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ACCION Chicago Honors Top Referral Partners at Luncheon

On Friday, August 7th, 2009, ACCION Chicago held it's 2009 Community Partner Appreciation Luncheon. The event was held to honor those top community partners who have referred the most business owners to ACCION Chicago in 2008. Key note speaker was District Director from the Illinois Small Business Administration, Judith Roussel. A special thanks to Steve Hall and Kip Read for sponsoring this luncheon. Those honored were:

Gregg Baker, Charter One Bank
Jan Bauer, College of Lake County Small Business Development Center
Kenneth Crite, Kankakee Community College Small Business Development Center
Faruk Daudbasic, First Eagle Bank
Marc Gerard, National City Bank
Erica King, Women's Business Development Center
Rona Mobley-Wells, TCF Bank
Fadi Salem, TCF Bank
Daniel Waring, Charter One Bank
Frank Westover, SCORE Chicago

From Left to Right: ACCION Chicago Loan Officer, Jessica Horn, Illinois Small Business Administration District Director, Judith Roussel, Charter One Bank Business Banker and award recipient, Daniel Waring, Charter One Bank Regional Vice President of Business Banking and ACCION Chicago Board Member, Steve Hall, and ACCION Chicago CELO, Jonathan Brereton.

From Left to Right: Illinois Small Business Administration District Director, Judith Roussel, Women's Business Development Center Finance Program Director and award recipient, Erica King, ACCION Chicago Loan Officer, Nitika Chauhan, and ACCION Chicago CELO, Jonathan Brereton.

From Left to Right: Illinois Small Business Administration District Director, Judith Roussel, TCF Bank Business Banker and award recipient, Fadi Salem, ACCION Chicago Loan Officer, Nitika Chauhan, and ACCION Chicago CELO, Jonathan Brereton.

From Left to Right: Illinois Small Business Administration District Director, Judith Roussel, Charter One Bank Business Banker and award recipient, Gregg Baker, Charter One Bank Regional Vice President of Business Banking and ACCION Chicago Board Member, Steve Hall, and ACCION Chicago CELO, Jonathan Brereton.

From Left to Right: Illinois Small Business Administration District Director, Judith Roussel,  ACCION Loan Officer, Maria Almeida, Director of College of Lake County Small Business Development Center and award recipient, Jan Bauer, and ACCION Chicago CELO, Jonathan Brereton.

ACCION Chicago Vice President of Lending and Marketing, Jill Stephens.

Keynote Speaker: Illinois Small Business Administration District Director, Judith Roussel.

From Left to Right: Illinois Small Business Administration District Director, Judith Roussel, ACCION Chicago Vice President of Lending and Marketing, Jill Stephens, TCF Bank Business Banker and award recipient, Rona Mobley-Wells, and ACCION Chicago CELO, Jonathan Brereton.

Steve Hall, Regional Vice President of Business Banking at Charter One Bank and ACCION Chicago Board Member.

From Left to Right: Charter One Bank Regional Vice President and ACCION Chicago Board Member, Steve Hall,  Illinois Small Business Administration District Director, Judith Roussel, ACCION Chicago CELO, Jonathan Brereton, American Chartered Bank First Vice President and ACCION Chicago Board Member, Kip Read.