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2011

Watch the Keynote Speaker Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
The 2011 Prayer Breakfast Program

Chair & Master of Ceremonies:
John Edwardson
Chairman, CDW

Keynote Speaker:
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
President, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leaders

Opening Prayer:    
Brenda Asare
Senior Vice President | The Alford Group

Prayer of Peace:
Imam Kareem M. Irfan
President
Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago

Mayor's Remarks
Rahm Emmanuel
Mayor, City of Chicago

Prayer for Those in Public Service:
Sheli Rosenberg
Of Counsel | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Music:                                
Honors Trombone Quartet | Merit School of Music
“Achieved is the Glorious Work” | by George Frederick Handel
Jake Mezera, Doug Meng, Michael Peters, Tanner Jackson
Timothy Riordan, Director

Quintet for Winds (Andante Grazioso) | by August Klughardt
Lauren Auyeung (flute), Rebecca Accetura (oboe)
Kamila Hines-Muhammad (clarinet), Abigail Arnold (bassoon)
Jacqueline Meger (horn) | Bryan Polacek, Director

Closing Prayer:                  
Dr. Alan Ray
President | Elmhurst College

 

2010

Listen to Keynote Speaker Dr. C. Welton Gaddy
The 2010 Prayer Breakfast Program

Chair & Master of Ceremonies:
Anne Pramaggiore
President & COO, ComEd

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. C. Welton Gaddy
President, The Interfaith Alliance

Opening Prayer:    
Cordell Reed
Retired Senior Vice President, ComEd

Prayer of Peace:
Nancy Carrington Crown
Principal, Henry Crown and Company

Mayor's Remarks
Richard M. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago

Prayer for Those in Public Service:
Fr. Jack Claire
Assistant Executive Director, Misericordia

Music:                                
Dr. Ozzie Smith, Jr. (Alto Saxophone)
"Precious Lord, Take My Hand!" - Thomas A. Dorsey
"Come Sunday" - Duke Ellington
"Amazing Grace" - John Newton

Closing Prayer:                  
Sherif Soydan
Executive Director, Niagara Foundation

 

2009

Chair & Master of Ceremonies:                 
Rick Waddell
Chairman & CEO, Northern Trust

Keynote Speaker:             
Dr. Eboo Patel
Founder & President,
Interfaith Youth Core

Prayer of Thanks:        
Mike Ivers
President
GoodCity Chicago

Music:                                
Elmhurst College Saxophone Quartet
Nick Martin, Julie Fischer, Julianna Karvelius,
Sean Cunningham - Directed by Professor Roger Birkland
“Wapango” by Paquito D’Rivera

Opening Prayer:                
Zaher Sahloul, M. D.
Chair, The Council of Islamic
Organizations of Greater Chicago

Spoken Word:                   
Interfaith Youth Core

Mayor's Remarks:
Richard M. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago

Prayer for Those in Public Service:        
Connie L. Lindsey
Executive Vice President, Northern Trust

Music:
Steve Suvada, guitar
Elmhurst College Professor of Music
"Danza Brasilera" - Jorge Morel

Closing Prayer:                  
Richard S. Hirschhaut
Executive Director, Illinois Holocaust
Museum and Education Center

Music:                                
Elmhurst College Saxophone Quartet
“Suite Hellenique” by Pedro Ituralde Valse-Kritis

 

2008

Chair & Master of Ceremonies:             
Anne M. Burke
Illinois Supreme Court Justice

Keynote Speaker:              
Sherre Z. Hirsch
Rabbi and Author
Los Angeles, California

Music:
Rachel Barton Pine
"Andante from Sonata No. 2, BWV 1003" - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Amazing Grace" - Traditional

Special Presentation:
Interfaith Youth Core
Hafsa Kanjwal, Julie Maxwell
Hannah McConnaughay

Prayer of Thanks: 
Lewis A. Jordan  
CEO, Chicago Housing Authority

Opening Prayer:
Alejandro Silva
President & CEO, Evans Food Products

Mayor's Remarks:
Richard M. Daley 
Mayor, City of Chicago

Prayer for Those in Public Service:     
Tariq Malhance
President & CEO, UIB Capital, Inc.

Closing Prayer:                  
Julie Hamos
Illinois State Representative - 18th District

Music:                                
William Buchholtz
Native American Flute

 

2007

Chair & Master of Ceremonies:                
H. Hill Hammock
Chief Administrative Officer, Chicago Public Schools
Former Vice Chairman, LaSalle Bank                  

Keynote Speaker:           
The Rev. Otis Moss III
Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ
                                         
Music:                              
Harmony Hope & Healing Choir

Special Presentation:
Interfaith Youth Core

Prayer of Thanks:       
David Rudis
Bank of America

Opening Prayer:                
Dr. Shakeela Hassan
Harran Productions Foundation                  

Prayer for Those in Public Service: 
Judy Valente
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

Closing Prayer:                 
Brenda Russell
Price Waterhouse Coopers