The first two 2007 United Way Tocqueville Breakfasts featured Chicago sports teams. To kick off our Tocqueville Breakfast series in April, we focused on a relatively new sports enterprise in Chicago and nationwide—women’s basketball. In fact, the Chicago Sky, the Woman’s National Basketball Association team in Chicago, tipped off its first season just two years ago.
Margaret Stender, president and CEO of the Chicago Sky was our keynote speaker. Ms. Stender has an extensive background as a successful business woman and basketball player. She brings with her 21 years of marketing and business management experience working for some of the country’s top corporations, including Quaker/PepsiCo Beverages and Foods, Rand McNally & Co, and Ameritech New Media. Ms. Stender gave attendees an overview of the Chicago Sky corporation…
In 2006, United Way launched the Tocqueville Breakfast Series, a program of breakfast meetings for current and prospective Tocqueville Society members. Each event in the Series included a presentation by a notable Chicagoan on the conditions and trends of his or her industry. The feedback from both guests and hosts was extremely positive and attendance increased for each successive breakfast, with several guests attending all three events. Due to the popularity of these events, we are continuing the Breakfast Series in 2007. Please join us for the next four sessions of the United Way Tocqueville Breakfast Series, where we will again provide Tocqueville members and their guests the opportunity to hear from Chicago industry leaders in an informal setting. We encourage you to bring any…