Our Impact
The centerpiece of Chicago United’s mission is to convene leaders who are resolved to create inclusive environments that allow all to succeed. This drive for inclusion starts at the top—in the Boardroom, in the C-Suite, at the Executive level—and navigates to the Mid-Level Managers and the Emerging Leaders.
Our mission was translated into action this month as Chicago United hosted the Closing Reception for the Corporate Inclusion Institute’s (CII) Cohort VII participants. Since 2019 CII has enhanced career mobility for a diverse workforce, empowering our Emerging Leaders and Mid-Level Managers with leadership skills.
CII Cohort VII’s 72 participants join the 558 leaders who have completed the program. These participants have assessed their strengths, improvement areas, preferences, and conscious and unconscious biases. They’ve analyzed cross-cultural competency and inclusive leadership skills. They are now primed to continue to build collaborative and effective teams, influence corporate culture, and lead long-term business success.
Now more than ever, nothing is more meaningful than ensuring that diversity, equity and inclusion strategies are in place to deliver meaningful benefits that help transform corporate culture and create inclusive talent pipelines. This is the value of CII.
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Join us Thursday, November 21, for Chicago United’s 2024 Bridge Awards Celebration, Presented by BMO! Taking place at The Geraghty, 2520 S. Hoyne Avenue in Chicago, this year’s Bridge Awards
theme is Diversity, Equity, Inclusion=IMPACT. Highlighting the celebration is the presentation of Chicago United’s Bridge Award to Kraft Heinz. Additionally, we will
present the 2024 BLC President’s Award to Wendell Dallas, President and CEO of Nicor Gas and a 2023 Business Leader of Color, and the 2024 CU Impact Award to The Nacional Group, led by Brian Ortiz, Founder and CEO.
Tickets and Sponsorship Opportunities are available; contact Gail Arrigo,
Executive Vice President for details.
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Chicago United’s President and CEO Featured in CAN TV’s “Leading Ladies”
Chicago United’s President and CEO Tiffany Hamel Johnson was one of three area leaders featured in Chicago Access Network Television’s (CAN TV) “Chicago Noir: Leading Ladies.” In the program,
which also featured Myetie Hamilton, CEO of Leadership Greater Chicago, and Dr. Dominica McBride, PhD, Founder and CEO of BECOME, Hamel Johnson reflected on her professional journey and
shared insight into the work of Chicago United.
Watch the Feature →
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Clemente Nicado, Publisher and CEO of Nicado Publishing Company and a 2023 Business Leader of Color, was featured in a segment of WGN-TV's Hispanic Heritage Month series. In the segment, Adela Cepeda, Chair of Angeles Investors and a 2005 Business Leader of Color, attested to the impact of Nicado’s work.
MOTR GRAFX, LLC, a Minority Business Enterprise participating in Chicago United’s Minority Business Partnership Program, which includes the Five Forward™ Initiative, received the Women-owned Business of the Year award during the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Conference.
Chicago United Member Companies Ariel Investments and Primera Engineers were recognized in Crain's Chicago Business’s “Top 25 Largest Women-Owned Businesses.”
SDI Presence, a Chicago United Member Company, received the 2024 National Minority Supplier Development Council's Supplier of the Year Award – Class IV.
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
The following programs are open only to employees of Chicago United Member Companies. Please click here to view our Events Calendar for additional details and registration links.
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C-Suite Sessions: Elevating Equity in Utilities
PRESENTED BY:
Wendell Dallas, President & CEO, Nicor Gas and a 2023 Business Leader of Color
Joshua Levin, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer & Treasurer, ComEd, An Exelon Company
PROGRAM
November 12 | 9:00 am – 10:30 am
LOCATION
300 E. Randolph Street, Concourse Level
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