Our Board

Larry Eppley

Chairman of the Board

Managing Partner, Sheppard Mullin

Michael D. Lyman

Treasurer, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee

Senior Managing Director, Lead – Strategy & Consulting North America, Accenture

Ted Souder

Secretary, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Founder, Wiggs Holding

Jim O'Connor Jr.

Chairman Emeritus

Global Head of Venture Capital and Managing Director, William Blair

Sara Star

Chair of the Development Committee

Nonprofit Leader and Investor

Troy Henikoff

Chair of the Programming Committee

Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners

Venkat Atluri

Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company

Jeremie Bacon

CEO of The Forge Adventure Parks

Cass Baker

Co-CEO & President, GainShare Performance Marketing

Laurie Bauer

Brenna Berman

Founder, City Tech

Stan Chia

CEO, Vivid Seats

Dr. Garry Cooper

CEO and Co-founder, Rheaply

Linda Darragh

Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship

Dean Debiase

Chairman, Reboot Partners

Jim Dugan

CEO, Co-Founder, and Managing Partner, OCA Ventures

Kaili Emmrich

Laura Ferris Anderson

JPMorgan Merchant Services

Scott Holloway

General Partner, Starting Line

Julia Kanouse

Senior Vice President of Membership, ISACA

Andy Kofoid

President – Global Field Operations, Databricks

Amanda Lannert

CEO, Jellyvision

Mark Lawrence

CEO, SpotHero

Starr Marcello

Deputy Dean for MBA Programs
The University of Chicago
Booth School of Buisness

Michael McMurray

President, Transportation and Infrastructure | Managing Director of Chicago Office -Wight & Company

Dorri McWhorter

President and CEO, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Suzanne Muchin

Clinical Associate Professor, Kellogg School of Management

Co-Founder/Exec Chair Bonfire Women, Inc

Sonia Nagar

General Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital

Randy Nornes

Julie Roth Novack

CEO & Co-Founder, PartySlate

Linda Ray

SVP Business Technology Solutions, CIO, AbbVie

Rowan Richards

Director of Community Business, Allies for Community Business

Lee “Rosy” Rosenberg

CEO, Rosenberg Advisory

Kristi Ross

Co-CEO and President, tastytrade

Neal Sales-Griffin

Managing Director, Tech Stars

Brooke Schultz

Corporate Vice President, Global Sales Operations, Motorola Solutions

Jai Shekhawat

Founder and former CEO, SAP Fieldglass

Marc Shiffman

Former President and Chief Executive Officer

SMS Assist

Scott Swanson

President, PNC Bank Illinois, Midwest Territory Executive

Dave Tolmie

Partner, Edgewater Funds

Kevin Willer

Partner, Chicago Ventures

Sam Yagan

Co-Founder/CEO of Corazon Capital

Betsy Ziegler

CEO, 1871