2018Keynote and Awardee: Dolores Huerta, civil and human rights activistAwardees: Jones Day; Microsoft Corporation

2017Keynote & Awardee: Ilhan Omar, Minnesota State RepresentativeAwardees: Aon; Dr. Zaher Sahloul; Reed

Smith LLP

2016Keynote & Awardee: Monica McWilliams, Professor of Women’s Studies, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Awardees: John “Jay” Reidy, AT&T Inc.; the Loyola University Chicago Student

Body; Walgreen Co.

2015Keynote & Awardee: Ishmael Beah, New York Times Bestselling Author and President of Ishmael Beah FoundationAwardees: Carol A. Brook,

Mark A. Flessner, JPMorgan Chase

2014Keynote & Awardee: Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistAwardees: Linda Coberly, Daniel Olmos, United Airlines, Inc.

2013Keynote & Awardee: Richard J. Durbin, U.S. Senator (D-IL)Awardees: AT&T Inc., Immigrant Youth Justice League, Brian Murray

2012Keynote: Maria Hinojosa, Correspondent for PBS FRONTLINE, host of NPR’s Latino USAAwardees: Caterpillar Inc. Legal Services Division, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Lawrence S. Schaner, Jon Stryker

2011Keynote: Justice Margaret Marshall, Former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial CourtAwardees: Albany Park Theater Project, Terry Yale Feiertag, McDonald’s Corporation

2010Keynote: Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift Awardees: Duane Sigelko, Sisters of Mercy, Exelon Corporation

2009Keynote: António Guterres, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Former Prime Minister of PortugalAwardees: Luol Deng, James Morsch, Winston & Strawn LLP

2008Keynote: Harold Koh, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights & LaborAwardees: Melville Washburn, Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Public Radio, Chicago Reporter, WTTW11, Chicago Public Library

2007Keynote: Joseph Margulies, Assistant Director, MacArthur Justice CenterAwardees: Carlos M. Sada, Tibetan Alliance, Jenner & Block LLP

2006Keynote: Seymour Hersh, Journalist, The New Yorker MagazineAwardees: Dr. Irene Martinez, Lee Ann Russo, Levi Strauss & Co.

2005Keynote: Richard J. Goldstone, Former Justice, South African Constitutional CourtAwardees: Joseph Margulies, Natalie Spears

2004Keynote: Paul Hoffman, Civil & Human Rights AttorneyAwardees: Margaret Blackshere, David Berten, Ariel Investments

2003Keynote: Mary Robinson, Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Former President of IrelandAwardees: Juan Mendez, Bob Glaves, Aon

2002Keynotes: Judge Abner Mikva, Former U.S. Congressman, Chief Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C.; Peggy Kou, Attorney, U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former YugoslaviaAwardees: Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan, Edwin Silverman, Chicago Tribune Editorial Board

2001Keynote: David S. Weissbrodt, University of Minnesota Law SchoolAwardees: Jacqueline Bhabha, Baxter International Foundation

2000Keynote: Juan Garces, Lead Attorney of the Legal Team Prosecuting ChileanDictator General Augusto PinochetAwardees: Robert Kirschner, Jan Schakowsky

THE HISTORY OF THE NIJC HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS

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2018 Sponsors

AT&T Inc.AlixPartners LLCAllstateAnkuraAon CorporationAriel Investments LLCAstellas US LLCBMO HarrisBarack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLPBuckley SandlerButler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLPCME GroupCNAChapman and Cutler LLPComEdConsilioCozen O’Connor

Crowell & Moring, LLPDLA Piper US LLPDentons US LLPDrinker Biddle & Reath LLPDykema Gossett PLLCEimer Stahl LLPEpiqExelon CorporationFaegre Baker Daniels LLPFoley & Lardner LLPSusan Fortino-BrownGCM GrosvenorGoldberg KohnGrant Thornton LLCGreenberg Traurig LLPHolland & Knight LLPHughes Socol Piers Resnick & DymHuron Consulting

Hyatt Hotels CorporationJP Morgan Chase & Co.Jenner & Block LLPJones DayThe Kapnick FoundationKatten Muchin Rosenman LLPLatham & Watkins LLPLittler Mendelson P.C.Locke Lord LLPMayer Brown LLPMcDermott Will & Emery LLPMcDonald’s CorporationMcGuireWoods LLPMicrosoftMolex, LLCMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPNavigant ConsultingNiSourceNorton Rose Fulbright

