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2022 Industry Leader Honoree

MBIRE 21st Annual Gala to feature the 2022 Industry Leader Honoree, Lori Healy

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Senior Vice President and Operations & Implementation Lead, Obama Presidential Center

Lori Healey is leading work to build and operate the OPC – a 19.3-acre campus within Jackson Park – that includes a presidential museum, auditorium, restaurant, retail store, fruit and vegetable garden, playground, lush parkland and greenspace, and a new branch of the Chicago Public Library.

Lori Healey Biography

In December 2020, Lori Healey joined the Obama Foundation as Senior Vice President and Operations and Implementation Lead for the Obama Presidential Center (OPC). She is leading work to build and operate the OPC, a 19.3-acre campus within Jackson Park, that includes a Presidential Museum, Auditorium, Restaurant, retail store, Fruit & Vegetable Garden, playground, lush parkland and greenspace, and a new branch of the Chicago Public Library.

She previously served as President of Clayco’s Chicago Business Unit. In that role, she led enterprise activity for development, design, and construction related activities in the greater Chicago area and surrounding region. Prior to joining Clayco, she was the Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), owner of McCormick Place and the 1,258 room Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. During her tenure, Ms. Healey oversaw the development of the 10,000-seat Wintrust Arena and the 1,205-room Marriott Marquis Chicago.

Ms. Healey served as the Chief Executive Officer of Tur Partners LLC (“Tur”), a firm founded by Chicago’s former Mayor Richard M. Daley, which partnered with leaders and innovators to drive growth within global urban markets. She also served as Principal in the Development Group for the John Buck Company, focused on growing the firm’s private real estate and infrastructure-related transactions.

Ms. Healey coordinated the organizational and planning activities for the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, acting as Director of the NATO Host Committee. Additionally, in 2009, Ms. Healey was appointed as President of Chicago 2016, where she was responsible for co-leading Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics Games.

Ms. Healey held several senior leadership positions for the City of Chicago under the administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley, most recently acting as Mayor Daley’s Chief of Staff. She earlier served as Commissioner of the City’s Department of Planning and Development. Her previous experiences also included time as a principal at Perkins + Will, and as Deputy Director for Business Development of the (then) Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs. She began her career as a policy aide to former Governor John Carlin of Kansas in 1983.

Ms. Healey holds a B.A. in Economics and M.S. in Public Administration from Kansas State University. She serves on the Boards of Civic Consulting Alliance, Local Initiatives Support Chicago (LISC), Chicago Sports Commission, the Chicago Fire Department Foundation and the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. She is also an advisory board member of the Loyola University Health System and on the Corporate Advisory Council for Cradles to Crayons. Ms. Healey is also a member of the Economics Club of Chicago and the Commercial Club of Chicago.

 

 

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Anthony “Tony” Pasquinelli, co-founder of Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, dies at 88

Anthony “Tony” Pasquinelli, together with his brother Bruno, co-founded Pasquinelli Construction Company in 1958. Over 50 years, the Burr Ridge, Ill.-based company built 45,000 homes across 13 metro markets in 13 states, rising to its pinnacle in the early 2000s, when it became the fifth-largest private homebuilding company in the country.

Pasquinelli’s passion for real estate and higher education led him to become one of the co-founders of the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate (MBIRE). He joined Roosevelt University’s Board of Trustees in 2000, continued his service as a public trustee until 2014 and remained a life trustee. In 2006, he and his family established the Pasquinelli Family Distinguished Chair in Real Estate, an endowed faculty position at MBIRE, and in 2009, the Pasquinelli Family Heritage Room, a study room located adjacent to the school’s library.

“Tony was more than just an industry leader and supporter of the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate,” said Collete English Dixon, executive director of MBIRE. “He was a generous sharer of his time, talent and treasure to make sure that our program and the outcomes for our students were the strongest possible.”

Pasquinelli was influential in the development of Roosevelt’s downtown vertical campus, generously supporting both the Wabash Building and Goodman Center projects. The Chicago College of Performing Arts and the Auditorium Theatre were also beneficiaries of his generosity.

Pasquinelli, 88, died Sunday, April 17, at his home, according to his son, Joseph Pasquinelli, who is principal of Archideas, as well as an advisory board member of MBIRE and a member of the board of trustees for Roosevelt University.

Born in Chicago to first-generation Italian American parents, Pasquinelli attended Lindbloom High School and the University of Illinois, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Drafted into the Army in 1956, he lived in Fort Lee, Virg., for two years before co-founding the construction company.

Pasquinelli lost the love of his life, Mary Ann Pasquinelli, née Roche, after 57 years of marriage on November 2, 2017. He is survived by his seven children, Joseph, Maria, David, Anthony, Ellen Bergersen, Anne-Marie Trnka and Joan Van Beest; his brothers, Bruno, Jim and Michael; 16 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services for Pasquinelli were held Wednesday, April 20, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in La Grange. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, Ill., 60601, are appreciated.