PAST SPEAKERS OF CHICAGO INNOVATION

Andrew Mason

Founder & CEO

Bela Fleck

10-Time Grammy Winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Buddy Guy

6-Time Grammy Winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Casey Cowell

Co-Founder & Chairman

Chris Gladwin

Founder

Christie Hefner

Former Chairman & CEO

Greg Brown

Chairman & CEO

Jim Belushi

Actor & Entrepreneur

Joe Mansueto

Founder

Kevin Boehm

Owner & Co-Founder

Margo Georgiadis

CEO

Marty Cooper

Inventor of the Cell Phone

Howard Tullman

Former CEO at 1871 and Former Executive Director at Kaplan Institute

Mike Gamson

CEO

Rahm Emanuel

Former Mayor

Richard Daley

Former Mayor

Rick Bayless

Celebrity Chef

Stephanie Izard

James Beard Award-winning Chef

Ed Wehmer

Founder & CEO

Terry Savage

Syndicated Financial Columnist

Allison Rosati

News Anchor

Toni Preckwinkle

President

Pat Quinn

Former Governor

John Rogers

Chairman & Co-CEO

JB Pritzker

Governor

Kevin Warren

Commissioner

Desiree Rogers

CEO

Steven Galanis

Founder & CEO

Glen Tullman

CEO

Michael Fassnacht

CEO

Janice Jackson

CEO

Tom Ricketts

Executive Chairman

Danny Wirtz

CEO

Gordon Segal

Co-Founder, former Chairman, and retired CEO

Brandon Johnson

Mayor

Alexi Giannoulias

Secretary of State

Chef Grant Achatz

Co-Owner

Theaster Gates

Founder

Karthik Krishnan

Global CEO

Ron Gleason

Director of News & Programming

Adam Hecktman

Director of Technology & Civic Innovation

Renetta McCann

Chief Inclusion Experiences Officer

Robert Pasin

Chief Wagon Officer

Jeff Aronin

Chairman & CEO

Adam Hughes

President

Amanda Lannert

CEO

Ana Dutra

Former CEO

Ann Dwyer

Managing Editor

Barbara Gaines

Founder & Artistic Director

Brenna Berman

CEO

Brian Bannon

Former Commissioner & CEO

Charles Adler

Co-Founder

David Kalt

Founder & CEO

Dorri McWhorter

CEO

Eric Lunt

Co-Founder

Eva Maddox

Consulting Principal

Gerould Kern

Former SVP & Editor

Hardik Bhatt

GM of Digital Governance, VCs and Startups

Jessica Droste Yagan

CEO

John Flavin

Founder & CEO

Kate Bensen

President

Tom Kuczmarski

Co-Founder of Chicago Innovation & President of Kuczmarski Innovation

Matt Matros

Founder

Matt McCall

Partner

Michelle Larson

CEO

Paula Fasseas

Founder

Pete Kadens

Chairman

Peter Kilpatrick

Provost & SVP for Academic Affairs

Phyllis Lockett

CEO

Robert Blackwell

Managing Partner

Ross Manire

Former President & CEO

Rudy Krolopp

Inventor of the cell phone

Sandee Kastrul

CEO

Tim Kazurinsky

Tim McEnery

Founder & CEO

Troy Henikoff

Former Managing Director

Wendy Lewis

Global Chief Diversity Officer

Kevin Willer

Co-Founder and Partner

Dr. Mary Ellen Weber

Founder & Former NASA Astronaut

Kristi Ross

Co-founder, Co-CEO & President

Ashley Wheater

Artistic Director

Tawfik Sharkasi

Former Chief Scientific Officer

Noelle O'Mara

VP Emerging Brands Innovation

Maria Wynne

CEO

Stephanie Neely

VP & Assistant Treasurer

Andrea Zopp

Managing Partner

Betsy Ziegler

CEO

Sam Yagan

CEO

Harper Reed

Former CTO

Hedy Ratner

Co-Founder & Co-President Emeritus

Harry Kraemer

Clinical Professor of Leadership

Jai Shekhawat

Founder

Alpana Singh

Host

Steven Collens

CEO

Sarah Spain

Anchor

Crane Kenney

President of Business Operations

Jaime Faulkner

President of Business Operations

Alex Pissios

President & CEO

Jackie Taylor

Founder & CEO

Ilze Melngailis

Senior Director of Global Partnerships & The Business Council

Luke Saunders

CEO

David Hiller

Former President & CEO, Robert R. McCormick Foundation; former Publisher & CEO, Los Angeles Times; former Publisher & CEO, Chicago Tribune

