Putting Disabilities to Work!
Mark Schiller, President of Quaker Oats PepsiCo Chicago Gives Keynote Address

Left to Right: Mark Schiller Pres. of Quaker Oats, PepsiCo Chicago, Senator Susan Garrett, Illinois 29th District, Tensley garris, President Northbrook Chamber of Commerce, Director Jack Lavin, IL Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Karen McCulloh, Executive Director of disabilityworks at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce  

 

Director Jack Lavin, IL Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Director Jack Lavin, IL Dept. of Commerce and
 Economic Opportunity (DCEO) provided opening
 remarks to a packed house at a luncheon event
 called "Putting Disabilities to Work" held in
 Northbrook, IL on September 17.  Director Lavin
 also introduced the disabilityworks video.  DCEO 
 provides the primary support for disabilityworks
 which is part of Illinois' workforce
 development inititiative.

 


Mark Schiller, President of Quaker Oats, PepsiCo Chicago

 

 Mark Schiller, President of Quaker Foods and
 Snacks, PepsiCo Chicago, presented the keynote
 address where he described PepsiCo's EnAble
 Resource Group which assists the corporation in
 creating a disability-friendly workplace.

 


Barbara Herber, Employment Services Specialist, accompanied by Shawna Young, Business Services Coordinator, both from the IL Dept. of Employment Security spoke about tax incentives that are available to businesses in hiring people with disabilities. 

Senator Susan Garrett, Illinois 29th District Senator Susan Garrett, Illinois 29th
 District organized this event in
 collaboration with the Northbrook
 Chamber of Commerce, disabilityworks
 and the IL Dept. of Commerce and
 Economic Opportunity.  The event was
 also sponsored by other Chambers in the
 north suburban area.

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