stahl family charitable foundation

 

Lowell Stahl is Chairman of PFS Financial, LLC, a private equity and structured debt company that invests in real estate and real estate related products providing financing and consulting to select customers. 

 

A member of the Labe Bank board of directors for 28 years, Lowell Stahl was elected chairman of the board from 1991 - 2006.  Stahl was chairman and CEO of LDF, Inc., the holding company for Labe Bank and other financial assets from 1997 - 2006.  Under his direction, Stahl led a dynamic board of directors who set forth bank policy and helped raise shareholder value from $8.00 to $125.00 per share in less than ten years.

 

Since beginning his daily involvement with Labe Bank, Stahl helped grow its total assets from $95 million in 1995 to more than $530 million in 2006.  He is also responsible for introducing innovative products to fulfill the needs of immigrants, senior citizens and local businesses in Chicago’s Northwest side community.  Labe Bank was sold in 2006 and the name was changed to First Chicago Bank & Trust. 

 

Previously, Stahl served as president and chief executive officer of CENTURY 21 Northern Illinois.  In 1973, he pioneered the concept of real estate franchising.  Additionally, Stahl oversaw all activities and support services to more than 700 independently-owned and operated franchised real estate offices throughout seven Midwestern states.  He also served on the International Board of Century 21.  Stahl started his career in real estate in 1955 as a salesman – He purchased a real estate and insurance company in 1958 and increased the value 270% by 1976 when he moved on to concentrate on the operation of Century 21.

 

Stahl has served as chairman and member of a number of boards and committees including:

Ÿ   St. Patrick High School where he served as chairman and member of the Board of Trustees from 1986 to 2004 and currently as chairman emeritus; Vice chairman and member of the board of directors for the Chicago Academy of Sciences; Director and past president (2002-2006) of the Mid America Club of Chicago; Member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Executives Club of Chicago; Board member for the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum;  Member of the Board of Trustees, and the College of Business executive advisory board at Lewis University; Chairman of PFS Property Services; Member of the National Association of Realtors since 1960; Past president of the Chicago Association of Realtors, member of the Chicago association of Realtors Hall of Fame, and past chairman of the Real Estate Political Education Committee for the Illinois Association of Realtors; Served as past chairman and on the board of governors for Easter Seals   Metropolitan Chicago;

ŸFormer board member of the Franchise Advisory Board for the State of                 Illinois and a member of the American Management Association, Edward Frederick Sorin Society (University of Notre Dame), and Lions International; and

ŸStahl is a member and former director of Ridgemoor Country Club and serves

on the Club’s Membership Committee. 

 

In addition to many newspaper and magazine articles, Stahl is featured in the book, Dreams, Money and Ambition: A History of Real Estate in Chicago, where he is described as one of the 25 most prominent real estate men in Chicago history.