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A Letter from CAI Leadership — Kathy Kahl
List of Advertisers
A Behind-the-Curtain Look at How an Energy Magician Can Guarantee Lower Energy Rates — Fritz Kreiss
Company Spotlight
A Million Dreams — CAI Illinois 2024 Board of Directors 2024 Committee Chair Yearbook
From Now On: Getting Reacquainted with ILAC and PAC IL — Kristofer D. Kasten
Thank You to IL PAC Contributors Professional Designation Recognition
We Are Stronger Together — Kimberly Schmid Policy Change Come Alive!
2024 Winter Gala
Never Enough: The Role of Education in Empowering Community Association Managers and Volunteer Homeowner Leaders — Brittany Kojzarek
The Players: The Unsung Heroes of CAI Illinois — Cheryl Murphy
This is Us: Meet the Team Behind the Community Associations Institute
CAI Illinois Annual Conference & Expo:The Greatest Show
2025 Event Calendar Industry News Deluxe Classified
CAI-IL’s 2024 Award Winners Rewrite the Stars: Business Partners Better Together — The Business Partner Council
4 | COMMON INTEREST® • Winter 2024 • A Publication of CAI-Illinois Chapter 2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Kathy Kahl, CIRMS, EBP President-Elect
Carrie Surratt, CMCA, AMS, PCAM
Vice President Carlo Caprio, CMCA Treasurer
Steven Silberman
Secretary Diane Pagoulatos, DCAL
Immediate Past-President Brittany Kojzarek, CMCA, AMS, PCAM Directors
Michele DuBois, EBP Nikki Ledwell, CMCA, AMS Randy Grimes, CMCA John Schaller, DCAL Elizabeth Thompson, EBP
Executive Director Cheryl Murphy
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