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Marion moved to Lake Forest in 1996 and raised her family here. She’s been very involved in community organizations that focus on our natural resources. She is the former co-director of the Garden at Elawa Farm where she worked for seven years. She is active in the Lake Forest Open Lands Association, where she has taught educational courses, overseen restoration programs and served on its staff. 

Marion is currently a member of the Open Lands Board of Governors.  Marion is also a site steward for MacArthur Woods, a 560 acre woodland to our west that is owned and operated by Lake County Forest Preserve. She is an expert in conservation and land stewardship, organic vegetable gardening and composting. Marion is a leader of Green Minds Lake Forest Lake Bluff, a community group that works to bring awareness to environmental issues and encourages common sense practices that will help make our communities more sustainable.

Marion grew up on the north shore and attended New Trier High School and is a graduate of Dartmouth College

John has lived in Lake Forest for the 27 years and is currently the Director of National Accounts for Abbott Diabetes. John has been a very active member of our community having served on the Lake Forest Caucus Committee and the Friends of Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Foundation Board. He has had various roles at the Church and School of St. Mary and is also a Trustee of Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan. In 2013 John was elected to the District 115 Board of Education and served a four year term. In April of this year, John was elected as a Ward 2 Alderman for the City of Lake Forest.

John received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

David Sweet grew up in Lake Forest and moved back to the city in the early 2000’s. He is a journalist who has worked for news outlets across the country including the Wall Street Journal, MSNBC.com, the Sports Business Journal and The Lake Forester. He currently is a contributor to Classic Chicago magazine and edits the Lake Forest Love blog.

In addition to his newswriting and columns, David is the author of two books: Lamar Hunt - The Gentle Giant Who Revolutionized Professional Sports and 3 Seconds in Munich – The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Final

David received a Bachelor of Arts in writing from Dennison University and a Masters in journalism from the University of Southern California.

A community leader who is passionate about education and actively supports her local school community. She has been a volunteer leader in Lake Forest for 13 years since establishing the Kinderhaven Parent Board in 2010.  She has taken on leadership roles in the District 67 APT, Spirit of 67 Foundation, Lake Forest Soccer Association Board, and Temple Jeremiah in Northfield. In May, she completed serving her second 4 year term on the Lake Forest District 67 Board of Education, most recently serving as Board President and Education Committee Chair. She represented District 67 on the TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 (formerly NSSED, Northern Suburban Special Education District) board for 8 years and served as President of the TrueNorth’s Governing Board and Leadership Council for 6 of those years.

Additionally, she has served as the Chair of the Lake Forest High School Foundation for the past 4 years and has been volunteering at Whittier Elementary School in Waukegan for the past 8 years. Suzanne holds a BA in Child Study, from Tufts University and a Masters in Middle Childhood Education from Emory University. She spent the first decade of her adult life teaching at Dolvin Elementary School in Alpharetta, Georgia and then Harper School in Wilmette.

Dr. Michael Ebner is the James D. Vail the third Professor of History – Emeritus - at Lake Forest College. He’s been a professor for over 50 years and joined the faculty at Lake Forest in 1974.

In addition to having written extensively on America’s cities and suburbs, Dr. Ebner is the author of the book, Creating Chicago's North Shore, A Suburban History.

A long time Lake Forest resident, Dr. Ebner was active in the city’s politics in the 80’s and 90’s. He is a former chair of the Lake Forest Caucus and was a member of its Candidate Selection Committee. Dr. Ebner has also served as Chairperson of the City of Lake Forest’s Building Review Board and the Historic Preservation Committee.