April Events

Join us for our upcoming events this month, our Networking dinner on April 12th and our Real Estate panel discussion on April 13th. Get your tickets now!




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Member Spotlight
Jolean Olson

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Jolean Olson is Vice President at Scenic Road with 20 years of experience helping businesses expand with video and content marketing. Specializing in authentic storytelling and emotional, visual content, Jolean uses that experience to elevate her partner businesses and drive engagement, connection and sales.

By focusing on the storytelling side of communications, Jolean has been able to put the degrees she earned at U of I Urbana-Champaign and UIS to good use. Over the years, Jolean’s strengths at producing memorable content have garnered national recognition, including multiple Emmys and Addy Awards. Jolean may spend her days at Scenic Road, but it’s helping people succeed that gets her up in the morning.

When she’s not at Scenic Road, Jolean is an avid real estate investor and house flipper and loves spending time traveling, being outdoors, reading, or doing nothing with her family.

With origins in Emiglia Romagna, Jolean joined Chicagoland Italian American Professionals (CIAP) to connect with her roots, help to further the Italian-American community, and hopefully make her nonna proud… which, let’s face it, is a tall order.

Please introduce yourself to Jolean at CIAP’s next networking event!


Jolean Olson
CIAP Board Member
Scenic Road
Olson Home Buyers
Phone: 312-210-0115
Email: [email protected]

FUN FACT about our Member, Loredana Sciortino

Loredana Sciortino is the secretary for CIAP but also serves as VP for Raising Our Daughters Foundation. "We just did an event and fundraised enough to build a tiny home in South Africa and send 2 girls to school for the year!"

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Regional Spotlight: Campania

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Did you know?

Campania is a southwest region in Italy, the capital of which is Naples.

Campania is a popular tourist destination, seeing an influx of travelers to the Amalfi Coast, Vesuvius and Pompei.

Campania is the lead producer of tomatoes in Italy.

Potato Croquettes

Typical of southern Italian cuisine, and especially the Campania region, potato croquettes (or “crocché”) are well known and beloved all over the world

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Check out our different sponsorship levels to find out which one is a good fit for your business! Each level enjoys greater benefits and helps support the Chicagoland Italian American Professional community.

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