Premier international event honors the Chicago Consular Corps, representing 86 countries around the world

World Business Chicago and Chicago Sister Cities International will host the Chicago Consular Corps Gala: A Tribute to Our Global Partners, on December 8, 2017 at Hilton Chicago.

The annual Gala is Chicago’s premier international event honoring the Chicago Consular Corps (CCC)—an international group of Consulates, Consulates General and Honorary Consulates representing 86 countries around the world, and celebrating the longstanding relationship between the city and the Consular Corps.

More than 600 guests are expected to attend the black-tie event, which raises nearly $1 million each year to support the work of World Business Chicago, Chicago Sister Cities International and the Chicago Consular Corps scholarships to the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Ms. Amy Rule, and the Dean of the CCC, the Honorable Patricia Maza-Pittsford and Mr. Philip Pittsford, serve as Honorary Chairs.

This year’s honorees include:

2017 GLOBAL CITIZEN AWARD

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago

CHICAGO LEGACY AWARD

Steven Koch, Former Deputy Mayor, City of Chicago

2017 CORPORATE AMBASSADOR AWARD

CIBC

Accepted by Larry D. Richman, President and CEO, CIBC Bank USA

SEVP & Group Head, US Region

2017 CHICAGONEXT AWARD

Blue1647

Accepted by Emile Cambry

Founder and CEO

2017 CHICAGO SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

Kathleen Borland

Chair, Social Services Committee

For more information or to register, visit http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com/consular-corps-gala/