Global Leadership Awards Dinner 2024

Honoring US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, President of United Airlines Brett J. Hart, and Emerging Leader alumna Shoba Pillay.

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December 3, 2024, 6:00 - 9:00 PM CST | The Ritz-Carlton Chicago

Please join us for the 21st Annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Ritz Carlton. The evening, co-chaired by Michael Sacks, CEO, Grosvenor Capital Management, and Jennifer Scanlon, President & CEO, UL Solutions Inc., honors distinguished individuals for extraordinary leadership and commitment to our city, the nation, and the world.

To reserve your spot for the Global Leadership Awards Dinner, use the RSVP link below. Tickets are $1,000 per person, and tables are $50,000, $25,000, and $10,000. All table registrants will receive event recognition—special thanks to our sponsors below. We hope you will join them in making the 2024 Global Leadership Awards Dinner an enormous success.

Watch Video from the Event

Shoba Pillay speaks into a microphone onstage at the Global Leadership Awards Dinner. Play Video
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Shoba Pillay, partner at Jenner & Block and a Council Emerging Leader alumna, delivers her acceptance remarks at the 2024 Global Leadership Awards Dinner.

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Dan Lynch, Vice President of State and Local Government Affairs at United Airlines, accepts the award on behalf of United President Brett J. Hart.

Rahm Emanuel speaks into a microphone onstage at the Global Leadership Awards Dinner. Play Video
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Rahm Emanuel, US Ambassador to Japan and former Chicago mayor, delivers his acceptance remarks at the 2024 Global Leadership Awards Dinner.

About the Honorees
Rahm Emanuel
US Ambassador to Japan
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Appointed US Ambassador to Japan in 2021, Rahm Emanuel has fostered strong relations during a time of increased complexity and challenge. He served as Mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019 and White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
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Brett J. Hart
President, United Airlines
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Since leading United Airlines through the global lockdown caused by the pandemic, Brett J. Hart has built a culture of safety, caring, dependability, and efficiency for its customers, while serving as a champion of diversity and inclusion for the community.
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Shoba Pillay
Partner, Jenner & Block
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A former federal prosecutor, Shoba Pillay is a partner at Jenner & Block where she leverages her technical skills and depth of understanding on global issues and risk to provide guidance to clients across a range of sizes and sectors.
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2024 Dinner Chairs

  • Michael Sacks, Chairman and CEO, GCM Grosvenor
  • Jennifer Scanlon, President and CEO, UL Solutions