2024 Bridge Awards Celebration

Thursday, November 21, 2024 | 5:30-9:00 PM | The Geraghty (2520 S. Hoyne Ave, Chicago)

Program Overview

Reception
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Dinner and Program
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM


Emcee

Mark Rivera
ABC 7


Join Us In Celebrating Our 2024 Award Recipients

Bridge Award

CU Impact Award

Nacional Group, LLC
Brian Ortiz
Founder and CEO

BLC President’s Award

Wendell Dallas
President and CEO
Nicor Gas

Chicago United’s Bridge Awards Celebration is Chicago’s premier event celebrating excellence in
diversity, equity and inclusion in business.

Our theme this year is:
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion = IMPACT

Highlighting the celebration is the presentation of Chicago United’s Bridge Award, honoring a company that has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in achieving diversity, equity and inclusion, especially at the board and highest executive levels within their organization. This award brings visibility to those who have led change and inspired others to follow, fostering multiracial leadership in business.

Even more, we will present the 2024 BLC President’s Award, a biennial award recognizing an individual Chicago United Business Leader of Color, as well as the 2024 CU Impact Award, presented to a Small to Mid-sized Chicago United Member Company or Minority Business Enterprise that has shown progress around inclusion in their ranks and community.

We look forward to gathering with our members, partners, friends, and allies for an evening of celebration, held at The Geraghty (2520 S. Hoyne Ave., Chicago), reinforcing our foundation: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion = IMPACT.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Sponsorship opportunities are now available. To discuss sponsorship and for questions, please contact:
Gail Arrigo, Executive Vice President, at garrigo@chicago-united.org or 312.977.3066.

Thanks To Our Sponsors

*As of November 1, 2024

Presenting Sponsor

Chairman's Circle

Advocates for Change

Corporate Citizens for Change

Leaders for Change

Baxter

Cabrera Capital Markets

Clarity Partners

Comcast

Deloitte LLP

EY (Ernst & Young LLP)

FARO Advisory

The Goode Family

Goodwill Greater Milwaukee & Chicago

GCM Grosvenor

Grant Austin, LLC

Tiffany and Derrick Johnson

Kraft Heinz

Nacional Group LLC & RK Management Consultants, Inc.

Mesirow

Old National Bank

Prado & Renteria CPAs Prof. Corp.

SDI Presence LLC

Shapiro+Raj

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

Spencer Stuart

UChicago Medicine

University of Chicago Office of Business Diversity

University of Illinois Chicago

Walgreens

Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC

Reception Sponsor

Media Sponsor