Walter Burnett, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois and his family lived in the former Cabrini Green Housing

Complex. His father was the local precinct captain in the area and often took Walter with him to work the

precinct; planting the seeds that would ultimately sprout into a successful political career. Burnett first ran

for office in 1995 and he is presently serving his sixth term as Alderman of the 27th Ward. As Alderman,

his objective to serving constituents and representing a diverse community has been about balance. He has

an outstanding reputation of treating everyone fair.

Burnett, after earning a Certificate in Mechanical Drafting, a Certificate in Tool and Die Design, and an

Associate Degree from Southeastern Illinois College, he attended both Harold Washington College and the

University of Illinois at Chicago. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Northeastern Illinois

University.

Burnett is the Chairman of Pedestrian and Traffic Safety and a sitting member of seven committees;

Aviation; Budget and Government Operations; Rules; Contract Oversight and Equity; Economic, Capital,

and Technology Development; Workforce Development; Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards

Committee.

Burnett also serves on the Board of the following organizations: John Howard Association of IL., Neighbor

Space, Financial Straight Talk, Choose Chicago, Northwestern University Settlement House Board, Harold

Washington advisory board, CHA Alumni Association, St. Leonard’s Ministries advisory board, Family

Guidance Center board, Archi-Treasures, Haymarket Center advisory board, the YMCA Youth and

Government advisory board, and the Ferrer Foundation. Burnett is also a member of St. John Masonic

Lodge, Shriners, and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity; and a former member of the Elks and Near North Kiwanis.

Burnett is a strong advocate for affordable housing in the City of Chicago and all developments within his

ward are required to have an affordable component to the project. He has developed a strong reputation as

an advocate for affordable housing and continues to be a leader on this issue.

Burnett was appointed Committeeman of the 27th Ward Organization by his mentor, Illinois Secretary of

State Jesse White, (and former Committeeman of the 27th Ward) on July 6, 2013.

Burnett is a member of First Baptist Congregational Church, where he serves as a Deacon; he is married to

Darlena Williams-Burnett. They have two sons; Jawaharial “Omar” Williams 10th District State

Representative of IL., Walter Redmond, and three grandchildren.

Andre Brumfield is a Design Principal in Gensler’s Chicago office and serves as the firm’s Global Cities + Urban Design Leader, applying his 23 years of experience in revitalizing and repositioning urban environments to shape equitable, accessible communities. His extensive portfolio comprises city-wide master planning and high-density, urban-infill to emerging urban district redevelopment, mixed income housing, and neighborhood and community revitalization. Andre’s visionary, yet realistic revitalization plans have been successfully implemented in economically challenged areas throughout the world. Andre is a member of the Chicago Plan Commission and on the Board of Trustees for Chicago Architecture Center.

Carla M. Agostinelli has over twenty two years of experience developing communities through her extensive work in finance, administrative management, community organizing and progressive leadership. She has served on the boards of numerous organizations whose missions focus on the empowerment and advancement of women and underrepresented persons. Her leadership has affected economic growth across the entire Chicagoland area, most recently the Fulton Market District, one of the nation’s fastest developing neighborhoods.

She is currently serving as Director of Development and Community Partnerships for West Central Association, the Chamber of Commerce for the Near West side (including Fulton Market, West Loop, Greektown,United Center, Little Italy, Tri-Taylor, University Village and Commons, Roosevelt Square and Illinois Medical District)

Agostinelli studied Fine Art at Columbia College Chicago and is a graduate of the Non-Profit Leadership Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Amos studied Hospitality Business, graduating from Michigan State University. After relocating to New York, Amos gained a wide variety of Hotel experience throughout the city. Amos enjoyed working at some of the best boutique properties such as Soho Grand and The Standard Highline, before moving into the Luxury segment. Amos oversaw the edition and renovation of some of the most high end suites in the city at both Four Seasons & at The Mark Hotel as Director of Rooms.

In 2016 Amos joined The Hoxton as The Hotel Manager of The Hoxton, Williamsburg (their first North American Property in Brooklyn, NY). After successfully opening, Amos moved back to his roots in the Mid-West and transitioned to the opening General Manager of The Hoxton, Chicago in Fulton Market.

Mr. McElroy founded Level-1 Global Solutions, LLC in 2001-present and is a member of the Mayor’s Office of Technology Advisors and The Chicago Community Trust. Level-1 is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) licensed, certified, and registered in the City of Chicago, County of Cook, and State of Illinois.

