Board of Directors
Officers
Dean J. Patras, President
Amgen
Jerry Kowalczyk, President-Elect
Harp & Fiddle
Steve Judge, Past President
Judge Law, LLC
(847) 962-2833
sjudge@judgellc.com
Anna Wasyliw, Treasurer
BMO Harris Bank
(847) 692-6772
Anna.Wasyliw@bmo.com
Jacqueline K. Mathews, Secretary
Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce
(847) 825-3121
jacqueline.mathews@parkridgechamber.org
Directors
Natalie Amabile, 2 Sisters A+L and Brother J's
Delia Ciminello, Villiage Bank & Trust
Nick Fallico, Dreamtown Realty - Team Fallico
Sasha Gerritson, Park Ridge Community Church
Margaret Holler, Park Ridge Park District
Cindy Mahal van Brenk, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Tony Mirato, Taste of Park Ridge
John Moran, Moran-Havansek Financial Group
Holly Santelli, Ash & Willow Eco Salon
Meet the Executive Director
Jacqueline K. Mathews
jacqueline.mathews@parkridgechamber.org
Jackie is a proven community, business, and government network relationship specialist. She has an extensive results-driven and process-oriented background which includes successes in leading revenue generation, fundraising, and related development initiatives, enhancing organizational image equity, and launching strategic enterprises. Anyone who knows Jackie knows that she is highly collaborative and service-oriented and that she possesses exemplary communication skills and superior relationship management competencies.
For the better part of the past two decades, Jackie has held professional and volunteer leadership roles within the Park Ridge community. Jackie has had transformational impact on two of our local flagship healthcare organizations. Most recently she served as the Major Gifts Officer for Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Charitable Foundation where she led the hospital’s annual signature special event, the ‘Gala’, as well as the Men and Women’s Association Golf Outing, the South Asian Cardiovascular Center’s ‘A Red Sari Evening’ and the grand opening celebrations for both the hospital’s new Emergency Department and the Heart Institute. In addition, she designed and executed a major gift strategy that resulted in a $1.25 Million donation for an endowed Emergency Department Chair. Jackie was recruited to Lutheran General Hospital by then President, Tony Armada, from Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, where she provided leadership direction for major gifts and special events, including three highly successful public art exhibitions that significantly elevated the organization’s mission and reputation within the community. Jackie serves on the Taste of Park Ridge Committee, the Park Ridge Holiday Lights Commission and Co-Chairs Park Ridge Restaurant Week with Mayor Marty Maloney. Earlier in Jackie’s career, she held professional roles with the United States Senate in Washington D.C., Chicago’s City Hall, and the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.