156 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine ENTREPRENEURS Loren Breckenridge has distinguished himself as the chief executive officer of Cody Stone Jewelers. The business serves as a manufacturer and retailer of high-end jewelry hand-crafted from pieces of Cody Stone, sourced from the Santa Catalina Mountains outside of Tucson, Arizona. This unique and historically significant ore came from the gold mine of legendary Old West icon Buffalo Bill Cody. Most of this ore was crushed in the early 1900s to create gold and silver coins, so very little of it remains today. Mr. Breckenridge has worked tirelessly to fulfill the promise he made to preserve and share the history of the Cody Stone. By helping others achieve their dreams, he remains confident he will eventually realize his own goals and ambitions as well. Uniquely, Cody Stone contains gold, silver, copper and tungsten, the latter mineral being an important component used by Thomas Edison to manufacture the filaments of the first commercial light bulbs. The stone in Mr. Breckenridge’s care is being used to handcraft beautiful custom jewelry for discerning customers. Additionally, a piece of the stone, which has been valued at over $156,000, was donated to the Buffalo Bill Museum in Le Claire, Iowa. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Cody Stone Jewelers Appleton, WI Diversified in serval vocations, Virginia Gullo-Ciaccio is a distinguished collaborative attorney-mediator, as well as an industrial real estate expert and business owner. She holds a BS from DePaul University, where she also later earned an MBA in international business from the Drieshaus College of Business and a JD from the College of Law in 1996 and 2000, respectively. Civically engaged as well, she has chaired numerous committees, fundraisers and events in relation to her children’s school activities over the years. Ms. Gullo-Ciaccio has been a managing broker of the Gullo International Realty Group since 2011 and an attorney-mediator for DuPage County Circuit Court since 2002. Outside of her ventures in real estate and mediation, Ms. GulloCiaccio has trailblazed as the owner of the Philosopher’s Stone Apothecary, a chakra wellness center in Arlington Heights, Illinois, since 2022. Leveraging her experience in business management, she excels in her role and intends to evolve and replicate the center’s mission of inner well-being across other urban downtown locations. To attest to its success, the Philosopher’s Stone Apothecary was named the Best Organic Shop by the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce in 2022 and 2023. OWNER Philosopher’s Stone Apothecary Arlington Heights, IL VIRGINIA GULLO-CIACCIO, JD LOREN BRECKENRIDGE
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