Greetings Gators!

Since moving to Chicago in the summer of 2006, I have been active with The Windy City Gator Club®. Due to the great leadership and the continued hard work of the Board of Directors, our Club has grown at a tremendous pace! Gators continue to make the move to the Windy City; as evidenced by the record number of Gators living in our territory- 4,200 UF Alumni to be exact! 

Our Board of Directors will continue to work hard to ensure that we bring you a calendar of events that appeal to the vast membership base of our Club. In the past year we introduced our Later Gator Diner Program, intimate viewing parties that focus on allowing Gators to build new relationships! We also introduced Football Viewing Parties in Naperville to accommodate our many Alumni living outside of Chicago. We continued to build on our relationships with other Alumni groups by organizing the 1^st ever Southeastern Golf Outing this past June. The event was attended by over 125 Alumni from across the SEC! We continued to show support for Gator Athletics by hosting tailgate parties in Lexington for the UF vs. KY Football game & in Evanston for the UF vs. NW Lacrosse game!

Being a graduate of The University of Florida is something I take immense pride in, and I am honored to serve you as President of The Windy City Gator Club®. Gators of all ages are welcome & encouraged to join us at one of our events this year! If you haven’t joined us in a while now is the perfect time to reconnect with Gator Nation! We look forward to seeing everyone out this year, whether it is at our Football Roadtrip, SEC Golf Outing, or one of our Football Viewing Parties. Thank you for your continued support of Gator Nation!

Work ‘em silly Gators,

Amanda Hebbeler, BSBA Marketing 2005
President, Windy City Gator Club®