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This article presents information on several business executives. Katherine R. Maehr, director of development at Greater Chicago Food Depository spearheaded a $30-million capital campaign that built a sparkling South Side facility for Chicago's largest food bank, expanding yearly distribution capacity to 80 million pounds from 42 million. Fund-raising, expected to conclude by yearend, consisted mostly of large donations, but Maehr knows deep-pocketed donors see the charitable landscape as a hierarchy. The biggest gifts go to museums, opera companies or universities. Human services agencies like food banks get the scraps. Martha Dustin Boudos, chief financial officer at Morningstar Inc., is shepherding her company's $100-million initial public offering through a bearish IPO market. Success could buff up Morningstar Inc.'s shine among the nation's investment research and analysis firms, and it would secure Ms. Boudos' position as a potential chief executive.