Vice President of Community Affairs, ITW
Rosemary has been employed with ITW since 2008, and her responsibilities include acting as Secretary to the ITW Foundation Board of Directors. Through the Foundation she manages all grant and pledge requests for funding, as well as, over sees the Matching Gift Program, Volunteer Program, United Way and Scholarship Programs. is inclusive of additional matching from the Foundation. In addition, Rosemary manages corporate contributions to include funding/sponsorships, in-kind giving, and pro-bono. One key accomplishment for Rosemary in 2014 was the opening and design of a STEM high-school in Chicago called the ITW David Speer Academy.
Prior to ITW Rosemary was with Hewitt for 15 years where she initially served as a global leader responsible for talent. Upon Hewitt going public, she was asked to develop and lead global corporate social responsibility. She was responsible for all corporate giving to include funding, sponsorships, volunteer management, in-kind, pro-bono and all board placements. Rosemary also created Hewitt’s signature program, The Hewitt Career Center, and built centers across North America in at-risk/disadvantaged high-schools. She was also the Vice-President of the Hewitt Foundation and responsible for all granting and events tied to the Foundation.
Prior to Hewitt, Rosemary was with Balcor/American Express for 8 years where she served as Vice President of Human Resources. She was responsible for recruitment and staffing, succession planning, reduction in force/outplacement, internal communications and learning and development.
Rosemary also owned and operated a 300 guest lake front restaurant, Fairmont Shores, on Fox Lake in Lake Villa, Illinois for 15 years. She is a professionally trained chef with her specialty being creating cultural culinary experiences to include Eastern Europe, Southern Italian, French, High-end Mexican, and Thai. In addition to running the restaurant she donated 12 guest chefs to various charity events annually raising $1.3M for charities over the course of 15 years. She also donated the use of her restaurant on Monday’s to various charities which include food/beverages and staff.
Rosemary currently sits on the following boards: ITW Foundation, The Ruby Bridges Foundation, and One Hope United. Rosemary is also a national key-note speaker on the topic of child abuse and neglect. Previously she also served on the following boards: Better Government Association, CASA, College of Lake County, American Cancer Society, America Scores, Court Appointed Special Advocates, The Hewitt Foundation, and served as Vice Chairman for the Governor of Illinois state commission.
Rosemary is married to David Matzl and is a mom to four children, Annyetta 30, (married to Jake 30), Karoly and Krisztina, (twins) 26 and Dragos 20. And is an Oma to Bernadette 3 and Theodore 2. Her twins and Dragos are rescue adoptions from the Romanian Orphanages where Rosemary continues to provide support and advocacy.