Chicago

2025 HONOREES

The Chicago Titan 100 program
recognizes the top 100 CEOs

& C-level executives

They are the area’s most accomplished business leaders in their industry using criteria that include demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision, and passion.

Collectively, the 2025 Chicago Titan 100 and their companies employ more than 439,000 individuals and generate over $70 billion in annual revenues.

This year’s honorees were published in a limited-edition Chicago Titan 100 book and profiled online. They were honored at the annual awards ceremony on ​Thursday, February 20th, 2025, and given the opportunity to interact and connect multiple times throughout the year with their fellow Titans.

This year’s Titan 100 embody the true diversity of Chicago’s business landscape, representing the manufacturing, construction, healthcare, information technology, financial services, and non-profit sectors, among others.

For more information and a complete list of Titans,
please read our 2025 press release

Zara Summers

  • LanzaTech

Valarie King-Bailey

  • OnShore Technology Group, Inc.

Tyronne Stoudemire

  • Hyatt Hotels

Terika Richardson

  • CommonSpirit Health

Teira Gunlock

  • First Stop Health

T.J. Rubin

  • Fulton Grace Realty

Stephen Smith

  • NOCD

Stephanie Coleman

  • City of Chicago

Silky Abbott

  • CANE'D

Sherrif Karamat

  • PCMA and CEMA

Michael Mete

  • PSM Partners, LLC
PSM Partners, LLC

Nicole Robinson

  • YWCA of Metro Chicago
YWCA of Metro Chicago

Nick Parfitt

  • Stern Pinball, Inc.
Stern Pinball, Inc.

Nate Spang

  • Vantedge Medical
Vantedge Medical

Nancy Paridy

  • Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Molly McShane

  • The McShane Companies
The McShane Companies

Mindy Massey

  • Anthropologie
Anthropologie

Mike Moreno

  • Moreno's Liquors/Osito's Tap/ MM Imports
Moreno’s Liquors/Osito’s Tap/ MM Imports

Mike Kerley

  • United Door and Dock
United Door and Dock

Mike Briggs

  • Little Friends, Inc.
Little Friends, Inc.

Michelle Steinberg

  • Sepire LLC
Sepire LLC

Michael Sutton

  • Infrastructure Engineering Inc.
Infrastructure Engineering Inc.

Michael Stevens

  • Liviniti
Liviniti

Paul Pavia

  • Commercial Tire Services
Commercial Tire Services

Melvin Henley

  • PAC Leaders Construction LLC
PAC Leaders Construction LLC

Melissa Clark

  • Primera Engineers, Ltd.
Primera Engineers, Ltd.

Mark Bernhard

  • Bernhard Woodwork Ltd.
Bernhard Woodwork Ltd.

Manuel Flores

  • SomerCor
SomerCor

Luis Puig

  • ALL Construction Group
ALL Construction Group

Laura Kaleinikovas

  • Tower Communications Expert, LLC
Tower Communications Expert, LLC

Laura Diaz

  • Primary Staffing Inc.
Primary Staffing Inc.

Laura Ann Spencer

  • Perma-Seal Basement Systems
Perma-Seal Basement Systems

Kristen Prinz

  • The Prinz Law Firm, P.C.
The Prinz Law Firm, P.C.

Kevin Considine

  • Lake County Partners
Lake County Partners

Ken Arlen

  • Arlen Music Productions
Arlen Music Productions

Silky Abbott

  • CANE'D
CANE’D

ReJena “Jeni” Lyon

  • Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick, Inc.
Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick, Inc.

Dima Elissa

  • VisMed-3D
VisMed-3D

Zara Summers

  • LanzaTech
LanzaTech

Bill Himmelstein

  • Tenant Advisory Group LLC
Tenant Advisory Group LLC

Bill Downey

  • Arlington Structural Steel
Arlington Structural Steel

Valarie King-Bailey

  • OnShore Technology Group, Inc.
OnShore Technology Group, Inc.

