Annie has lived in Lake Forest since 2020 with her husband Ryan with whom she has two young children, Reese and Harrison. She is a native of Winnetka and graduated from New Trier High School before earning a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan majoring in Political Science. She lived and worked in Washington, D.C., and came back to Chicago to obtain a degree from Harrington College of Design to pursue her other passion. She has been in the interior design industry for over 15 years, starting her own company in 2020. She is an active board member and enjoys volunteering for the Infant Welfare Society of Lake Forest. She is thrilled to be back in the North Shore raising her family and looks forward to serving the residents of Lake Forest as a Caucus Committee member.
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Ann Lyon
Ann and her family have resided in Lake Forest since 1995. She became a Realtor in 2005 after a successful 20+ year career practicing architecture and overseeing construction, specializing in commercial and residential architecture. Ann serves Lake Forest, Lake Bluff and the greater North Shore. Ann would like to be involved in the Caucus because she truly believes Lake Forest is a special community and the Caucus helps choose the best people to maintain and improve all that Lake Forest offers.
Jennifer McGregor – Fundraising
Jennifer’s position as Chief Revenue Officer & Managing Partner for a virtual reality design technology platform leverages her relationships and leadership experience throughout her 25-year career in the architectural design industry- previously leading teams in the Middle East & Asia.
She has served locally as a Trustee for LFHS Foundation, LFHS Wall of Fame, District 67 & 115 APT, Citadel Theatre, Friends of Gorton & the Economic Club of Chicago, Lake Forest Symphony, and on numerous national boards for City of Hope, Melanoma Research Foundation & Board Chair for the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS.
As an alum of LF schools, Jennifer prides herself in her deep roots in the community having spent all but ten years of her life and ultimately raised her three children here. She looks forward to this opportunity to serve our gem of a city.
Scott Nehls
Scott and his wife, Susie, and their four children moved to Lake Forest in 2020. Having started coaching his oldest son in various sports many years ago, Scott has now coached several dozen sports teams of all varieties. In this most recent year, Scott coached all four of his kids’ soccer teams while serving on the board of their soccer club.
Outside of his amateur coaching career, Scott is a partner at a boutique Chicago law firm, Fuchs & Roselli, where he handles a variety of complex commercial litigation. Scott graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, where he double majored in Economics and Political Science, and earned his law degree from DePaul University College of Law (where he also met his wife on the first day). Scott serves on several local bar associations and their subcommittees, most notably the Chicago Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee. When Scott is not at work or coaching his kids’ various sports teams, he is playing hockey or doing a home improvement project.
Larry Obermeyer
Larry Obermeyer and his wife, Anne O’Connell, have been happy to call Lake Forest their home since 2006. Larry is a retired IT professional who spent much of his career with Lake County government. He also previously was a licensed real estate appraiser.
Larry enjoys golfing, doing home-improvement projects, and spending time with friends and family, including his grandson, Henry.
Marian Pearcy
A former attorney, teacher, and principal, Marian has been a resident of Lake Forest Place for the past seven years and served as chairman of its Resident Advisory Council for two years. She would like to contribute to the larger community. Marian grew up on the North Shore and has always appreciated the beauty of Lake Forest. She sees the dichotomy in the push for growth and the desire to preserve the heritage that has made Lake Forest such a wonderful place to live and raise a family.
Mark Pickett – External Communications
Mark Pickett and his family moved to Lake Forest in 2020. Originally from a small town in central Illinois, a sense of community has always been important to Mark. He is currently leading product marketing for a manufacturing and quality management software company.
Mark brings deep expertise across different marketing and advertising disciplines, with a focus on breaking down complex challenges and developing clear, straightforward solutions. Mark and his wife have two young children. He has contributed to numerous Caucus searches for elected and appointed volunteers for various positions and communication initiatives. A member of the Rotary Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, Mark enjoys serving his community.
Jay Soave
Jay, his wife Kait, and three young children Keira, Hunter and Thor, moved to Lake Forest in 2018. Keira attends Cherokee and the other two children are in preschool at EPS. By day, Jay is out hunting for new opportunities at a medical office development and acquisition firm. By night, Jay has coached Keira’s basketball team, Hunter’s flag football team and both of their occasional jui jitsu classes. With his remaining (limited) free time, Jay plays golf (poorly), practices jui jitsu and obsessively cheers on his Michigan Wolverines.
Jay views Lake Forest as a special place and is honored to serve Ward 2 to help maintain and improve our wonderful community.
Charles Stephens
Charles Stephens was born and raised in Lake Forest, and moved back in 2020 with his wife Kate and children Mary and Charlie who are at DPM and Sheridan, respectively. After graduating from LFHS, he earned a BA from Northwestern University and later returned to earn an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. During his early career in consulting with A.T. Kearney and Ernst & Young, he moved to the Bay Area for 6 years and later joined the Gap’s e-commerce division, kicking off a new career in tech. Moving back to Chicago in 2007, Charles held a variety of roles with startups and established companies in e-commerce, marketing and transportation. Most recently, he owned Zipcar’s Chicago market, was an executive at Lyft and is currently the SVP & General Manager of Future’s coaching business. Now back in Lake Forest, Charles is looking to give back to the community that shaped who he is so that his children may benefit from the same strength of community he did.
Janet White
Janet and her family have enjoyed living in Lake Forest/Lake Bluff for the past 28 years. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with her own private practice concentrating in child and adolescence and teaches doctoral students at National Louis University. Raising five children kept her busy with Cub Scouts (three of four sons attained Eagle Scout status and the fourth is nearly there), the Grants Committee of LDA, the School of St. Mary Parent Club, Open Lands, and Catholic Charities. With only two children still at home, she is looking for new ways to contribute to the community.