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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Business Hall of Fame
Lois LeMenager Named to Business Hall of Fame
October 1, 1999 - Chicago, IL --
Lois M. LeMenager, Chairman and CEO of Marketing Innovators, will be inducted into the Chicago Business Hall of Fame at an awards ceremony presented by Junior Achievement of Chicago, on October 14, 1999. The event, honoring five new laureates, will be held in the Business Hall of Fame wing at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. In addition to LeMenager, newly inducted laureates include Richard W. Sears, founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Jerry D. Choate, Chairman and CEO of The Allstate Corporation; Jack Miller, President and CEO of Quill Corporation; and Michael R. Quinlan, former Chairman and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation.
The Chicago Business Hall of Fame was established in 1983 by the board of directors of Junior Achievement to honor the champions of free enterprise and to present role models in business to youth. Laureates are nominated by a committee of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. The Hall of Fame has a permanent exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. LeMenager has led her Rosemont-based company through remarkable growth in its 22-year history, with sales for 1999 expected to exceed $80 million. Through innovation and enhanced technology, MI has become one of the leading incentive and performance improvement companies in the country, and has been honored as one of the largest woman-owned businesses in the United States. Among her many achievements, LeMenager pioneered the concept of awarding incentive program participants with retail gift certificates, which are now the most popular non-cash award used by companies in the U.S. Her team at MI has received numerous honors, including several industry-sponsored awards for superior service and creative design, and outstanding supplier awards from clients. Recipient of a number of distinguished awards, LeMenager was recently honored with the 1999 Entrepreneurial Success Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration, and was named Supplier of the Year for the Stores Division of JCPenney. Working Woman magazine recognized her company as one of the largest woman-owned businesses in America, and Crain’s Chicago Business has repeatedly ranked Marketing Innovators as one of the ten largest woman-owned firms in Chicago. As a prominent Chicago entrepreneur, she has been inducted into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, The Institute of American Entrepreneurs, the Entrepreneur of the Year Institute, was named Entrepreneur of the Year by VENTURE magazine and Arthur Young, and in 1998 was honored with the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Influential Women in Business Award. LeMenager has been an avid supporter of numerous community-oriented projects and organizations. She continues to support organizations which encourage and mentor youth in business, such as Junior Achievement and Students in Free Enterprise. She is currently on the board of directors of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and the Advisory Council of the Women’s Business Development Center. She is also an active member of many organizations, including the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives and the National Association of Women Business Owners.
For More Information Contact:
Lois M. LeMenager
9701 West Higgins Road, Rosemont IL 60018
Tel: 847-696-1111
FAX: 847-696-3194
Internet: llemenag@marketinginnovators.com
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