Children's Memorial Hospital

David M. Steinhorn, M.D. Dr. Steinhorn is the medical director of the Judith Nan Joy Integrative Medicine Initiative at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Dr. Steinhorn's specialties are critical care (pediatric intensive care unit), pediatric palliative care and integrative medicine. Dr. Steinhorn lectures widely on palliative care, humanistic medicine and the care of critically-ill children.

Dr. Smith is director of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell/Thalassemia Program at Children's Memorial Hospital; serves as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern Medical School, and is recognized world-wide as an outstanding pediatrician in his field. Dr. Smith became pastor of the Apostolic Faith Church on March 28, 1980. He was appointed a District Elder of the Illinois District Council (I.D.C.) of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (P.A.W.) in 1983; served as Chairman of the I.D.C. from 1986-1991; appointed to the Board of Aenon Bible College of the P.A.W. in 1989; appointed a Suffragan Bishop in 1994; served as the General Secretary of the P.A.W. 1996-1997, and was elevated to the office of Bishop in August 1997. In June 1998, Dr. Smith was installed as Diocesan Bishop of the 14th Episcopal District of the P.A.W., which includes the states of Kansas, Colorado and Western Missouri. On Thursday, July 29, 2004, Bishop Smith was elected to the office of Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. Dr. Smith serves on the Board of the historic Wabash YMCA, which was purchased by four community churches, including Apostolic Faith Church. The churches redeveloped and reshaped the Y for community services, including SRO housing. Since 2001, Dr. Smith has also served as a Board Member of The Family Institute at Northwestern University, as a member of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center-Community Health Advisory Board and more recently, as a member of World Vision International.

Kathleen Monahan, MPH kmonahan@childrensmemorial.org , ksheehan@childrensmemorial.org is the CHDL Project Director. Ms. Monahan was previously the Associate Director of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention, and provided technical assistance to community interventions for violence prevention in seven Chicago communities. Currently, Ms. Monahan is responsible for administering multi-site evaluation projects in Chicago public schools as well as public schools throughout Illinois.

Dr. Richard Bruneteau is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. He attended medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Iowa, and he completed a two-year residency in plastic surgery at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Bruneteau also completed a fellowship in micro vascular surgery at the University of California and a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston. In addition to his practice in cosmetic surgery, Dr. Bruneteau is director of the craniofacial team at Children's Memorial Hospital. He is board certified in plastic surgery and general surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He belongs to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Metro Omaha Medical Society. Dr. Bruneteau is a member of American Society of Surgeons.

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Alex lives in Chicago with his wife, Yamini, and their three children. He trained in pediatrics and child neurology at Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Alex is currently an attending pediatric neurologist at Children's Memorial Hospital and an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. His research interests include neural stem cell biology, and the genetics of pediatric nervous system abnormalities. He is the attending neurologist for the Children's Memorial Hospital Spina Bifida clinic.

Brad comes to InterOcean Wealth Management from his position as Executive Director at Column Capital Group, where he served high net worth families and institutions. He was one of the original founders of the firm, a member of the Executive Board and their Investment Committee. He is one of InterOcean's senior wealth advisors, is a member of the investment committee and leads the InterOcean Wealth Management Professional Alliance program. Prior to Column Capital, he was the Director of Ernst & Young's Investment Advisory practice for the Chicago and Milwaukee markets, and had national responsibilities for institutional consulting assignments. Brad's previous work experience also includes Fifth Third bank of Illinois and the positions of Wealth Management Advisor and Portfolio Manager with Perritt Capital Management in Chicago. Brad received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Toledo. He has the Series 7, 65 and 63 securities licenses and the Illinois Life and Health Insurance license. In addition, he holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation from the Investment Management Consultants Association in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Graduate School of Business, and the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies. He is a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), volunteers regularly at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and is a board member of the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois.

Elizabeth Powell is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Powell attended college and medical school at Indiana University, and completed her Masters in Public Health at the University of Illinois. She is an attending physician in the Emergency Department at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. Her research interests are focused on injuries and injury epidemiology.

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Dr. Sarwark is a Martha Washington Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Division Head of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery for Children's Memorial Hospital. He is also a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Sarwark also serves as Chairman of the Section on Orthopaedics of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Sarwark was the 2005 recipient of the Pathways Pioneer Award for his outstanding commitment to assuring the best for all babies' physical development.

