Kary McIlwain, a 26-year veteran of Y&R advertising agency, will become vice president of marketing at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, effective July 2015.
Here are three things to know about Ms. McIlwain.
1. Ms. McIlwain has been president and North American managing partner of Y&R since 2002.
2. Ms. McIlwain is a Leadership Council board member for Horizons for Youth and serves on the chairman's council for United Way and on the marketing committee for the Lincoln Park Zoo. She also is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and serves on the board of The Chicago Network.
3. Ms. McIlwain earned a master's degree in integrated marketing communications from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Bradley University.
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