Ann O’Riordan, Director of Catering and Events

Phone: 312.932.4330
Email: Ann.O’Riordan@hilton.com
Ann joined our team as Director of Catering and Events in May 2008. She’s responsible for all Catering and Events operations at the hotel. She comes to The Drake from a comprehensive catering and hospitality background at the Hilton Chicago. Ann has planned and executed events up to 2000 guests, worked closely with meeting planners, 3rd party operators and consultants to ensure a successful event.

John Moses, Senior Catering Manager

Phone: 312.932.4344
Email: John.Moses@hilton.com 
John joined The Drake family in June of 2008. He joined our sales team with over 13 years of catering experience from several Hilton properties in the Chicago area. John is very detail-oriented and can quickly assess the guests’ needs to offer the appropriate service. His longevity in this market has enabled him to follow up and maintain relationships with his past clients.

Antoinette F. Cahill, Senior Catering Sales Manager

Phone: 312.932.4611
Email: Antoinette.Cahill@hilton.com
Antoinette is from Killarney in Ireland where she started working in hotels in 1988. She studied Law and French in University College Cork, but followed her heart and went on to graduate in 1998 from the University of Birmingham U.K. with a degree in Hotel Business Management.

Antoinette has worked in many hotels in Ireland, England and the United States and she has now decided to focus her career in catering here at The Drake. Antoinette has worked at The Drake since 1998 and is well known for her superior customer service and her ability to exceed client expectations creating memories for a lifetime.

William J. McCluskey, Catering Sales Manager

Phone: 312.932.4305 
Email: William.Mccluskey@hilton.com
Bill has a widely diverse background in his chosen field of catering. He has achieved success in such varied markets as Chicago, Vail, Denver, Maui, Madison, Memphis, and Hamburg, Germany.
He matriculated from The University of Massachusetts, having earned dual degrees in Business Administration and Hotel and Restaurant Administration. Having eighteen years of experience specifically in the Chicago catering arena, Bill maintains his passion for weddings and exclusive catered special events and feels that his reputation is strongly grounded in an understanding of customer satisfaction and his innate ability to exceed expectations for all his clients' personal preferences.

Bill's expertise, care and special knowledge will be a welcome addition to the staff of the historic Drake Hotel.

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