United Way's president and CEO leaving for job in Chicago

CHAMPAIGN – The outgoing leader of the United Way of Champaign County will be taking a new job at the agency's counterpart in Chicago.

Tammy Lemke, president and chief executive officer of the United Way since 2003, announced this week she will leave by mid-March to join her husband at a new job in the Chicago area. Eric Lemke has accepted a position with the Schaumburg office of McGladrey & Pullen.

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