9Laura Ricketts
Co-owner of the Chicago Cubs and member of the National Leadership Council of Lambda Legal
How I Found My Power
Read about what set five of the women in our rankings on their path.
Photography:
(BAIM) GLITTERGUTS;
(BECKWITH) NAHAN KEAY;
(BERNARD) CLARISSA BONET;
(BLUHM) SHERI WHITKO PHOTOGRAPHY;
(CAMPANELLI) ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/TRIBUNE;
(CAPRARA) CLARISSA BONET;
(COBERLY) CHRIS HARALAMBIDIS;
(DAVIS GATES) CLARISSA BONET | HAIR AND MAKEUP FOR DAVIS GATES: DENISE MILLOY/MAKEUP MAGIC INC.
(DILLON) JAMES C. SVEHLA/FOR THE TRIBUNE;
(DUCKWORTH) STACEY WESCOTT/TRIBUNE;
(EWING) NOLIS ANDERSON;
(FLORES) JOSE M. OSORIO/TRIBUNE;
(FOUTTY) STACY GOLDEN;
(FOXX) KIICHIRO SATO/AP;
(GAINER) KRISTAN LIEB/FOR THE TRIBUNE;
(GANG) ERIN HOOLEY/TRIBUNE;
(GARDNER) JAMES C. SVEHLA/FOR THE TRIBUNE;
(GAYLE) KRISTAN LIEB/FOR THE TRIBUNE;
(HAMPTON) STACEY WESCOTT/TRIBUNE;
(HEROLD) ERIC KLEINBERG;
(HOBSON) JAMES C. SVEHLA/FOR THE TRIBUNE;
(HUANG BENNETT) PATRICK L. PYSZKA/CITY OF CHICAGO;
(HUTCHINSON) ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/TRIBUNE;
(IZARD) TIMOTHY HIATT/GETTY IMAGES;
(JACKSON) BRIAN CASSELLA/TRIBUNE;
(JONES) LAURYN R. SCOTT;
(KENDALL) ALLY ALLMORE;
(KIERNAN) KYLE BONDESON;
(LIGHTFOOT) THOMAS CHADWICK;
(LIGHTFORD) ANTONIO PEREZ/TRIBUNE;
(LYONS) AMY AIELLO PHOTOGRAPHY;
(MAKKAI) JOHN J. KIM/TRIBUNE;
(MCKINNEY) COURTESY OF SUZET MCKINNEY;
(MENDOZA) ERIN HOOLEY/TRIBUNE;
(MOMOSE) MICHELLE KANAAR/FOR THE TRIBUNE;
(NEWMAN) ANTONIO PEREZ/TRIBUNE;
(PALLMEYER) ABEL URIBE/TRIBUNE;
(PAPPAS) KRISTAN LIEB/FOR THE TRIBUNE;
(PRECKWINKLE) E. JASON WAMBSGANS/TRIBUNE;
(PRITZKER) KRISTAN LIEB/FOR THE TRIBUNE;
(RICKETTS) JOHN J. KIM/TRIBUNE;
(RHEE) STACEY WESCOTT/TRIBUNE;
(SAUDER) CLARISSA BONET;
(SHAPIRO) JOHN J. KIM/TRIBUNE;
(SPIELMAN) CLARISSA BONET;
(STRATTON) STACEY WESCOTT/TRIBUNE;
(TCHEN) ANTONIO PEREZ/TRIBUNE;
(UNDERWOOD) TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/TRIBUNE;
(ZIEGLER) ABEL URIBE/TRIBUNE;
(ZOPP) TAYLOR GLASCOCK/FOR THE TRIBUNE;