud mitigation.

Construction

Michael C. Brown, Gilbane Building Company

Gilbane Building Company welcomes Michael C. Brown back home to Chicago as regional president, overseeing Gilbane’s Midwest and Texas regions. With nearly 30 years of experience, Brown previously spent close to two decades with Gilbane. He brings a unique combination of strong local ties in Chicago and significant national relationships. Brown is a distinguished business leader who exemplifies Gilbane’s core values and is eager to lead our teams to achieve outstanding results for our clients.

Design

Lacey Lawrence, Hitchcock Design Group

Congratulations, Lacey Lawrence, on your promotion to Principal! Lacey has become a recognized leader within our Recreation Team and a valuable contributor to our company. She has been a primary senior level project manager, design lead, and client manager for our team for years, growing a client base, and being a key contributor to the growth of our market sector. Lacey has a unique environmental design skillset and is highly regarded as a mentor and resource for others throughout the company!

Education

Monica Milligan, Gradient Learning

Gradient Learning announced that Monica Milligan has been appointed as its new Executive Director. Monica has served as Gradient Learning’s Chief Program Officer since joining the organization in 2021, after a long track record of excellence across different sectors, roles, and strategies. With more than 15 years of nonprofit, teaching, and education experience combined, she has spent much of her career creating solutions to help reimagine education in our nation's schools.

Education

David J. Vitale, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

David J. Vitale was appointed as the new chair of the Board of Governors at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A recognized leader throughout the city, with a deep history with both the School and museum, Vitale has been involved with the Board of Governors since 2003 and the Board of Trustees since 1993.

Education

Sekile M. Nzinga, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Sekile M. Nzinga has joined the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as the School’s first-ever vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this role, Nzinga will advance the School's commitment to anti-racism, fairness, and belonging by providing strategic visioning, coordination, and implementation of new and existing DEI initiatives.

Financial Services

Michael Nicholas, Lakeshore Financial Group

Welcoming Michael Nicholas, CFA, LSFG’s new Financial Representative, bringing 7 years of valuable experience from his previous role at Northern Trust Bank such as asset allocation, tax-efficient analysis, and the management of ultra-high-net-worth portfolios. Aligned with LSFG's approach, Michael is committed to making a difference in clients' lives. Eager to join a caring team, he aims to contribute personalized strategies for every client. Michael is insurance licensed in Illinois. TC138100(1223)1

Financial Services

Rebecca Solomon, Mesirow

Rebecca Solomon has joined Mesirow Wealth Management as an Estate Planning Specialist. In her new role, Rebecca will serve as a centralized, specialized estate planning resource for Mesirow's Wealth Advisor teams, enhancing the firm's ability to deliver customized, comprehensive wealth plans to its clients. Rebecca brings more than 25 years of experience in advanced estate planning and business succession advice to the team.

Financial Consulting

Chad Coffman, Peregrine Economics

Peregrine Economics announces Chad Coffman as Co-Founder and President. He directs matters involving securities, corporate finance, valuation disputes and regulatory investigations. He analyzes equity, fixed income, and option damages, materiality, market efficiency, and loss causation in securities fraud class actions and opt-out claims. He has provided expert testimony and has been invited by regulators and bar associations to speak on issues related to economic analysis in securities cases.

Financial Consulting

Peter Hickey, Peregrine Economics

Peregrine Economics announces Peter Hickey as Co-Founder and Managing Director. He focuses his expert practice in the areas of financial markets litigation and regulatory matters, valuation disputes, and complex commercial litigation damages. He has been retained by the SEC, other regulators, and private investment funds to offer his opinion on complex valuation topics. He testifies in federal and state cases and supports a network of academic and industry experts across the country.

