BPI’s 40 Who’ve Made a Difference Honorees
In celebration of our 40th Anniversary of public interest service to the people of the Chicago region, BPI honored the extraordinary public interest accomplishments of 40 individuals whose vision, tenacity and courage have contributed so much to the people of the Chicago region. The 40 Who’ve Made a Difference Awards were presented at BPI’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner on May 1, 2009. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick delivered the keynote address.
Click here for our 40 Who've Made a Difference Commemorative Book with profiles and photos of all the honorees.
Event Photos
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick - Keynote Speaker
L-R: John Schmidt, a 2008 recipient of BPI's Champion of the Public Interest Award,
introduced Gov. Patrick. BPI Board President Steve Kersten and Executive Director Hoy McConnell
L-R: BPI Directors Nick Brunick, Event Co-Chair, and Rosanna Marquez, 40 Award Committee Chair,
introduced the 40 Who've Made a Difference Honorees.
Left: Honorees Raul Raymundo of The Resurrection Project (far left) and
Josh Hoyt (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) (far right)
Right: Honorees Kale Williams (Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities) and Marca Bristo (Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago)
Left: (L-R) BPI Director Deborah Harrington, Daniel Levin and Gov. Patrick
Right: (L-R) Dan Casey and Honorees Dawn Clark Netsch and Bud Lifton
Left: Honoree and former BPI President Elliot Lehman
Right: (L-R) Gov. Patrick and Honorees Abner Mikva, Bettylu Saltzman and Zoe Mikva
Left: Honorees Rev. Willie T. Barrow (RainbowPUSH Coalition) and Bernie Wong (Chinese American Service League)
Right: (L-R) Illinois State Sen. Kwame Raoul, Rev. Calvin Morris (Community Renewal Society) and Dr. Gary Slutkin (Chicago Project for Violence Prevention/CeaseFire)
U.S. Senator Roland Burris talking with Mikva Challenge alum Darius Lyles
Left: Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Honoree Dawn Clark Netsch
Right: (L-R) Gov. Patrick, BPI Director Ann Smith and Sen. Raoul
Left: Gov. Patrick and Honoree Alex Polikoff
Right: (L-R) Jenny Salvatore, BPI's first Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow, Susan Kaden and BPI Director Jonathan Kaden
BPI'S 40 WHO'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE HONOREES:
Kimball R. Anderson
Winston & Strawn LLP
Ben Applegate and Tom Thorne-Thomsen
Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C.
Joy Aruguete
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation
Rev. Willie T. Barrow
RainbowPUSH Coalition
Scott Bernstein
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Barbara Bowman
Chicago Public Schools/ Erikson Institute
Marca Bristo
Access Living
Thom Clark
Community Media Workshop
Leon M. Despres*
Civic and Government Leader
Sunny Fischer
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
Enlace Chicago
Samir Goswami
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation
Ronald Grzywinski
ShoreBank Corporation
Joan W. Harris
Civic Leader
Joshua Hoyt
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Richard P. Kiphart
Civic Leader
Elliot Lehman
Civic Leader
Robert "Bud" Lifton
Civic Leader
Harriet Meyer
Ounce of Prevention
Zoe Mikva and Hon. Abner Mikva
Mikva Challenge
Rev. Calvin S. Morris, Ph.D.
Community Renewal Society
Thomas H. Morsch
Northwestern University School of Law
Dawn Clark Netsch
Northwestern University School of Law
Eboo Patel
Interfaith Youth Core
Alexander Polikoff
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
George Ranney
Chicago Metropolis 2020
Raul Raymundo
The Resurrection Project
Leonard S. Rubinowitz
Northwestern University School of Law
Jane M. Saks
Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of
Women and Gender in the Arts and Media,
Columbia College Chicago
Bettylu Saltzman
Civic Leader
Dr. Gary Slutkin
CeaseFire/ University of Illinois at Chicago
Robin M. Steans
Advance Illinois
Randolph Stone
University of Chicago Law School
Jackie Taylor
Black Ensemble Theater
Carlos Tortolero
National Museum of Mexican Art
Lois Weisberg
City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs
Kale Williams
Social Activist
Judy Wise
Facing History and Ourselves
Bernie Wong
Chinese American Service League
Dr. Quentin Young
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
*Deceased May 5, 2009
