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The WITS Blackboard Affair is the key driver of funds and partnerships that provides the necessary resources to empower elementary students to discover themselves through reading while developing foundational literacy skills.


The Mirror Ball is an event like no other that makes dancing the night away not only look good but do good. Each year 500 members of the WITS community raise nearly $600,000 to fund literacy enrichment programing in Chicago Public Schools (CPS).


We can’t wait for you to join us by attending, sponsoring, or donating to The Blackboard Affair.

Tickets & Tables

Honoring 2023 Alter & Stone Awardee

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Sponsorship

WITS is the largest provider of literacy programming in CPS because of our consistent, strong public-private partnerships. Over 30 Chicago corporations see WITS as a sound business decision with a powerful impact. The Blackboard Affair is the ideal setting to showcase your community support, entertain clients, and network with other prominent companies.

Sponsors

*as of September 2023

Superintendent

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Principal

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Classroom

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Mentor

GTCR

Friend

Chicago Athletic Association hotel

Craig Close & Terra Ellingson

Carolyn & Steve Goldhaber

Google

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Diane Graham Henry & Thomas Hall

Kehoe Designs & BlackOak Technical Productions

KPMG LLP

H. Debra Levin

John Buck Company

Lyon Family Foundation

Options Clearing Corporation

Crystal & Franklin Reynolds

Singerman Real Estate

Emily & Ryan Stoner

United Airlines

Jennifer Alter Warden & Rob Warden

Kevin Yao & Eileen Flaherty

In-Kind

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Event Details

Date: Saturday November 11 2023

Time: 5:30 – 11:30pm 

Location: The Geraghty, 2520 S Hoyne Ave, Chicago

2023 Blackboard Affair Committee 

Craig Close

Senior Vice President Portfolio Services, PPM America, Inc.

Carolyn Goldhaber

President, Segall Bryant & Hamill

Eveart Foster

Integrations, Subject Matter Expert, Autodesk

Diane Graham-Henry

Owner, Diane Graham-Henry Photography 

Crystal Reynolds

Director of Marketing, The Family Institute at Northwestern University

Walt Hughes

Chief Executive Officer, Quant16

Jennifer Alter Warden

(Committee Advisor)

Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President
Baird & Warner Real Estate