What you do for a living: Currently I am a father, a graduate student and work two jobs trying to improve our local community and its infrastructure. I am also an elected official serving the residents of Maine Township as Highway Commissioner. I began working there as a summer help at age 15, so it’s ...

What you do for a living: It’s a corporate America gig. Specifically, I work in reinsurance for CNA (a commercial property and casualty carrier in Chicago). I have been there awhile now. My wife likes to joke that I started my career at CNA in the previous millennium. How long you’ve lived here: I moved ...

What you do for a living: I am the owner of and board-certified orthodontist at MPowered Smiles Orthodontics (137 Vine Ave.) here in Park Ridge. I design and create beautiful smiles for both kids and adults. I am on a mission to empower my patients to be their authentic selves and to smile with confidence. How ...

What you do for a living: I’m self-employed in real estate management in the north side of Chicago. How long you’ve lived here: Born and raised, left for college in Iowa and then spent two years living in Chicago before returning to Park Ridge, where my wife Katie and I raise our three sons. What ...

By Trent Modglin My family and I travel a lot — as much as possible, really — and for some reason, we never experienced Door County until my parents took the entire family up three years ago to celebrate their 50th anniversary. We quickly fell under its spell, all the while wondering why we waited ...