Greg Kramer, Covenant House of Chicago, Donor Relations Manager; Carolyn Lopez, Services to Youth Chair; Annette J. Johnson, Program Chair; Ruth Slaughter, Program Co-Chair; Murrell Duster, Social Committee Chair; Julianna Stratton, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois; Gwendolyn B. Lee, 14th National President of Links, Inc; Tresa Dunbar Garrett, President, Chicago Chapter of the Links, Inc; Cheryl Hamilton Hill, CEO of Covenant House of Chicago; Sherma Wise Thomas, Mistress of Ceremony and Services to Youth Co-Chair; Michael Wallace, Director of Sales and Marketing, Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago.