The Princeton Club of Chicago
cordially invites you to celebrate the Club's 150th year at the
2026 Annual Dinner -
"150 Stripes"
Monday, April 27, 2026
Once again, we will be at the West Loop's historic City Hall venue with dinner and mingling beforehand at Recess.
Our Annual Dinner will feature a special conversation between two distinguished alumni at the helm of vital American institutions: Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi '00 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Edward Felsenthal '88, Executive Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer of TIME. They wil be discussing topics in the theme of
The Law and The Press: A View from the Front Lines
This is sure to be a fascinating and unique perspective from two leaders in their respective fields!
We will also be honoring two incredible alums with service awards: Rick Woldenberg '81 P15 will be receiving the Arnold M. Berlin '46 Distinguished Service to Princeton Award and Seth Green '01 S02 will receive the John Fish '55 Distinguished Service to the Community Award. Congratulations to both!
As we have in the past, we are offering Honor Code Assistance tickets. If, but for the lack of funds, you would have otherwise joined us, we are offering discounted tickets for those who truly need them.
More details will be forthcoming in the coming weeks.
Event Details
Date: Monday, April 27, 2026
Time: 5:30 - 9 pm
Location: Recess/City Hall
838 W Kinzie
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Where:
Recess/City Hall
838 W Kinzie
Chicago, IL
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Look Who's Coming:
Ronnie Raviv
Lana Zakharova
Cynthia Edwalds
Yung Lim
Peggy Lim
Ellenna Berger
Jon Berger
Kirsten Hull
Carol Obertubbesing
'73
'73
Gabriel Arcaro
John Garcia
Kenneth Oku
Seth Green
Caitlin Fitz
Klaudia Z
Adrian De Smul
James Chancellor
Benjamin Bornstein
Prospero Capital Management, LLC
Prospero Capital Management, LLC
Vanessa Mendoza Hernandez
Debbie Chizewer '88 P22
Catherine Sharp
Rebecca Deaton
Beth Berg
Renee Perez
Alfredo Ramos
Marcia Opp
Jon Ekdahl
Rebecca Zhu
Shannon Donnelly
Corey Hecht
Barry Saiff
Peter Baugher
David Weinberger
Kimberly Bragg
Jacinta Warnie
Doris McTyre
Dan McTyre
Dani Houchin
Fatima Diallo
Christopher Olofson
Evan Saitta
Field Museum of Natural History
Field Museum of Natural History
John Balfe *90
Nancy Herring
Gregory Lee
Justine Vargas
Evelyn McGonigle
Arthur Margulis
Elaine Margulis
Benjamin Domb
Peter Chalfin
Marquis Parker
Traci Burch
Nathan Williams
John Freeman
Maria Freeman
Michael Showak
Jason Wortendyke
Ariel Knowles
Dana Miller
Daniel Kolodzik
Haley White
Lisa Esayian
Greg Burns
Danielle Hamilton
Brett Mueller
Sneha Srinivasan
Al Chan
Phyllis Ellin
Marko Medvedev
Udai Gupta
Emelda Medrano
Stefan Keselj
Charlene Huang Olson '88
Chris Olson
Hatch Cove Capital
Hatch Cove Capital
Andrew Avsec
Stacy McAuliffe
Bob Lewis
Karen Lewis
Benjamin Rosner
Marvin Pollack
Howard Stolar
Christine ONeill
Matt Mysa
Bruce Rosenberg
Oyshee Lahiry
Carole Robertson Center for Learning
Carole Robertson Center for Learning
Jessica Gonzalez
Don Storm
Howard Piggeeee
Guest of Howard Piggee
Chelsea (Ruyi) Ding
Wenli Zhao
Blake Sercye
Sperling Kenny Nachwalter LLC
Sperling Kenny Nachwalter LLC
Alen Palic
Jacqueline Cohen
Guest of Jacqueline Cohen
Andrew Wilson
Amanda Newmark
Stephen Ban
Wendy Otis Ban
Geraldine Newmark
Evan Chandran
Richard Woldenberg '81 P15
Nadine Woldenberg
Stephen Woldenberg
Z
Z
Ben Woldenberg
Elana Ruffman
Nathan Beck
Stephen Reed
Heather Harper
Geoffroy de Carbonnel
Guest of Geoffroy de Carbonnel
Daniel Zeft
Suzan van der Lee
Vishy Visweswaran
Brian Mmari
Brigitte Anderson
Jim Tuchler
Michael Reidy
Jean Reidy
Hilary (Hugin) Karkhanis
Nicholas Reichert
Bertha Wang
Remy Burton
Taylor Kass
Pam James
Samone Blair
Raymond Hsu
Reginald Ponder
Donna Ponder
Lynnley Browning
John Comfort
Joe Morrissey
Mark Montgomery
Douglas Schmidt
Melissa Smith
Lisa Mullaney
Lundy Fitz-Green
Rochelle Green
Michael Laidlaw
Tammy Ball
David Boles
Benjamin Spacapan
Marc Silverstein
Victoria Adams
William Gordon
Guest of William Gordon Gordon
Iris Cheng
Xiaohong Mo
Wei Cheng
Ava Carlson
Ayla Carlson
Steven Carlson
Sally Metzler-Dunea
Guest of Sally Metzler-Dunea
Mandy Terc
Dante Sudilovsky
Alexa Gola
Maria Gola
Emma Masterson
William Shull
Karen Shull
Leila Winston
Kirsten Winston
Gerald Winston
Robert Khoury
Eloise Khoury
Inci Karaaslan
Chloe Nam
Sunghyun Park
Wookjun Nam
Janice Block Chaddock '84 P22
Guest of Janice Block Chaddock
Lisa Barron
Jeff Cornett
Sun-You Park
Arthur Green
Tim Dondanville
Vincent Anderson
Guest of Vincent Anderson
Michael Reiff
Chris Reiff
Suzanne Rieger
Sheila Arora
Edie Canter
Leslie McGranahan
Colin Cordes
Stephen Avsec
Madeleine Walsh
Niko Menegas
Georgios Nikolakoudis
Kate Gjaja
Mary Murley
Guest of Mary Murley
Ahmed Farah
Guest of Ahmed Farah
Sreekar Gangavarapu
Sudha Gangavarapu
Sreenivasulu Gangavarapu
Vivian Wang
Edward Felsenthal
Lisa Cakmak
Amy Treciokas
Yoga Now Inc.