Financial Consulting

Candice Rosevear, Peregrine Economics

Peregrine Economics announces Candice Rosevear as Co-Founder and Managing Director. She leads a national practice focused on labor and employment, valuation, and complex commercial damages. She provides expert analysis and testimony in state and federal courts on class certification, equal pay, discrimination, wage-and-hour violations, market manipulation, and complex valuation. Rosevear also conducts independent research on diversity for a prominent philanthropic foundation.

Financial Consulting

Scott Walster, Peregrine Economics

Peregrine Economics announces Scott Walster as Co-Founder and Managing Director. He served as Assistant Director and Financial Economist in the SEC’s Division of Economic Risk Analysis where he directed regulatory investigations on market manipulations, corporate disclosure, securities lending, investment adviser frauds, and broker-dealer violations. He focuses on assisting clients with criminal and civil securities matters and helps them understand the impacts of governmental agency proposals.

Health Care

Dr. Katherine Johnson and Dr. Jordan Rosenblum, Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine has announced the appointment of Katherine Johnson, MD, as chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) and Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago. She is the first woman to chair the department and has been with Loyola since 2016. 

Loyola Medicine has also announced the appointment of Jordan Rosenblum, MD, as chair of the department of radiology at Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) and Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Rosenblum has been with Loyola since 2009 and is also a professor of neurology and radiology at Stritch School of Medicine and director of neuroradiology at Loyola Medicine.

Law Firm

Conrad C. Nowak, Corboy & Demetrio

Attorney Conrad C. Nowak has joined Corboy & Demetrio, bringing with him more than 18 years of defense experience in the areas of personal injury, product liability, toxic tort, construction, aviation, and commercial litigation. Conrad, a former partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, received a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2002 and a B.A. from DePaul University in 1998. Conrad is a proud U.S. Army veteran, and Crain’s selected him to “Notable Veteran Executives” in 2020.

Law Firm

Cornelius F. Riordan and Andrés J. Gallegos II , Hahn Loeser & Parks

The Firm welcomed Con Riordan and Andrés Gallegos to its Litigation and Construction Practices. 

Riordan has decades of experience representing contractors, sureties and lenders in litigation and transactional construction and surety law. He’s been recognized by both Best Lawyers and Illinois Super Lawyers in 15 straight years. He earned a J.D. from the University of Illinois, an M.S. from DePaul, and a B.A. from Notre Dame. 

Gallegos has experience in commercial litigation, construction, business transactions, privacy law and healthcare law. He’s guided entrepreneurs and small businesses through development, minimizing risks and offering solutions. He earned a J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago and a B.S. from Southern Illinois.

Legal

Denis Yavorskiy, Benesch

Denis Yavorskiy has joined Benesch as an Associate in the firm's Litigation Practice Group. Denis has represented clients in high-stakes litigation across the country involving breach of contract, products liability, environmental regulations, False Claims Act, antitrust, lien foreclosure, and defamation. He has advised clients on litigation matters from a variety of industries, including telecommunications, chemicals and automotive manufacturing, education, and software.

Non-Profits

Rosa Carrillo, The Chicago Lighthouse

Rosa Carrillo has joined The Chicago Lighthouse as its new Chief Financial Officer. In this position, she will oversee all financial compliance, internal controls, and Information Technology across more than 30 programs via The Chicago Lighthouse's social services and social business enterprise affiliates. Ms. Carrillo was most recently Associate Vice President and Controller at The Chicago Community Trust.

Real Estate

Rebecca Diipla and Doug Wood, ML Realty Partners

ML Realty Partners is pleased to announce that Rebecca Diipla and Doug Wood were promoted at the firm. 

Diipla was promoted to Marketing Manager for her continued implementation and ownership of ML Realty Partners’ marketing campaigns, thoughtfulness of the company brand, and passion about her work since joining ML Realty Partners in 2013. 

Wood was promoted to Senior Development Manager for his high-quality construction and development work for ML Realty Partners on ground up developments and tenant buildouts since joining the firm in 2021. 

ML Realty Partners is a long-term investor and developer of industrial real estate in the Central United States.

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