Please join the Better Government Association at our Centennial Celebration & Annual Luncheon. Proceeds from this event will directly fuel our Illinois Answers Project’s investigative and solutions-based newsroom, incisive BGA Policy reform initiatives and our commitment to Civic Engagement so that all communities, especially those disproportionately impacted by government failures, are equipped and informed as advocates.

This year’s luncheon will honor Michael J. Sacks and feature a special conversation with BGA President David Greising, best-selling author Jonathan Eig and award-winning editor, journalist and author Natalie Moore.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
11:30 am Reception
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Luncheon
Business Attire

Hilton Chicago Grand Ballroom
720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!

(As of October 9, 2023)

2ND CENTURY COUNCIL
Rita and John Canning
Edwardson Family Foundation
Mary and Paul Finnegan
Jim and Karen Frank
GCM Grosvenor
Joe Mansueto
Steve Miller
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Heather Steans and Leo Smith

PLATINUM
Anonymous
Gary Elden and Phyllis Mandler
Daniel L. Goodwin, The Inland Real Estate Group, LLC

GOLD
Ed Bachrach
The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation
Liz and Eric Lefkofsky
Jim Perry
Mark Rust, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan
Kathleen and Jim Skinner

SILVER
Ariel Investments
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Phil Calian
Robert W. Crawford, Jr., NEL – (Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab)
The Crown Family
Janet and Craig Duchossois
Ginny and Peter Foreman
David Helfand
Carroll Joynes and Abby O’Neil
Kovler Family Foundation
Robert and Linda Levin
Mesirow
Motorola Solutions
Alexandra C. Nichols
Northern Trust
Peter and Alicia Pond
Sidley Austin LLP
Barbara Speer
Jill and John Svoboda
Wade Thomson and Jenner and Block
Trinal, Inc., Alicia Garcia-Abner, President
The Vistria Group

BRONZE
ABC 7 Chicago
Anonymous
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
Carol Lavin Bernick Family Foundation
Charles River Associates
Anne Dooley and Kurt Wittenberg
Edelman
Eleven Eleven Foundation, Jim and Wendy Abrams
Brian and Allison Feltzin
Flying Food Group 
Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr.
David and Cynthia Greising
M. Hill Hammock, Verit Advisors
Italian Village Restaurants – Capitanini Family
Robert M. and Diane vS. Levy Family Foundation
David and Amanda Mabie, Chicago Capital
Geeta Malhotra and Zack Christensen 
Marquardt & Company, Inc. – Scott R. Marquardt
Medill School, Northwestern University
PNC
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Neele and Bonnie Stearns
William Blair 
Jill Wine-Banks, Author, Podcast host and  MSNBC/NBC Legal Analyst