Semi-finalists
Flag Advisory Panel members were asked to review all 297 submissions and evaluate them based on composition and representation. A rubric was created and Flag Advisory Panel members were asked to score their favorite 14 designs using rank choice voting.
After receiving the Flag Advisory Panel members’ rankings, submissions with similar design aspects and similar rankings were paired together. In total, there were 38 youth from all 17 Commissioner Districts selected to the 23 semi-finalist teams.
Cardinal’s Path Flag
Student Designer / Cyrill Reyes
Student Designer / Gabriel Classon
Mentor / Lisa Yun Lee
Connection Flag
Student Designer / Deahyvon Jones
Mentor / Faiz Razi
Cook County Sunrise Flag
Student Designer / Leo Angelini
Mentor / Dave Straus
Cook County United Flag
Student Designer / Julia Gamboa
Student Designer / Angela Almanza
Mentor / Bill Gatewood
County Stars
Student Designer / Noami Balderas
Student Designer / Maeve Clifford
Mentor / Jonathan Meitus
DPC (Daniel Pope Cook) Flag / Cook’s Flag
Student / Simon Koziol (he/him/his)
Mentor / Denis McNamara
Dynamic Tricolor Flag
Student Designer / Julia Gamboa
Student Designer / Angela Almanza
Mentor / Mark Jarzemsky
Freedom Flag
Student Designer / Jaime Fregoso
Mentor/ Martinez E-B
Green, Gold and Great Flag
Student Designer / Ilyas Munzir (he/him/his)
Mentor / Steve Batterson
Harmony Flag
Student Designer / Alex Tomy (he/him/his)
Mentor / Denny Liu
Harmony II Flag
Harmony II / Edward Carr II
Mentor / Faiz Razi
I Will Flag
Student Mentor / Drew Duffy
Designer / Martin Burciaga
Lakeview Flag
Student Designer / Allison Lemmon
Mentor / John Galetka
New Union Flag
Student Designer / Alejandra Navarrete
Mentor / Jonathan Meitus
Number 54 Flag
Student Designer / Noemi Lopez
Mentor / Carl Vogel
Our Star Flag
Student Designer / Sofia Hogue
Student Designer / Ryan Bradley
Mentor / Scott Rench
Parallels Flag
Student Designer / Joshua Givens
Mentor / Jonathan Meitus
Rolling Stars Flag
Student Designer / Molly Armbruster
Student Designer / Caleb Braziel
Mentor / Lauren Meranda
Standing Together on the Shore of Excellence and Equity Flag
Student Designer / Josh Lipman
Mentor / Jim Kelly
Strides for Cook County Flag
Student Designer / Rayn White
Student Designer / Charlye Hunt
Mentor / Carl Vogel
The Cone Flower of Cook County Flag
Student Designer / Christian Garcia
Mentor / Dan Chodrow
The Key to Cook County Flag
Student Designer / Kyle Trzaskus (he/him/his)
Mentor / Heather Anderson
The New Century Flag
Student Designer / Tim Mellman
Mentor / Josh Witherspoon
The Six Star Flag
Student Designer / Bennett Pascal
Mentor / Sarah Davis