|
March
2008
Rosemarie Andolino
Executive
Director, O'Hare Modernization Program
Click
here to view photos
February
2008
Steve
Sauerberg, MD:
Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
Click
here to view photos
January
2008:Candidates
Forum, 26th State Representative District
Will
Burns, Paul Chada, Phillip Jackson & Kenny Johnson
Click
here to view photos
December
2006
CAPAG
Holiday Party
Click
here to view photos
November
2006
Election
Review Media Panel
Click
here to view photos
October
2006
State
Senator Christine Radogno
Republican Candidate for State Treasurer
Click
here to view photos
September
2006
Alderman
Todd Stroger
Democratic Candidate for Cook County Board President
Click
here to view photos
August
2006
A
Summer Night Under the Stars
Click
here to view photos
July
2006
Cook
County Commissioner Tony Peraica
Republican Candidate for Cook County Board President
Click
here to view photos
June
2006
State
Senator Miguel del Valle
State Representative Edward Acevedo
Co-chairs of the Illinois Latino Legislative Caucus
Click
here to view photos
May
2006
Rev.
James Meeks, Illinois State Senator
Click
here to view photos
April
2006
Doug
Whitley, President & CEO of the Illinois state chamber
of Commerce & Dennis Gannon, President of the chicago
Federation of Labor
Click
here to view photos
March
2006
Carole
L. Brown, Chairperson, Chicago Transit Authority Board
Click
here to view photos
February
2006
Tom
Dart, Candidate for Cook County Sheriff
Click
here to view photos
January
2006
Past
Illinois Senate Presidents: Pate
Philip & Phil Rock
Click
here to view photos
December
2005
Holiday
Party
Click
here to view photos
November
2005
Lt.
Governor Pat Quinn
Click
here to view photos
October
2005
Republican
Candidates for Governor
Senator
Bill Brady, Ron Gidwitz & Jim Oberweis discussed
thier goals and positions as candidates in the 2007
election for Illinois Governor. The discussion was moderated
by Paul Green.
Click
here to view photos
September
2005
Judy
Baar Topinka, Illinois State Treasurer
Click
here to view photos.
August
2005
Jim
Reilly, Chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority
Click
here to view photos.
July
2005
Linda
Chapa LaVia and Susana Mendoza, State Representatives
Click
here to view photos.
June
2005
Media
Panel Discussion
John
Chase, The Chicago Tribune and Chris Fusco, The Chicago
Sun-Times Moderated by Paul Green, WGN Radio Political
Analyst & Director of School of Public Policy at
Roosevelt University.
Click
here to view photos.
May
2005
Edward
M. Burke, Chicago Aldermen
Click
here to view photos.
April
2005
Jesse
Jackson, Jr, Congressman
Click
here to view photos.
March
2005
John
Roberson, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of
Aviation
Commissioner
Roberson is charged with managing both O'Hare and Midway
International airports-with 1,679 employees and a budget
of $750 million. Before being named Commissioner in
2004, he was Executive Director of the City Department
of Construction and permits and previously headed the
Buildings and Sewers departments.
February
2005
Richard
Devine, Cook County State's Attorney
Richard
Devine was first elected State's Attorney in 1996. During
his tenure in office, Mr. Devine has become know for
his ability to balance justice with fairness.
Click
here to view photos.
January
2005
New
Members of the Illinois General Assembly
Click
here to view photos.
December
2004
CAPAG
Holiday Party
November
2004
Lynn
Sweet,
Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Click
here to view photos.
October
2004
Ron
Huberman,
Executive Director, Chicago Office of Emergency Communications
Click
here to view photos.
September
2004
Frank
Watson, Senate Republican Leader,
Illinois State Senate
Click
here to view photos.
July
2004
Edward
C. Hurley,
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
As chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, Chairman
Hurley is responsible for ensuring the citizens of Illinois
reliable and uninterrupted utility service at reasonable
prices, among his many other responsibilities as chair
of the state's public utility commission.