Thomas McElroy is the founder and president of Level-1 Global Solutions, LLC. Since the firm’s first project at the New Cook County Hospital in 2001, Level-1 has been a timely, reliable, and costeffective resource in meeting the City of Chicago’s infrastructure needs. Mr. McElroy prides himself and his company on building and maintaining stellar relationships with Level-1 customers and team members – relationships built on mutual respect, trust, open communication, and the successful meeting of shared goals. Mr. McElroy and his executive administrative, program

management, and technology officers remain involved in each and every Level-1 project. Maintaining a complete open-door policy, they are

available and accessible to clients and technical teams leads alike to provide executive guidance, decision-making, and escalation services as

needed.

Level-1 is a Technology Systems Integrator with a wealth of experience embedded in our core capabilities of providing technology systems integration and the design, implementation, and management of interoperable technology infrastructure, communications, security and audio-visual systems. We offer successful project experience within the federal, local and private industry sectors. Level-1 has received numerous accolades regarding our project performance via client reference letters.

Key Clients

Chicago Public Schools: Data Center Move and Relocations services for the Board of Education; Network and Security Camera Infrastructure support; Local Area Network System Improvement; Audio Visual Equipment and Installation services; Web Filtering services City Colleges of Chicago: Audio Visual Equipment and Installation services; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Services; City of Chicago: Department of Aviation & City of Chicago O’Hare Modernization project (OMP) United Airlines, Willis Tower: Operations Center Power Protection and AV Infrastructure project Cook County/Department of Homeland Security: Power Protection for County-Wide Security Camera Installation Cook County Juvenile Detention Center: Telecommunication Infrastructure support State of Illinois: Statewide Unified Communications Implementation.

Scott R. Maesel serves as Managing Director for SVN | Chicago Commercial in Chicago’s West Loop/Fulton Market. With over 20 years of industry experience, Maesel is a highly regarded Chicago CRE veteran and named one of Crain’s Most Influential Commercial Real Estate Brokers. Early in his career, he worked for Glascott & Associates and Garrett Realty Development prior to co-founding the highly successful commercial division of Sussex Reilly Real Estate. In 2008, he affiliated his own independent boutique company with SVN, an International Investment Real Estate Company.

SVN Chicago Commercial, which celebrates 12 years in operation, is consistently ranked as one of the top firms nationwide. Since its inception he and his partners have expanded the business to include over 50 advisors, servicing all commercial product types both locally and nationally.

Since 2015, Maesel and his partners have opened and / or created:

SVN Denver Commercial

SVN Cuba (an exploratory company)

SVN Chicago Property Management

SVN Industrial Division (Rosemont)

SVN Commercial Partners (Boca Raton)

Konnect - a real estate finance company

Maesel continues to be an active advisor and team leader of the SVN Urban Team formed in 2012 and consisting of 5 other specialized team members. He and his team have positioned themselves as the definitive West Loop/Fulton Market and near west side commercial property experts. With over 115 completed transactions of both sales and leasing no other firm has more market share than SVN in the area.

Maesel is the former President of the Advisory Council for the highly acclaimed Mary Bartelme Park in the West Loop and past President of the West Loop Community Organization. He is a West Loop/Fulton Market business & commercial property owner. He enjoys adventure travel, adventure races, running, mountain biking and spending time with his family and young twins.

Bill Williams is working to build a better and more equitable Chicago.

As founder, principal and managing member of KMW Communities LLC, Williams plays

an important role in Chicago's ongoing real estate renaissance. Williams is consider a

thought leader in the field of urban renewal and community wealth building strategies.

The Chicago native— grew up on the city’s West and South sides communities that he

now invests and serves. While working full time, with a young family, Williams earned a

B.S. from DePaul University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. He

leveraged his knowledge of the inner-city, experience as a Community Development

and CMBS banker at the former LaSalle Bank/ ABN AMRO to become a proven expert

in development, property management and general contracting services, but also

capital structure, acquisition, site selection, design and marketing strategies.

Through Williams’s efforts as a community developer, he built a strong relationship with

the Chicago’s Department of Planning and Housings that resulted in housing and

development committee advisory appointments, and public-private partnerships with the

City of Chicago and Chicago Housing Authority. Williams activities have produced 100’s

of units that consisted of affordable, market rate and mixed- income developments.

Williams particularly active in the rebuilding of the city’s Woodlawn, Garfield Park,

Humboldt Park, and Lawndale communities that have experienced decades of

disinvestment. He continues to live in the community that he grew up in, and committed

to strategies that concentration and targeted investment, which bridges gaps between

lower and higher income neighborhoods with housing and services to low-to- moderate

earners.

Furthermore, KMW has embarked on a $50 million private equity investment vehicle,

KREO I that would focus on transformation, catalytic projects in the aforementioned

communities.

