Emerald Partners
Kevin Donahue - US Government Affairs Manager
Our 20,000-mile network spans Canada and Mid-America, connecting three coasts: the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Wherever you find CN trains, you’ll find a host of service options to help you ship more; faster, further and more cost-effectively.
Diamond Partners
Tom Evenson - Senior Director, Public Affairs
Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,000 route miles in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
Platinum Partners
David Pietryla - Manager, Government & Regulatory Affairs
Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Katie Neary - Director of Government Affairs
Headquartered in Rosemont, IL with our local facility in Rockdale, IL, LRS is a privately-held company offering residential, commercial waste, recycling, organic, household hazardous waste and electronic waste collection and disposal. LRS also offers municipal street sweeping and portable restroom services..
Gold Partners
Michael Mackey, Sr. Managing Partner
Michael Alesia - First Vice President
Alliant Insurance Services provides insurance and consulting services engineered to mitigate risk, improve performance, and promote long-term growth. With offices across the U.S., Alliant’s diverse service profile encompasses property and casualty insurance, employee benefits, underwriting, surety, and financial products and services driven by industry experts who understand the unique market dynamics our clients face.
Heather Winter - Govt. & Public Affairs Manager
From the gasoline that helps your family take vacations to the advanced medical equipment at your community hospital, CITGO is fueling good. It’s amazing the difference petroleum-based products make in our everyday lives. Based in Houston, Texas, CITGO is a refiner and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and other industrial products. In addition to these products, there’s probably a CITGO in your neighborhood, a convenient place to fill up with gas and grab a quick snack.
Bob Diedrich - Market President Will County
Jim Roolf - Senior Vice President & Corporate Relations Officer
Susan Wade - V.P., Public Fund Banking
Old National Bank offers customizable solutions and innovative tools designed to meet the needs of Municipal and Public Fund clients. We recognize that Municipal and Public Funds clients have significantly different needs than a small business or corporate client.
Aaron Fundich - Chief Executive Officer
Gordon A Smith, Director of Government Affairs
Since 1937, Robinson Engineering, Ltd. has provided professional engineering services throughout the Chicagoland region, helping to improve the quality of life for local residents and businesses. Robinson brings the experience and expertise to provide the full spectrum of engineering services, including master planning, design and implementation of every conceivable type of public infrastructure improvement. By virtue of its appointment to over 70 area communities as their municipal engineers, Robinson is honored to serve as a trusted local advisor regarding all aspects of transportation, water and wastewater systems, floodplain and storm water management, land surveying, GIS/mapping, construction layout and inspection services, and land development.
Our long-standing ability to provide municipal expertise and community commitment has resulted in decades of dedicated service to our municipal clients.
Silver Partners
Jeff Adducci - Director of External Affairs
John Quinn - Director of External Affairs
AT&T is one of world's largest communications companies. We offer one of the world's most advanced and powerful global backbone networks, carrying 82.8 petabytes of data traffic on an average business day to nearly every continent and country. Our reliable wireless network serves millions of customers and enables them to travel and communicate seamlessly with the best worldwide wireless coverage. AT&T offers voice coverage in more than 225 countries, data roaming in more than 210 countries with 3G in more than 170 countries. A global leader in delivering a full portfolio of end-to-end reliable and highly secure network, voice, data and IP solutions to wholesale customers.
Jason Perry - President
Azavar Government Solutions works with municipalities to ensure that they receive every penny due to them from taxes, franchise fees, and utility providers, enabling fairer, more accurate tax and fee collection, and maximizing future as well as past revenues. Azavar Government Solutions has helped more than 150 local governments in Illinois to enhance their funds by specializing in electronic audits of utility cost and municipal franchise and tax revenues returning millions of dollars to municipal clients.
Christopher Burke - President
John Doria - Director of Govt. Affairs
CBBEL is unique among consulting engineering and surveying firms in that we are a full-service company that comprehensively meets the needs of both private and public sector clients. Guided by founder and President Christopher B. Burke, our “family business” corporate philosophy allows for a level of personal service that provides peace of mind. Our Illinois based staff of 197 and expansive list of specializations—civil, municipal, transportation, water resource, mechanical, structural, construction, traffic, environmental engineering and environmental resource services—provide professionalism and expertise that promote success.
Krystin Gilbert - External Affairs Manager
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) provides electric service to approximately 3.8 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. ComEd is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy supplier.
