Thank you for supporting 2023 Gala: The Future is Play!
Thank you to this year’s Gala: The Future is Play sponsors, donors, event partners and attendees! This year we raised more than $1.2 million to make a better world through play and joyful human connection for the children of today and tomorrow.
We cannot thank you enough for your generous support that propels the success of Chicago Children’s Museum.
Our annual gala raises vital funds that allow us to create extraordinary playful learning experiences for years to come – both in the museum and within our communities.
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2023 Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
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Allstate Insurance Company
BDO USA, LLP | Mike Dean
Jodi Block and Barry Malkin
Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.
Clayco
Cresset Partners | The Berghorst Foundation Inc
Cathy Fan and Justin Horvath
Karen G. Harrison and Walter Freedman
William and Heather Kelley
Morgan Stanley
Sacks Family Foundation
Wintrust Wealth Management | Bruce A. Comiskey
Thaddeus Wong and Emily Sachs Wong
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Asiyanbi-Ozenne Charitable Fund
Prue and Frank Beidler, Deborah Witzburg and Jay Beidler
Ellenna and Jon Berger
Blackstone
The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation
Blakely and Harvey Bundy
Boston Consulting Group
Citadel and Citadel Securities
Daniels Consulting Group, LLC.
DLA Piper, LLP
EY
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
Stacie Frank and Jay Ablian
GenPact
Tara and Marc Giuliano
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Russ and Kathy Ivinjack
KKR
Megan and Will Jiménez
Kellanova
KPMG LLP | Brad Gauntlett
Doug and Michelle Kryscio
Todd Lippman | CBRE Inc.
Andrew Miller
Dr. Nicholas A. Pearce | The Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc.
PwC
Jeffery and Dena Perry | Lead Mandates LLC
Teresa Poggenpohl
Rex Sessions | Winston & Strawn LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Neetika Singh and Afzal Hemani
Allison Steigleder
Jennifer Vachon and Craig Bonnell
W.W. Grainger, Inc. | Laurie Thomson
Walton Street Capital, LLC
Carly and Brennan Warren
Ronna and Steven Zoll
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Apollo Global Management (in honor of Russ Ivinjack)
Carol Barnett
Brad Gauntlett
David C. & Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation
Ginsberg Jacobs LLC
The Hechtman Group Ltd. (in honor of Thaddeus Wong)
Lakeshore Beverage
Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Nuveen
Sue Reynolds
Jennifer Steans and James Kastenholz
Lisa Brown Tribbett (in honor of Laura Tribbett)
Brian and Nikki Wilkinson
Eileen Zoll
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Benjamin Moore & Co.
BIÂN Chicago
Brizo
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Stacie M. Frank
DineAmic
Kravet
Outline Interiors
Stark Carpet
The Shade Store
Waterworks
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Berco’s Popcorn
BlackOak Technical Productions
Kehoe Designs
Moët Hennessy USA
Gala Co-Chairs
Tara Giuliano | Nuveen
John Geis | Cresset Partners
Gala Committee
Ellenna Berger
Jodi Block
Bruce A. Comiskey
Cathy Fan
Karen G. Harrison
Eiren Hendrie
Megan Jiménez
Teresa Poggenpohl
Courtney Theo
Laura Tribbett
Ronna Zoll