Click
here to view photos.
July
2004
The
Chicago White Sox vs. The Anaheim Angels
Click
here to view photos.
June 2004
The
Hon. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago)
Majority
Leader, Illinois House of Representatives
&
The
Hon. Steve Rauschenberger (R-Elgin)
Assistant Minority Leader,
Illinois Senate
The
93rd General Assembly is in overtime session. The governor's
FY 2005 budget is still unresolved, along with other
major legislative issues. The Democratic Speaker of
the House is working with the Republican Leader in the
Senate and House to oppose the Democratic Senate President
and Governor's spending and borrowing plans??? Come
hear from two of the General Assembly's most trusted
and respected legislative leaders and find out their
predications.
Click
here to view photos.
May
2004
The
Honorable Judith C. Rice, Treasurer, City of Chicago
Judith
C. Rice was elected Treasurer of the City of Chicago
on February 25, 2003. She has also served as the first
female commissioner of two of the largest infrastructure
agencies in city government--the Chicago Departments
of Transportation and Water. As the city struggles to
balance its budget, come hear from the person responsible
for managing Chicago's investment portfolio and promoting
economic development through investments.
Click
here to view photos.
April
2004
The
Honorable Jan Schakowsky,
U.S. Representative, 9th District
Rep.
Schakowsky was elected to Congress in 1998, after serving
for eight years in the Illinois State Assembly. Schakowsky
serves on the House Democratic Leadership team as Chief
Deputy Whip and is a member of the Energy and Commerce
Committee. She will share with CAPAG her thoughts on
recent Congressional action, the war in Iraq and her
priorities in Congress.
Click
here to view photos.
March
2004
The
Hon. Manuel Flores, Alderman, City of Chicago, 1st Ward
&
The Hon. Tom Tunney, Alderman, City of Chicago, 44th
Ward
Aldermen
Manuel Flores and Tom Tunney will share their perspective
on the key issues facing the Chicago City Council. Please
join us to hear their reflections on their exciting
first term as elected city officials.
February
2004
The
Hon. Larry Suffredin, Cook
County Commissioner, 13th District
&
The Hon. Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, Cook County Commissioner,
17th District
Both
elected in November 2002, Commissioners Suffredin and
Gorman will share their perspective on the current issues
facing the Cook County, including the pending 2004 Budget.
Please join us to hear their reflections on their exciting
first year as elected county officials.
Click
here to view photos.
January
2004
Deborah
Lynch, President, Chicago Teachers Union
An
advocate for teacher empowerment and educational reform,
CTU President Deborah Lynch fought small battles as
a teacher, and later sought to improve educational conditions
on a larger scale as she worked with the Chicago Teachers
Union (CTU) and the American Federation of Teachers
(AFT). Come find out why Newsweek called her a "reformer
in the ranks".
Click
here to view photos.
December
2003
Annual CAPAG Holiday Party
Come
celebrate the holiday season with your fellow CAPAG
members, public affairs colleagues and many federal,
state and local elected officials. Plenty of cocktails
and hors d'oeuvres and great raffle prizes! Raffle prizes
will include a “PREMIER SPONSOR” membership, among other
great items.
Click
here to view photos.
November
2003
Jack
Ryan & Andy McKenna, Jr., Republican Candidates
for U.S. Senate
Andy
McKenna, Jr., a prominent business and civic leader
and Jack Ryan, a Harvard-trained lawyer and MBA, have
both recently announced their intent to seek the Republican
nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by
Peter Fitzgerald. McKenna has pledged to be a "jobs
senator," a supporter of free-trade, health care
and tort reform; while Ryan advocates tax cuts across
the board, support for President Bush's war on terrorism
and a first-class education system.
Click
here to view photos.
