Central Illinois Business Hall of Fame - 2024
Event Completed!
When: Thursday, March 28, 2024
Where: Par-A-Dice Hotel
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.
Through their accomplishments, Laureates serve as role models to the next generation of business leaders, many of who are currently Junior Achievement students.
2024 Laureate Selection Committee
Laureate nominations & candidate selection was made by an independent committee comprised of local community & business leaders.
Meenakshy Aiyer, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Toner Babovac, Amazon Web Services
Tom Hammerton, OSF HealthCare Foundation
Steve Jackson, Prairie Home Alliance
Karen Jensen, Farnsworth Group
Katie McCord, Illinois Mutual
John Morris, Peoria Riverfront Museum
Sid Ruckriegel, SERVUS!
Troy Schmick, Caterpillar Inc.
Chris Setti, GPEDC
Sylvia Smith Hasinger, Advanced Technology Services
Henry Vicary, Caterpillar Inc.
Jennifer Zammuto, HOI United Way
Through their accomplishments, Laureates serve as role models to the next generation of business leaders, many of who are currently Junior Achievement students.
2024 Laureate Selection Committee
Laureate nominations & candidate selection was made by an independent committee comprised of local community & business leaders.
Meenakshy Aiyer, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Toner Babovac, Amazon Web Services
Tom Hammerton, OSF HealthCare Foundation
Steve Jackson, Prairie Home Alliance
Karen Jensen, Farnsworth Group
Katie McCord, Illinois Mutual
John Morris, Peoria Riverfront Museum
Sid Ruckriegel, SERVUS!
Troy Schmick, Caterpillar Inc.
Chris Setti, GPEDC
Sylvia Smith Hasinger, Advanced Technology Services
Henry Vicary, Caterpillar Inc.
Jennifer Zammuto, HOI United Way
2024 Laureate Inductees
2024 JA Regional Teacher of the Year & Volunteer of the Year
Meaghan Chambers
Second Grade Teacher St. Philomena Catholic School
Lisa Jones
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