Program Synopsis:  2009 Last Call For Fall
By: Michele Krause, Ginsberg Jacobs LLC

CREW Chicago’s annual fundraising event, Last Call For Fall, took place on November 12th at Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s beautiful Conference Center and was a huge success.  A record crowd attended the event and participated in a wonderful evening of networking and a silent auction.  Last Call for Fall benefits the CREW Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization which has always targeted its funding to innovative programs that assist women and girls achieve economic self-sufficiency, such as CREW Careers and the CREW Chicago Real Estate Scholarship Fund. 

CREW Chicago’s 2009 scholarship recipients, Stephanie Matko, Lauren Thomas, and Natalia Todorov, were in attendance and were introduced at the event by CREW Chicago President, Cindy Wozny-Carl.  Stephanie Matko is a graduate student at DePaul University pursuing an MBA and currently works at Grubb and Ellis.  Lauren Thomas, LEED accredited, is a graduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Her work experience includes, Getty's Chicago, De Stefano + Partners, LG Development and Studio IDE.   Natalia Todorov is a graduate student at Northwestern University pursuing an MBA.  She previously worked at Prudential Mortgage Capital Company.  

Cindy Wozny Carl (left) with 2009 CREW Chicago Scholarship Winners:
Stephanie Matko, Lauren Thomas, and Natalia Todorov.



CREW Board Director Mirela Gabrovska placing her bids on the many
fabulous Silent Auction Items.