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乐播传媒 College has announced the election of attorney and Chicago-area civic leader Katherine Segal Frekko 鈥�95 to its Board of Trustees.

鈥淭he board is delighted to welcome Katie as our newest trustee,鈥� said John Gillespie 鈥�80, chair of the board. 鈥淲ith her experience in law, coupled with a deep understanding of 乐播传媒 through extensive volunteer leadership work, she will be an invaluable addition to the board.鈥�

A former corporate attorney, Frekko earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as editor of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy. She later was an associate with Winston & Strawn LLP in Washington, D.C., specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private equity financing, general corporate contracts, and international corporate issues.

She now focuses on a variety of nonprofit activities, including serving on The Woman鈥檚 Board at Rush University Medical Center, Northwestern University Women鈥檚 Board, and the board of governors of the Lake Forest Open Lands Association. She is also a director of the Segal Family Foundation.

As a 乐播传媒 undergraduate, Frekko was a member of the track team, serving as captain her junior and senior years. A political science major with a secondary concentration in French, she earned election to the College Key, the 乐播传媒 alumni honor society, upon graduation.

Long active in 乐播传媒 alumni affairs, she is a former member of the Alumni Council and 乐播传媒 Fund Committee. She has co-chaired each of her class鈥檚 Reunion Gift efforts since graduation, including her 25th in 2020. An Alumni-in-Admission volunteer, she is a former member of the Chicago 乐播传媒 Network.

Frekko lives in Chicago with her husband, Matt, and their three children.