Scott Humbard - Dir. of State Govt. Affairs
Sharon Johnson - Manager of Local/State Govt. Affairs
We are the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free energy and the leading competitive retail supplier of power and energy products and services for homes and businesses across the United States. Headquartered in Baltimore, our generation fleet produces enough energy to power 15 million homes and is helping to accelerate the nation’s transition to clean energy with more than 32,400 megawatts of capacity and annual output that is 90 percent carbon-free.
Jessica Curran
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company that has $168 billion in assets and operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Wealth & Asset Management. With nearly 160 years of experience, Fifth Third has the expertise, leadership and innovative technologies to help your organization succeed in a rapidly changing marketplace.
The Fifth Third Government Banking experts offer strategies and solutions to help state and local governments maximize efficiency, manage business risk and achieve investment objectives.
Russ Loebe - VP of Governmental Affairs
T. Scott Creech - Dir of Operations, New Lenox
HR Green’s Governmental Services business line assists local governments achieve their goals for efficiency, service delivery, infrastructure management and sustainable development. Our solutions can be tailored to fit your needs, whether it is a quick response to one of your biggest challenges, or a broader need directed at implementation of a longer term solution. HR Green enjoys a longstanding reputation for alternative service delivery, partnering with agencies to meet the demand for services within their budget constraints. We are a leader in delivering successful and sustainable results in Governmental Services, Transportation, Water, Energy and Land Development markets
John Kochan - President
We provide our project partners and end users with single source water pumping solutions that adhere to the unique specifications of each project. From municipal water and wastewater to commercial plumbing and mechanical processes, our prefabricated pump systems and integrated controls have been implemented in some of the world’s largest and most prominent cities, buildings and structures.
Algis Rugienius - President
Aurimas Spucys - Vice President
More info coming soon.
Chris Ulm - Vice President
Strand Associates, Inc.® is a full service consulting engineering firm with a staff of 380 and expertise in civil, environmental, transportation, structural, electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical engineering. Celebrating our 70th year in 2016, our clients include municipalities, public agencies, and private industries. Our firm has 11 locations nationwide, including Phoenix, AZ; Columbus and Indianapolis, IN; Lexington and Louisville, KY; Joliet, IL; Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Brenham, TX; Madison and Milwaukee, WI. We are dedicated to helping our clients succeed through excellence in engineering.
Jim Petrakos - Principal, Director of Marketing
TRIA Architecture is a mid-sized municipal architectural firm with extensive experience in Master Planning, Project Design / Management, and Interior Design. From Village Hall renovations, to Community Parks, to new Public Works Facilities, our goal is to exceed your expectations throughout the design process while remaining within the established budget and timeline.
Bronze Partners
Jim Bilotta - Dir. of Corp. Development
Aqua is equally dedicated to its customers, employees, shareholders and communities, as each represents our success and our potential growth. We earn public trust through integrity, tenacity and the diligence with which we reliably deliver services that are basic to the quality of life we enjoy in the United States – potable water and the disposal of wastewater.
Lou Haussmann - V.P./COO
Derek Wold - V.P./Regional Mgr
For over 70 years Baxter & Woodman has engineered roads, treatment systems, and infrastructure. We are focused on helping local governments in Will County build community value with every project by:
- Finding funding to ensure needed improvements can be built;
- Providing reliable and responsive services to keep communities and the environment safe; and
- Connecting and communicating with the public to promote a shared dedication to building better communities.
Timothy Juskiewicz - Senior Project Manager
Paul Hurley - Project Manager
Engineering, Procurement and Construction Company incorporated in 1898 with our corporate office in Kansas City, MO. We employ 13,500 worldwide, and 700 in our Illinois offices in Chicago and Downers Grove. Our water group focuses on municipal and industrial projects primarily water, wastewater and storm water. As an engineering and construction company we have a strong grasp on successfully completing the project from planning, design and construction.
Salvatore DiBernardo - Executive Vice President
Ciorba Group, Inc. provides comprehensive engineering solutions for municipal, transportation, structural, water resources, construction, and lighting and electrical projects. Ciorba's engineers and technicians understand our local agency client’s needs and are dedicated to providing practical designs while maintaining project schedules and budgets. For more complex projects, we develop distinctive and innovative solutions that minimize both construction time and project cost. Ciorba maintains high professional standards, and we sustain a proactive attitude for all projects, no matter the size. We deliver people-first engineering solutions that add value to communities, solve real-word problems and improve lives; meeting the needs of our clients and making their jobs easier. And we do it all collaboratively and with respect for each other, those we work with, and the environment. At Ciorba, we’ve built our community to better serve yours.