Tyronne Stoudemire

  • Hyatt Hotels
Hyatt Hotels

Terika Richardson

  • CommonSpirit Health
CommonSpirit Health

Teira Gunlock

  • First Stop Health
First Stop Health

T.J. Rubin

  • Fulton Grace Realty
Fulton Grace Realty

Stephen Smith

  • NOCD
NOCD

Stephanie Coleman

  • City of Chicago
City of Chicago

Kelly Lazuka

  • Fullerton
Fullerton

Sherrif Karamat

  • PCMA and CEMA
PCMA and CEMA

Shannon Coomes

  • Hill Fire Protection
Hill Fire Protection

Scott Nodolf

  • Miller Tanner Associates
Miller Tanner Associates

Sara Ray Hallman

  • Easterseals Serving Chicagoland & Greater Rockford
Easterseals Serving Chicagoland & Greater Rockford

Rushil Desai

  • Aetna Better Health of Illinois
Aetna Better Health of Illinois

Rodney Herenton

  • Channing Capital Management, LLC
Channing Capital Management, LLC

Robiar Smith

  • R.B. Pest Solutions
R.B. Pest Solutions

Robert Mueller

  • RIM logistics
RIM logistics

Rahul Wahi

  • LLT Group
LLT Group

Piyush Goel

  • Beyond Key
Beyond Key

Paul Reitz

  • Titan International
Titan International

Bob Oros

  • Hightower Advisors
Hightower Advisors

Dia Nichols

  • Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health Care

Delphine Rankin

  • One Family Illinois
One Family Illinois

Deanna Salo

  • CRAY, KAISER LTD.
CRAY, KAISER LTD.

David Sanders

  • City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College

David Metzner

  • B&G Sales, Inc.
B&G Sales, Inc.

Craig Sherwood

  • CyberSearch, Ltd.
CyberSearch, Ltd.

Courtland Madock

  • Brightspeed
Brightspeed

Brian McNally

  • McNally's Heating and Cooling
McNally’s Heating and Cooling

Brent Brodeski

  • Savant Wealth Management
Savant Wealth Management

Bobby Reddy, Jr.

  • Prenosis Inc.
Prenosis Inc.

Bobby Bacci

  • Prominence Advisors
Prominence Advisors

Bobby Achettu

  • Sikich
Sikich

Eduardo Arabu

  • The National Hispanic Corporate Council
The National Hispanic Corporate Council

Blake-Anthony Johnson

  • Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago Sinfonietta

Ben Weiss

  • CoinFlip
CoinFlip

Azizi Marshall

  • Center for Creative Arts Therapy
Center for Creative Arts Therapy

Arthur Zayas Miller

  • MZI Group Inc.
MZI Group Inc.

Antoinette Hardy-Waller

  • The Leverage Network Inc.
The Leverage Network Inc.

Anthony Standifer

  • mSEED group
mSEED group

Amy Olson

  • Rose Pallet
Rose Pallet

Amy DeLaney

  • DDV Law, Ltd.
DDV Law, Ltd.

AJ Goehle

  • Luci Creative
Luci Creative

Aarti Dhupelia

  • City Colleges of Chicago
City Colleges of Chicago

Aaron Wiegel

  • Wiegel
Wiegel

Jason Hahn

  • NRC Health
NRC Health

Kayce Ataiyero

  • The Joyce Foundation
The Joyce Foundation

Dr. Kathleen St. Louis Caliento

  • Cara Collective
Cara Collective

Kara Teeple

  • Lawrence Hall
Lawrence Hall

John Williamson

  • Songfinch
Songfinch

John Signa

  • E78 Partners
E78 Partners

John Puisis

  • COUR Pharmaceuticals
COUR Pharmaceuticals

Joellyn Cicciarelli

  • Loyola Press
Loyola Press

Joel Boomsma

  • Dutch Farms
Dutch Farms

Joe Chura

  • Go Brewing
Go Brewing

Jeffery Mowery

  • Mowery & Schoenfeld, LLC
Mowery & Schoenfeld, LLC

Jean Rollo

  • LAUNCH Technical Workforce Solutions, LLC
LAUNCH Technical Workforce Solutions, LLC

Jason Newton

  • Stellar Recognition, Inc.
Stellar Recognition, Inc.

Aaron Dallek

  • MD Metals and Dmaterial
MD Metals and Dmaterial

Jaime di Paulo

  • Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Jacquelyn Lemon

  • NewRoot Learning Institute
NewRoot Learning Institute

Ignacio Macias

  • CECOP USA
CECOP USA

Harold Rice

  • CEDA (Community & Economic Development Association)
CEDA (Community & Economic Development Association)

Gyasi Chisley

  • PNC Bank
PNC Bank

Garry Abraham

  • Screw Conveyor Corporation
Screw Conveyor Corporation

Frank Tortorella Jr.

  • TAFCO CORPORATION
TAFCO CORPORATION

Essam Choudhary

  • Perimeter Security Solutions | Security Innovation Hub
Perimeter Security Solutions | Security Innovation Hub

Erin Janecyk

  • Janecyk Construction Co., Inc.
Janecyk Construction Co., Inc.

Elise Awwad

  • DeVry University
DeVry University

Edward Woodford

  • Zero Hash
Zero Hash