1) The document summarizes the 2013 Strictly Business Lunch event hosted by JVS Chicago, which honored entrepreneur Neil G. Bluhm with a leadership award. 2) Over 350 guests attended the event at the Standard Club, including Illinois politicians, business leaders, and JVS Chicago partners and entrepreneurs. 3) The lunch included a speech by Neil Bluhm, remarks by JVS Chicago's Executive Director Howard Sitron, and networking among attendees from various organizations that support JVS Chicago's mission.

1. 2013 Strictly Business Lunch

2. Co-chair Susan Duman with 2013 Leadership Excellence Award winner
Neil G. Bluhm.

3. Congratulations
Offering congratulations to 2013 honoree Neil G. Bluhm (third from right) are
(from left) Howard Sitron, Executive Director of JVS Chicago; Emcee Regine
Schlesinger of CBS; Co-chair Susan Duman; Board President H. Debra Levin, and Cochair Andy Glick.

4. Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein of Am Shalom in Glencoe gave the Strictly
Business invocation.

5. Regine Schlesinger, a CBS journalist, welcomed guests to the Standard
Club’s elegant dining room and served as emcee.

6. Executive Director Howard Sitron addressed the luncheon and highlighted JVS
Chicago projects and accomplishments.

7. Noted entrepreneur and honoree Neil G. Bluhm delivered a speech that
combined business wisdom, warm personal recollections of his career
and commendations for JVS Chicago.

8. The JVS Chicago staff was ready for more than 350 guests as they began
to arrive. Emily Muench (center left) Shari Miller and Fran Becker were
three of the JVS staff behind the check-in table at the Standard Club.

9. Illinois Sec. of State Jesse White, seen here with guest Lorraine Helfand,
took part in the reception and luncheon.

10. State Rep. Louis Lang (D, Skokie) chatted with Sandra Rosen of the
American Friends of Magen David Adom.

11. Jon and Sarah Perl made a handsome couple; Sarah, a Development
Associate for Jewish Child & Family Services, played a key role in the
planning and execution of Strictly Business.

12. Margery Kaye (right) was a JVS Chicago entrepreneur featured at the
reception, where she introduced guests to her marvelous toffee.

13. Janice Kaufman, Director of Development for JVS Chicago, conversed
with JVS Chicago Honorary Director Alan Stone at the reception.

14. Amy Dordek Dolinsky (center) is seen here with Marilyn Katzin and
William Keroff.

15. Lamb Partners were well represented by (from left) Megan Stout, Scott
Wernery, Marc Arndt and Amy Close.

16. Amy Dordek Dolinsky and Karen Tamley, Chicago’s Commissioner of the
Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, were all smiles.

17. JVS Chicago entrepreneur Alan Gerber chatted with a potential customer
for his dry cleaning business.

18. Beverly Goldberg and Jerry Dreyfuss attended the reception and
luncheon.

19. Michael Triester, Marc Jacobs and Martin Kaplan were networking at the
reception.

20. Joining Howard Sitron (left) and Rabbi Lowenstein for lunch were (from
left clockwise) , Lois Zoller, Scott Hensley, Terry Isselhard, Larry Glick,
Nancy Glick, Julie Dann and Steven Nasatir – plus the extra chair for Elijah.

21. Andy Glick, Co-chair of Strictly Business (left), had lunch with Bill
Silverstein, Jack Lewitz, Peter Glick, JVS Chicago’s Linda Wolfe, Harry
Huzenis, Charlie Huzenis, Marc Gould, David Fain and Howard Sorkin.

22. JCFS Director Neil Posner (left) sat at the Much Shelist table with
(clockwise) Michael Burstein, Steven Stender, Larkin Flanagan, Douglas
Thompson, David T. Brown, Robert Neiman, Melissande Loeppert
(obscured), David Eisenberg and Laurence Freed.

23. Margaret Vimont, JVS Chicago Chief Operating Officer, had lunch with
Sharon Beloff of the Illinois SBDC/Duman Entrepreneurship Center.

24. Tammy Stone (left) of the Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Stability
lunched with Jackie Robinson-Ivy of Northern Trust bank and State Rep. Louis
Lang.

25. Finale
At the end of the festivities, Barbara May (left), Director of the Duman
Entrepreneurship Center Donna Rockin, Megan Glazer and Susan Duman
posed for a final photo.