Dale B. Tauke – Secretary

Dale is a musician and now-retired attorney with over four decades of legal experience. His legal practice ranged widely in areas of corporate law, including finance, securities, M&A and energy contracting. He and his wife of 40 years, Mary K. Stull (a retired healthcare industry executive) have lived in Lake Forest for nearly 36 years. All five of his non-grown children attended Cherokee School, Deer Path Middle School and Lake Forest High School.

Dale most recently served for six years as a member and Chairman of the City of Lake Forest Legal Committee. Dale also served as a citizen representative on the Finance and Operations Subcommittee of the Lake Forest District 115 Board of Education. He has been very active with the Boy Scouts of America. His two sons are Eagle Scouts from Troop 46, and he mentored many others to Eagle Scout as well. He was an AYSO girls’ team soccer coach. He looks forward to continuing his service back to the city with the Caucus.

He received a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Chicago Law School and a B.B.A. Degree with Highest Distinction from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.

Fred Brewer – Treasurer

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Fred Brewer is a Lake Forest resident and lives with his wife Leslie and their two young children. Fred moved to Chicago shortly after graduating from the University of Wisconsin with an English degree. After working at an advertising agency, he started his own full-service agency where he helps companies grow their businesses. Fred enjoys the outdoors, traveling, staying active, along with spending time with family. Fred fell in love with the architecture and beauty of Lake Forest since first arriving and would now like to continue maintaining its success and uniqueness by giving time to the community.

Jason Akemann

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After graduating summa cum laude with a B.A. in History from Illinois State University, Jason co-founded what is now a national restaurant company. Jason’s company, Bottleneck Management, has 16 locations in seven different states including eight in the greater Chicagoland area. He has worked extensively with development partners such as Walt Disney World and The Dallas Cowboys along with some of the largest real estate partners in the world. Over the past twenty-plus years Jason has helped guide Bottleneck from having just two employees to employing well over a thousand people today. The constant changes to the hospitality landscape over the years have tested his organizational skill, leadership ability, and management style. Jason is looking forward to bringing these global life lessons to bear while serving the local community.

Jason’s childhood was spent growing up in the northwest Chicago suburb of Elgin where his extended family was enthusiastically involved in local politics. After an almost twenty-year stint in the city of Chicago, Jason, his wife Jennifer, and their three children, proudly became residents of Lake Forest in 2017. They could not be happier with the place they now call home and look forward to participating in the community through the Caucus.

Bruce Barger

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Bruce and his wife, Beth, have been Lake Forest residents for 30 years and have 4 children. Bruce attended West Virginia University and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a retired Navy physician, specialized in Anesthesia. He received an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He currently works at a local pharmaceutical company as Medical Director specializing in drug pharmacovigilance. Bruce is a member of the American Legion Post 264 and an avid golfer. He enjoys spending time with family and friends in our community.

Wyn Cain

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Wyn Cain has resided in Lake Forest since 1979. She graduated from Northwestern University, taught school in Winnetka, Northbrook and McHenry, and was a substitute teacher in District 67 and LFCDS for 18 yrs and Everett School Media Center Assistant for 10 years. Two of her three children graduated from DPM and LFHS. Wyn was Co-leader of the Steven Ministry group at The First Presbyterian Church, a board member of the Lake County Haven, and Scout Leader.

Wyn looks forward to working on the Caucus Committee and serving our exceptional community.

Michael Crimmins

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Michael has resided in the South Park neighborhood in Ward 2 since 2011 with his wife Donielle Foss Crimmins and two children (Michael and Thomas). A Pittsburgh native, he attended college at the University of Dayton (OH), graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering while being a 3-year varsity letterman for the Flyers’ (Div 1) football program. He has been working in the lighting industry for the past 18+ years, currently as the Director of the ESCO Sales Channel for RAB Lighting based in NYC. He looks forward to volunteering for the Caucus Committee and serving his fellow residents of Lake Forest.

Kelly Guerrero

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Kelly is a lifelong Lake Forest resident. She attended both LFCDS and DPM as a child. Kelly’s professional background is in Structured Finance, having worked in Chicago for a private equity firm after obtaining her M.B.A. in Accounting. Kelly resides in town with her husband and their three children, who attend the School of St. Mary where Kelly is an active volunteer, room mother, and parishioner. As a family they like to travel, watch the kids’ various sporting events, see concerts at Ravinia, and enjoy all the blessings of our beautiful town.

Armando Guzman – Internal Communications

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Born in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico, Armando Guzman grew up in Little Village on the West side of Chicago and attended Westminster College on a Soccer Scholarship. He earned a dual degree B.A. in International Studies and B.A.in Spanish.

Armando and his wife, Maggie along with daughters, Isabella and Hailey absolutely love traveling the world, a passion ignited by Armando’s Junior year at Saint Louis University-Madrid, Spain.

Armando has been a Risk Advisor for 26 years as an Agent for State Farm Insurance. When not in the office, you can usually find Armando literally tearing up the Deerpath Golf Course. As a five-year resident of Lake Forest, Armando looks forward to learning from current caucus members on ways to make our wonderful community even better.

Linda Harmer

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Linda has been living in Lake Forest since 2019 with her husband, Rob, and two young daughters Eliana and Noelle. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and has spent the last 14 years working in Medical Affairs at a local pharmaceutical company. She is a voracious reader, enjoys traveling adventures with her family, and exercises her creative brain by sewing and quilting.

Linda loves all that Lake Forest has to offer and looks forward to serving her neighbors on the Caucus Commmittee.

Rosemary Kehr

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Rosemary has lived in Lake Forest for over 20 years. Both her children attended D65 and D115 schools. She has served as a Member and Chair of both the Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals, currently serving on the City’s Central Business District Working Group. Rosemary holds a Masters from Harvard University in City Planning and an M.B.A from Northwestern University. Rosemary has extensive professional experience in city planning, zoning, and development. She looks forward to being on Caucus and representing her neighbors in Ward 2.