Month: October 2011

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Crowd Sourcing – The Tipping Point Model

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Reception: 7:30 a.m.
Program: 8:00 a.m.
Adjourn: 9:00 a.m.

Speaker: Patty Huber, Groupon, G-Team Director

Please join Patty Huber, G-Team Director from Groupon, for a discussion of how, as Groupon helps local businesses build their presence in the market, the G-Team helps build the communities where these businesses flourish.  Ms. Huber will discuss the company’s heritage, explain crowd sourcing and the tipping point model, present best practices from mission-driven organizations, and offer helpful tips on running a successful collective action campaign.  Bring your questions and join in this lively discussion of cutting-edge developments.

Host: Deloitte Services LP
111 South Wacker Drive
15th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606

RSVP to Colleen Coughlin by Friday, November 11 at colleen@crgroup.org, or by calling 312-666-2776.

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Stacy Tessler Lindau, M.D., MAPP, FACOG

Associate Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Medicine-Geriatrics

As a senior member of the University of Chicago’s Urban Health Initiative, Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau also directs the South Side Health and Vitality Studies.

Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau is an Associate Professor, Pritzker School of Medicine, Departments of Ob/Gyn and Medicine-Geriatrics and the Comprehensive Cancer Center.  She is also on the faculty in the MacLean Center on Clinical Medical Ethics.  A respected physician scientist, Dr. Lindau studies life course sexuality at the population level and how sexuality affects and is affected by illness and aging.  In addition to her M.D., Dr. Lindau has a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago. Her laboratory work addresses population health, health policy and educational issues with relevance to women’s health, sexuality and aging, and health disparities.

Dr. Lindau focuses on patient care, research, education and advocacy related to the health of aging women and underserved populations. Her clinical interest is in the area of women’s sexuality, particularly women and girls who have or have had cancer. Dr. Lindau is the director of the Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine (PRISM), a clinic that addresses and studies sexual concerns, problems, and dysfunction for women. Many of these women have sexual health concerns caused by cancer or its treatment.

A respected physician scientist, Dr. Lindau studies life course sexuality at the population level and how sexuality affects and is affected by illness and aging. Dr. Lindau has a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago. Her laboratory work addresses population health, health policy and educational issues with relevance to women’s health, sexuality and aging, and health disparities.

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2011 Richard Turner

Manager of Corporate Contributions for Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas

With a background of more than  20 years experience in organized philanthropy, Richard Turner is currently the Manager of Corporate Contributions for Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas. Previously he has been with The Chicago Community Trust as Director of Development and Communications and The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust as Director and Senior Program Officer.  He has also served as Executive Director for Funders Concerned About AIDS, a New York based national organization working to mobilize philanthropic leadership and resources for HIV/AIDS services, research and advocacy.  He was a founding member of the Funders Concerned About AIDS and served as national president before becoming Executive Director.  He has also been with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Company Manager and Associate Director of Public Relations and with WTTW/Channel 11 as Director of Information Services and Advertising.  He is a past vice chair of the Donors Forum of Chicago, past national president of Communications Network in Philanthropy, and a former vice president of the American Civil Liberties Union in Illinois.  He is a board member and the immediate past chairman of the board of the Chicago Academy for the Arts.  He also currently serves on the board of Season of Concern. Turner is also a former president of the board of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and a former member of the national board of the Human Rights Campaign and a former member of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt national board of directors.   In 1990 he received the Chicago House Founders Award and that same year was named Gay Chicago Magazine’s “Man of the Year.”  In 1991 he was selected for the inaugural class of inductees into the City of Chicago’s Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.  In 1998 he received the Chicago Chapter NAMES Project “Individual of the Year Award.”  In 2004 he received the Association of Fundraising Professionals Professional Grantor Award and the Chicago House Coming Home Award.

He is a graduate of NorthwesternUniversityand has a master’s degree from Arizona State University.

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2011 Person of the Year Reception

Each December since 1991, The Corporate Responsibility Group of Greater Chicago has named an outstanding community leader as their Person of the Year in recognition of their accomplishments and longstanding commitment of their time, energy, imagination and inspiration in keeping the Chicago area a truly stellar place to live and work.

Members and Guests of the Corporate Responsibility Group of  Greater Chicago will gather at the spectacular Cliff Dwellers Club to honor its 2011 Person of  the Year, Richard Turner.  This is an invitation only event.  

Date:
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Time:
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres

Location:
The Cliff Dwellers Club
200 South Michigan Avenue
22nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60604

Please RSVP to Colleen Coughlin by Friday, December 9 at colleen@crgroup.org or by calling 1312.666.2776
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Southside Health and Vitality Census

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Speaker: Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP, FACOG, Associate Professor, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago

Host: PricewaterhouseCoopers

As a senior member of the University of Chicago’s Urban Health Initiative, Dr. Lindau also directs the South Side Health and Vitality Studies.  This is an ongoing project that uses an Asset Census and home-based health research to identify and catalogue the commercial, health, social and civic resources available in the 34 communities that make up the South Side of Chicago.  Working in partnership with community residents and organizations to collect data, the project aims to provide comprehensive data about the resources currently available to the South Side community that influence the health and wellness of its residents.

Dr. Lindau will be accompanied by one of the lead community collaborators with the South Side Health and Vitality Studies, Mr. Ernest Sanders, New Communities Program Manager at the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation, and two student mappers, Ms. Elizabeth Tolbert and Ms. Trevora Jasper, who participated in the 2011 Asset Census.

Dr. Lindau is an Associate Professor, Pritzker School of Medicine, Departments of Ob/Gyn and Medicine-Geriatrics and the Comprehensive Cancer Center.  She is also on the faculty in the MacLean Center on Clinical Medical Ethics.  A respected physician scientist, Dr. Lindau studies life course sexuality at the population level and how sexuality affects and is affected by illness and aging.  In addition to her M.D., Dr. Lindau has a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago. Her laboratory work addresses population health, health policy and educational issues with relevance to women’s health, sexuality and aging, and health disparities.