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Susanna Jung [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree

Susanna Jung The PRICE Futures Group President and CEO Susanna Jung currently holds her Series 3 Commodity Broker license with The PRICE Futures Group and Series 7 & 63 Securities Broker license with Uhlmann Price Securities. Her responsibilities with the firm include oversight of compliance, internal accounting, payroll, and overall administrativeRead More …

Karyn Calabrese [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree

Karyn Calabrese Author and Restaurateur Karyn Calabrese declares “she is not special”. Yet it is undeniable, she has a special gift. She has learned to listen to the knowledge innate within herself and become a leading holistic healer and teacher. Many people look at Karyn at 66 and assume sheRead More …

Sherren Leigh [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree

Sherren Leigh Today’s Chicago Woman (TCW) magazine Founder, President and Editor-in-Chief

Mary Couzin [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree

Mary Couzin Chicago Toy and Game Group​ CEO/Founder Mary Couzin is CEO/Founder of the Chicago Toy & Game (ChiTAG) Group, which includes: playCHIC Toy Inspired Fashion Event, Int’l Summit for Professional Inventors, Int’l Toy & Game Innovation Conference, DiscoverGames.com, Toy & Game Inventor of the Year Awards (TAGIEs), Chicago ToyRead More …

Jory Des Jardins [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree

Jory Des Jardins BlogHer, Inc. Co-Founder and Strategic Alliances President Jory Des Jardins co-founded BlogHer, Inc. in 2005 with Elisa Camahort Page and Lisa Stone, and serves as the company’s President of Strategic Alliances and lead evangelist to top revenue partners. With Jory’s leadership, BlogHer has developed its own distinctiveRead More …

Elisa Camahort Page [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree

Elisa Camahort Page BlogHer, Inc. Co-Founder and COO Elisa Camahort Page co-founded BlogHer, Inc., in 2005 with Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone, and serves as the company’s COO. With Elisa leading the BlogHer conference business, it has grown from a single conference hosting 300 attendees in 2005, to manyRead More …

NBC News featured Women Driving Excellence at the Chicago Auto Show!

NBC News featured Women Driving Excellence at the Chicago Auto Show! http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Auto-Show_-Special-Features-Offered-for-Women_Chicago.html

Get Your Ticket! #WDE Inaugural Event @ the Chicago Auto Show – Women Driving Excellence

In collaboration with the Chicago Tribune, Cars.com, RedEye, and Monika Dixon PR, we’re excited to announce that the Women Driving Excellence will be launching at this year’s Chicago Auto Show during their designated Women’s Day on February 12, 2013. Debi Lilly, Elisa All, Jill Salzman, and Saya Hillman will beRead More …

Luvvie Ajayi [bio]

Luvvie Ajayi is a writer and social media strategist who’s been blogging for a decade. Her award-winning pop culture humor blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com is a respected space online, and was winner of the Best Humor Blog of 2009 from the Black Weblog Awards, chosen as one of BlogHer’s 2010 Voices ofRead More …

Karen Weigert [bio]

Karen Weigert serves as Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Chicago.  She was appointed in 2011.   As Chief Sustainability Officer Karen works to guide the City’s sustainability strategy and implementation, bringing innovative, practical solutions throughout the work of the City. Prior to her appointment Karen served as Senior ViceRead More …