Steven Galanis

Founder & CEO

Desiree Rogers

CEO

JB Pritzker

Governor

Toni Preckwinkle

President

Allison Rosati

News Anchor

Terry Savage

Syndicated Financial Columnist

Ed Wehmer

Founder & CEO

Stephanie Izard

James Beard Award-winning Chef

Rick Bayless

Celebrity Chef

Richard Daley

Former Mayor

Rahm Emanuel

Former Mayor

Phillip Kotler

Distinguished Professor of International Marketing

Mike Gamson

CEO

Howard Tullman

Former CEO at 1871 and Former Executive Director at Kaplan Institute

Marty Cooper

Inventor of the Cell Phone

Margo Georgiadis

CEO

Kevin Boehm

Owner

Joe Mansueto

Founder

Jim Belushi

Actor & Entrepreneur

Greg Brown

Chairman & CEO

Christie Hefner

Former Chairman & CEO

Chris Gladwin

Founder

Casey Cowell

Co-Founder & Chairman

Buddy Guy

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

Bela Fleck

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

Andrew Mason

Founder & CEO

Renetta McCann

Chief Inclusion Experiences Officer

Amy Francetic

Managing Director

Karthik Krishnan

Global CEO

Ron Gleason

Director of News & Programming

Adam Hecktman

Director of Technology & Civic Innovation

David Hiller

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

Luke Saunders

CEO

Ilze Melngailis

Senior Director of Global Partnerships & The Business Council

Jackie Taylor

Founder & CEO

Alex Pissios

President & CEO

Kevin Warren

Commissioner

Jaime Faulkner

President of Business Operations

Crane Kenney

President of Business Operations

Sarah Spain

Anchor

Steven Collens

CEO

Alpana Singh

Host

John Rogers

Chairman & Co-CEO

Jai Shekhawat

Founder

Harry Kraemer

Clinical Professor of Leadership

Hedy Ratner

Co-Founder & Co-President Emeritus

Pat Quinn

Former Governor

Harper Reed

Former CTO

Sam Yagan

CEO

Betsy Ziegler

CEO

Andrea Zopp

Managing Director

Stephanie Neely

VP & Assistant Treasurer

Maria Wynne

CEO

Noelle O’Mara

VP Emerging Brands Innovation

Tawfik Sharkasi

Former Chief Scientific Officer

Ashley Wheater

Artistic Director

Kristi Ross

Co-founder, Co-CEO & President

Dr. Mary Ellen Weber

Founder & Former NASA Astronaut

Kevin Willer

Co-Founder and Partner

Wendy Lewis

Global Chief Diversity Officer

Troy Henikoff

Former Managing Director

Tim McEnery

Founder & CEO

Tim Kazurinsky

Sandee Kastrul

CEO

Rudy Krolopp

Inventor of the cell phone

Ross Manire

Former President & CEO

Robert Blackwell

Managing Partner

Phyllis Lockett

Founder & CEO

Peter Kilpatrick

Provost & SVP for Academic Affairs

Pete Kadens

Chairman

Paula Fasseas

Founder

Michelle Larson

CEO

Matt McCall

Partner

Matt Matros

Founder

Tom Kuczmarski

Co-Founder of Chicago Innovation & President of Kuczmarski Innovation

Kate Benson

President

John Flavin

Founder & CEO

Jessica Droste Yagan

CEO

Hardik Bhatt

GM of Digital Governance, VCs and Startups

Gerould Kern

Former SVP & Editor

Eva Maddox

Consulting Principal

Eric Lunt

Co-Founder

Dorri McWhorter

Former CEO

David Kalt

Founder & CEO

Charles Adler

Co-Founder

Brian Bannon

Former Commissioner & CEO

Brenna Berman

CEO

Barbara Gaines

Founder & Artistic Director

Ann Dwyer

Managing Editor

Ana Dutra

Former CEO

Amanda Lannert

CEO

Adam Hughes

President

Robert Pasin

Chief Wagon Officer

Jeff Aronin

Chairman & CEO

Nancy Ruscheinski

Zeno Group

Marc Shiffman

President & CEO

Julie Winkler

Chief Commercial Officer

Leslie Vickrey

Founder & CEO

Kelly Leonard

Executive Director of Insights & Applied Improvisation

Gina Grant

Associate Director of K-12 Student Programming

Mariel Laureano

Chief Education Officer

Sonia Torres

4th Grade Teacher

Kris Hammond

Professor of Computer Science | Chief Scientist

Andrea Ingram Wiles

CEO

Dutta Satadip

Chief Customer Officer

Katlin Smith

Founder & CEO

Suzet McKinney

Principal & Director of Life Sciences

Alan Parker

Chief Innovation Officer

Daniel Cervantes

Sr. VP of Programs

Ashley Moy

Cofounder

David Baker

Executive Director

Kelly Page

Director of Bennett Labs

Mary O’Donnell

President

Brenda Cucci

Managing Director

Gloria Castillo

Director

Karen Kerr

General Partner

Dev Singh

CEO

Nicole Leiter

SVP, Emerging Pharmacy Channel

Rick Long

Head of Innovation

Rick Gates

