Kate Bensen

Kate Bensen

Kate is an adept CEO well-versed in finance and manufacturing, corporate governance/business concerns.  Her most recent Board interactions were as the President and CEO, THE CHICAGO NETWORK (TCN) where she led over 120 employees, contractors and volunteers with full...
Nick Rosa

Nick Rosa

Nick Rosa is a Managing Director of Cultivian Sandbox and Co-founder and Managing Director of Sandbox Industries. Prior to founding Sandbox, Nick led the buyout and served as CEO of The NutraSweet Company, the first branded food ingredient. As a senior executive at...
Katherine Davis

Katherine Davis

Katherine is a reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business, where she covers startups, venture capital and technology, as well as breaking news on other local businesses. Before Crain’s, Katherine spent four years as a reporter and editor at the Chicago Business Journal and...
William Towns

William Towns

Dr. William W. Towns is a scholar, activist, and practitioner, dedicated to helping solve civic and urban issues at the structural level.  He is the Executive Director of Benefit Chicago, a collaboration between The Chicago Community Trust, The MacArthur Foundation,...
Leslie Vickrey

Leslie Vickrey

An enterprising Chicagoan with a keen entrepreneurial spirit, Leslie Vickrey is focused on making a difference in the tech and business community. Seeing a need for business-minded marketing solutions that were as agile as the industries they served, Leslie founded...