Calling her “a visionary and influential leader,” Junior Achievement Chicago honored Ann M. Drake at its 41st Annual Chicago Business Hall of Fame celebration on October 1, 2024, held at the Wintrust Grand Banking Hall, 231 S. LaSalle Street in Chicago. “I’m grateful for this opportunity to introduce to you a businesswoman who’s a role…
The 2021 WNBA Champion Chicago Sky named Lincoln Road Enterprises a “Proud Partner of the Chicago Sky” in recognition of their shared commitment to women’s leadership and empowering women and girls across Chicagoland. Through its sponsorship of the team, Lincoln Road is living into its mission of elevating women by supporting new talent, improving systems,…
The newest members of a powerful international, intergenerational network of women leaders have been announced. Aanchal Sharma (EMBA ‘25) and Tamara Greenberg (EMBA ‘25) are the latest recipients of Drake Scholarships, awarded to high-potential female or female-identifying students in the Executive MBA program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management who are expected to have…
At age 7, Chevy Humphrey learned that life was not fair. “You’ve got two strikes against you before you even start,” her mother sat her down and told her. “You’re Black and you’re a girl. So, perform at 200% always so that you can have 100% in your back pocket.” It was a lesson Chevy…
Growing up as a passionately competitive athlete in a time when organized sports for girls were almost non-existent taught Kay Koplovitz that she could go up against the boys—and win. That lesson served her well when she launched USA Network in 1977, the first television network led by a woman. But innovating came naturally to…
If Micaela Niven Bulich’s rise to the top can teach us anything, it’s that you can sometimes take a leap of faith and trust yourself to grow wings. Faced with the challenge of balancing a fast-moving career with a deep commitment to family and home, Micaela and her husband made some creative choices that took…