Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Professor of Harvard Business School gives the first keynote address to The Chicago Network in 1989 in what would become the start of many Women in the Forefront Luncheons.
Dr. June Reinisch, Director of The Kinsey Institute for Research on Sex, Gender and Reproduction, addressed The Chicago Network at the 2nd Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on June 25, 1990.
Renowned feminist activist Gloria Steinem was the keynote speaker at The Chicago Network's 3rd Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on October 2, 1991.
Authors and futurists, Patricia Aburdene and John Naisbitt, addressed The Chicago Network members and guests at the 4th Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on October 13, 1992.
Kathy Kolbe, author of The Conative Connection and Pure Instinct: Business’ Untapped Resource, headlines The Chicago Network's 5th Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on March 16, 1994.
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide CEO, Charlotte Beers, headlines The Chicago Network's 6th Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on May 23, 1995.
Adele Smith Simmons, President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, addresses The Chicago Network and guests at the 7th Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on February 28, 1996.
Former California State Treasurer and Executive Vice President of Bank of America, Kathleen Brown, gives the keynote speech for the 8th Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on May 1, 1997.
Ann Fudge, Executive Vice President Kraft Foods, Inc. and President of Maxwell House and Post Division, is the keynote speaker for the 9th Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on June 18, 1998.
Former White House Press Secretary, Dee Dee Myers, speaks at The Chicago Network's 10th Annual Women in the Forefront Luncheon on June 10, 1999.