Rich Janor is a 20+ year veteran and industry leader in the sports event management field. Mr. Janor was elected to the office of Park Commissioner in Naperville in 2011, and was elected President of the board three times by a unanimous vote of the other commissioners. Mr. Janor serves as Head Baseball Coach at Montini Catholic High School, Regional Director for USA Baseball, and is the co-author of the book, We Not Me – In Sports, Business and Life. He resides in Naperville with Rhonda, and their three children, Archer, Brooklyn and Caiden. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
RICH JANOR, PRESIDENT, JANOR EVENTS
Favorite Christmas Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Favorite Christmas Tradition: Reindeer Road™ – Naperville!
Favorite Reindeer: Blitzen (In honor of the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears)
Favorite Christmas Story: Twas the Night Before Christmas
Favorite Christmas Gift: (Drumset…and don’t even think of touching it!)
Favorite Christmas Meal: Four whole chickens and a loaf of white bread
MATT BAKER, OWNER, BROOKDALE LIGHTING
Matt Baker is a specialist in commercial and residential lighting and landscape design. He is a preferred lighting contractor for numerous Naperville residents and businesses. Baker drew upon his passion for lights, technical knowledge and expertise to create the Manchester Lights Show, a neighborhood holiday lights show that began in 2012, when he was only twelve years of age. Baker resides in Naperville, and is currently working toward completing his undergraduate degree at Northern Illinois University.
Favorite Christmas Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Favorite Christmas Tradition: Setting up Christmas lights shows!
Favorite Reindeer: Rudolph
Favorite Christmas Story: A Christmas Story
Favorite Christmas Gift: Box of Christmas lights
Favorite Christmas Meal: Egg sausage casserole
WILLIAM GAYDE, LIGHTING SPECIALIST
William Gayde has been designing and building holiday light shows for several years. He blends his deep technical knowledge of electronics with a passion for music to create dazzling shows that are audience favorites. His interest in holiday lighting started as a small side project to make some lights flash on and off to music and has only grown from there. Gayde’s personal display is one of the premier animated home light shows in the area. He resides in Naperville and earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.