Our Team |

Shining expertise, unparalleled support
Meet our team and see if their favorite lamps match yours

You’ll have a hard time finding people who know more about hospitality lighting— and who care more about your success—than the experts at Challenger Lighting. We’re a family-owned, woman-owned business that collaborates with you and guides you, builds close relationships, and goes farther than anyone to help your designs succeed in a hospitality setting. We’ll plug ourselves into your project as if it was our own, and inspire you with our kilowatts of knowledge and expertise. Whether you’re a client or representative, we’ll raise your expectations of a lighting manufacturer to a higher level.

Principal/CEO
Making exceptional lighting is Bonnie’s passion, and she enjoys the collaborative process of design, engineering and organizational innovation. Over the past two decades she has run Challenger Lighting as a family business, and has actively supported her community. She has served on local school boards and college foundations, and was the only woman chairman of the Valley Industrial Association (VIA), a 115-year old manufacturing trade association.

Director of Sales & Marketing
Matt focuses on the big picture and the small details. He likes to be challenged and has a positive attitude—one of his favorite expressions is “Win the Day!” When he’s not supervising our Sales and Marketing departments, he enjoys watching baseball, football, basketball and golf. Ask him about the time he drove a Ferrari F30 Scuderia.

Director of Operations
With more than 20 years of expertise in engineering and manufacturing, John excels at time management, helping the Challenger Lighting team stay on schedule and boosting productivity. Outside the office, you may find him boating, playing the drums, walking his black Labrador retriever or attending Cubs’ spring training (he goes every year).

Project Manager
After 16 years with Challenger Lighting, Pat’s co-workers call her Wiki-PATia because she is an incredible resource of trusted industry knowledge. Pat is eager to share her expertise with you to bring your creation to life and help it succeed. Have a lighting question? Our lighting guru has the answer.

Project Manager
Emily finds inspiration everywhere and enjoys helping clients make their vision a reality. This Harrington College of Design grad has always loved interior design and says lighting makes a room come to life. On the weekends, you might find her watching home improvement shows or tackling DIY projects of her own.

Project Manager
Becky understands the scope of every project, and ensures that each one moves forward exactly as it should. She also knows how important it is to communicate with clients to accomplish their order and design intent. This native of Santa Claus, Indiana is always merry and bright!

Quotation Specialist
Art deco, bold, playful, vintage, luxe—Kate creates fast and accurate lighting quotes for any and every lighting style. When she’s not driving the numbers and spreadsheets that help us produce fabulous lighting designs used in leading hospitality properties nationwide, she refers to herself as an Uber driver for her children.

Marketing Manager
Robyn’s love for marketing began with an appreciation of vintage Italian and French advertisements from the 1800s, with their strong graphics and bold fonts. Today, the visual power of beautiful design still excites her, whether it’s featured in a catalog, website, advertisement, guestroom or Challenger Lighting fixture customized in infinite ways.
Meet additional team leads that make Challenger Lighting sparkle


Fulfillment Team

Fabrication & Production Team Leads

Finance Team

 
Challenger Lighting Company, Inc.
1400 Kingsland Drive, Batavia, IL 60510 | P 847.717.4700 | F 630.482.9591