The 118 ^th Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago will be held Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave.

It will include a 10 a.m. business meeting and members’ forum and a noon luncheon.

At the luncheon, civic leader, businesswoman, and philanthropist Andrea R. Yablon will receive the 55 ^th annual Julius Rosenwald Memorial Award, the Federation’s highest honor. It is presented each year to an individual who has demonstrated a lifetime of outstanding dedication and service to the Federation and the entire Jewish community. The award is named for Julius Rosenwald, the iconic Chicago business leader and philanthropist of the early 1900s.

Having begun her involvement more than 50 years ago with the Young People’s Division (now YLD), Yablon is a vice-chair of JUF/Federation, serves on the Board of Directors, and has chaired numerous committees. She has endowed her Lion of Judah and is a lifetime member of the Jewish Women’s Foundation. She is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America, of which she has chaired emergency committees that aided Israel and Ukraine. She is also a longtime board member of the Michael Reese Health Trust and the Weiss Memorial Hospital Foundation and has served on the board of the Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics.

In addition to her work with the Jewish community, Yablon has been president of Diversified Health Resources, Inc., a health care consulting firm specializing in planning and marketing, since she and her late husband, Marshall, founded the firm nearly 40 years ago.

This year’s meeting also marks a great milestone and the beginning of a transition to a new era. Federation President Dr. Steven B. Nasatir, who soon will celebrate his 40 ^th year as chief executive, has announced he will step down from the President’s role next June, and become Executive Vice Chairman. He is the longest-serving chief executive of any Jewish Federation in North America, and just the fourth person to hold the Chicago Federation’s top post in its 118-year history.

In his final Annual Meeting as President, during the luncheon Nasatir will deliver his popular State of the Federation report, reflecting on the accomplishments and challenges of the past year and going forward.

The Federation’s annual Business Meeting and Members’ Forum, focusing this year on Jewish teens, begins at 10 a.m. and features the election of directors; awards to outgoing board members; presentation of the Samuel A. Goldsmith Award and the David, Gidwitz & Glasser Young Leadership Award; and an opportunity to explore critical community issues with Federation and agency leadership. There is no charge for the morning session.

The lunch session will feature Nasatir’s Report of the President; the presentation of the Shofar Award to 2018 JUF Annual Campaign Chair King W. Harris; the presentation of the Julius Rosenwald Memorial Award to Yablon; the passing of the chairman of the board’s gavel from Michael H. Zaransky to Andrew S. Hochberg; and special reports. Luncheon charge is $45 per person; $25 for senior citizens, clergy, Jewish communal professionals, and students.

For information, call (312) 444-2095 or email [email protected]. Register online: juf.org/AnnualMeeting. Kosher dietary laws will be observed, and no funds will be solicited.