Thursday, May 22, 2025

Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan

Thanks for Making The Working Lunch 2025 Great!

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Networking Reception: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Program and Lunch: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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Thank you for joining us on Thursday, May 22nd at the Hilton Chicago for an afternoon of networking, honoring, and celebrating leaders who have dedicated their lives to Centering Women’s Voices.

We are meeting this moment with the resolve, tenacity, and strategy needed to both push back and to push us forward. At this year’s luncheon, we came together to advocate for strategic solutions to fight rollbacks, advance progress, and support working women.

MEET OUR 2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

In her current role at Cleveland Avenue Ms. Zopp leads the organization’s work investing in and supporting minority and women entrepreneurs and their companies. Additionally, Ms. Zopp is the host of CAN TV’s weekly broadcast, Chicago Newsroom 2.0, and currently serves in a part-time capacity as Senior Advisor Legal and Business Affairs with the Chicago Bears Football Club. Previously she served as President and CEO of World Business Chicago, where she led the organization’s mission of inclusive economic growth, supporting businesses, and promoting Chicago as a leading global city. Prior to joining WBC, she served as Deputy Mayor, Chief Neighborhood Development Officer for the City of Chicago.

Ms. Zopp has substantial for profit, non-profit and public board experience and currently chairs the board of trustees of Chicago State University.

She received her BA in History and Science from Harvard University and her JD from Harvard Law School.

MEET OUR 2025 HONOREES

At The Working Lunch, we honored people and organizations who have used their power to open doors, crash ceilings, and create fundamental and systemic change. Learn more about our Emerging Power Builder and Champion honorees!

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Centering Women's Voices

Our soul is rooted in community and activism. Since 1973, Women Employed WE) has been Centering Women’s Voices, lifting up the lived experiences of women, and fighting for them to have better futures. And WE will not back down.