The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University announced today that one of its most distinguished alumnae—Ann McIlrath Drake ’84 MBA (’25,’25 GP) – has made a transformative gift to support its new center for global engagement and innovative learning on the Evanston campus. In recognition of Ms. Drake’s philanthropy of $70 million, the Kellogg…
Jeanne Gang, the world-renowned architect whose design for the Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay is now rising on the banks of Geneva Lake in Wisconsin, was honored on December 5, 2024, with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by ULI Chicago, the local district council of the Urban Land Institute. Jeanne Gang is the founding partner of Studio Gang, an…
Ann M. Drake’s commitment to ensuring women help lead the next wave of space exploration is reflected in a new exhibit that opened in May 2024 as part of the renovated Henry Crown Space Center at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. The new exhibit showcases the SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft, which flew unmanned missions…
More than 200 supporters, city officials, friends, and dignitaries celebrated the start of construction on a new Women’s Leadership Center in Williams Bay—a unique meeting place designed to foster high levels of creativity, collaboration, and contribution, where accomplished women will come together to incubate fresh approaches to complex challenges—in a groundbreaking ceremony on July 19,…
Part of what’s interesting at a college reunion is seeing who left with an education and returned with wisdom. Sharing personal wisdom was the focus of the 2024 reunion hosted Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 by and for graduates of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Former business school classmates returned…
Today’s article from the Lake Geneva Regional News outlines project status updates and next steps for the Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay as we head into 2024. Founder, Ann Drake said, “Williams Bay is the gem of Geneva Lake, and we want to make the Women’s Leadership Center a treasure for Williams Bay now…