Jim Ewers - Director of Construction Engineering Services
Jon R. Vana - Director of Design Services
Civiltech Engineering, Inc. is a professional consulting firm specializing in Transportation Planning, Design, and Engineering serving clients in Chicago, Milwaukee, northern Illinois, and southeastern Wisconsin. Established in 1988, Civiltech offers a wide range of services with a high level of integrity and attention to detail. From comprehensive studies and planning to state-of-the-art design and construction engineering, our collaborative and idea-driven team brings experience, knowledge, and cutting-edge solutions.
Jim Laski - Director of Govt Affairs
Ed Stritch - President, CEO
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) provides electric service to approximately 3.8 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. ComEd is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy supplier.
Kevin Nelson - Vice President
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. provides engineering and consulting services focused in Aviation, Surface Transportation, Water Resources, and Civil Site Design. The firm has 14 offices throughout the country. In 2014, CMT was named Midwest Design Firm of the Year by Engineering News-Record magazine.
Chris West - Partner
Cullinan Properties, LTD. has been a leading provider of real estate services specializing in commercial and mixed-use developments and acquisitions since 1988. With offices in Peoria, IL, Chicago, IL and St. Louis, MO, we are known and respected throughout the United States for developing distinctive projects while crafting winning relationships with both our business partners and the communities we work within. Our reputation has been earned by exceeding expectations in every market we develop.
Jeffrey Freeman, Chief Executive Officer
Peter Wallers - Chairman
Engineering Enterprises, Inc. (EEI), founded in 1974, is an award-winning consulting engineering firm providing services to public agencies throughout northeastern Illinois. Over 40 experienced firm members including licensed professional civil engineers, land surveyors, and support team members provide a full range of services for planning, design, and construction of infrastructure projects, plus grant and funding assistance.
Pete Colarelli - Midwest Government Affairs Manager
Information coming soon.
Ragan Pattison - Director of Business Development
Harbour Contractors, Inc. is a 64-year-old veteran-founded firm providing pre-construction, general contracting, and construction management services. Harbour is proud to be a Will County local firm servicing the public and private sectors with expertise in the vertical, aviation, rail, and energy industries. We are honored to serve the communities where we live, work, and play. Our public sector experience includes municipal complexes, police fire stations, county renewable energy plants, and recreation facilities.
Brian Pawula - Regional Manager, Transportation
Steve Randolph - Associate. Vice President, Regional Mgr., Water
Horner & Shifrin, Inc. is a multidisciplinary professional services firm with the experience and capability to serve a wide variety of clients throughout the United States. Founded in 1933 by W.W. Horner and H. Shifrin in St. Louis, the firm has grown to offer services to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients and to keep ahead of technological developments in the field of engineering. We offer professional services in all phases of a project, from feasibility planning and development, funding application assistance, land survey and 3D scanning, and environmental planning, to engineering design and construction administration, as well as GIS mapping services. Our projects are managed in a way that allows for thorough review by senior-level staff, no matter the size of the project. H&S has demonstrated innovative design on numerous projects, receiving recognition in the form of professional awards and repeat assignments from 80% of our clients. As a 100% employee-owned firm, every staff member has a personal vested interest in completing work to the satisfaction of our clients. These reasons and more make Horner & Shifrin the Right Choice for any project.
Michael Wojcik, Sr. - Vice President
Horton is an insurance, employee benefits and risk advisory firm that leads clients with complex needs and limited resources to a higher level of performance. We help clients understand enterprise risk and offer solutions to turn these perceived costs into a competitive advantage.
Kevin Hillen - Senior Manager of Operations
Illinois American Water has been providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 1.3 million Illinoisans for over 140 years. American Water also operates a customer service center in Alton, IL, and a quality control and research laboratory in Belleville, IL.
Kyle Kasperek - Manager
For over three decades, John Kasperek Co., Inc. has developed a significant level of experience and a proven track record assisting municipalities, townships, park and school districts in a wide range of services. Our working knowledge includes budgets (appropriation ordinances), tax levies, collective bargaining, TIF districts, economic incentive agreements, debt management, cash, grant applications, accounting and general consulting as requested by the client.
Leigh McMillen - Strategic Accounts Manager
With 40 years of construction experience, Leopardo’s solutions-driven approach and devotion to client satisfaction support our mission to passionately pursue construction excellence. Our commitment to continuous improvement is coupled with a healthy obsession with quality. This approach has helped Leopardo become the contractor of choice across all our specialized markets.
Bobby Dufkis - Principal
Marsh McLennan Agency LLC, company, is a full-service brokerage providing business insurance, employee benefits, private client insurance, and retirement services to businesses and individuals across the country. As the world leader in risk, strategy, and people, MMA Midwest brings you limitless reach and access to resources on a global scale, but without sacrificing the localized, personal service you deserve. When it comes to tackling complex insurance challenges, you get the best of both worlds.
Samantha Bluemer Garibay - Strategic Account Manager
Tim McAvoy - Business Development Manager
McKinstry is a national construction and energy and technical services company dedicated to innovating waste and out of the built environment. With more than 2,500 employees and 22 offices, McKinstry is your trusted partner for the life of your building from new construction commissioning and facility master planning, to ComEd retro-commissioning program administration and operations & maintenance optimization.
Cheryl Denton - Regional Manager, Community Affairs
Nicor Gas is one of seven natural gas distribution companies of Southern Company Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO). Nicor Gas serves more than 2.2 million customers in a service territory that encompasses most of the northern third of Illinois, excluding the city of Chicago.
Thomas Gill - President
Kevin VanDeWoestyne - Municipal Dept. Head
Thomas Engineering Group, LLC (TEG), founded in 2008, provides reliable, sustainable, and cost effective solutions to the engineering needs of State, County, and Local Agency clients. Our clients count on TEG’s trademark service at the highest grade® in all lines of business that we serve.
From transportation, to water distribution, to storm water management, TEG utilizes our strong group of highly motivated and enthusiastic engineers and technicians to take on challenging projects and deliver award winning results. Our approach to projects is to develop specific strategies and teaming arrangements to best fulfill our clients' needs for each project while providing our trademark level of outstanding client service, responsiveness, and commitment. Our professional and practical approach to planning, design, and construction engineering ensures project success, client satisfaction, and stakeholder support.
Tom White - Executive Director
The Three Rivers Construction Alliance is a labor-management cooperative composed of representative construction industry organizations and is committed to quality craftsmanship and professional contracting in Will, Grundy, Kankakee and Iroquois counties in Illinois. Formed in 1988, the Alliance is a vital resource for developers of any size project and works to promote the Blueprint For Success, a Labor-Management Project Agreement that encourages an atmosphere of on-the-job safety and communication.
Zach Pucel - Client Service Leader
Brian Fairwood - Senior Vice President
For more than 50 years, TranSystems has provided engineering and architectural planning, design and construction solutions to enhance the movement of goods and people across today’s integrated transportation infrastructure. Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., its approximately 800 professionals in more than 30 offices throughout the U.S., including 2 offices in IL, perform a broad range of services to all sectors of the transportation and federal marketplaces. Services are delivered throughout the asset life cycle, from concept to construction to long-term operations, maintenance and rehabilitation.
Kurt Corrigan - Vice President of Municipal Services
Adrienna Miksan - Project Coordinator
Visio, Vertere, Virtute: The Vision to Transform with Excellence. We are a team of professionals who believe in exceeding client expectations and improving our communities while creating balanced and fulfilling careers.
Brad Paulsen - Director - Senior Vice President
Patrick Moore - Project Manager
For more than 75 years, Wight & Company has helped clients create exceptional, enduring buildings and spaces. We combine architecture, engineering, and construction services to provide clients in the public and private sectors with comprehensive Design & Delivery solutions under one roof. Whether the engagement involves new construction or a renovation, we partner to bring government, corporate, commercial, education, recreation, and transportation projects to life. With expertise in these key markets and a focus on sustainability, Wight & Company successfully connects people with where they live, learn, work, and play in a way that protects and enhances the environment.
Sean Durkin - Senior Vice President, Government Funds
Aimee Briles - Director, Government Funds
Andrea Ramirez-Justin - Vice President, Government Banking
Wintrust Government Funds provides financial solutions for local government entities, including a full array of Treasury Management products, Government Financing options and Investment Management Services. In addition, Wintrust’s MaxSafeTM Municipal Accounts offer over $7 million in FDIC insurance coverage, providing extra security for your funds.