Leadership

Shawn Beber

President & Chief Executive Officer
CIBC Bank USA

Robert Z. Biodrowski

Division Executive – Great Lakes
Wells Fargo

Andrej Bolkovic

Chief Executive Officer
OCC

Karen Brennan

Global Chief Financial Officer
JLL

Natalie A. Brown

Chief Executive Officer
Mesirow

TC Chatterjee

Chief Executive Officer
Griffith Foods

Howard Chrisman, MD

President & CEO
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Kevin Cole

Chicago Office Managing Partner
EY

Jean-Pierre Comte

President
Rana Meal Solutions

Wendell Dallas

President & Chief Executive Officer
Nicor Gas

Richard Edelman

Chief Executive Officer
Edelman

John R. Ettelson

Chairman Emeritus
William Blair & Company

David A. Gupta

Executive Chairman
SDI Presence

Darrel Hackett

U.S. Chief Executive Officer
BMO Financial Group

David W. Hanfland

Partner, Region Chair, Americas
Kearney

Teresa Wilton Harmon

Chicago Office Managing Partner
Sidley Austin LLP

Mark Heckler

Chicago Region President
Fifth Third Bank

John M. Holmes

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
AAR Corp

Rodger Howell

Chief Executive Officer
Houlihan Capital

Travis C. Hunter Jr.

Office Managing Partner, Chicago
KPMG

Kate Jeffers

Chief Executive Officer
Leo Burnett

Lynn Jekkals

Midwest Region Leader
Aon

Thomas C. Kunst

Chief Executive Officer
UnitedHealthcare of Illinois

Dan Kutliroff

Chicago Office Leader
Mercer

Timothy G. Lyne

Chief Executive Officer
Antares Capital

Anthony F. Maggiore

Managing Director and Segment Head, Midwest & Canada Middle Market
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

David Malliband

Managing Partner, Chicago Office
Baker McKenzie

Beth Marrion

Senior Managing Director
Accenture

John Martin

Managing Principal
Victory Park Capital Advisors

Deryl McKissack

Chief Executive Officer, President, & Founder
McKissack & McKissack

Joseph Nelligan

Chief Executive Officer
Molex

Marty Nesbitt

Senior Partner, Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer
Vistria

Aamir Paul

President, North America
Schneider Electric North America

Stefano Pessina

Executive Vice Chairman
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

Imran Qureshi

Head of North America
WTW

Nadia Rawlinson

Co-Owner & Operating Chairwoman
WNBA Chicago Sky

Matt Renner

President, Global Revenue
Google Cloud

Thomas Ricketts

Executive Chairman
Chicago Cubs

Lior Ron

Chief Executive Officer
Uber Freight

Dan Ryan

Managing Director
Mortenson Properties

Christine Schyvinck

President & Chief Executive Officer
Shure

Thomas P. Shanley, MD

President & Chief Executive Officer
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Charles Smith

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
CS Insurance Strategies

Julie Smolyansky

President & Chief Executive Officer
Lifeway Foods

Lynne Sterrett

Vice Chair
Deloitte

Scott C. Swanson

President, Illinois & Head of Midwest Territory
PNC Bank

Melissa M. Tendick

President
Barilla Americas

Kristof Terryn

Chief Executive Officer
Zurich North America

Laura Thonn

Chicago Office Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

James P. Zallie

President & Chief Executive Officer
Ingredion

Linda Chapin

Chief Human Resources Officer
UL Solutions

John A. Challenger

Chief Executive Officer
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Elizabeth H. Connelly

Chief Commercial Officer
CDW

Mary Cook

Managing Director
Korn Ferry

Kimberly Evans

Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Inclusion, and Social Impact
Northern Trust

Jessica Fairchild

Partner
Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres

Robert Frentzel

President, Commercial Banking
CIBC US

Susan Gallagher

Chief Executive Officer
BRAVANTI

Jason Gandy

Senior Vice President, FSI Consulting
NTT DATA

Shelly Green

SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer
USG

Christy Harris

SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer
CCC Intelligent Solutions

Beth Hayden

Chief People Officer
SpotHero

Darin Kempke

Office Managing Partner
BDO USA, LLC

Michelle Kuhr

Senior Managing Director/Market Leader
Riveron

Norah Larke

EVP, Chief HR Officer
Wintrust Financial Corporation

Ari Levy, M.D.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
SHIFT

Sheila Mulligan

President, Central Region
Weber Shandwick

Malaika Myers

Chief Human Resources Officer
Hyatt Hotels

Sandeep Nain

President & Chief Executive Officer
SNtial Technologies, Inc.

Cara Pan

Global Commercial Bank, Regional Executive
Bank of America

Kristen Prinz

Founder & Managing Partner
The Prinz Law Firm

Joanna Rockwell

Market Director
Aflac Illinois

Julie Scott

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder
CTS Impact

Robert Sevim

President, Chicago Region
Savills

Manika Turnbull

Chief Human Resources Officer
HCSC

Mark Vila

Head of Corporate Risk & Broking – U.S. Midwest Region
WTW

Kristi Klitsch Weaver

Senior Partner, Consumer Practice
McKinsey & Company

Ruben Abarca

Discovery Partners Institute

Don Bora

Eight Bit Studios

Christine Bower

JLL

Patricia Carl

Highland Performance Solutions LLC

Amy Carnahan

Gallagher

Jim Doyle

Connect Financial Consulting

Amy Drozda

Big Shoulders Fund

David Hanley

Innosight

Dani Houchin

Origami Works Foundation

Vanessa Jungbluth-Fullmer

Folio Fine Wine Partners

Erica Khan

Merrill Lynch

Amy Littleton

Stretch PR LLC

Laura Luckman Kelber

Kate Maheu

Kearney

Joe Peedikayil

Accenture

Ana Prokic-Kostic

CBRE

Malay Sapra

KPMG

Lisa Sprenkle

BTS

Maxine Stein

Loftus & O’Meara

Lynn Watkins Asiyanbi

CECO Environmental Corp

Michael Wilson

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton LLP

David Wong

CME Group

Anastasia Herasimovich

Baker & Mackenzie