Chicago & Midwest + South Side | February 4, 2019

Goldie Initiative Installs 2019 Leadership

The Goldie Initiative has officially installed 16 directors to lead and serve the organization in 2019. The Chicago-based Goldie Initiative’s mission is to prepare women for senior leadership roles in all sectors of commercial real estate.

The organization is led by Steve Madden, board president and president/CEO of Libertyville Bank & Trust. Goldie B. Wolfe Miller (pictured) serves as the organization’s founder and chair. Laura Giampietro, marketing communications consultant at strata-g-marketing, was installed as president-elect.

The Goldie Initiative added several new board members in 2019, including Elizabeth Hozian of Associated Bank; Mary Fran Murphy of Near North Title Group and a Goldie alumna; and John Petrovski of BMO Harris Bank.

Other officers and directors include the Benida Group’s Scott Hirsch, treasurer; and directors Beth Engel, Jillian Haynes, Elizabeth Hozian, Suzanne Knoll, Karin Kraal, Vicki Mutchler, Kathleen O’Hare, Molly Phelan, Jay Raghavan and Susan Rosen.

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