Marc Shiffman

President and CEO

Thomas Jonas

CEO & Co-founder

Greg Cameron

Joffrey Ballet

Israel Idonije

serial entrepreneur and Founder

Kevin Cross

President and GM

Mary O'Donnell

CEO

Felicia Davis Blakley

President and CEO

Amanda Lannert

CEO

Erick Williams

Chef and Owner

Michael Shepherd

Senior Distinguished Engineer, Chief Technology Office

Lori Healey

SVP, Obama Presidential Center Implementation Lead

Mary Ann Korenic

CEO

Michael Alter

Principal Owner

Karen Kerr

Managing Director

Kyle Nakatsuji

Founder and CEO

Haven Allen

CEO

Maureen Ehrenberg

President, Commercial Division

Marie Lynn Miranda

Chancellor

Jackie Taylor

Founder

Ben Weiss

CEO and Co-Founder

Blake-Anthony Johnson

CEO

Erin Amico

CEO

Amy Francetic

Co-Founder and Founding CEO

Francis Wang

CEO

Chef Curtis Duffy

Co-Owner

Mike LaVitola

Co-Founder

Kate Maehr

Executive Director and CEO

Kate Sullivan

Host

Phil Kotler

S.C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing

Nancy Ruscheinski

Zeno Group

Leslie Vickrey

Founder & CEO

Julie Winkler

Chief Commercial Officer

Kelly Leonard

Executive Director of Insights & Applied Improvisation

Aimee Daniels

Group Chair

Andrea Hanis

Editor

Angelo Bufalino

Patent Attorney

Antonio Guillen

SVP of Commercial Lending

Blair Lock

CEO & Co-Founder

Brian Friedman

Managing Director

Brian Hoff

Director of Corporate Innovation

Brian Krause

Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications

Bruce Leon

President

Charlie Baggs

President & Executive Chef

Brad Henderson

CEO

Criss Henderson

Executive Director

Danielle DuMerer

Acting Commisioner & CIO

Darcy Evon

CEO

Darren Guccione

Co-Founder & CEO

Dave Linder

IP Attorney

David Gustafson

COO

Denise Chase

Chief Community Officer

Dianne Campbell

Founding Executive Director

Ellen Barry

Principal

Emile Cambry

Founder & CEO

Fritz Golman

Host & Executive Director

Holly Copeland

Director of Public Affairs & CSR

James Conley

Clinical Professor of Technology

Jay Dirkmaat

VP of Greater Chicago Region

Jeff James

VP & General Manager

Jennifer Fried

Co-Founder & CEO

Jim Alvarez

Founder & CEO

John Barron

Former Publisher

John Figiel

Sr. Director of HR

John Lyell Clarke

President & CEO

Joe Brantuk

Vice President

Judy Bross

Co-Founder & Editor

Julie Bombacino

Co-Founder

Julie Friedman Steele

Chairman & CEO

Justin Massa

Founder & CEO

Katy Lynch

CEO

Keith Anderson

SVP Strategy & Insight

Krishna Erramilli

Associate Dean and Professor of Marketing

Kris Hammond

Co-Founder

Kristi Lafleur

Executive Director

Kristin Fox

Co-Founder

Leo Bottary

VP, Peer Influence

Maeve Lucas

Managing Director of Talent Strategy

Marc Bushala

Managing Partner

Maria Kim

President & CEO

Mark Harris

President & CEO

Marley Kayden

TV Personality

Matt Doubleday

SVP & Chief Marketing Officer

Melissa Ballate

Founder & President

Michael Arndt

Executive Editor

Mike Cherry

Managing Partner

Mitch Carrel

CEO

Nena Ivon

Former Special Events/Publicity/Fashion Director

Pam Buchanan

Managing Director

Paul Larson

Executive Chef

Paul Lipinski

Midwest People and Change Lead

