Donor Spotlight -  Alice Byrne

Alice Byrne, Vice President of Allstate Insurance Company Midwest Region has been a strong and enthusiastic supporter of the YWCA. She joined YWCA Metropolitan Chicago’s Board of Directors in 2008. Since joining the board, she has been heavily involved with the YWCA, serving on the development leadership committee. Alice will take on a prominent role as 2009 Chair for the YWCA’s annual fundraiser, Leader Luncheon, our largest annual event with over 1300 attendees.

The YWCA is committed to providing women and girls with the support and tools needed to transform their lives, be confident in their choices and make valuable contributions to their communities. These goals align closely with Allstate and the Allstate Foundation’s commitment to support economic empowerment for women, especially in those affected by violence.

“Allstate takes a special interest in the greater Chicagoland community, our company’s hometown for more than 75 years. We are particularly invested in this community because we recognize that a thriving hometown is critical to Allstate’s success,” Alice said.

Allstate is a company committed to supporting the communities where employees live and work by contributing to programs where its experience, partnership and leadership will have the greatest impact. The company supports a variety of programs and organizations throughout the country that help create strong and vital communities.

The Allstate Foundation, founded in 1952, is an independent charitable organization funded by contributions from the Allstate Corporation. The Allstate Foundation supports national and local, programs with a strong focus on economic empowerment and safe teen driving. In 2007, the foundation funded programs totaling $20.1 million nationwide.

Recently, the Allstate Foundation awarded a grant of $75,000 for the YWCA’s Economic Empowerment Institute. The YWCA’s Economic Empowerment Services offer women help with planning for a career, career advancement, financial sustainability and asset acquisition through one-on-one coaching, career placement, computer training, and financial coaching. YWCA Metropolitan Chicago is excited about the expanded relationship and happy to be collaborating with Allstate toward achieving our mutual goals for the metropolitan area.

“Allstate is a company of energized people with great ideas. Our Allstate agents, financial specialists and employees are thrilled about the opportunity to lend their time and expertise to this exciting partnership with the YWCA,” Alice said.


About Allstate
The Allstate Corporation is the nation’s largest publicly held personal lines insurer. A Fortune 100 company, Allstate sells 13 major lines of insurance, including auto, property, life and commercial. Allstate also offers retirement and investment products and banking services. Allstate is widely known through the “You’re In Good Hands With Allstate®” slogan. Allstate was founded in 1931 and became a publicly traded company in 1993. The Allstate Corporation encompasses more than 70,000 professionals. Of their employees, more than 30 percent are minorities; 59.1 percent are women. For more information about Allstate visit www.allstate.com.

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