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I grew up in Illinois.

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.

I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.

I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut.

I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college.

I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.

I grew up in the suburbs.

I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.