Chicago Innovation Board of Advisors

Michael Arndt

Edelman

EVP & Executive Editor

Media

Ellen Barry

EBarry Group

Principal

Civic

Kate Bensen

The Chicago Network

President & CEO

Civic

Hardik Bhatt

Amazon Web Services

GM of Smart Cities & Transportation

Business

Ray Boyer

Boyer Media

President

Media

Angelo Bufalino

Vedder Price

Senior Intellectual Property Shareholder

Business

Mike Cherry

Myron M. Cherry & Associates

Attorney

Business

Holly Copeland

Horizon Therapeutics

Director, Public Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility

Business

Diane Dahl

The Hartell Group

Founder and Managing Partner

Business

Jay Dirkmaat

Comcast Business

Vice President, Greater Chicago Region

Business

Matthew Doubleday

Wintrust

Senior Vice President, Marketing

Business

Ana Dutra

Mandala Global Advisors

CEO

Business

Darcy Evon

The Village Chicago

CEO

Non-Profit

Chris Gladwin

Ocient

Founder

Entrepreneur

Brian Hoff

Exelon

VP of Innovation

Business

Dipak Jain

Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration

Director

Academic

Pete Kadens

Kadens Family Foundation

Chairman

Entrepreneur

Sandee Kastrul

I.C. Stars

President & Co-Founder

Non-Profit

Phil Kotler

Kellogg School of Management

Distinguished Professor of International Marketing

Academic

Michael Krauss

Market Strategy Group

President

Business

Tom Kuczmarski

Kuczmarski Innovation

Co-founder

Business

Kristi LaFleur

Ascend Infrastructure, LLC

President & CEO

Business

Dan Lyne

CBRE

Senior VP, Global Tech & Media Practice

Business

Howard Males

Cook County

Chairman, Economic Development Advisory Committee

Civic

Bret Maxwell

MK Capital

Managing General Partner

Venture Capitalist

Matt McCall

Pritzker Group Venture Capital

Partner

Venture Capitalist

Lance Pressl

The Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at Illinois Tech

Managing Director

Entrepreneur

Richard Rodriguez

Acero Schools

CEO

Civic

Nick Rosa

Sandbox Industries

Co-founder & Managing Director

Venture Capitalist

Kristi Ross

tastytrade

Co-CEO & President

Entrepreneur

Mike Rothman

SMS Assist

Founder and Chairman

Entrepreneur

Nancy Ruscheinski

Zeno Group

Chief Operating Officer

Business

Orlando Saez

Aker

CEO

Entrepreneur

Matthew Saleski

LinkedIn

Global Enterprise Account Executive

Business

Terry Savage

Finance and Investment Advisor

Business

Mohan Sawhney

Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management

McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology

Academic

Jai Shekhawat

Fieldglass

Founder

Entrepreneur

Marc Shiffman

SMS Assist

CEO

Business

Will Towns

Benefit Chicago

Executive Director

Civic

Howard Tullman

G2T3V, LLC

General Managing Partner

Business

Leslie Vickrey

ClearEdge Marketing

Founder and CEO

Media

Shivani Vora

Accenture Innovation Hub

Managing Director

Business

Kevin Willer

Chicago Ventures

Co-Founder and Partner

Venture Capitalist

Rocky Wirtz

Wirtz Corporation and Chicago Blackhawks

President and Owner

Business

Maria Wynne

Leadership Greater Chicago

CEO

Non-Profit

Andrea Zopp

World Business Chicago

CEO

Civic