Attorney
Brian R. Fons
Corporate Creations Chicago, LLC
1443 W. Belmont Avenue #C
Chicago, IL 60657-5200
p: 773.935.3920
f: 773.935.4020
e: brian.fons@corpcreations.com
Brian R. Fons is an attorney and President of Corporate Creations Chicago LLC, an incorporation and trademark services company. Corporate Creations delivers leading corporate and trademark services nationwide and offshore. Whether it is forming an Illinois corporation or registering an LLC in a foreign jurisdiction, Corporate Creations can file any type of filing in any state and provide nationwide registered agent services for large and small companies. Their client base includes hundreds of attorneys, small businesses, larger companies, and accounting firms.
Attorney
Christopher W. Matern
Christopher W. Matern Attorney at Law
205 W. Wacker Drive, Ste. 1600
Chicago, IL 60606-1441
p: 312.236.3510
f: 312.236.3820
e: cmatern@maternlaw.com
Chris Matern has been practicing law since 1988. His practice includes the areas of corporate, environmental, estate planning, real estate and emerging technology with a particular focus on startup business. Chris's clients include manufacturing and service companies, ranging in size from startups to multi-million dollar companies, many of which are in the chemical and food industries.
Banker-Business and Personal
Mark W. Rogers
National City Bank
1640 W. Fullerton
Chicago, IL 60614
p: 773.327.2555
f: 773.327.2888
e: mark.rogers@nationalcity.com
Mark brings over twenty years experience in banking to his position as vice president/branch manager. He works with individuals, families and business owners, helping them build their net worth, as well as meeting short and long term goals. He has worked with over 700 businesses, in all phases from startup to mature, providing solid recommendations and personalized solutions. This is accomplished through a combination of cash management products and services to manage daily and long term cash flow, coupled with lending solutions to finance business growth and/or an acquisition.
Business Performance Coach
Gail Robins Zelitzky
Silver-Robins Consulting
3150 N. Lake Shore Drive, Ste. 25F
Chicago, IL 60657
p: 773.665.2340
f: 773.665.2340
e: gail@silver-robins.com
Gail is founder and principal of Silver-Robins Consulting LLC. As a veteran business owner and Business Performance Coach she knows that small businesses and professional service providers face unique challenges in growing their business. Silver-Robins provides individual and group coaching services and specializes in operations, sales and marketing strategies and staffing issues. She will help you focus on the areas that affect the performance of your business; work with you to create a plan to take your business forward so that you can define and execute the strategies that turn ideas into reality. As one client says: “Gail and I worked together to set specific goals and a clear plan of action. Not only did we meet those goals, we exceeded them.” (Pon Angara, Barkada Creative) In addition to private consulting, Gail is an active member of the Chicagoland business community, hosts Business Performance Roundtables, is sought after to deliver seminars and talks, facilitates Entrepreneurs! [Don’t YOU] Love Sales and Marketing workshops and is the Lincoln Park Chamber’s 2008 Chair. In 2005, Gail was NAWBO’s (National Association of Women Business Owners) Member of the Year.
Human Resource Consultant
Kate Leth
Inspired Consulting Chicago
6202 N. Rockwell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60659
p: 773.603.1852
e: kleth@inspiredconsulting-chicago.com
Creating quality Human Resource Solutions to fit your Business. Inspired Consulting Chicago is a human resource consulting firm dedicated to bringing human resource management techniques to fit your unique business culture. We are committed to providing leading edge human resource structure and support.
Investment Advisor
Margaret J. Brennan
David A. Noyes & Company
209 S. LaSalle St., 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604
p: 312-606-4689
f: 312-606-8369
e: mbrennan@danoyes.com
Margaret is an investment advisor with over 25 years in the financial services industry. She specializes in helping both individuals and businesses plan for retirement through qualified plans such as Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), Simplified Employee Pension Plans (SEP), Profit Sharing and 401(k) plans. Since 1908, David A. Noyes & Company has provided personal, customized investment counsel to individuals, families and businesses, many of them for generations. It is a full-service investment firm with a century of financial expertise, focused on helping to manage and build your wealth… now, and for generations to come.
Insurance Agent - Personal and Business
Andrew Herrera
American Family Insurance
2034 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL. 60614
p: 773.477.7800
f: 773.477.7805
e: aherrera@amfam.com
Andrew Herrera is an agent with American Family Insurance. He specializes in writing all lines of personal insurance including auto, home, renters, condo, umbrella, life and health. Andrew is licensed to sell all lines of insurance in Illinois and Indiana. With an office located right in Lincoln Park, he knows the Chicago market very well. He also focuses on helping small business owners with all of their business insurance needs as well as their personal insurance for both them and their employees. With discounts available in excess of 50%, consolidating and packaging insurance together is what we do best. For a free, no-pressure quote on all of your insurance needs, call today!
