Hospitality & Retail Council

Back row, left to right: Frank Cosenza, Buca di Beppo; Karen Longobardi, Doubletree Hotel; Steve Heitman, McCormick & Schmick’s; Co-Chair Matt Mulvihill, Reel Club; Amy Barrile, Antico Posto; Shannon Ryan, Wildfire; Fred Lagon, Tuscany; John O’Shea, Costco; Jessica Rice, Ditka’s; Cindy Zimmerman, Grotto Italian Steakhouse; Mark Pawlicki, Creative Force International; Deshaia Moss, Burberry; Geoff DeLucca, Food for Thought; Shica Povick, Lucky Strike; Anna Kamilas, Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse; Cathy Boyke, The Clubhouse; Erin Seal, Lucky Strike; George Lamberis, Anyway’s Restaurant & Pub; Suzanne Beres, Oakbrook Center

Front row, left to right: Kathy Dwyer, Marriott Oak Brook Hotel; Jill LeMasurier, Wildfire; Marissa D’Alba, Wildfire; Heather Rex, Parkers’ Restaurant & Bar; Annette Broas, Redstone Grill; Sue Spearling, Doubletree Hotel; Nora Kurdi, Reza’s Restaurant; Edita Ferhatbegovic, Burberry; Bob Doering, Doubletree Hotel; Jessica O’Connor, Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse

Not pictured: Co-Chair Cathy Bushman, Tiffany & Company; Co-Chair Krystal Glispie; Brook Bauer, Pottery Barn; Miriam Blumenthal, Oakbrook Center; Marianna Flood, Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse; Salvatore Giovane, Tuscany; Lily Kay, Maggiano’s Little Italy; AJ Kowski, Residence Inn; Don Lullo, Grotto Italian Steakhouse; Sherry Mangan, Lettuce Entertain You; Dar McIntyre, Maggiano’s Little Italy; Dennis Michalik, Brooks Brothers; Marianne Morgano , Brooks Brothers; Lynda Oertel, Capital Grille; Jason Parent, Mon Ami Gabi; Valerie Principe-Klupp, Maggiano’s Little Italy; Lisa Seigneur, Microsoft; Kim Simpson-Robinson, Mon Ami Gabi.


The Hospitality & Retail Council is comprised of Chamber members who are the owners, managers and sales directors of restaurants, hotels and retail stores in Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace and just east and west of these communities along the East-West corridor in Lombard, Downers Grove and Westchester. The purpose of the Hospitality & Retail Council is to 1) provide a forum for restaurants, hotels and retail stores to raise and address issues affecting them and 2) to develop and support innovative programs to increase business at Greater Oak Brook restaurants, hotels and retail stores. The Council's general and senior managers meet quarterly and subcommittees meet as needed.