October
2003
David Wilhelm,
President, The Wilhelm/Conlon Group
David
Wilhelm is certainly no stranger to political warfare
at the local, state and federal levels. As the national
campaign manager of the 1992 Clinton/Gore presidential
race, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee,
manager of Mayor Daley’s first two mayoral campaigns
and Paul Simon’s upset victory for the U.S. Senate
and most recently, as campaign and transition chairman
of Governor Blagojevich’s historic win, it is clear
he knows how to win elections. Join us as he shares
with CAPAG his “Top 10 Lessons of Political Communication:
How to Win at Politics.”
Click
here to view photos.
September
2003
The Honorable Jesse White, Illinois
Secretary of State
As the top vote getter in last
year’s general election—winning all 102 counties
in Illinois and as the person in charge of one of the
largest offices in the nation, Secretary of State Jesse
White is a legendary figure in Illinois. In addition
to serving 16 years in the Legislature and two terms
as Cook County Recorder of Deeds, Secretary White is
a former professional baseball player and founder of
the internationally famous Jesse White Tumbling Team.
Secretary White will share an overview of his office
and the impact of the recent General Assembly session
and new state budget on his office.
Click
here for photos.
August
2003
The Chicago Cubs vs. The Houston
Astros
June
2003
The Honorable Barbara Flynn Currie
(D-Chicago)
Majority Leader, Illinois House of Representatives,
and
The Honorable Steve Rauschenberger (R-Elgin)
Assistant Minority Leader, Illinois Senate
The
first Spring Session of
the 93rd General Assembly just recently adjourned. The
new democratically controlled legislature had a laundry
list of issues to address. These included increasing
the state's minimum wage, the expansion of state gaming
and O'Hare airport, new ethics legislation and passing
the new governors' FY 2004 budget. What happened? And
Why? Come find out from two of the General Assembly's
most trusted and respected legislative leaders.
Click
here for photos.
May 2003
The Hon. Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Congressman, 5th District
While U.S. Congressman Rahm Emanuel
(D-Chicago) is a freshman legislator, he certainly is
no stranger to Washington, D.C. and national politics.
As the former national campaign director for the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee and as a former Senior
Advisor to President Bill Clinton, Congressman Emanuel
has been a key architect of monumental legislation,
which includes welfare reform, the crime bill, NAFTA
and the Brady bill. Find out what Rep. Emanuel has to
say about the war in Iraq, President Bush’s domestic
policy agenda and life as a freshman legislator in Congress.
Click
here for photos.
April
2003
The Hon. Barack Obama,
State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate
State Senator Barack Obama (D-Chicago)
has recently announced his intention to seek the Democratic
nomination for the U. S. Senate. Steve Neal of the Chicago
Sun-Times calls him "the most intelligent and articulate
contender in a surprisingly strong Democratic field."
Find out why this Harvard-trained lawyer, constitutional
law professor and General Assembly leader on healthcare,
ethics and tax policy, wants to be the next U.S. Senator
from Illinois.
Click
here for photos.
March
2003
Dr. Charles Wheelan, Director
of Policy & Communications,
Chicago Metropolis 2020
Dr. Wheelan discussed the recently
released "Metropolis Plan: Choices for the Chicago
Region." According to the report, the six-county
Chicago area will grow by over a million and a half
people over the next three decades; will add some 800,000
new jobs and over a million new cars. Will that growth
be a source of strength, diversity, opportunity, and
economic vitality? Or will it be a source of congestion,
pollution, and growing inequality? What impact will
it have on you and your business?
Click here for photos.
February
2003
Cliff Kelley, Talk Show Host,
WVON Radio
& Greg Hinz, Crain's Chicago Business
Crain's Chicago Business senior
political reporter, Greg Hinz and legendary Chicagoan
and WVON Radio host, Cliff Kelley, provided their insiders’
perspective on the upcoming Chicago aldermanic and mayoral
races.
January
2003
New Legislators Reception
Click here for photos.
December
2002
Annual
CAPAG Holiday Party
Click here for photos.
|
