ECCI Awards Gala
103rd Annual Awards Gala
More than 110 members of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry and guests celecrated the 103rd Annual ECCI Awards Gala in the Frick Center cafeteria at Elmhurst University on March 25
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Julie Miller, 2014ECCI Board of Directors Chair and former Elmhurst University student intern, serves as Master of Ceremonies for the 103rd Annual Awards Gala.
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Bryant and Jeanette Cureton, former President and First Lady of then-Elmhurst College, are inducted into the ECCI Civic Hall of Fame by their former Vice President of Development Ken Bartels of Community Bank of Elmhurst and Ken Bartels Consulting.
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2021 ECCI Board of Directors Chair Desiree Chen of Elmhurst University receives her ceremonial gavel from 2022 Board Chair Eva Sanchez of See Your House Right Here.
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Desiree Chen bestows her Chairman’s Award upon Dave Oberg, Executive Director of the Elmhurst History Museum.
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ECCI President and CEO John Quigley welcomes for Board Chairs Bill Korbel (2020) of the Elmhurst Suburban Life/Shaw Media and Jennifer Speaker (2012) of SMB Advantage Group, who accepted the Ambassador of the Year award posthumously on behalf of her close friend Jackie Hayden, who passed away last November after a two-month fight against COVID-19.
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Hugh McLean, VIce Chairman of the Board of Trustees at EU, accepts the new A.J. “Toches” Terrones Business of the Year traveling trophy from representatives of 2020 recipient Edward-Elmhurst Health, including ECCI Board member Colin Dalough and several alumni nurses.
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An appropriately tee-shirted John Quigley, EU’s former Associate Director of Communication and 1977 graduate, professes support for his Alma Mater and the Bluejays’ NCA Division III National Finalist men’s basketball team.
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A panoramic view shows off the Awards Gala venue.
