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SUMMARY:2025 April Meet\, Greet & Network
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly Meet\, Greet & Network\n\nThis is a free event\, but please register so we know how many to expect. \n\n\n\nWhat to expect:\n\n- 8:00 - 8:30 AM: Networking time will allow you to mingle with other attendees\, make new contacts\, and catch up with familiar faces.\n\n- 8:30 - 9:30 AM: The main meeting will commence\, introducing our Location Sponsor and Event Sponsor for the month. Following introductions\, we will hear from our speaker who will give a 10-minute educational presentation.\n\nNew Members: You will be welcomed to the membership and have 1 minute to give an elevator speech.\n\nMembers: You will have an opportunity to deliver your 30-second commercial to share about yourself or your business.\n\nBring a guest!\n\nCurrent members can bring a guest to any Meet\, Greet\, & Network event and participate in our Member Referral Program. For more information\, click here!\n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to learn\, network\, and grow your community connections!\n\n\n\nGet to know our speaker:\n\nJean Lachat\n\n\nJean Lachat is Pulitzer Prize-Nominated photographer.\n\nShe spent 25 years as a photojournalist in Chicago\, covering everything from Mayor Daley to Michael Jordan to President Obama\, telling their stories with her photography.\n\nShe started her portrait business officially in 2008\, bringing her photojournalism skills to her portrait work.  She made her portrait and freelance business her full-time career in 2011\, before she was hired as the staff photographer for the University of Chicago\, photographing brand marketing\, events\, and portraits for the school and medical campus.\n\nCovid came along\, and eliminated her position with the University\, and she hasn't looked back since. Jean purchased Behnke Photography from Bert and Cindy Behnke last year\, and took over their beautiful studio space in the heart of Downtown Frankfort\, where she loves to continue to create beautiful printed artwork for the families of Lincoln-Way\, and across the Chicagoland area\, as well as helping business owners market their brand with amazing digital and print visuals.\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you there!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><strong>Join us for our monthly Meet\, Greet &amp\; Network</strong></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">This is a free event\, but please register so we know how many to expect.&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><u>What to expect:</u><br />\n-&nbsp\;<strong>8:00 - 8:30 AM</strong>: Networking time will allow you to mingle with other attendees\, make new contacts\, and catch up with familiar faces.<br />\n-&nbsp\;<strong>8:30 - 9:30 AM</strong>: The main meeting will commence\, introducing our Location Sponsor and Event Sponsor for the month. Following introductions\, we will hear from our speaker who will give a 10-minute educational presentation.<br />\n<strong>New Members:&nbsp\;</strong>You will be welcomed to the membership and have 1 minute to give an elevator speech.<br />\n<strong>Members:&nbsp\;</strong>You will have an opportunity to deliver your 30-second commercial to share about yourself or your business.<br />\n<strong>Bring a guest!</strong><br />\nCurrent members can bring a guest to any Meet\, Greet\, &amp\; Network event and participate in our Member Referral Program. For more information\, click&nbsp\;</span><strong><a href="https://www.frankfortchamber.com/member-referral-program/"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 255)\;">here</span></a></strong><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">!<br />\n<br />\nThis is a great opportunity to learn\, network\, and grow your community connections!</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 16px\;">Get to know our speaker:<br />\n<strong>Jean Lachat<br />\n<img alt="" height="200" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/430/Image/JeanMGN.png" style="width: 200px\; height: 200px\;" width="200" /></strong></span>\n<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;">Jean Lachat is Pulitzer Prize-Nominated&nbsp\;photographer.<br />\nShe spent 25 years as a photojournalist in Chicago\, covering everything from&nbsp\;Mayor Daley to Michael Jordan to President Obama\,&nbsp\;telling their stories with her photography.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;font-family:&quot\;Arial&quot\;\,sans-serif\;\ncolor:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin:0in\;font-variant-ligatures: normal\;font-variant-caps: normal\;\norphans: 2\;text-align:start\;widows: 2\;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\;\ntext-decoration-thickness: initial\;text-decoration-style: initial\;text-decoration-color: initial\;\nword-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;">She started her portrait business officially in 2008\, bringing her photojournalism skills to her portrait work.&nbsp\; She made her portrait and freelance business&nbsp\;her full-time career in 2011\, before she was hired&nbsp\;as the staff photographer for the University of Chicago\, photographing brand marketing\, events\, and portraits for the school and medical campus.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;font-family:&quot\;Arial&quot\;\,sans-serif\;\ncolor:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin:0in\;font-variant-ligatures: normal\;font-variant-caps: normal\;\norphans: 2\;text-align:start\;widows: 2\;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\;\ntext-decoration-thickness: initial\;text-decoration-style: initial\;text-decoration-color: initial\;\nword-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;">Covid came along\, and eliminated her position with the University\, and&nbsp\;she hasn&#39\;t looked back since.&nbsp\;Jean purchased Behnke Photography from Bert and Cindy Behnke last year\, and took over their beautiful studio space in the heart of Downtown Frankfort\, where she loves to continue to create beautiful printed artwork for the families of Lincoln-Way\, and across the Chicagoland area\, as well as helping business owners market their brand with amazing digital and print visuals.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;font-family:&quot\;Arial&quot\;\,sans-serif\;\ncolor:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\n<br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">We look forward to seeing you there!</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Camp Manitoqua 8122 W Sauk Trail\, Frankfort\, IL 60423
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URL:https://tools.frankfortchamber.com/events/details/2025-april-meet-greet-network-15450
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