Online Registration for Leader Luncheon 2023 is now closed.
Event walk-ins are welcome but seating is limited and we will not be able to honor seating requests or special meal requests (all walk-ins will receive Chicken Caprese). If you plan on registering at the door please arrive by 11:30 am.
LEADER LUNCHEON 2023
Leader Luncheon is the signature event of the YWCA Elgin, held annually to honor deserving women for their outstanding accomplishments and raise funds to support the YWCA Elgin’s work. Leader Luncheon 2023 will occur on Thursday, May 11, 2023, with keynote speaker Julie Mann.
***New to 2023! The YWCA Elgin will award a female high school Senior with a Youth Leadership Award & Scholarship at Leader Luncheon 2023. For more information about this award and scholarship, click here.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 LEADER LUNCHEON NOMINEES!
REGISTRATION
Registration to attend Leader Luncheon is open, and seats/tables are selling quickly. Reserve your seat today!
Since it is after the reservation deadline, we will do our best to honor seating requests, but we may be unable to accommodate them.
If you do not receive a confirmation email after making your reservation, please contact the YWCA Elgin at info@ywcaelgin.org to ensure your reservation went through.
SPONSORSHIP
Leader Luncheon is YWCA Elgin’s primary fundraising event. Funds from the event are used to develop and expand programming and advocacies for women and families’ economic self-sufficiency with a clear commitment to the elimination of racism and the empowerment of women.
Click here for more information about sponsorship levels.
Since it is after the reservation deadline, we will do our best to honor seating requests, but we may be unable to accommodate them. We cannot include your sponsorship on any of the marketing materials but will post a thank you on social media.
If you do not receive a confirmation email after purchasing a sponsorship, please contact the YWCA Elgin at info@ywcaelgin.org to ensure your sponsorship went through.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 TITLE SPONSOR – $3,500
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THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 EVENT SPONSORS
Leader Circle Table Sponsors – $1,350
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Ascension Saint Joseph Elgin | City of Elgin | Dianha Ortega-Ehreth | Elgin Community College |
| Elgin Public Museum | Gail Borden Library Foundation | IHC Construction Companies LLC | Laird Family Funeral Services | |
Gold Star Sponsors – $500
| Anonymous | Art & Nancy Schueneman | Bear Family Restaurants | Carol Elias |
| H3 HVAC Parts | Julia A. McClendon | Kane County Sheriff's Office & State's Attorney Jamie Mosser | Karen Fox |
| Kathryn Canny | Laborers' International Union of North American Local #582 | Lauderdale Electric | Libby Hoeft |
| Loni Mecum | Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Brown | SMC Construction Services | W.R. Meadows, Inc. |
| Wellington Homes Inc. |
| Cherokee Building Materials, Inc. | Ed McCarthy | Embassy Construction Inc. | Gary & Dana Vierck |
| Grindstone Productions | James H. Hill Enterprises, Inc. | Jim's Drywall | KO Fleet Maintenance, Inc. |
| Kyla & John Brittain | Murna Hansemann | Nancy Burnidge | Nancy Gerner |
| Ronell Deloncker, Jim's Towing & Automotive | Susan Moore & Associates Inc - Insurance Agency | U.S. Fire & Safety Equipment Company |
| Carroll Bailey | Chamberlain Educational Consulting | Deirdre White | Don & Marge Haefliger |
| Donna Anderson | Gail Cohen | Gareth Sitz | Jessica Lee-Cole |
| KCT Credit Union | Kathleen Rusniak | Linda & Steve Knight | Maureen Manning |
| Patricia Kressin | Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein | Sue Whitworth | Vincent Construction, Inc. |