O’Melveny & Myers LLPPaul Hastings LLPPolsinelli PCProtivitiPwCRopes & Gray LLPJohn RoweRSM US LLPIn honor of Mary C. RussoSchiff Hardin LLPSeyfarth Shaw LLPState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyJeanne M. SullivanTransperfect Legal SolutionsUnited AirlinesWalgreen Co.Willis Towers Watson

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PREMIER$50,000

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Company name on invitation

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two premium tables

logo on cover

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one premium table

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To confirm your sponsorship for 2019 and for more info, contact Danae at (312) 660-1444 or dkovac@heartlandalliance.org. immigrantjustice.org/HumanRightsAwards

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Wade Thomson, Co-ChairJenner & Block LLP Ann Marie Walsh, Co-ChairLocke Lord LLP Dolores Ayala Allstate Insurance Company

Chirag BadlaniHughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.

Debra Rae BernardPerkins Coie LLP

David BertenGlobal IP Law Group, LLC

Bartram BrownChicago-Kent College of Law

Gabrielle BuckleyGannon Center for Women and Leadership, Loyola University

Edith CanterCanter Strategies

Marta Carreira-SlabeAon

Russell CassClark Hill

Matthew DillingerFragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, and Loewy

Kathleen Dillon NarkoNorthwestern University School of Law

Amy Doehring Akerman

Chad DoobayKatten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Crystal DoyleDLA Piper

Jennifer FardyLaw Office of Jennifer K. Fardy, LLC

Terry Y. FeiertagHughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.

Mark A. FlessnerHolland & Knight LLP Susan Fortino-BrownLaw Office of Susan Fortino-Brown

Lisa HaidostianMcDermott Will & Emery LLP

Monica HalloranLevy Restaurants

Nicole HenningJones Day

Thomas HurkaMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Annette IsaacsonJPMorgan Chase

Michael JareckiLaw Office of Michael R. Jarecki

Sherene JodreyBoeing

Marc KadishMayer Brown

Richard “Brad” KapnickKatten & Temple LLP

Robert Kent, Jr.Baker & McKenzie LLP

Marketa LindtSidley Austin LLP

James MorschButler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd LLP

Rev. Craig MousinDePaul University College of Law

Soledad O’DonnellMayer Brown LLP

Samad PardesiKirkland & Ellis

Ivan PoullaosWinston & Strawn LLP

Ernesto RamosBMO Harris Bank

Randall Rapp

John J. Reidy IIIAT&T

Gabriel RodriguezSchiff Hardin LLP

Mony Ruiz-VelascoP.A.S.O. (West Suburban Action Project)

Lee Ann RussoJones Day

Enrique SalgadoAon

Gloria SantonaBaker & McKenzie LLP

Douglas SargentLocke Lord LLP

William SchillerHughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.

David SerwerBaker & McKenzie LLP

Duane SigelkoReed Smith LLP

John SimonDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP John SkakunSidley Austin LLP

Maile SolisBarack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg

Mark SullivanGrant Thornton LLP

Alen TakhshTakhsh Law, PC

Ann Marie Therese WahlsLatham & Watkins LLP

Benjamin C. WeinbergDentons US LLP

Ellen WheelerFoley & Lardner LLP

Vania Montero WitUnited Airlines

Gretchen WolfSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Miriam ZeidmanAnti-Defamation League

NIJC Leadership Board

Susie Lees, Co-ChairAllstate

Chuck Smith, Co-ChairSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

William F. ConlonSidley Austin LLP

Carrie Di SantoCME Group

Brett HartUnited Airlines

Peter LiebAon

Anne PramaggioreExelon Corporation

John W. RoweExelon Corporation (formerly)

Audrey RubinAon

Amy RuleFirst Lady of Chicago

Gloria SantonaBaker McKenzie LLP Andrew SchapiroQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. LLP

Jeanne M. Sullivan

Tina TchenBuckley Sandler LLP

Monica WeedNavigant

2019 NIJC Human Rights Awards Honorary Committee

2019 NIJC Human Rights Awards Event CommitteeNatalie Spears, Co-ChairDentons US LLP

Vania Montero Wit, Co-ChairUnited

Marta Carreira-SlabeAon

Paula ConradComEd

Jennifer FardyLaw Office of Jennifer K. Fardy, LLC

Mark FlessnerHolland & Knight LLP

Pauline LevyMcDonald’s Jon MilonasCBRE

John “Jay” ReidyAT&T John SkakunSidley Austin LLP

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