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CHICAGO, March 23, 2016 – The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) officially welcomed two new food concessions – Summer House Santa Monica and Green Market – to O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday, March 22.  From the food on the shelves to the LED lights on the ceiling to the metal in the walls, Green Market…

Chicago native Ezequiel “Zeke” Flores is a global business leader and airport concessionaire. He founded Flying Retail to upgrade the travel experience and attract strong national retail brands and partners to airports, and, as CEO, he operates one of the largest specialty retail portfolios at O’Hare. He serves on the Illinois State Board of Investment,…

Ezequiel Flores (BUS ’00) approached the late Sue Gin (DHL ’09), a DePaul trustee, at a women’s event for the Economic Club of Chicago that had fewer than 10 men in the audience. “I didn’t care,” he remembers. “I just knew I had to meet her.” From that day on, Gin became a mentor to Flores, and in…

Republican Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner continued his transition to the state’s top job Wednesday by naming 37 people to serve on 10 policy committees, from agriculture to economic development to veterans affairs… Also named to that team was Ezequiel “Zeke” Flores, CEO of Flying Retail LLC, a national airport food supply and concession business operating at O’Hare International…

Zeke Flores began his career at Arthur Andersen and traveled the world with Sara Lee. But the DePaul University accounting grad’s real education came from his mentor, Flying Food Group founder Sue Gin, who deftly navigated the spaces where business and government intersect. Read the full article from Crain’s Chicago Business here.