Architecture / Engineering

Raymond Lee, FGM Architects

Raymond Lee, AIA, LEED AP, CPTED, has been promoted to Executive Vice President at FGM Architects, an employee-owned firm offering architecture, planning and interior design services in 8 offices across 5 states. With 40 years of experience, Lee is a national expert in the planning, programming and design of public safety (law enforcement, emergency communications and fire), municipal and recreation facilities. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Illinois Chicago.

Architecture / Design

John Peters, FGM Architects

John Peters has been promoted to Executive Vice President at FGM Architects (FGMA), an employee-owned firm offering architecture, planning and interior design services nationally in 8 offices across 5 states. Peters joined FGMA in 2019 to lead firmwide business development and client relations strategy. He is a certified Counselor Salesperson facilitator, holds his MBA from Elon University and completed the Executive Education Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Architecture / Design

Anthony Lo Bello, FGM Architects

FGM Architects (FGMA) welcomes Tony Lo Bello to lead business development for its Higher Education practice and contribute to firmwide strategic growth initiatives. With 30 years of experience as a business developer, planner, programmer, project manager and principal in charge, Lo Bello is an industry thought leader. He is the North Central Regional Chair of the Society of College and University Planners and the Corporate Trustee/Advancement Committee Chair for Associated Colleges of Illinois.

Banking

Angela Santello, First Bank Chicago

First Bank Chicago, one of the five largest privately held banks in Chicago, is pleased to announce Angela Santello has been promoted to Commercial Banking Officer. In this new role, Angela is responsible for portfolio management and client services for deposit relationships within the Middle Market and Public Funds divisions. Angela joined the Bank in 2011.

Financial Services

Stefanie Rupert, CAFCU

CAFCU’s board of directors is pleased to announce that Stefanie Rupert will lead the Elgin-headquartered credit union. Rupert brings more than three decades of financial industry experience to the role, most recently serving as interim president and CEO of Town and Country Credit Union. She holds a bachelor’s in business administration from Michigan State University and a master’s from Aquinas College. She is also a Certified Credit Union Executive (CCUE).

Financial Services

Chad Steinke and Gina Fridberg, Wintrust Financial Corporation

Wintrust Financial Corp., a financial services holding company based in Rosemont, Illinois, with more than 170 locations across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Florida is pleased to announce two promotions. 

Chad Steinke was promoted to Head of Retail Banking at Wintrust Financial Corporation. Chad joined Wintrust in 2010. 

Gina Fridberg was promoted to SVP, Group Leader, Commercial Real Estate at Village Bank & Trust, N.A. Gina joined Wintrust in 2018.

Information / Data Technology Services

Holly Knightly, Circana

Circana, a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior, announced that Holly Knightly, formerly executive vice president of Global Finance, Performance, and Transformation at Circana, has been promoted to chief financial officer (CFO). Already a member of Circana’s Executive Leadership Team, Knightly leads the global finance and strategy organization, including planning, strategy, accounting, treasury, tax, reporting, and investor relations.

Law Firm

John Sabl and Sean Connolly, Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC

Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres is pleased to welcome John Sabl to the firm as senior counsel. Joining CFDB’s Corporate M&A practice group, Sabl is a broad-based and business-oriented transactional attorney with a wide range of experience as a private firm attorney and general counsel. Through his work as a general counsel and outside counsel, he has handled a variety of litigation supervision, crisis and risk management, employment and other issues. 

The firm also welcomes Sean Connolly as an associate in the Litigation & Investigations practice group. Sean focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation. Prior to joining CFDB, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Celia Gamrath in the Cook County Circuit Court Chancery Division.

Law Firm

Shaun Zhang and Olivia Luk Bedi, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila is pleased to welcome Shaun Zhang and Olivia Luk Bedi as partners in the firm's Chicago office. An experienced litigator and former in-house counsel for a leading technology company, 

Shaun focuses his practice on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation, with a particular concentration on cases that involve deep scientific and technical subject matter. 

Bringing a depth of experience as a litigator and former patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Olivia also focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and advises clients on business and legal issues related to their trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

Non-Profit

Monique B. Jones and Tiffany Hamel Johnson, CAN TV

Monique B. Jones and Tiffany Hamel Johnson have been elected to the CAN TV Board of Directors.

Jones is the President & CEO of Forefront, where she connects philanthropy, operating nonprofits and their allies to improve the lives of all people in Illinois. She received the 2020 Nonprofit Person of the Year award from the Evanston Chamber of Commerce and the 2018 NAACP North Shore Chapter Community Service Award. 

Johnson is the visionary President & CEO of Chicago United, where she advances diversity, equity and inclusion within Chicago’s business community and works to make Chicago the most inclusive business ecosystem in the nation. 

In 2023, CAN TV programming was watched by more than 34.4 million viewers.

Non-Profit

Clarence Booth and Matthew Johanson, CAN TV

Clarence Booth and Matthew Johanson have been elected to the CAN TV Board of Directors. 

Booth is a mission-driven leader at West Monroe Partners. He is a manager in the Customer Solutions practice and founded the firm’s Small Minority-Owned Business Initiative. 

Johanson, Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Just Act Partners, specializes in leveraging business development for the advancement of equitable economic opportunity. He spent more than 25 years at Discover Financial Services as the Chief ESG Officer and SVP of Social Impact, and is a Leadership Greater Chicago 2022 Daniel Burnham Fellow. 

CAN TV gives every Chicagoan a voice on cable television by providing training, facilities, equipment, and airtime for residents and nonprofits.

Non-Profit

Philip Brides and Ricardo H. Jenkins, UCAN

The UCAN Governing Board has elected Philip Brides, senior managing director and head of equity portfolio at Allstate Investment LLC, and Ricardo H. Jenkins, global chief financial officer at Avison Young, to the Board. 

Allstate Investments operates as a privately held asset management firm, assuming the role of investment manager and consultant for esteemed clients. Avison Young creates economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor. 

The UCAN Governing Board oversees the agency’s operations and services and is financially responsible for the 155-year-old youth services agency as its steward. Headquartered in North Lawndale, UCAN is one of Chicago's oldest, yet most innovative youth services organizations.

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