This week's lunch meeting will be held in person at the Skokie Public Library. Bring your own lunch. Masks required. If you can't attend in person you can Zoom in by using this link:
This week's speaker is the Chalet Nursery's Chief of Staff, Sandy Van Den Avont and Maddy Dubelko. Maddy recently joined Chalet and has her Master’s Degree in Horticulture from Michigan State. She will share her plant centered expertise to help us out with our Fall Gardening and Autumn Plantings!
Meetings alternate between in person at the Skokie Public Library (bring your own lunch) and Zoom.
Schedule:
September 14 - In-person
September 21 - Virtual
September 28 - In-person
October 5 - Virtual
October 12 - In-person
October 19 - Virtual
October 26 - In-person
Last week's speaker was the Niles Chamber of Commerce Director, Kim Biederman.
Kim Biederman is the new Niles Chamber of Commerce as Executive Director. With over 15 years of nonprofit management experience, Kim formally served as Executive Director for the Publicity Club of Chicago (PCC), one of the nation’s largest independent public relations membership associations. Prior to joining PCC, Kim was the Executive Director for the Chicago Area Public Affairs Group (CAPAG) and the administrator for Chicago Women in Government Relations (CWGR). Kim provided key association support services to the organizations including membership and recruitment, corporate sponsorship, board/committee management, budget and meeting/event planning.
From 1995 to 2006, Kim was the Operation Manager for American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) where she managed a 45,000 square foot multi-tenant office facility and budget of $2 million. She served prior to that as the chief event planner of their annual conferences ranging in size from 1000 to 6000 attendees.
Kim started her career working for Congressman Sidney Yates and the U.S. Department Health and Human Services in Washington D.C.
Kim served the Village of Niles as a Trustee where she started the Niles Teen Center and chaired the Milwaukee Avenue Redevelopment Committee. She was on the Planning and Zoning Board prior to becoming Trustee.
Kim holds a Masters of Public Administration from University of Illinois – Chicago, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Sociology from Illinois State University.
