Central Illinois Business Hall of Fame 2022
Event Completed!
When: Thursday, March 03, 2022
Where: Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette
Time: 4:30 PM CT
JA has a long, rich history of honoring community business leaders at the national and local level. Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame is located in the Enterprise permanent exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL. JA of Central Illinois founder, Louis B. Neumiller, former Chairman/CEO of Caterpillar, Inc., is an esteemed member of the Junior Achievement US Business Hall of Fame. The Central Illinois Business Hall of Fame exhibit is located at the Peoria Riverfront Museum in the Peoria History Center.
Through their accomplishments, Laureates serve as role models to the next generation of business leaders, many of who are currently Junior Achievement students.
2022 Laureate Selection Committee
Laureate nominations & candidate selection was made by an independent committee comprised of local community & business leaders.
Toner Babovac, Amazon Web Services
Jeff Bogdan, Federal Companies
Seshadri Guha, CGN Global / TADA
Tom Hammerton, OSF Healthcare Foundation
Sylvia Smith Hasinger, Advanced Technology Services
Steve Jackson, Prairie Home Alliance
Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, Superintendent PPS
Brian May, Accenture
John Morris, Peoria Riverfront Museum
Nikki Romain, A.R.T., Inc
Sid Ruckriegal, SERVUS / City Council
Chris Setti, GPEDC
Henry Vicary, Caterpillar Inc.
Chuck Weaver, Entrepreneur
Jan Wright, Peoria Magazines
Through their accomplishments, Laureates serve as role models to the next generation of business leaders, many of who are currently Junior Achievement students.
2022 Laureate Selection Committee
Laureate nominations & candidate selection was made by an independent committee comprised of local community & business leaders.
Toner Babovac, Amazon Web Services
Jeff Bogdan, Federal Companies
Seshadri Guha, CGN Global / TADA
Tom Hammerton, OSF Healthcare Foundation
Sylvia Smith Hasinger, Advanced Technology Services
Steve Jackson, Prairie Home Alliance
Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, Superintendent PPS
Brian May, Accenture
John Morris, Peoria Riverfront Museum
Nikki Romain, A.R.T., Inc
Sid Ruckriegal, SERVUS / City Council
Chris Setti, GPEDC
Henry Vicary, Caterpillar Inc.
Chuck Weaver, Entrepreneur
Jan Wright, Peoria Magazines
2022 Laureate Inductees
Jay Vonachen
President & CEO / Founder Vonachen Industrial Supplies / Professional Maintenance / Vonachen Services Inc
2022 JA Regional Teacher of the Year & Volunteer of the Year
Zach Fleming
Social Studies Teacher East Peoria Community High School
Matt Zimmerman
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