Ray Genellie

Co-Founder

Rhon Daguro

Founder & CEO

Rob Malin

Founding Member

Steve Edwards

General Manager

Steven Casey

Co-Founder

Talia Mashiach

Founder & CEO

Terri Lonier

Former Dean

Tim Jahnke

CEO

Tony Bombacino

Co-Founder

Linda Mallers

Founder & CEO

Vicki Escarra

Senior Advisor

Victor Chang

Investment Director

Bailey Moore

Vice President

Rohit Pasam

Co-Founder & CEO

Peggy Smedley

Editorial Director

Desiree Vargas Wrigley

Founder & CEO

Corbett Kull

Co-Founder; CEO

Jennifer Nau

Director of Communications

Orlando Saez

CEO

Kellie O’Connell

CEO

Jon Morris

CEO

Sid Bala

CEO

Jodi Navta

Founder & CMO

Phyllis Lee

CMO

Chris Liang-Vergara

Chief, Learning Innovation

Brenna Argall

Faculty Research Scientist

Mike Shelton

Technical Director

Luke Tanen

Executive Director

Ken Coats

CEO

Mark O'Connell

Former President & CEO

Sarah Neukom

Producer of Positivity

Lou Rassey

CEO

Sonat Birnecker Hart

President & Owner

Garry Cooper

CEO & Co-Founder

Lotika Pai

Managing Director

Eddie Lou

Executive Chairman & Co-Founder

Larry Kiest, Jr.

President and CTO

Eileen Murphy

Founder and Chief Learning Officer

Todd Connor

Founder & CEO

Shivani Vora

Managing Director - Accenture Innovation Hub

Tope Sadiku

Global Head of Digital Employee Experience

Shawn Bass

CTO of End-User Computing

Michelle Vondrasek

President

Ron Guerrier

Chief Information Officer

Heidi Brown

Founder, COO

Melissa Donaldson

Chief Diversity Officer

Mary A. Rogers

Principal Scientist and Head of Global Viral Surveillance Program, Diagnostics

Renee Fleener Morales

Public Affairs Manager, Central Area

Brad Serot

Vice Chairman

Ric Phillips

President & CEO

Shivani Jain

Co-Founder & CMO

Susan Smith Kuczmarski

Marc Freedman

CEO & Founder of Encore.org

Julie Silverstein

Founder of Julie Silverstein & Partners; former President & COO of Eved; and former President & COO of SmithBucklin Corp.

Eric Gannon

Studio Director, Principal of Gensler

Lynn Osmond

President & CEO of the Chicago Architecture Center

Adrienne Harbarger

Design Lead at CBRE Design

Karen Voelker

Midwest Innovation Lead

Rick Gates

SVP of Pharmacy and Healthcare

Rick Long

Head of Innovation

Nicole Leiter

SVP, Emerging Pharmacy Channel

Dev Singh

CEO

Karen Kerr

General Partner

Gloria Castillo

Director

Brenda Cucci

Managing Director

Mary O'Donnell

President

Kelly Page

Director of Bennett Labs

David Baker

Executive Director

Ashley Moy

Cofounder

Daniel Cervantes

Sr. VP of Programs

Alan Parker

Chief Innovation Officer

Suzet McKinney

Principal & Director of Life Sciences

Katlin Smith

Founder & CEO

Dutta Satadip

Chief Customer Officer

Mariel Laureano

Chief Education Officer

Andrea Ingram Wiles

CEO

Kris Hammond

Professor of Computer Science | Co-founder

Sonia Torres

4th Grade Teacher

Gina Grant

Associate Director of K-12 Student Programming

Michael Krauss

Co-founder

Jahmal Cole

CEO and Founder

Chris Gates

Group CIO and SVP, Compute Services and Technology Solutions

Abdul Jarrar

Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group

Carlos Cardenas

Senior VP

Robert Blackwell Jr.