A lifelong resident of Chicago, Williams has developed an intimate knowledge of the

neighborhood dynamics understanding the investment needs, both physical capital and

human capital. He is committee to transformation of communities and people, by

investing in both people and real estate.

As President of the Chicago Business Unit, David oversees all enterprise activity for development, design and construction related activities in the greater Chicago area and surrounding region while also supporting Clayco’s national platform. David is also a partner in CRG, Clayco’s real estate development and investment firm, and sits on its Investment Committee. David’s focus includes helping source opportunities, identifying potential projects and investors, supporting key elements of the development process, and forming and implementing growth strategies. David joined Clayco in September, 2019 after serving as Commissioner of Planning and Development for the City of Chicago and was previously a partner at DLA Piper where he practiced law for over 25 years.

After opening 20 restaurants over 20 years, James Beard award-winning restaurateur Rob Katz has become one of the nation’s foremost visionaries in the field of hospitality. Together with partner Kevin Boehm, Katz combined his deep love of food, design, and people to build a group that has produced some of Chicago’s most iconic restaurants.

Originally from Vancouver, B.C., Katz moved to Chicago in 1987 to work at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. When he started bartending on the weekends, Katz quickly developed a fascination with the business of creating an atmosphere and an experience that brings people together. He opened four highly successful bars and nightclubs in the 1990’s, including Katacomb, Elbo Room, and Waterloo, the latter two establishing him as one of the pioneers of Lincoln Park’s live music scene.

In 2002, Rob Katz partnered with Kevin Boehm, combining their experience, expertise, and vision to form Boka Restaurant Group. Together, they opened distinct restaurants across Chicago and the US, including Boka, GT Fish & Oyster, GT Prime Steakhouse, Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner, Duck Duck Goat, Swift & Sons, Swift & Sons Tavern, Momotaro, The Izakaya at Momotaro, Cabra, Cira, Lazy Bird, GG's Chicken Shop, Sugargoat, Alla Vita, Girl & the Goat Los Angeles, Cabra Los Angeles, and Laser Wolf Brooklyn. In 2022, they plan to open Cafe Basque, Le Select, and a project along Southport Avenue in Chicago. Plans for expansion continue, which include projects in Nashville, Miami, and Dallas.

Katz sits on the board of the Chicago Children’s Choir, travels when he can, and speaks on hospitality panels across the country. He lives with his wife, Kathleen, and their two children, Jamieson and Shelby, who are a constant source of entertainment and inspiration.

Katie Jahnke Dale concentrates her practice in the areas of land

use and zoning, public-private financing, public incentives,

community and economic development, as well as general real

estate.

Katie's practice involves representing developers, purchasers,

sellers and owners of institutional, residential and commercial

property in securing development and zoning approvals,

negotiating and implementing public-private development and

financing arrangements and incentives, performing general and

zoning due diligence, and negotiating and closing real estate

acquisitions and dispositions.

Katie has played a leading role in obtaining zoning and public

financing approvals in several of Chicago's largest developments

in recent years. In addition, she has led teams to secure zoning

and Class L approvals for many of the significant projects in

Chicago's Fulton Market District, one of the hottest neighborhoods for development in the United States.

Katie serves as the Chicago office hiring partner and as a member of DLA Piper's Chicago and North American Pro Bono Committee.

Keely Polczynski is a 20-year veteran of CBRE where she serves as

a senior partner in the CBRE Chicago Capital Markets Institutional

Properties team. Following four years of underwriting, due diligence

and deal analysis work in CBRE’s Institutional Group, Keely ventured

to sole practitioner with the inception of the urban Investment sales

practice at CBRE in 2006, growing it to be the dominant market-maker

in downtown Chicago by touting the sale of some of the most significant

and prominent properties amongst Chicago’s high streets, universally

recognized commercial corridors and emerging markets. In 2019, she

joined forces with industry veteran Blake Johnson to cover the sale of

institutional office towers in Chicago’s CBD.

As a member of CBRE’s Institutional Properties Group, Keely provides

a full scope of services required for complex property transactions in

her representation of private equity funds, life insurance companies,

pension funds, as well as public and private REITS. She consistently

delivers superior value to her clients by getting them premium pricing

and attractive terms, in turn establishing herself as a top producer in

the industry with sales surpassing $5 billion, as well as ranking among

the top 10% of all CBRE brokers nationally in 2016, 2017 and 2018, 2019

and 2021. In addition to being regularly quoted in industry publications

such as Crain’s, Midwest Real Estate News and Chicago Tribune, Keely

serves on the board of CBRE’s Capital Markets Group, CBRE’s America’s

Producer Advisory Board and is actively involved in the CBRE’s Women’s

Network.