Sincere thanks for all your positive comments on “CI.” Please continue to let us know what you know regarding promotions, job changes, awards, marriages, births and whatever you think our chapter colleagues would like to know — but nothing scandalous! Wait — forget that. We’ll listen to anything!
Best Wishes
We’re sending a special “shout out” and good luck to Don Mader, formerly with Werner Printing & Engraving and a wonderful member of the Membership Committee. Don and his wife have moved to California (from Chicago? Easy choice!) to be with the rest of his family. We’ll miss Don’s always-helpful advice and smiling face at monthly programs. Keep in touch with Don at donmader2012@gmail.com.
Sincere best wishes to Megan Wilroy, a past president of LMA Midwest and formerly with Foley & Lardner. Megan has left legal marketing to devote her time to her family, baby Jacks, big sister Emma, and husband Blair.
Best wishes also to all-around good guy and longtime LMA member Sonny Cohen of Duo Consulting. Sonny’s son Yale Cohen has just opened a restaurant called Local Root Chicago at 601 N. McClurg Court — http://www.localrootchicago.com — that is garnering raves among LMAers. We wish Sonny and Yale bon appetito! Tell Sonny you ate there at sonny@duoconsulting.com.
New Ventures
Congrats to past LMA Midwest president Gary Young, formerly principal with X-15 Marketing, now creative director at Barnes & Thornburg, joining LMA Midwest Board of Directors member and CMO of that firm, Allen Chichester and his merry group of great marketers. Wish Gary the best at gyoung@btlaw.com.
Wow! Brooke Loucks, formerly marketing manager at Cassiday Schade and assistant editor of In the Loop, is now global marketing and communications project administrator at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, based here in Chicago. We are thrilled for Brooke and so glad not to have lost her to NYC! Congratulate Brooke at brooke.loucks@skadden.com.
Long time LMA member, Joe Melnick, formerly CMO for many years at Butzel Long in Detroit, is now president and CEO of kncStrategies in Pleasant Ridge, MI, which provides strategy, business development, marketing and communications solutions to professional services organization. Send best wishes to Joe who can be reached at jmelnick001@gmail.com.
Christina Simms, formerly with Clausen Miller, is now a marketing manager at Freeborn & Peters, joining CMO and LMA Midwest members, Ian Turvill and Beth Massing and the rest of Ian’s great team. Say hello to Chris at csimms@freebornpeters.com.
LMA Midwest friend, Colleen Strasser, formerly PR specialist at Banner & Witcoff, has signed on as Public Relations Specialist at Latham & Watkins, joining the fabulous Alexis Johnson and Audrey Arp, LMA Midwest members. Colleen can be reached at colleen.strasser@lw.com.
Hooray! Sharon Valasek, long time LMA member and formerly great account rep at Darwill, has joined Werner Printing & Engraving working with Membership Committee member, Dan Abercrombie, and LMA Midwest Board Member Bill “Fitz” Fitzgerald. Welcome Sharon back at sharon@wernerprinting.com.
Sara Goddard, formerly business development and marketing manager at SmithAmundsen, is now business development manager at Vedder Price joining director of business development, Erin Baxendale, and her wonderful team. Wish Sara well at sgoddard@vedderprice.com.
Seema Bajaj, marketing and business development strategist at Marshall Gerstein & Borun is working remotely for the firm from her new digs in San Francisco. Her husband Sam took a position with Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plans. Seema will stay active in the San Fran LMA chapter, but says she still loves us here at LMA Midwest. Reach Seema at sbajaj@marshallip.com.
How did we miss this? Diana Mathis, formerly with Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee and a member of the Milwaukee City Group, sneaked into Chicago a while ago. Diana is the senior project manager, dlient development at Foley & Lardner - Chicago. Diana can be reached at dmathis@foley.com.
Mergers
We hear through the LMA grapevine that Neal Gerber & Eisenberg director of client services and marketing, Mark Levin, tied the knot with new wife Amy on September 22 in Duluth, MN. More news as it develops. Congratulate Mark at mlevin@ngelaw.com.
Acquisitions
A new arrival for Locke Lord’s director of business development, Katie Ambrosio. Baby Charlotte Adeline was born on May 25 weighing in at eight pounds, ten ounces. She joins big sister, Caroline, two years old, and dad, David, President of Perpetual Motion Design, Inc. in Chicago. Sincere best wishes to Katie who can be reached at kambrosio@lockelord.com.
We are all waiting with baited breath the arrival of baby Marshall due on December 13, mystery first child of Melissa Marshall, regional marketing manager at Clark Hill and treasurer extraordinaire of LMA Midwest, and husband Mike a physical therapist at METT in Chicago. This will be the Marshalls’ first child. Send Melissa your best at mmarshall@clarkhill.com.
Scooplets
- This is exciting. We are pleased to report that as of October, LMA Midwest has new members from several accounting firms. We welcome members from KPMG, ORBA, Crowe Horwath, Deloitte services and Blackman Kallick (now Plante Moran). So glad to have you with us.
- A big hooray and congrats to Jennifer Johnson, of J. Johnson Executive Search, Inc. and avid LMA New York member and Jeff Scalzi, CMO at SNR Denton, tied the knot on August 15, Sincere best wishes and hugs all around.Jennifer Hoganson is now marketing project manager Foley & Lardner. She went from temporary to permanent. Congrats, Jenny!
Well, that’s all the scoop for now. Please send any enlightening items worthy of note to the “I” at siglitzen@netzero.net.
Sydney Iglitzen was the 2008 President of LMA Midwest and has sat on the LMA Midwest Board of Directors as a member-at-large since 2011. She has recently been elected for an addition term of two years. She is the first in-house director of marketing and business for litigation boutique, Schopf & Weiss LLP. Sydney was also the LMA Chicago program chair for several years, personally assisting in the formation of city groups in Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and SE Michigan and was a former chair of the PR Committee. She is a member of the LMA Midwest and LMA International Membership Committees, a member of the LMA Midwest Programs Committee, was a member of the Careers in Transitions Task Force and was the 2012 Your Honor Awards co-chair.