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Many of you already know the story of my son JR (short for James Robert) and his battle with Brain Cancer. For those who don't or for those who just like a good story with a happy ending, please read on. JR was a relatively normal with a few quirks like most kids. He played soccer on a traveling team, was really smart (although Bs were his favorite grade), teased his sisters Pretty normal stuff. He had had trouble with reflux as a baby and was under weight, but nothing too concerning. Like all of us he wore glasses and in the late fall of 1998, he went in for a normal eye exam. The optometrist noticed something called Nystigmus, an involuntary shaking of the eyes, when he examined JR and told us we might want to see a specialist. A couple weeks later we did and were told it probably was nothing, but that an MRI would be a good idea. No one seemed overly concerned and 2 weeks later, Marge and JR went in for a simple MRI just to be sure. I was working in Boston at the time and received a call from JR on December 16th, "Dad, I just got my MRI and they said I have a brain tumor and need to go the hospital right away." The MRI had shown a golf ball sized mass on JR's brain stem. He and Marge went directly to Children's where the staff was waiting to check him in and schedule him for immediate surgery. The tumor looked ready to block fluid flow around the brain which would have literally killed him. A couple of emergency surgeries pushed JR's back to the next evening. During the day of the surgery, we saw what seemed like a 100 MDs nurses, counselors, religious, etc. Because JR had never really had symptoms and due to the location, the prognosis was not good. Most everyone thought this was an aggressive fast growth tumor and it was completely intertwined with the nerves of the brain stem. In 24 hours, we had gone from the idyllic family to being told to prepare for the loss of our son. It was by far the worst day of our lives. That night JR had 6 hours of surgery. Dr. Tomita emerged around 11:00 pm to tell us that everything went well, he was able to remove 70% of the tumor and it appeared to a Grade1, slow growth tumor. The news was overwhelming considering what our expectations had been a few hours before. JR spent the next 6 nights at Children's slowly coming out of the induced coma, beginning to breath on his own, move his fingers and toes and finally talk and eat. On Christmas Eve 1998, we came home with JR to a street lined with luminaries and get well banners. Children's had delivered the greatest Christmas present anyone could ask for. Over the next 2 years, JR went to Children's almost every Friday for a day of tests and Chemotherapy. The Chemo helped kill and shrink the remaining tumor. Dr. Stu Goldman and his staff in the Oncology ward were truly unbelievable. This a ward where 20 to 30 kids a day come in to be pumped full of toxic chemicals. You'll find kids and parents from every economic, social and racial background, all getting exactly the same care from people that can not be described. How they manage to keep the smiles on their faces and show the patience they do is way beyond me. We met lots of families like ours during those 2 years. Some finished their treatments, got their drug ports removed and we would see them only for fund raisers or maybe if they had a check up. Some kids were there one week and not the next and we never saw them again. The successes outweigh the losses at Children's, but there is a ton of work left to do. There are no magic cures for these kids. The advances in Chemo and Radiation treatments have been incremental and steady. Each year, new tools are added the doctors' bag to help save kids like JR. The statistics are incredible. 10 years ago the survival rate for kids with brain tumors was something like 40%. Today it's more like 70%. Thanks again for helping Children's continue to help these kids.

Dr. Dulcan is Head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Margaret C. Osterman Professor of Child Psychiatry at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Dulcan is also Director in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, in Chicago.

After graduating from Kendall College in Evanston, Mindy took her first cooking position as pastry assistant at Chicago's Ambria. She then went on to serve as Pastry Chef at Metropolis 1800, Gordon, and Charlie Trotter's, all in Chicago, and at other outstanding establishments. Mindy believes it is important to give back to the community, and is a frequent guest at Chicago's Inspiration Cafe, a soup kitchen operated "restaurant-style," feeding Chicago's homeless. She serves as chef coordinator for the Harvest Moon benefit for Children's Memorial Hospital. She is also part of the National Strength CAPS program, Careers through Culinary Arts Program.

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Sandra Sanquino is an Attending Physician in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics at Children's Memorial Hospital. Dr. Sanguino is an Instructor of Pediatrics and co-directs the Cabrini Green Youth Program clinic. She is also the Director of the medical student pediatric rotation and the pediatric resident Continuity Clinic. Dr. Sanguino is a decade long Chicago Youth Programs volunteer. She is active in evaluating community based injury control projects and is currently evaluating a community based parenting program funded by the Healthy Tomorrows program.

Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) is one of Chicago's largest and most recognized architectural practices, with extensive experience in institutional, research, high-rise, mixed-use and transportation facilities. During its 75 year history, SCB has made a lasting contribution to the Chicago skyline, having designed more than 40 high-rise buildings. SCB designed the Children's Memorial Research Center and has a long history of working with some of Chicago's most respected institutions, including Loyola University of Chicago and Rush University Medical Center. The relationship between these two highly respected firms continues an association established more than 20 years ago, and then strengthened recently for the design of a pediatric research building at the University of Chicago.

