Meet the Northwest Suburban Leadership Team. Clockwise from the upper left: Harmeet Bawa, Palatine High School; Jamie Hillner, Buffalo Grove High School; Samantha Galbavy, Fremd High School; Kaley Wendorf, Elk Grove High School; Lauren Nagle, Hersey High School; Alex Baratta, Hersey; Devi Shastri, Hoffman Estates High School; Jake Herb, Barrington High School; Kylie Mena, Barrington and Mundeep Bawa, Palatine.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Meet the DuPage County Leadership Team. From left: Alex Senak, Benet Academy; Emily Rohman, Glenbard West High School; Sarah Huddleston, St. Francis High School; Tara Tsaparis, Wheaton North High School; Christine Young, Lisle Senior High School; Venkata Surapeneni, Neuqua Valley High School; Kelsey McDonnell, Neuqua Valley; William B. Dawes, Montini Catholic High School and Kate Berens, Timothy Christian High School. Not pictured, Adam Graham Erickson, Wheaton Warrenville South High School.

Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

Meet the Lake County Leadership Team. Back row, from left: Leila Sherbini, Grayslake Central High School; Kathleen Morris, Libertyville High School; Kenneth Pechtl, Mundelein High School; Ian Fleming, Carmel Catholic High School; Erin Bradley, Lakes Community High School and Michelle Kelrikh, Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Front row, from left: Lexi Miles, Carmel Catholic; Lauren Sylvia Auster, Lake Zurich High School; and Amanda Hermsen, Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart. Not pictured, Allison Tran of Vernon Hills High School.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer