Category: Winter 2021

  • From the Editors

    From the Editors

    A retro-active welcome to 2021! Please forgive us for this belated issue, 2021 started with a bang. To mark the speedy passage of time, we offer what we can in this issue. Included are the President’s Message from Lindsay Carpino and the Executive Board Meeting minutes for November, December, and January. If you attended or…

  • President’s Message

    President’s Message

    I hope everyone did their best to stay warm over the extra cold winter! As I write this message, the snow continues to fall. It has been a year since our last in-person business meeting in February, but CALL continues to keep our members engaged. We hosted a successful virtual business meeting on February 18,…

  • CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – November 2020

    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 8:30 a.m.  — Conference Call Board Members Present: Lindsey Carpino, Jamie Sommer, Tom Keefe, Megan Butman, Mandy Lee, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: Jessie LeMar Significant Actions: None Guests: Matt Timko (Bulletin Committee), Sarah Andeen (Mentorship Committee), Julie Pabarja (Placement & Recruitment Committee) Treasurer’s Report (Section IV) Harris Balance as…

  • CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – December 2020

    Tuesday, December 8, 2020 8:30 a.m. — Conference Call Board Members Present: Lindsey Carpino, Jamie Sommer, Tom Keefe, Megan Butman, Mandy Lee, Jessie LeMar, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: None Guests: Lyonette Louis-Jacques (Public Relations Committee), Joe Mitzenmacher (Nominations & Elections Committee), Sarah Reis (Government Relations Committee) Treasurer’s Report (Section IV)…

  • CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – January 2021

    Tuesday, January 12, 2021 8:30 a.m. — Conference Call Board Members Present: Lindsey Carpino, Jamie Sommer, Tom Keefe, Megan Butman, Mandy Lee, Jessie LeMar, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: None Guests: Jean Wenger (Corporate Memory), Annie Mentkowski (Bylaws) Treasurer’s Report (Section IV): Harris Balance as of January 11, 2021: $17,682.10 Membership…

  • February Business Meeting

    February Business Meeting

    Our February business meeting convened on February 18 over Zoom and had 53 CALL members in attendance. President Lindsey Carpino opened the meeting by reminding attendees that the CALL election is going on until March 15 and that this month the community service has arranged for CALL to support the DuSable Museum of African American…

  • Congratulations to the Incoming Board Members

    Congratulations to the Incoming Board Members

    Please congratulate me in welcoming our newly elected CALL Board: Vice President/President-Elect Scott Vanderlin Secretary Sarah Andeen Director Carrie Port We will congratulate you officially at our May Business Meeting. I would like to thank the Nominations & Elections Committee for putting together a wonderful slate: Joe Mitzenmacher (Chair), Julie Melvin, Eugene Giudice and Todd…

  • Trivia Night Review

    Trivia Night Review

    The meetings committee hosted a holiday online trivia night on December 17, 2020. Ten excited and hopeful teams participated. Tanya Carlson, Konya Moss, Jessie LeMar, and Sandy Qiu of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom were the winning team with an assist from their families. Jillian Baker hosted the trivia night and wowed us with…

  • CALL Media Club: The Little Paris Bookshop

    CALL Media Club: The Little Paris Bookshop

    2020 was an interesting year for the CALL Meetings Committee.  We were forced to revise the traditional “Business lunch” meetings, to at-home Zoom calls, and everyone struggled to stay healthy and sane while living out the year stuck in the “comfort” of our homes. After some successful Zoom Happy Hours and a really fun virtual…