Funding Science. Fueling What’s Next.
Thursday, October 22 at 6 p.m.
Theater on the Lake
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Purchase raffle tickets for your chance to win, or preview the extraordinary experiences up for bid at the 2026 Fall Benefit.
Honoring
Rita Nanda, MD
UChicago Medicine
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Breast Oncology Program
Principal Investigator, Chicago Breast Cancer Research Consortium,
convened by Lynn Sage
Board Chair
Dr. Seema Venkatachalam Malkani
Benefit Co-Chairs
Shimul Lahoti
John DeCaro
Executive Director
Kirstin Chernawsky
Sponsorship Opportunities
- 30 tickets
- VIP parking for 4 vehicles
- VIP express check-in at the event
- Reserved dinner table seating for 10
- Event concierge
- Custom branding at the event
- Verbal recognition at the event
- Exclusive spotlight in Lynn Sage newsletter
- 2 dedicated social media features or 1 social media video
- Private research lab tour & lunch with Lynn Sage researcher
- All benefits listed in tiers below
- 20 tickets
- VIP parking for 2 vehicles
- VIP express check-in at the event
- Reserved cocktail table seating for 5
- Individual slide on event video loop
- Prominent highlight in Lynn Sage newsletter
- 1 dedicated social media post
- Behind-the-scenes research lab tour
- All benefits listed in tiers below
- 16 tickets
- VIP parking for 1 vehicle
- VIP express check-in at the event
- Reserved cocktail highboy
- Prominent feature on event video loop
- Inclusion in Lynn Sage newletter
- 1 dedicated social media post
- All benefits listed in the tiers below
- 10 tickets
- Mention on event video loop
- Inclusion in 1 social media post
- All benefits listed in tiers below
- 6 tickets
- Recognition on all event collateral
- Name recognition on Lynn Sage website
- All benefits listed in tiers below
Hope | - 4 tickets
- Recognition on digital invitations and select event promotions
- All benefits listed in tier below
Advocate | - 2 tickets
- Recognition in post-event thank you newsletter
Our Sponsors
as of 10.12
Legacy | $100,000
- Elementum Advisors
- Jill Alberts Mills
Visionary | $50,000
- BHD Kozloff Family Fund – Denise Kozloff, David Gross, and Dana and Craig Sanders
Innovation | $25,000
- Dina Abraham Isaacs
- BHD Kozloff Family Fund – Denise Kozloff, David Gross, and Dana and Craig Sanders
- Bluhm Family Foundation
- Molly Bett Kovler | Kovler Family Foundation
- MMT Investments | The Tadin Family
- Halee Sage & David Friedman
- University of Chicago Medicine
Empowerment | $10,000
- Alice Abt
- BCG
- Benesch
- Janika & Russell Brenner | RX Health & Science Trust
- Cigna
- Marcy & Gregory Carlin
- Carolyn Jacob, MD | Chicago Cosmetic Surgery & Dermatology
- Ellen Soren Family Foundation
- Emily Sachs Wong Luxury Living | @properties | Christie’s International Real Estate
- Kim Feingold
- The Fine Family
- Shimul Lahoti & Himal Agarwal | Millennium Bank
- Terri Lind & Family
- The Malkin Family
- Alison & Bobby Mitchell | DLA Piper
- The Northwestern Specialists for Women & Together Women’s Health
- Anna & Bryan O'Connor
- The Power Family Foundation
- Diana & Bruce Rauner
- Jerome "Jerry" Rich
- Sacks Family Foundation
- Sheri Whitko Photography
- Tommy & Scott Sheridan
- Kim & Perry Shwachman
- Takiff Family Foundation
- Ulta Beauty
- Tina & Joseph Wolf
- Adam Yanke, MD, PhD & Rupel Dedhia, MD
Resilience | $5,000
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
- Club Pilates Chicago
- Elizabeth Collins
- The Custom Companies, Inc.
- Frechette Family Foundation
- Meredith & Chad Freese
- Goldberg Kohn
- Megan Goldish
- Ella & Scott Goldstein
- Helen Han & Dan Pan
- Jenny Stevens Coaching & Counseling
- Samantha & Jeff Kaplan
- Bob & Hilary Kurinsky
- Eva Laser
- Claudine Liss
- Mayo Family Charities
- Mesirow
- Brian Milberg & Juliette DeCarlo
- Ann & Tom Nash
- Kate Nash & Gustave Falciglia
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Erin O'Brien
- Margot & Adam Sappern
- Schorr Lieberman Family Foundation
- Jamie & David Schwartz
- Audrey Selin & Bob Weisman
- Phoebe Stone Nitekman
- Jane & Gerry Weber
Host Committee
as of 9.02
- Dina Abraham Isaacs
- Apurva Agarwal & Anirudh Sriprakash
- Avani AgarwalÂ
- Lori & Geoff Alexander
- Parul & Samit BhandariÂ
- Meredith Bluhm-Wolf & Bill Wolf
- Elizabeth CollinsÂ
- Rupel Dedhia, MD FACP
- Kimberly DiFrancoÂ
- Helen Han & Dan Pan
- Jill T. & Douglas A. Hirsh
- Carolyn Jacob, MD | Chicago Cosmetic Surgery & Dermatology
- Jon & Andrew Landan (The Landan Twins)
- Claudine Liss
- Monterrey Security
- Erin O'BrienÂ
- Shweta SrivastavaÂ
- Phoebe Stone Nitekman
- Ben Stumpf 

- Paul Urdan | Design Concepts
- Hon. Anna Valencia & Reyahd Kazmi
Hospitality Partners
as of 8.12
Media Partners
Design Partners
Board of Directors
Thank you to the Lynn Sage Board of Directors for your ongoing support.
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Photo credit: Sheri Whitko Photography
