The late Gregg Markiewicz will be honored as the 2023 Good Works Award recipient presented at “Networking on the 9s,” the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 75th Annual Golf Outing, to be held at Sugar Creek Golf Course in Villa Park on Friday, September 22.
Markiewicz, who died on June 23 at the age of 68 following a fight against cancer, joins Dare Messina (2016) of L.W. Reedy Real Estate as the only two recipients to be honored posthumously.
Markiewicz served 10 years as a Senior Account Executive for The Steves Group (188 Industrial Drive, Suite 428), which joined the Elmhurst Chamber in 2002. He also worked 30 years as VP Sales & Marketing at PGI Marketing & Communications.
The award is being given to Markiewicz “for his contributions to the betterment of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Elmhurst business community through his active 20-year Chamber membership—including service on the Board of Directors (2018-23) and Executive Committee (2022-23), and his personal and business support of the Chamber Golf Outing.
“Gregg was among those special people whom everybody liked,” stated John R. Quigley, Chamber President and CEO since 1999, “and our Chamber was among the fortunate benefactors of his many good works.”
Markiewicz was in line to serve as ECCI Board Chair in 2024. In 2023, he served on the Executive Committee as First Vice Chair and also chaired the Membership Committee. He served as Second Vice Chair and Marketing Committee Chair in 2022.
During Markiewicz’s six-year tenure as a Board member, the Stevens Group was the Chamber Golf Outing’s Signage Sponsor and also donated design and printing of ECCI’s new tri-fold membership recruitment brochure.