What an electrifying night we had at the WITS Blackboard Affair: Mirror Ball! Thanks to your generosity, we raised necessary funds to support our mission to empower Chicago elementary students to discover themselves through reading. There is still time to support Chicago public school students and teachers. Your donation supports our vision to create opportunities for every student in Chicago to be literate.

Make a Donation. Support our Mission.

Stay in touch

We want to connect with you next week and start building our partnership. Please email WITS Chief Development Officer, Ashley Bloom or WITS Director of Development, Marc Escobedo for more information on supporting our mission. Now is the best time to engage as we think about the next school year, and we cannot wait to have you be part of our school communities.
Download the Mirror Ball Program Book.

2023 Alter & Stone Awardee

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Sponsorship

WITS is the largest provider of literacy programming in CPS because of our consistent, strong partnerships. Thank you to our 2023 event sponsors. 

Sponsors

*as of November 1

Superintendent

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Principal

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Classroom

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Mentor

GTCR

K&L Gates

Marquette Associates

Friend

Chicago Athletic Association hotel

Craig Close & Terra Ellingson

Carolyn & Steve Goldhaber

Google

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Diane Graham Henry & Thomas Hall

John Buck Company

Kehoe Designs & BlackOak Technical Productions

KPMG LLP

H. Debra Levin

Lyon Family Foundation

Options Clearing Corporation

Crystal & Franklin Reynolds

Sidley Austin LLP

Singerman Real Estate

Skybox Performance Marketing

Emily & Ryan Stoner

United Airlines

Jennifer Alter Warden & Rob Warden

In-Kind

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Crum Productions

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Event Details

Date: Saturday November 11 2023

Time: 5:30 – 11:30pm 

Location: The Geraghty, 2520 S Hoyne Ave, Chicago

Attire: Disco-inspired Black Tie 

2023 Blackboard Affair Committee 

Craig Close

Senior Vice President Portfolio Services, PPM America, Inc.

Carolyn Goldhaber

President, CI SBH Asset Management

Eveart Foster

Integrations, Subject Matter Expert, Autodesk

Diane Graham-Henry

Owner, DGH Photography 

Crystal Reynolds

Director of Marketing, The Family Institute at Northwestern University

Walt Hughes

Chief Executive Officer, Quant16

Jennifer Alter Warden

(Committee Advisor)

Senior Advisor, Baird & Warner Real Estate