Financial Advisor Kevin Kost of Elmhurst will be honored as the 2025 Good Works Award recipient presented at “Networking on the 9s,” the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 77th Annual Golf Outing, to be held at Sugar Creek Golf Course in Villa Park on Friday, September 12.
A Chamber member since 2009, Kost is a Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) with Edward Jones Investments and his office is located at 340 West Butterfield Road, Suite 4E.
The award plaque reads, in part, that Kost is being honored “for his contributions to the betterment” of ECCI and the Elmhurst business community as a 16-year Chamber membership and “his personal and business support” of the Golf Outing.
“Kevin has been supportive of numerous community organizations since he first came to Elmhurst,” stated ECCI President and CEO Jennifer Veremis, “and our Chamber is among the fortunate benefactors of his many good works.”
Kost has served multiple terms on the ECCI Board of Directors (between 2013 and 2024) and was a four-year member of the Executive Committee (2017-20), including Board Chair (2019). He is also a long-time and award-winning member (2019) of the Chamber Ambassadors.
His community involvement has included service on the Board of Directors of the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry, Rotary Club of Elmhurst and more.
Suburban Life Media named Kost among its dozen Best Under 40 honorees for 2015.
Kost earned a degree in marketing and sales from the College of Business at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal in 2008.
Presented annually at the Chamber Golf Outing since 2000, the Good Works Award honors the memory of the late Chamber President, A.J. “Toche” Terrones, who led the Chamber for nearly 10 years until his death the night before the 1999 Golf Outing.
Past recipients include Eva Sanchez (2024) of See Your House Right Here, the late Gregg Markiewicz (2023) of The Stevens Group, Cathy Bajkowski (2022 and 2011) of CB Health Insurance, the Elmhurst Park District (2021), Elmhurst University (2020), Elmhurst Jaycees (2019), President Dan Roesch and Partner/General Manager Paul Koch (2018) of Larry Roesch Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM, Senior Vice President Ken Bartels (2017) of Community Bank of Elmhurst (CBE), the late Dare Messina (2016) of L.W. Reedy Real Estate, Owner Pete DiCianni (2015) of DiCianni Graphics, CBE Board Chair William “Bill” Gooch Jr. (2014), Attorney Scott Levin (2013) of Howard & Howard, Barb Savage (2012) of ECCI and CBE, Office Manager/Paralegal Julie Miller (2010) of Patrick T. Sheehan & Associates, longtime Chamber volunteer Ralph Pechanio (2009), retired banker Frank Vitelli (2008), former building contractor Paul DeMichele (2007), Chamber Retention Coordinator Jerry Sletten (2006), the mortgage team of Frank Catalano Jr. and Debra Klosterman (2005), retired business executive and Membership Vice President Howard Schreiber (2004), retired banker John Wartinbee (2003), then Elmhurst Mayor Thomas D. Marcucci (2002), entrepreneur Betsy Hanisch (2001) and Owner Tom Coffey (2000) of Electronic Specialty Design.
Established in 1918, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a voluntary organization of business and professional men and women who have joined together to promote the civic and commercial progress of the community.
The Chamber also serves the needs of its members through services, programs and events that provide opportunities for networking and referral, business education, development and promotion, governmental representation and community involvement.