Larry Eppley
Chairman of the Board
Managing Partner, Of Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Michael D. Lyman
Treasurer, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee
Senior Managing Director, Lead – Strategy & Consulting North America, Accenture
Kevin Willer
Secretary, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Partner, Chicago Ventures
Jim O'Connor Jr.
Chairman Emeritus
Global Head of Venture Capital and Managing Director, William Blair
Sara Crown Star
Chair of the Development Committee
Nonprofit Leader and Investor
Troy Henikoff
Chair of the Programming Committee
Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners
Venkat Atluri
CEO, SanTuri Ventures
Jeremie Bacon
CEO, Senu Ventures
Cass Baker
Co-CEO & President, GainShare Performance Marketing
Laurie Bauer
Partner, Cooley
Dr. Garry Cooper
Chairman, Rheaply
Dean Debiase
Chairman, Reboot Partners
Jim Dugan
CEO, Co-Founder, and Managing Partner, OCA Ventures
Amanda Edelman
Head of Chicago, Edelman
Kaili Emmrich
Laura Ferris Anderson
Independent — Nonprofit Leader & Investor
Mark Hinch
Founder and CEO, Hinch Associates
Scott Holcomb
Partner, Deloitte
Julia Kanouse
Senior Vice President of Membership, ISACA
Amanda Lannert
CEO, Jellyvision
Starr Marcello
Deputy Dean for MBA Programs
The University of Chicago
Booth School of Business
Michael McMurray
Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation
Sonia Nagar
General Partner, Snak Ventures
Randy Nornes
Rowan Richards
Director of Community Business, Allies for Community Business
Lee “Rosy” Rosenberg
CEO, Rosenberg Advisory
Kristi Ross
CEO, U3 Coffee
Jai Shekhawat
Founder and former CEO, SAP Fieldglass
Marc Shiffman
CEO, Divcon
Ted Souder
CoFounder and CEO at Quoin.Ai
Scott Swanson
President, PNC Bank Illinois, Midwest Territory Executive
Dave Tolmie
Partner, Edgewater Funds
Michael Werner
Founder and CEO of HomeX Group
Betsy Ziegler
CEO, 1871
Advisory Board
Hank Adams
CEO of Rise Gardens
Stan Chia
CEO, Vivid Seats
Steven Collens
CEO, MATTER
Jaime di Paulo
President & CEO, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC)
Adam Hecktman
Global Philanthropies Director
Scott Holloway
General Partner, Starting Line
Jack Keenan
Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield
Andy Kofoid
President – Global Field Operations, Databricks
Mark Lawrence
CEO, SpotHero
Ryan Leavitt
Co-Founder at Pillar Booth
Talia Mashiach
CEO, Founder & Product Architect, Eved
Bret Maxwell
Managing General Partner, MK Capital
Jeff Miller
Chief Commercial Officer, Synchronoss Technologies
Julie Roth Novack
CEO & Co-Founder, PartySlate
Matthew O'Sullivan
Founding member & Chairman of hub88
Ellen Rudnick
Sr. Advisor on Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Tim Stojka
CEO, Agentis Energy
Genevieve Thiers
Founder, Sittercity.com