Distinguished Chicago Region Chapter Service Award

Todd J. Cabanban is the recipient of this year's Distinguished Chicago Region Chapter Service Award for his command of the commercial real estate market in communities across metropolitan Chicago and for expanding the way we view ourselves, our purpose, and our potential through innovative chronicling and promotion of both the International and Chicago Region Chapter’s programming and people.

Todd J. Cabanban, one of the founding Principals of Cabanban, Rubin, & Mayberry Commercial Realty, has demonstrated a sure command of the metropolitan Chicago commercial real estate market over a 34-year career. Over his successful career in Retail Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Mr. Cabanban has built a reputation for doing excellent work and providing value to all his clients such as Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, BP Amoco, Cash America, Panda Express and Starbucks. Todd started his career at Hiffman Shaffer & Associates and later helped to build two significant retail commercial real estate firms, Zifkin Realty & Development and his current firm of 12 years Cabanban, Rubin & Mayberry.

Todd is a long-standing member of the state committee for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Todd is also an active member of Lambda Alpha International’s (LAI) Chicago Region and has served in leadership as a past President of the Chapter as well as a past chair of the communications committee for International. Todd is also a member of the prestigious Realty Club of Chicago where he is currently serving as the current President of the organization.

His civic duties include being appointed by Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle to serve on the Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC). Todd graduated with a BA from Indiana University and lives in the city of Chicago with his family.

Robert J. Piper Distinguished Leadership Award

Linda Goodman is the 2024 Robert J. Piper Distinguished Leadership Award winner for providing expert market analyses helping to advance important development projects while sharing her inspirational commitment to the built environment by mentoring and teaching numerous emerging leaders in land economics.

Linda Goodman is President of Goodman Williams Group, where she specializes in analyzing market trends and creating development strategies for public- and private-sector clients. Through numerous real estate cycles, she has analyzed opportunities for residential, retail, office, and industrial projects.

Helping to strengthen retail corridors and downtown business districts has been an important component of Ms. Goodman’s consulting practice. She has assessed commercial development opportunities in Chicago neighborhoods on the north, south, and west sides. In the suburbs, she has teamed up with urban planning firms to develop plans for a variety of transit-served downtowns, including Wilmette, Evanston, Glenview, Barrington, Elmhurst, Naperville, Worth, Cicero, Maywood, and University Park.

Ms. Goodman has contributed to dozens of real estate market analyses for the City of Chicago under the Planning Now program. Her analyses have involved site-specific residential and commercial development proposals as well as plans for corridors and neighborhoods. Goodman Williams Group has completed several commercial and residential market studies of the Loop for the Chicago Loop Alliance. They were also part of the team working for the State of Illinois on the sale of the J.R. Thompson Center and for the CTA on the Red Line Extension Plan.

Prior to co-founding Goodman Williams Group in 1993, Ms. Goodman was a Project Manager in the Corporate Advisory Services Group of Rubloff, then a full-service real estate firm. Ms. Goodman began her career at Real Estate Research Corporation (RERC), a national real estate consulting firm.

Ms. Goodman is a long-time active member of the Chicago Region Chapter of Lambda Alpha International, an honorary land economics society. She was inducted into LAI in 1989 and served on the Board as the Vice President of Programs in 2009 and Membership in 2010. In 2011, she was elected President of the chapter.