Yoga Now Inc.
Michael Benson
Winnetka Platform Tennis
Winnetka Platform Tennis
Chloe Nam
Julia Kwiek
Anna Kwiek
Paul Kwiek
Edwin Carbajal
Rose Nguyen
Jamie Faris
Sarah Fraumann Faris
Pablo Soto
Jim Sowerby
Deirdre Connell
William Loesch
Goldberg Kohn Ltd.
Goldberg Kohn Ltd.
Nicholas Skezas
Becky Betts
Toula (Souleles) Lechman
Lindsay Bartolone
Michelle Woo
Andre Mendoza
Emma Reynolds
Kelly Rouser
Kristen Smith
Guest of Kristen Smith
Alison Chung
Christopher Chung
Mia Seo
Cheryl Stevens
... a total of 243 guests.
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Edward Felsenthal '88
Edward Felsenthal has been a leading voice in American journalism for decades. As Executive Chairman and former CEO of TIME, he guided one of the country’s most influential news organizations through a period of profound transformation, safeguarding its editorial mission while steering it into a new era. Prior to joining Time, he helped launch The Daily Beast. Today he is Special Advisor to the CEO of Salesforce. A highly committed alum, he serves on Princeton's Board of Trustees.
Candace Jackson-Akiwumi '00
Judge Jackson-Akiwumi is a trailblazing jurist whose career reflects a deep commitment to public service and the rule of law. She brings to the federal bench a wealth of experience from her work as a federal public defender and in private practice. She has also contributed significantly to the Princeton community, coordinating admissions interviews and engagement as Chair of the Chicago Alumni Schools Committee, serving a decade on the Board of the Princeton Club of Chicago, and serving on the Alumni Council's Nominations Committee and Committee on Regional Associations.
Arnold M. Berlin ’46 Distinguished Service to Princeton Award Recipient
Rick Woldenberg ‘81 P15
Rick is CEO of Learning Resources, Inc. and hand2mind, Inc.,educational materials and educational toy companies based in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The companies sell more than 2,500 hands-on learning products in more than 100 countries.
In April 2025, Rick’s companies filed suit in Federal District Court to contest IEEPA tariffs, reaching the Supreme Court on November 5, 2025. The Supreme Court’s Feb. 20th decision in Learning Resources, inc. et.al. v. Trump invalidated IEEPA tariffs consistent with the companies’ legal arguments and has been called the most important case of the Century in the New York Times.
A lifetime Chicago resident, Rick is a member of the Class of 1981 and received a BSE in Chemical Engineering. He is also a 1986 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. Rick has served his Princeton class on committees for several reunions, acted as Chair of the Chicagoland North ASC District for many years and served on the CTNAT for three years, one as Chairman.
John Fish '55 Distinguished Service to the Community Award Recipient
Seth Green '01 S02
Seth serves as Dean of the University of Chicago Graham School, which welcomes learners of all ages who seek to deepen their understanding of the world and lead examined lives. During Green’s tenure, the school has grown significantly, expanding its longstanding role in liberal education for adults and launching new initiatives to support individuals in designing purposeful encore chapters.
Before UChicago, Green served as Founding Director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility at Loyola University Chicago. During his tenure, the Center launched a top-ranked specialty MBA program, a globally significant award for social innovation in business, and an array of programs that helped executives and students integrate profit and purpose.
Prior to Loyola, Green led Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.), a nonprofit organization that prepares low-income youth for post-secondary and life success. At Y.O.U., Green oversaw the fourfold expansion of programs and a $16.4 million fundraising campaign that included a state-of-the-art youth center.
Green holds a J.D. from Yale University, master’s degrees from Oxford University and the London School of Economics (on a Marshall Scholarship), and a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University.
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