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
Leslie Anderson
Global Head Employee Tech Experience and Chair of Diversity Equity Inclusion Committee
BMO Financial Group
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
Partner, Cooley
Brenna Berman
Founder, City Tech
Mike Carlin
CIO, Abbvie
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
Laura Ferris Anderson
JPMorgan Merchant Services
Scott Holloway
General Partner, Starting Line
John Howard
SVP General Counsel, Grainger
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
Rob Matles
Head of Innovation Enablement Programs, JPMorgan Chase
Michael McMurray
President, Transportation and Infrastructure | Managing Director of Chicago Office -Wight & Company
Carlos Minetti
EVP and President, Discover
Suzanne Muchin
Principal, Mind + Matter Studio
Sonia Nagar
General Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Rajan Naik
CSO, Motorola
Randy Nornes
Julie Roth Novack
CEO & Co-Founder, PartySlate
Maura O'Hara
Executive Director, Illinois Venture Capital Association
Tyler Prince
Global Leader- Alliances & Channels, Snowflake
Matt Renner
Global Chief Operating Officer , Google Cloud
Rowan Richards
Director of Community Business, Allies for Community Business
Lee “Rosy” Rosenberg
CEO, Rosenberg Advisory
Kristi Ross
Co-CEO and President, tastytrade
Jai Shekhawat
Founder and former CEO, SAP Fieldglass
Joe Shenton
Partner, Summit Trail Advisors
Marc Shiffman
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
SMS Assist
Chris Smyth
Central Region TAS Managing Partner, Ernst & Young Americas Private Equity Leader
Matthew Summy
VP, Comcast
Scott Swanson
President, PNC Bank Illinois, Midwest Territory Executive
Mark Tebbe
Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Dave Tolmie
Partner, Edgewater Funds
Kevin Willer
Partner, Chicago Ventures
Sam Yagan
Co-Founder/CEO of Corazon Capital
Betsy Ziegler
CEO, 1871
Advisory Board
Hank Adams
CEO of Rise Gardens
Dennis Boecker
Global IoT Innovation Lead, Robert Bosch GmbH
Steven Collens
CEO, MATTER
Jaime di Paulo
President & CEO, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC)
Adam Hecktman
Global Philanthropies Director
Mark Hinch
Founder and CEO, Hinch Associates
Brian Hoff
Executive – Grid Innovation Solutions, GE Digital
Jack Keenan
Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Ryan Leavitt
Co-Founder at Pillar Booth
Matt Maloney
Co-Founder, GrubHub
Talia Mashiach
CEO, Founder & Product Architect, Eved
Bret Maxwell
Managing General Partner, MK Capital
Jeff Miller
Chief Commercial Officer, Synchronoss Technologies
Matthew O'Sullivan
Founding member & Chairman of hub88
Ellen Rudnick
Sr. Advisor on Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Lloyd Semple
Consultant, Russell Reynolds Associates
Tim Stojka
CEO, Agentis Energy
Genevieve Thiers
Founder, Sittercity.com