CEO

Andrea Saenz

COO

Richard L. Rodriguez

CEO

Sean Simpson

Founder

Joanne Rodriguez

CEO

Matt Gorniak

CEO

Chuck Vallurupalli

Senior Director

Paul Chaffin

SVP and President of the Medical and Pharmaceutical Solutions Division

James Wieselman Schulman

Global Design Lead for International Innovation

Anita Allemand

Chief Transformation and Integration Officer

Shivani Vora

Chief Innovation Officer

LaToya Collins-Jones

VP of Culture, Diversity & Inclusion

Karen Cavanaugh

Senior Human Resources Specialist

Raki McGregor

VP, New Business Growth & Transformation

Steven Darrah

Director of Channel/Solution Providers

Rohini Dey

Owner

Kate Sullivan

Carlos Tortolero

Founder & President

Ishwara Glassman Chrein

President

Vicky Lynch

Chief Business Officer

Robert Sereci

GM and Chief Operating Officer

Ron Gleason

Director of News & Programming

Steve Richman

Group President

Linda Maclachlan

Founder

Tim Piccirilli

Commercial Director, Edge Infrastructure

Joanne Rodriguez

CEO

Garry Cooper

CEO and Co-founder

Maggie Pakula

Senior Vice President of Strategy

Allison Myers

Co-founder and General Partner

Joanna Kanakis

EVP, Head of Business Development

Rick Gray

Executive Vice President of Outdoor Power Equipment & Channel Marketing

Jimmy Zollo

Founder and CEO

Eva Bugg

Co-Founder and CEO

Maura O'Hara

Executive Director

Disha Gulati

Co-Founder and CEO

Alli Hofferica

Lead for Consumer Goods and Services Innovation

Alan Kleinerman

Vice President and Head of Disruption

Brian Johnsrud

Director of Education Learning and Advocacy

Ivy Walker

Founder

Megan McCann

CEO and Founder

Christine Stone

Founder

Shane Colley

Chief Technology Officer

Karuna Rawal

Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer

Julie Zarraga

EVP of Engineering

Joanne Rodriguez

Founder and CEO

Erik Birkerts

CEO

Matt Wechsler

Award-winning filmmaker and Creative Director

Dr. May Siksik

President and CEO

Laura Ortega

CEO

Dr. Chris Moore

Technology Sector Specialist

Patti Temple Rocks

Author

Dev Singh

CEO and Founder

Michael Parks

Co-Chair of I.P. Practice Group

Erik Brown

Senior Partner- Product Experience and Engineering Lab

Colleen Egan

President and CEO

Kimberly D. Moore

President and Founder

Michelle Carr

CEO

Freya Burton

Chief Sustainability Officer

Dr. Andrea Kramer

Senior Director of Restoration Ecology

Dr. Trent Ford

Illinois State Climatologist

Mike Reardon

CEO

Margaret Frisbie

CEO

Howard Learner

CEO

Dr. Melissa Youngquist

Researcher

Karine Rouge

CEO, Municipal Water

Mitch Harkenrider

Director of Strategy and Business Development

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin

CEO

Julia Stamberger

CEO

Brian Imus

Executive Director

Vik Vikrant

Chief Sustainability Officer

Lori Baran

Managing Director and Global Food Lead

William Towns

Managing Director

Tonise Paul

Chairman

Matt Lewisman

Chief Operating Officer

Eric Weinheimer

President & CEO