Thank you for joining us for the 2022 Children’s Ball
Co-Chaired by Devanee and Alex Washington
Saturday, December 3, 2022
6:30 p.m. Cocktails | 8:30 p.m. Dinner and Dancing
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Black Tie
Each year the Children’s Research Fund welcomes recognized leaders in the business and philanthropic community to overseeing the annual fundraising campaign and Children’s Ball. Since 1951, these efforts have raised over $125 million to support innovative medical research.
Thank you to our 2022 Corporate Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
ArentFox Schiff LLP
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Cinespace
Conagra Brands
GE Healthcare
Goldman Sachs
The Geesman Group
Moelis & Company Holdings, LLP
Morgan Stanley and Company, Inc.
Northern Trust
PNC
Old National Bank
Woodfield Lexus
Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.
2022 Host Committee and Individual Supporters
Host Committee
Anonymous
The Bikulege Family
Bayer Family Foundation - Matt Bayer and Joyce Yaung
Meredith and Jack Callison
Deneen and Tom Heneghan
Christopher Keogh
Schuyler and Jon Levin
Jose Luis and Rosy Prado
Roxanne and Rocco Martino
Laura and Dave McHugh
Terrie Miller
Jamie and Marc Pasquale
Kristi Stathis and James Malackowski
Rosy and Jose Luis Prado
Rebekah and Ilan Shalit
John H. Simpson
Elizabeth and Donald Thompson
Division of Urology at Lurie Children’s
Claudette Rancifer Washington
Devanee and Alex Washington
Grace and Alex Washington, Jr.
Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and Bill Wolf
Preferred Tables
Jodi and Morrie DeZara
Donna and Dennis Drescher
Marilyn Freund
Amy and Andy Gelman
George M. Eisenberg Foundation for Charities
Kacey and Dan Martino
Rachel and Zachary Smith
Esther Tian and Nick Rozenblyum
TRIO Foundation
Heidi Wagman and Peter Bensinger, Jr.
Laura and Glenn Yaeger
Dr. Grace Yum Zimmerman and Kent Zimmerman
Honorary Tables
Liz and Henry Appelbaum
Stephanie and Michael Baum
Rita and John Canning
Tony Davis
Deborah and Pran Jha
Wendy and Kirk Johnson
Hope and Benjamin Katz
The Medical and Dental Staff of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Phoebe and Michael Nitekman
Department of Pediatrics
Florence Ann Romano
Mimi and Steve Sherman
Mark Silverberg
Jen and Steve Skok
TRIO Foundation
Amy and Jason Williams
Karen Wilson
Amie and Brian Wrubel