SVP of Pharmacy and Healthcare

Karen Voelker

Midwest Innovation Lead

Adrienne Harbarger

Design Lead at CBRE Design

Lynn Osmond

President & CEO of the Chicago Architecture Center

Eric Gannon

Studio Director, Principal of Gensler

Julie Silverstein

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

Marc Freedman

CEO & Founder of Encore.org

Susan Smith Kuczmarski

Shivani Jain

Co-Founder & CMO

Ric Phillips

President & CEO

Brad Serot

Vice Chairman

Renee Fleener Morales

Public Affairs Manager, Central Area

Mary A. Rogers

Principal Scientist and Head of Global Viral Surveillance Program, Diagnostics

Melissa Donaldson

Chief Diversity Officer

Heidi Brown

Founder, COO

Ron Guerrier

Chief Information Officer

Michelle Vondrasek

President

Shawn Bass

CTO of End-User Computing

Tope Sadiku

Global Head of Digital Employee Experience

Shivani Vora

Managing Director - Accenture Innovation Hub

Todd Connor

Founder & CEO

Eileen Murphy

Founder and Chief Learning Officer

Larry Kiest, Jr.

President and CTO

Eddie Lou

Executive Chairman & Co-Founder

Lotika Pai

Managing Director

Garry Cooper

CEO & Co-Founder

Sonat Birnecker Hart

President & Owner

Lou Rassey

CEO

Sarah Neukom

Producer of Positivity

Mark O’Connell

Former President & CEO

Ken Coats

CEO

Luke Tanen

Executive Director

Mike Shelton

Technical Director

Brenna Argall

Faculty Research Scientist

Chris Liang-Vergara

Chief, Learning Innovation

Phyllis Lee

CMO

Jodi Navta

Founder & CMO

Sid Bala

CEO

Jon Morris

CEO

Kellie O’Connell

CEO

Orlando Saez

CEO

Jennifer Nau

Director of Communications

Corbett Kull

Co-Founder; CEO

Desiree Vargas Wrigley

Founder & CEO

Peggy Smedley

Editorial Director

Rohit Pasam

Co-Founder & CEO

Bailey Moore

Vice President

Victor Chang

Investment Director

Vicki Escarra

Senior Advisor

Linda Mallers

Founder & CEO

Tony Bombacino

Co-Founder

Tim Jahnke

CEO

Terri Lonier

Former Dean

Talia Mashiach

Founder & CEO

Steven Casey

Co-Founder

Steve Edwards

General Manager

Rob Malin

Founding Member

Rhon Daguro

Founder & CEO

Ray Genellie

Co-Founder

Paul Lipinski

Midwest People and Change Lead

Paul Larson

Executive Chef

Pam Buchanan

Managing Director

Nena Ivon

Former Special Events/Publicity/Fashion Director

Mitch Carrel

CEO

Mike Cherry

Managing Partner

Michael Krauss

President

Michael Arndt

Executive Editor

Melissa Ballate

Founder & President

Matt Doubleday

SVP & Chief Marketing Officer

Marley Kayden

TV Personality

Mark Harris

President & CEO

Maria Kim

President & CEO

Marc Bushala

Managing Partner

Maeve Lucas

Managing Director of Talent Strategy

Leo Bottary

VP, Peer Influence

Kristin Fox

Co-Founder

Kristi Lafleur

Executive Director

Kris Hammond

Co-Founder

Krishna Erramilli

Associate Dean and Professor of Marketing

Keith Anderson

SVP Strategy & Insight

Katy Lynch

CEO

Justin Massa

Founder & CEO

Julie Friedman Steele

Chairman & CEO

Julie Bombacino

Co-Founder

Judy Bross

Co-Founder & Editor

Joe Brantuk

Vice President

John Lyell Clarke

President & CEO

John Figiel

Sr. Director of HR

John Barron

Former Publisher

Jim Alvarez

Founder & CEO

Jennifer Fried

Co-Founder & CEO

Jeff James

VP & General Manager

Jay Dirkmaat

VP of Greater Chicago Region

James Conley

Clinical Professor of Technology

Holly Copeland

Director of Public Affairs & CSR

Fritz Golman

Host & Executive Director

Emile Cambry

Founder & CEO

Ellen Barry

Principal

Dianne Campbell

Founding Executive Director

Denise Chase

Chief Community Officer

David Gustafson

COO

Dave Linder

IP Attorney

Darren Guccione

Co-Founder & CEO

Darcy Evon

CEO

Danielle DuMerer

Acting Commisioner & CIO

Criss Henderson

Executive Director

Brad Henderson

CEO

Charlie Baggs

President & Executive Chef

Bruce Leon

President

Brian Krause

Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications

Brian Hoff

Director of Corporate Innovation

Brian Friedman

Managing Director

Blair Lock

CEO & Co-Founder

Antonio Guillen

SVP of Commercial Lending

Angelo Bufalino

Patent Attorney

Andrea Hanis

Editor

Aimee Daniels

Group Chair

William Towns

Managing Director

Tonise Paul

Chairman

Matt Lewisman

Chief Operating Officer

Eric Weinheimer

President & CEO