Jean Pitzo is CEO of Ace Metal Crafts, a stainless steel manufacturer of fabricated and machined components parts serving original equipment manufacturers in the food processing, packaging, pharmaceutical, and environmental industries. She has been with ACE her entire career, starting in 1983 as a sales representative and progressing over the years to vice president of sales and marketing, then to president. She was named CEO in 2003. Under her leadership, ACE has been honored numerous times for outstanding business practices, workplace culture, industry, and community outreach. Pitzo serves on the boards of directors of Berthold Electric Co. in Chicago and Irmco Inc. in Evanston, Illinois. (Festival Underwriter Presenter)