Illinois Chemical Education Foundation (ICEF)
Scholarship Fundraiser

Dr. Leigh Abrams
Honeywell UOP

Dr. Abrams is the Senior Business Leader for Emerging Renewable Fuels in the Low Carbon Energy business at Honeywell UOP. She is responsible for UOP's technologies to produce renewable liquid fuels from next-generation feedstocks. The UOP renewable fuels portfolio includes Ecofining™, UOP eFining™ methanol to jet and the UOP ethanol to jet process, as well as pyrolysis and Biocrude Upgrading technology for biomass conversion into liquid fuels. Dr. Abrams has over a decade of experience at Honeywell UOP working in R&D and commercial roles, and earned her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

To Address the 69th Annual Scholarship Luncheon
(Proceeds to benefit the Illinois Chemical Education Foundation)

Thursday, May 21, 2026
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. CST
Attendee Check-In at 11:00 a.m.
Lunch Begins Promptly at 11:30 a.m.

Harry Caray's/Westin Hotel Ballroom
70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL 60148
(Please enter the main lobby of the Westin Hotel)

Reservation Form - CICI/ICEF Scholarship Luncheon
YES! Of Course We Will Support The Illinois Chemical Education Foundation!

To submit your donation/registration online click HERE

Sponsorship Levels: ($125 for individual ticket or $1,250 for a table of ten)

_____ Lithium Level Sponsorship @ $5,000 each
_____ Platinum Level Sponsorship @ $4,000 each
_____ Gold Level Sponsorship @ $3,000 each
_____ Silver Level Sponsorship @ $2,000 each
_____ Bronze Level Sponsorship @ $1,000 each
_____ Aluminum Level Sponsorship @ $500 each
_____ Individual ticket @ $125 each

_____ I am unable to attend, enclosed is my check for $ __________. Please consider this a          contribution to the Illinois Chemical Education Foundation.

*NOTE: CICI staff will need to know in advance, how many seats each company would like to use at the luncheon. We are seating tables of ten and we anticipate that each table will have a scholarship winner and their two invited guests at the table with your company.

_____  Number of reserved seats for our company.

You may consider the remaining a contribution to the Illinois Chemical Education Foundation. NOTE: Failure to advise could result in paying for uneaten meals and reducing the amount contributed to the Foundation.

Lunch Selection(s):   _______ Beef Tenderloin     _______ Chicken       _______ Vegetarian Pasta

Special Dietary Restrictions:____________________________________________________ 

_____ Please bill me              ______ Please bill my company/or major credit cards are accepted:

____ Visa  ____ Master Card  ____ American Express  ____ Discover    CCV_____  Zip Code________

Account Number _______________________________________ Expiration Date ________________

Company Name __________________________________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip ___________________________________________________________________

Contact _________________________________ Telephone No. ___________________________

The ICEF (36-3951983) is organized as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization under federal income tax laws. 

Please send your reservation to: Lisa Leahy, CICI, 1400 E. Touhy Ave., Suite 210, Des Plaines, IL 60018 or email PDF to [email protected]. Please make all checks payable to the Illinois Chemical Education Foundation.

Thank you to our current Sponsors as of today:

The ICEF Education Committee would also like to thank the CICI member companies who sponsored company named scholarships for 2026.

If you are interested in becoming a named company scholarship sponsor, please contact Lisa Frede, CICI, at [email protected] or 847-544-5995.

CANCELLATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 4:00 P.M. ON May 13, 2026