Come for the cause. Stay for the experience.
WHERE CULINARY ARTS, COCKTAILS, AND CREATIVITY COLLIDE.
Taste of Hope brings award-winning chefs and Chicago foodies together to celebrate the American Cancer Society's progress in the fight against cancer.
Taste of Hope has always featured our wonderful Chicagoland restaurants and this year is no different.
Now in its eleventh year, the event is hosted annually by the American Cancer Society’s Taste of Hope Executive Leadership Committee and has raised over $4,300,000 to support the American Cancer Society’s mission and goal of eliminating cancer as a major health problem.
While enjoying the best of Chicago's culinary scene, we raise our glasses to:
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Leading the fight for a world without cancer.
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Preventing 3.8 million cancer deaths since 1991.
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Promoting healthy lifestyles including eating right and staying active.
But even as we celebrate a 33% decline in cancer death rates, we know there is more left to do. One in two men and one in three women will get cancer in their lifetime. Simply put, the cancer fight still needs you.
2024 EVENT LEADERSHIP
Thank you to our 2023 Taste of Hope Executive Leadership Committee!
This group of Chicagoland business and philanthropic leaders drive the success of the event and promote the mission of the American Cancer Society.
2024 CO-CHAIRS
Victoria De La Huerga*, ADM
Jeff Liljeberg*, JLL
2024 COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Lisa Jo Abbo, United Healthcare
Tom Evans*, Kemper Corporation
Carolyn Gold Aberman, Lucas Group, a Korn Ferry Company
Laura Goodman, Dine-It-4ward
Nada Hakimi, United Healthcare
Mary Innis, Innis Law Group
Caroline Koch, Accenture
Kelly McBride, ADM
Christa Oldham, The Plexus Groupe
Dan Osten, Salesforce
Audrey Payne, Huron Consulting
Christina Piper, JLL
Michael Sebaly, Accenture
Shannon Smith, Stout
Stephanie Smith-Schellhorn, ADM
Dan Wikel, FTI Consulting
Tony Wright, Arup
Madeleine Pickus, JLL
*American Cancer Society Illinois Board Member