Marketing Communications, Graphic Design
Rose Mulroney
Black Jade Creative
656 W. Buckingham, Suite 3W
Chicago, IL 60657
p: 773.485.5815
e: rose@blackjadecreative .com
Rose's talent and skills involve a combination and draw of both the creative and strategic process, for traditional (print) and new (web) media. Our work includes such results as: doubled enrollment, increased subscriptions, generated web traffic, heightened sales, boosted attendance; and includes awards like Best Circulation Promotion Campaign. We thrive on working with artistic, entrepreneurial, and wellness partners; helping them to achieve, and even exceed, their business growth goals that are tied directly to their vision.
Naprapath - Pain Management, Nutritional Counseling and Massage
Dr. Lisa Gold, D.N.
Gold Naprapathic & Wellness Center, P.C.
1750 N. Kingsbury St.
Chicago, IL 60614
p: 773.388.3977
f: 312.640.1115
e: drgold@sbcglobal.net
Dr. Lisa Gold, D.N. has been practicing wholistic healthcare in Lincoln Park since 1999. Dr. Gold is dedicated to aiding her patients in restoring their health and wellness through a gentle hands-on manipulation technique, nutritional counseling, including Functional Blood Chemistry, and the utilization of modern technology (ultrasound, laser, and electrical muscle stimulation machines). As a Doctor of Naprapathic Medicine, she is a connective tissue specialist who helps patients with a wide variety of complaints. Back and neck pain, postural disorders, acute injuries, headaches and joint pain are just to name a few. In practicing Functional Blood Chemistry, Dr. Gold helps patients get to the root cause of their problems through detailed symptom surveys, along with diagnostic blood or other lab tests. Supplemental protocols, lifestyle changes, and exercise are a few things to be recommended. Remember, it’s better to stay well than to get well!
Payroll
Jason Noble
American Automated Payroll
2035 W. Farragut Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
p: 312.339.8842
f: 877.871.8511
e: jason.noble@aappayroll.com
As a leading payroll provider, we offer comprehensive solutions designed to fit your business. Our knowledgeable and experienced staff offers confidential and reliable assistance for every aspect of payroll. Count on us to deliver accurate and timely payrolls while accommodating your unique needs. From meeting your basic payroll requirements to customizing management reports, offering software solutions and/or tax pay and file services, we can do it all or whatever portion you choose to delegate.
Printing
David L. Ransom, Jr.
D & R Press
329 W. 18th Street
Chicago, IL 60616
p: 312.421.3900
f: 312.421.3964
e: dave@dandrpress.com
D & R Press is a full-service commercial printing company which has been serving the Chicagoland area since 1972. In-house capabilities include design, typesetting, printing, bindery, die cutting and fulfillment. In addition to providing printing services for the retail market, D & R also prints for other print shops in the Chicago area. President and founder, David Ransom, takes great pride in providing his customers with prompt quality service and competitive pricing.
Real Estate Broker
Kim Farrell
Realty World All Pro, Inc.
7134 W. Grand Ave.
Chicago, Il. 60707
p: 773-385-9033
f: 773-385-9034
e: kim@cdlrealty.com
Kim is a vibrant and dedicated full-service agent committed to assisting her clients through the frustrating process of both purchasing the ideal home and selling their current home. Additionally, she works in the commercial real estate sector related to buying, selling and/or leasing commercial properties. Kim works with all of her clients from the beginning to the end of the transaction process. Her affiliation with the National Association of Realtors® and the Illinois Association of Realtors® networks allow for her to have access to a multitude of resources such as: brand new listings to the market, large inventories of property listings to choose from and networks of money lenders, appraisers, and inspectors.
Web Design and Multimedia Developer
Scott Wheeler
Wheeler Multimedia Consulting, Inc.
2724 W. Montrose Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
p: 773-866-2438
f: 773-866-2688
e: scott@wheelermultimedia.com
Wheeler Multimedia develops web sites, interactive multimedia CD-ROMs and video DVDs that enhance marketing, educational and other programs. Your graphics, text, video and audio come together to create a stimulating interactive communication that engages the users. This multi-sensory experience gives your audience the opportunity to choose what they want to do and when they want to do it--which dramatically increases attention and interest. To find out how multimedia communication can make your messages more powerful, call today.