Joseph A. Reyes, Chairman Emeritus, Reyes Holdings, L.L.C. Joseph A. Reyes is one of the founders of Reyes Holdings, L.L.C. and currently President of Orion Enterprises. Instrumental in securing the funds for Reyes Holdings' early acquisitions, Joe Reyes contributed to building a foundation for what is today one of the foremost names in the distribution of beverage and foodservice products. Joe Reyes has driven the creation of successful service-oriented organizations for over 40 years, consulting for both government and private businesses. He served in the U.S. Navy as an Electronic Technician and as a Naval Aviator on active duty. He served in the U.S. Navy for 10 years. Twice named Hispanic Businessman of the year, Joe Reyes received the prestigious Image Award as Hispanic Entrepreneur in 1985. The Presidential Advisory Committee for Small Business, Presidential Advisory Council on Taxation for Small Business and the Congressional Advisory Council on Minority Business Enterprises have all recognized his leadership with honors. Joe Reyes is on the Board of Directors for the National Park Commission, the Wolftrap Foundation and the University of Maryland, Engineering College as well as the Incarnate Word University. He is a trustee for the Montgomery College Board in addition to being a member of the Washington Board of Trade, the National Association of Tail Hookers (Navy Fighter Pilots) and the National Association of Hispanic Naval Officers. He is also a member of the Montgomery County Police Foundation, the National Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Hispanic Alliance for Free Trade, and the Sovereign Order of Military Knights of Malta. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is married to Frances M. Collins Reyes, and the proud father of one daughter and seven sons.

Profit Investment Management - Retired Vice Chair. Served as Vice Chair from January 2006 until retirement in December 2007. Profit Investment Management is an investment advisory firm. The Kenwood Group, Inc. -- Retired Chairman. Served as Chairman from 2000 until June 2006 when The Kenwood Group, Inc. merged into Profit Investment Management. Chief Executive Officer from 1989 to December 2005. Director of Black & Decker Corporation and Hospira, Inc. Director of Wisconsin Energy Corporation and Wisconsin Electric Power Company since 1998. Director of Wisconsin Gas LLC since 2000.

Dan is a Managing Director of JPMorgan Compensation and Benefit Strategies, responsible for its fast-growing health and welfare practice. With 30 years as a senior consultant and corporate executive in the employee benefits industry, Dan is a recognized national thought leader on many healthcare and insurance issues. In addition to expertise, he brings a specific passion for enabling positive change in America's corporate healthcare delivery system. By marrying the approach of employee-driven healthcare with the actuarial forecasting of health risk and cost, Dan is leading a paradigm shift toward greater education, healthier workforces and lower premiums. Dan is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries.

President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Case is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aon Corporation, the leading global risk, reinsurance and human capital services firm. He is also a member of the company's Board of Directors. Under Case's leadership, Aon has strengthened its position as a global organization offering integrated business solutions for clients. Leading the efforts of more than 37,000 colleagues in over 120 countries, Case continues to execute a three-part strategy focused on delivering distinctive value for clients, attracting the best talent and achieving operational excellence. Since joining Aon in April 2005, he has met with an average of 100 clients per month and more than 30,000 colleagues in many of Aon's 500-plus locations around the world. Before joining Aon, Case served on the Governing Shareholder Council and headed the Global Insurance and Financial Services Practice at McKinsey & Company, a leading international management consultant. Prior to McKinsey, he worked for the investment banking firm of Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood as well as the Federal Reserve Bank. Case holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude from Kansas State University. He serves on the boards of the International Insurance Society, Inc., Children's Memorial Hospital, the Financial Services Roundtable, the Economic Club of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and St. John's University School of Risk Management, where he was named the 2008 Insurance Executive of the Year.

Laurence Geller is President, and CEO of Strategic Hotels & Resorts. Prior to founding Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Mr. Geller was Chairman and CEO of Geller & Co., a gaming, tourism and lodging advisory company he founded in 1989. Geller & Co. specialized in domestic and international hotel, corporate and real estate development, financing and structuring. Previously, Mr. Geller held positions as EVP and COO of Hyatt Development Corporation, SVP of Holiday Inn and Director of London’s Grand Metropolitan Hotels.Mr. Geller is a former Vice Chairman of the Urban Land Institute’s Commercial and Retail Council and immediate past Chairman of the Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council of the American Hotel and Motel Association (IREFAC). Mr. Geller serves on the Boards of NAREIT, Children’s Memorial Hospital, and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the President’s Council of the Midwest Region of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable, the Chicago Olympic Committee, and the National Leadership Council for the American Jewish Committee. Mr. Geller is Co-Chairman of Trustees of the Churchill Centre and Ambassador for North America for The Hotel and Catering Institutional Management Association of the U.K. Mr. Geller is a graduate of Ealing Technical College's school of hotel management and catering.Mr. Geller has over 40 years of experience in the lodging industry and has received numerous awards for his service to the lodging industry.