THOSE WHO SOAR
Rising to the
occasion
By Griffin Vrabeck
plan five events each year, managing a total guest attendance of six hundred people and two hundred dogs. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, Paige was named the Outstanding Board Member of the Year, and in 2020 received the Diamond Club Award for raising over $27,000. Two and a half years ago, Paige was voted to be the Chair of the PAWS board. This is, however, merely the beginning of Paige’s philanthropic endeavors. A few years ago, after her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Paige joined the board of the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter. Eager to use her experience from PAWS in a new capacity, Paige became a full member of the Alzheimer’s Association several months ago. The Illinois Chapter organizes two fundraising events each year, and, similar to PAWS, Paige will garner corporate donors and sponsors, and raise awareness about the events. Professionally, Paige started her career at CBRE, an office leasing agency. Recently, she moved to their competitor, Cushman + Wakefield, and works in downtown Chicago. Paige represents building owners in their search for and negotiations with occupants. Paige was named As the job is largely reliant on the Outstanding Board networking, it inherently aids Member of the Year, her fundraising work. and in 2020 received While reminiscing on the Diamond Club her time at Pegasus, Paige fondly remembers Mr. Swiger Award for raising Paige Krueger (’08) still embodies the who was part of a group of over $27,000. kindness she learned as a panda in Mrs. Davis’ Pegasus faculty that accompanied Pre-K class. After graduating from the University students to Spain when she was of Wisconsin-Madison with a BS in Economics, she in sixth grade. The trip was incredible moved to Chicago to start her career. For the past four and and Paige is grateful that Pegasus afforded her a half years, she has been a member of the board of directors the opportunity to experience a different culture and travel at PAWS Chicago, a no kill animal shelter that facilitated at such a young age. Mr. Swiger was then also her seventh the adoption of over four thousand animals in 2020. As part grade history teacher and kept the class lively with his sense of the Professional Board, Paige’s responsibilities included of humor. History was one of the hardest classes she took at corporate fundraising and raising awareness. She currently Pegasus along with Mrs. Wilder’s English class. Both teachers serves on the Development Board and events committees that had a positive impact on her education.
Paige Krueger
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THE PEGASUS SCHOOL
