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The Womens Business Development Center (WBDC) extends its sincere gratitude to the following organizations and individuals for their support of our Center and annual Entrepreneurial Womans Conference in 2011. As we celebrate our 25th Anniversary in 2011, we applaud the accomplishments we have jointly achieved towards the advancement of women business owners.
Marquee GovernMent Partners City of Chicago, Department of Housing and Economic Development Cook County, Bureau of Economic Development The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Illinois Entrepreneurship Network, Small Business Development Center U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Small Business Administration U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Womens Business Ownership Marquee Contributors
($40,000+)

Health Care Service Corporation/BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois Keurig, Incorporated Northern Trust Robert R. McCormick Foundation Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Womens Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) PreMier Contributors
($25,000-$39,999)

AAR CORP. Allstate Insurance American Express OPEN Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. CDW Citi ComEd

BMO Harris Bank N.A. BP America, Inc.

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($2,000-$9,999)

3M Advocate Health Care Albany Bank & Trust Ameren Corp. American Airlines Continental Casualty Company (CNA) Craigslist Foundation Fleishman-Hillard Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. INTREN, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Foundation Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP Microsoft Corporation The Nielsen Company OfficeMax PNC Sara Lee Foundation Smead Manufacturing Company Southwest Airlines Co. Target Corp. U.S. Bank United Airlines UPS Walgreen Co. Walmart Foundation Wrigley Major Contributors
($10,000-$24,999)

Ernst & Young LLP Fifth Third Bank Jewish Womens Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago Kayhan International Kraft Foods Macys MasterCard Worldwide National Van Lines Office Depot PepsiCo, Inc. The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation UBS Financial Services Inc. University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) W.W. Grainger, Inc. William G. McGowan Charitable Fund GovernMent Contributors
($3,500-$10,000)

American Chartered Bank American Family Insurance American Hotel Register Company Ariel Investments, LLC Avis Budget Group, Inc. Baxter Healthcare Corporation The Bellows Law Group P.C. Best Buy Corporation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota BUNN The Bureau of Engraving, Inc. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Cargill, Inc. Cedar Concepts Corporation City Colleges of Chicago CME Group Cole Taylor Bank Cub Foods Deluxe Corporation Dominicks Finer Foods Ecolab Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl Foundation Francis Beidler Foundation General Mills Harley-Davidson Motor Company

Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) Minneapolis Public School District

AT&T Bank of America Cardinal Health Charter One Bank Edward M. Marx Foundation

Haworth, Inc. J&J Exhibitors Service, Inc. Jack & Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Johnson Controls, Inc. Kelly Mitchell Group, Inc. Leo Burnett USA Major League Baseball Manilow Suites, Inc. Manpower Marc J. Lane Investment Management Mayo Clinic Medtronic, Inc. Midwest Bank Motorola Solutions, Inc. Nationwide Insurance Navistar Nicor Gas Northwestern University Purchasing Resource Services Novation Office Depot Peoples Gas Delivery The Private Bank RSM McGladrey, Inc. Rush University Medical Center & Office of Transformation Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation SUPERVALU Inc.

TeamWerks Charitable Foundation Turner Construction Company Foundation U.S. Cellular United Scrap Metal The University of Chicago The University of Chicago Medical Center Wisconsin Energy Corporation Xcel Energy Media Partners Black EOE Journal CATALINA Magazine Chicago Sun-Times Comcast Crains Chicago Business Diversity MBA Magazine Enterprising Women Magazine Fox 32 Chicago Hispanic Network Magazine Hoy Newspaper Latina Style Magazine Latino Social Magazine MBE Connect MBE Magazine Minorities and Women In Business Magazine Minority Business News USA (MBN USA) NBC5 Chicago

