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The flower arrangements by Revel added even more color to the evening. Photo by Robin Carlson. Maggie Speaks played while guests danced the night away. Guests dined and danced in a tented pavilion on the Esplanade, designed by Revel and Frost.

Inside the tent the lights by Frost changed colors throughout the evening. More than one million visitors come to the Garden each year, and many more benefit from our horticulture, conservation science, and education programs locally, nationally, and internationally. Fundraisers like the Summer Dinner Dance make this possible. Diana Rauner and Gov. Bruce Rauner. A toast in the tent. Bob and Laurie Hamman. At LEAP, Connie continues to build trusting relationships with working teams, using her experience with personalized learning to strengthen the outcomes for students, teachers, and administrators.

Courtney's professional experience spans the Shedd Aquarium, Guaranteed Rate, and Chicago's theater community.

At LEAP, she curates a fantastic culture by supporting internal administrative functioning and events. As a former teacher and instructional coach, Annie has benefited from LEAP at the school level, witnessing its positive impact first hand. At LEAP, she now supports the professional learning design and facilitation. Monica brings 20 years of experience driving collaborative improvement, facilitating professional development and impacting educational reform by serving as a K educator, Learning Specialist, Framework for Teaching Specialist, Instructional Change Agent, Teacher Mentor, Case Manager and Program Coordinator.

At LEAP, Monica supports the mission of developing a reimagined learning experience for students, educators and administrators as a Personalized Learning Coach. Jordan has a rich background serving as an organizer of political campaigns. At LEAP, he works on research and data collection efforts to help schools and partners identify how best to support students and teachers in the transformation to personalized learning. Jilliam has dedicated her career as an educational researcher to measuring effective teaching practices.

Quincy brings a broad range of experience as a teacher in elementary, middle, and high school; a school leader at the high school level; a designer and facilitator of professional development; and a creator of school redesign programs, tools, and experiences. At LEAP, Quincy uses his passion and deep experience with personalized learning to advance the outcomes for students, teachers, and administrators. Silvia has over 20 years of experience in senior executive administrative and office management roles, and is responsible for the day-to-day operations at LEAP.

As a founding member of LEAP, she is dedicated to creating opportunity for every student. Jannette is a former educator committed to improving the educational experiences for all learners by creating a partnership with parents, students, teachers and community members.