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Thursday, September 4, 2025 |
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Klein & Hoffman announces the promotion of Michelle Ryland, SE, RA to Senior Associate II. With 14+ years at the firm, she is a dual licensed structural engineer and architect specializing in adaptive reuse, restoration, and repair of vintage buildings. She brings deep expertise in design, analysis, and construction services for complex, high-profile projects including Shedd Aquarium, Merchandise Mart, 2850 Golf Road, and 6250 Cottage Grove. Michelle is president-elect of SEAOI and director of NCSEA. |
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Cawley CRE announces the promotion of Jonathan Bifro to President. With more than 20 years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies align their real estate strategies with business goals, Bifro will lead the firm’s strategy and growth across Chicago, Wisconsin, and Michigan. He will focus on expanding Cawley CRE’s brokerage and property management portfolio, strengthening market presence, and driving innovation to deliver outstanding client service and reinforce the firm’s leadership. |
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Cawley CRE announces the addition of Jordan Kwiecinski and Theo Zacher as the newest Associates. Kwiecinski joins the I-88 team alongside Cawley founder, Daniel Cawley, SIOR, bringing a strong focus on data-driven market research, analytics, and strategic insight for industrial transactions.Zacher joins the O’Hare team, bringing lifelong exposure to industrial brokerage and a solid foundation in client service, market knowledge, and transaction support. Both bring fresh energy and expertise to their teams. Their addition reflects Cawley CRE’s continued growth and commitment to delivering exceptional service and market intelligence across Chicago’s key submarkets. |
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PREMIER Design + Build Group has promoted Aidan Fahrenkrog to Vice President of Preconstruction Services. Aidan will lead all preconstruction operations for the Central Region, managing teams, strengthening client relationships, and driving strategic growth. Known for promoting collaboration and clear communication between stakeholders, he sets a high standard for efficiency and execution. Aidan is instrumental in delivering competitive proposals and positioning projects for long-term success. |
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Priya Taneja has been named CEO of global talent advisory firm DHR Global, effective September 1, 2025. A 12-year veteran of the firm, she most recently served as President & COO, driving transformative growth through expansion into new markets and strategic acquisitions. Taneja will be the first non-family CEO in DHR’s history, bringing a proven record of operational leadership, innovation, and culture-building excellence. |
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a leader in art and design education, announced the appointment of Nika Levando Birman to the School’s Board of Governors. An alum of SAIC, Levando Birman is vice president and chief of staff to the president of the Civic Committee and the Commercial Club of Chicago. |
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a leader in art and design education, announced the appointment of Christy MacLear to the School’s Board of Governors. MacLear is president of Good Chaos, an R&D studio using philanthropy, investing, and narrative shift toward creative and radical new models. |
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a leader in art and design education, announced the appointment of Philip Mercado to the School’s Board of Governors. Mercado has more than three decades of experience as a frontline surgeon, health care executive, and medical educator. |
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a leader in art and design education, announced the appointment of Marcel Munoz to the School’s Board of Governors. Munoz is vice president of Product at RPM Labs, a leader in in-store retail media technology. |
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a leader in art and design education, announced the appointment of Patti Tuomey to the School’s Board of Governors. An alum of SAIC, Tuomey is a consultant and board member in the healthcare sector and serves as adviser and the past president and CEO of Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart in Chicago. |
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a leader in art and design education, announced the appointment of Bree Witt as the next vice president for marketing and communications. Witt has 20 years of experience in marketing and communications, and she has worked at SAIC since 2014. |
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Loyola Medicine welcomes Min Park, MD, as chair of neurological surgery. A nationally recognized neurosurgeon, educator and veteran, Dr. Park brings deep expertise in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery. He will lead clinical, research and educational efforts at Loyola Medicine and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. |
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Honigman LLP welcomes Mary Kathryn Curry and Jennifer “Ginger” Partee to its Chicago office as partners in its Labor & Employment Department. Curry’s practice focuses on labor and employment counseling/compliance, working with client HR to ensure compliance with laws governing the workplace. Partee advises companies on employment-based immigration matters, from hiring key talent, to navigating worksite investigations, to conducting M&A due diligence, and post-acquisition immigration plans. |
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Michael Rechtin has joined the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the Real Estate Practice and member of the firm’s interdisciplinary Data Center Team. He represents developers, private equity firms, and other private capital providers for data center and digital infrastructure projects, with a focus on leasing and end user agreements, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, development, and financing agreements. |
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Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) is pleased to announce that Anne Dodge will join the team as Chief Impact Officer on September 29, bringing a proven track record at the intersection of social innovation, resource development and organizational change, and urban policy. Anne served as Business Development Director at SecondMuse and the inaugural Executive Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago and also taught at the Harris School of Public Policy. |
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Thresholds, one of Illinois’ largest community-based mental health providers, welcomes Amber Kirchhoff as Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy. Kirchhoff, who previously served at Thresholds from 2017 to 2019, returns after helping to lead public policy and government affairs at the Illinois Primary Health Care Association. With deep expertise in behavioral health, primary care and Medicaid policy, she will steer Thresholds’ federal, state and local policy agendas. |
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