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Desert Rose Design Designer Sign Systems Federation of Women Contractors (FWC) Futura Marketing, Inc. Global Capital, Ltd. Google Harley-Davidson Motor Company Lisa Holter Hoopla Communications Cathy Hughes Ideal Printers, Inc. Illinois Action for Children J&J Exhibitors Service, Inc. Cheryle R. Jackson Keurig, Incorporated Beth Kieffer Leonard Gloria Larkin Levy Security Corporation Manpower Motorola Solutions, Inc. NAWBO-Chicago Overture Premiums & Promotions LLC RubinBrown LLP Saint Louis University Sarahs Pastries & Candies Terry Savage Slang Productions Lindsay Sokolowski Sondra Solarte Michelle Stacy Staples, Inc. Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique Lynn Tilton Wisconsin Energy Corporation Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) ZORCH

WbdC 25th anniversary host CoMMittee Connie Lindsey, Co-Chair Sandra Rand, Co-Chair Christy Webber, Co-Chair Phyllis Apelbaum Rita Athas Emily Barr Maureen Beal Monica Billinger Janice Block Rita Canning Nancy Conner Jeanne Crain Jennifer Cusack Carolyn Gable Martha Garza Jennifer Girard Lori Healey Kayhan Hellriegel Carrie Hightman Mellody Hobson Cheryle R. Jackson Lisa Johnson Linda Johnson Rice Marilyn Jones Beth Kieffer Leonard Colleen Kramer Sherren Leigh Helen Levinson Vicky Linko Nicole Loftus Francine Manilow Kim McCullough Terri McNally Dorri McWhorter Susana Mendoza Nancy Murphy Roberta Osher Kim Oster Holstein Cheryl Pearson McNeil

Pioneer Press Professional Womans Magazine Telemundo Todays Chicago Woman Univision Radio Womens Enterprise Magazine (WE USA) WVON individual donors
($2,000+)

Tammie Johnson Marc J. Lane Shirley Marx Nancy Murphy Sandra Rand Arabel Alva Rosales Loretta Rosenmayer Julia Stasch sPeCial thanks ACCION Chicago Alto Tech Laurel Bellows BMO Harris Bank N.A. Marion Brooks The Bureau of Engraving, Inc. Calhoun Beach Club Leylani Cardoso Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC) Chicago Restaurant Partners Chris Ruys Communications, Inc. Maxine Clark Consolidated Printing Company COSi (Cycle of Success Institute) Jeanne H. Crain

Jackie Gomez Mark Graham Anita Ponder Anne Pramaggiore Pamela Prince-Eason Judy Rice Vicky Rock Loretta Rosenmayer Judith Roussel Chris Ruys Cassandra Sanford Terry Savage Deborah Sawyer Laura Schwartz Marsha Serlin Nita Smith Melody Spann Cooper Geri Swift Genevieve Thiers Jayne Thompson Marsha Werner McGhee Williams Osse Dori Wilson Maxine Winer Ava Youngblood WbdC CoMMittee MeMbers Tina Beckett Kathy Benson Kathy Brown Zerwas Toni Brown Sharon Castillo Diana Conley Carol Courtney Diane Craig Sonja Dahlberg Beth Doria Anna Doyle Carol Dunn Kim Findlay Kaaren Fox Jerry Fulmer Jeremy Gibson Julia Guan Delia Haddad Klista Hill Mercedes Jaime-Le Vvintre Gwen Johnson Gwen Jones Michelle Joseph J.P. Keating Debra King Margaret Klinsport Karen Kostrewa Michele Kurlander Carla Lampkin Mary Lawrence Jessie Leonard Kristy Ludwig Millie Maddocks Hector Martinez Patricia May Kathy Mazon Ruby McCleary Elisha Neely Marie OBrien Elizabeth Perino Theresa Ruzicka Lisa Sandos Cassandra Sanford Deborah Sawyer Stephanie Selb Jenni Sheldon Maurie Smith Jean Marie Thiel Laura Tobolaski Aileen Velazquez Shondra Watson Jeanna Winkler Jean Wocken
We have made every effort to ensure that all contributors are recognized. Contributors listed are those committed by August 1, 2011.

The WBDC is an Illinois Small Business Development Center and an Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; a delegate agency of the City of Chicago and Cook County; and is a certifying partner of the Womens Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).