2013 strictly business lunch

2013 Strictly Business Lunch

Co-chair Susan Duman with 2013 Leadership Excellence Award winner Neil G. Bluhm.

CongratulationsOffering congratulations to 2013 honoree Neil G. Bluhm (third from right) are (from left) Howard Sitron, Executive Director of JVS Chicago; Emcee Regine Schlesinger of CBS; Co-chair Susan Duman; Board President H. Debra Levin, and Co-chair Andy Glick.

Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein of Am Shalom in Glencoe gave the Strictly Business invocation.

Regine Schlesinger, a CBS journalist, welcomed guests to the Standard Club’s elegant dining room and served as emcee.

Executive Director Howard Sitron addressed the luncheon and highlighted JVS Chicago projects and accomplishments.

Noted entrepreneur and honoree Neil G. Bluhm delivered a speech that combined business wisdom, warm personal recollections of his career and commendations for JVS Chicago.

The JVS Chicago staff was ready for more than 350 guests as they began to arrive. Emily Muench (center left) Shari Miller and Fran Becker were three of the JVS staff behind the check-in table at the Standard Club.

Illinois Sec. of State Jesse White, seen here with guest Lorraine Helfand, took part in the reception and luncheon.

State Rep. Louis Lang (D, Skokie) chatted with Sandra Rosen of the American Friends of Magen David Adom.

Jon and Sarah Perl made a handsome couple; Sarah, a Development Associate for Jewish Child & Family Services, played a key role in the planning and execution of Strictly Business.

Margery Kaye (right) was a JVS Chicago entrepreneur featured at the reception, where she introduced guests to her marvelous toffee.

Janice Kaufman, Director of Development for JVS Chicago, conversed with JVS Chicago Honorary Director Alan Stone at the reception.

Amy Dordek Dolinsky (center) is seen here with Marilyn Katzin and William Keroff.

Lamb Partners were well represented by (from left) Megan Stout, Scott Wernery, Marc Arndt and Amy Close.

Amy Dordek Dolinsky and Karen Tamley, Chicago’s Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, were all smiles.

JVS Chicago entrepreneur Alan Gerber chatted with a potential customer for his dry cleaning business.

Beverly Goldberg and Jerry Dreyfuss attended the reception and luncheon.

Michael Triester, Marc Jacobs and Martin Kaplan were networking at the reception.

Joining Howard Sitron (left) and Rabbi Lowenstein for lunch were (from left clockwise) , Lois Zoller, Scott Hensley, Terry Isselhard, Larry Glick, Nancy Glick, Julie Dann and Steven Nasatir – plus the extra chair for Elijah.

Andy Glick, Co-chair of Strictly Business (left), had lunch with Bill Silverstein, Jack Lewitz, Peter Glick, JVS Chicago’s Linda Wolfe, Harry Huzenis, Charlie Huzenis, Marc Gould, David Fain and Howard Sorkin.

JCFS Director Neil Posner (left) sat at the Much Shelist table with (clockwise) Michael Burstein, Steven Stender, Larkin Flanagan, Douglas Thompson, David T. Brown, Robert Neiman, Melissande Loeppert (obscured), David Eisenberg and Laurence Freed.

Margaret Vimont, JVS Chicago Chief Operating Officer, had lunch with Sharon Beloff of the Illinois SBDC/Duman Entrepreneurship Center.

Tammy Stone (left) of the Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Stability lunched with Jackie Robinson-Ivy of Northern Trust bank and State Rep. Louis Lang.

FinaleAt the end of the festivities, Barbara May (left), Director of the Duman Entrepreneurship Center Donna Rockin, Megan Glazer and Susan Duman posed for a final photo.