Brooke Wiseman, who heads up the nonprofit organization Blessings in a Backpack, was, on June 3, elected president of the Union League Club of Chicago.
Wiseman was previously Union League's vice-president and also served as board secretary for Center on Halsted, which is among numerous organizations she has been involved with.
Wiseman was previously the Chief Development and Marketing Officer of the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago as well as CEO of the Girl Scouts of Chicago. She is a resident of Woodridge, where she lives with her partner of 35 years, Dana McCormick.
At a June 5 gathering, Wiseman called the Union League Club "a way of life. …I realize that means different things to everyone in this room, and that is the really special part of the Union League Club. We are a diverse membership, and therein lies our strength."