Central Illinois Business Hall of Fame - 2023
Event Completed!
When: Thursday, March 09, 2023
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.
2023 Laureate Selection Committee
Laureate nominations & candidate selection was made by an independent committee comprised of local community & business leaders.
Brian May, Accenture
Chris Setti, GPEDC
Henry Vicary, Caterpillar Inc.
Jennifer Zammuto, HOI United Way
John Morris, Peoria Riverfront Museum
Karen Jensen, Farnsworth Group
Matt Vonachen, Vonachen Group
Seshadri Guha, CGN Global / TADA
Steve Jackson, Prairie Home Alliance
Sylvia Smith Hasinger, Advanced Technology Services
Tom Hammerton, OSF Healthcare Foundation
Toner Babovac, Amazon Web Services
Troy Schmick, Caterpillar Inc.
Through their accomplishments, Laureates serve as role models to the next generation of business leaders, many of who are currently Junior Achievement students.
2023 Laureate Selection Committee
Laureate nominations & candidate selection was made by an independent committee comprised of local community & business leaders.
Brian May, Accenture
Chris Setti, GPEDC
Henry Vicary, Caterpillar Inc.
Jennifer Zammuto, HOI United Way
John Morris, Peoria Riverfront Museum
Karen Jensen, Farnsworth Group
Matt Vonachen, Vonachen Group
Seshadri Guha, CGN Global / TADA
Steve Jackson, Prairie Home Alliance
Sylvia Smith Hasinger, Advanced Technology Services
Tom Hammerton, OSF Healthcare Foundation
Toner Babovac, Amazon Web Services
Troy Schmick, Caterpillar Inc.
2023 Laureate Inductees
2023 JA Regional Teacher of the Year & Volunteer of the Year
Holly Duke
Peoria High School Peoria Public Schools District #150
Adam Lofgren
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