Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC)

📰 Crain's Chicago Business recently recognized 72 Fellows — committed, cross-sector civic changemakers from our first Signature Fellows Class of 1985 to our current class and The Daniel Burnham Fellowship — as Who's Who 2026: bit.ly/4r9KpyN

🙌 We are proud to celebrate our 2025 Signature Fellows in today's 40 Under 40 issue of @crainschicago. With the knowledge and network to drive bold, transformative change, they are prepared to lead a complex world. 🔗 (Pg. 17): bit.ly/42yBhsU #LeadGreat

This year's LGC Leadership Series with WNBA Chicago Sky Principal Owner, Michael Alter, Co-Owner & Operating Chairman, Nadia Rawlinson and John Rogers Jr., Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO, Ariel Investments (#LGCFellow since 1985) 🎟️bit.ly/3VEqdGR

Please join us in congratulating the following 18 Fellows for being named Chicago United 2025 Business Leaders of Color. 2025 BLC Announcement video: bit.ly/46Tfrmc #LeadGreat

🎉 We are thrilled to launch the 2025-26 LGC Leadership Series with WNBA Chicago Sky Principal Owner, Michael Alter, Co-Owner & Operating Chairman, Nadia Rawlinson and John Rogers Jr., Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO, Ariel Investments (#LGCFellow since 1985)🎟️bit.ly/3VEqdGR

This summer, the 2025 Cohort of The Daniel Burnham Fellowship completed our six-session strategic accelerator designed to impact the region's workforce & create economic strength. Today, we celebrated these 28 leaders in @CrainsChicago. #LeadGreat

The LGC Class of 2026 is arriving for the first session of their Opening Retreat of the Signature Fellows Program. With the city as a classroom, they will be immersed in major socioeconomic issues facing the Greater Chicago Region over the next 10 months. #LeadGreat

🎉 Announcing the LGC Class of 2026! We are thrilled to welcome 45 accomplished, diverse, civic-minded leaders into the LGC Signature Fellows Program.📰 bit.ly/2Xsw6ad #LeadGreat #LGCChicago

📰 Congrats to the 3 Fellows recognized on @crainschicago 2025 Notable Leaders in Finance list: bit.ly/4nN1RaD 🔹 Manuel Flores (LGC Fellow since 2009) 🔹 Garrett Johnson (LGC Fellow since 2024) 🔸 Maggie McGuire O’Brien (Daniel Burnham Fellow) #LeadGreat

We had the opportunity to speak with the 2025 ⁦@LGCChicago⁩ Fellows on topics impacting our city. Thank you for the invitation ⁦@ald_nicolelee⁩ ⁦@AnjanetteYoung0⁩ ⁦@GrigsbyUmi⁩

Please join us in congratulating LGC Board Member Stacey Bolton and the 16 LGC Signature Fellows and Daniel Burnham Fellows named to the @Crainschicago 2025 Notable Leaders in Philanthropy list! 📰: bit.ly/3ZI2bgi #LeadGreat #Activate

Last chance to join us! On Thursday, May 15, don't miss Daring to Lead: Inspiring Change and Innovation — the season finale of our 2024-25 LGC Leadership Series — featuring a panel of courageous cross-sector leaders. REGISTER TODAY: bit.ly/4jDWK9C #LeadGreat #Activate

📰 @crainschicago recently published its 2025 Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys list, and we are proud to announce eight Fellows were recognized among the accomplished attorneys shaping Chicago's legal landscape: bit.ly/4jOt6iC #LeadGreat #LGCeverywhere

Our 2025 recipient of the LGC Civic Catalyst Award, SC2, leverages cross-sector collaboration to drive impact & scale community safety initiatives. #LeadGreat #Activate 🎬 bit.ly/3YXic1N 📰 bit.ly/41rKfIa

Fellows: we're just ONE WEEK away from the season finale of our 2024-25 LGC Leadership Series on Thursday, May 15! Register TODAY: bit.ly/4jDWK9C Join us to explore the challenges & opportunities of leading w/ courage & integrity in a divisive climate. #LeadGreat

In an era marked by increasing polarization & division, the role of civic leadership is more critical now than ever before. FELLOWS: join us on 5/15 & explore cross-sector perspectives during our Leadership Series finale: bit.ly/4jDWK9C #LeadGreat

Fellows: join us for the season finale of our 2024-25 LGC Leadership Series, Daring to Lead: Inspiring Change and Innovation, on Thursday, May 15! Register TODAY: bit.ly/4jDWK9C #LeadGreat

Last week, I was honored to receive the Civic Catalyst Award alongside my incredible colleagues for our work on the Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2) initiative. Thank you @LGCChicago! Read more here > metropolitanpeaceinitiatives.org/leadership-gre…

💙 Over 600 LGC Fellows & friends came together for Celebrate Leaders! Thank you to all who invest in the future of civic leadership. #LeadGreat 🎬 Our honorees: bit.ly/4jKbUul 📷 Event photos: bit.ly/4jH81X2 🙌 Support LGC: bit.ly/42Q2zv7

📣 Fellows: don't miss out on the opportunity to join us in person on Tuesday, April 22, at 8AM for the next session of our 2024-25 LGC Leadership Series, Investing in Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: bit.ly/4hKo4Si #LeadGreat #Activate