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Erin Amico
President and CEO
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences
Kayce Ataiyero
Chief External Affairs Officer
The Joyce Foundation
Nancy Berardinelli-Krantz
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Hardik Bhatt
Chief Executive Officer
SDI Presence, LLC
Susan Booth
Artistic Director
Goodman Theatre
Garry Cooper, Jr., PhD
CEO & Co-Founder
Rheaply
Roberto Curci, PhD
Vice Provost and Dean, Brennan School of Business
Dominican University
Krista Curell, Esq, BSN, RN
Executive Vice President, Health System, Chief Operating Officer
University of Chicago Health System
Mr. Nosa Ehimwenman
President & CEO
Bowa Construction
Jessica Garascia
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
AAR Corp.
Ms. Sylvia Garcia
Chief Operating Officer
The Chicago Community Trust
Tiffany Hamel Johnson
President and CEO
Chicago United
Veronica Herrero
Executive Vice Chancellor, Chief of Staff and Chief Institutional Advancement Officer
City Colleges of Chicago
Ms. Erin Inman, P.E.
President & CEO
Primera Engineers Ltd.
Ms. Arielle Johnson, MPA
CEO
Business Leadership Council
Lucy Kim
Chief Advancement Officer
Chicago Public Media
Jill Koski
President and CEO
The Morton Arboretum
Joshua Levin
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
ComEd
Kenya Merritt
Deputy Mayor of Business, Economic and Neighborhood Development
City of Chicago
Sandeep Nain
President & CEO
SNtial Technologies, Inc.
Rahul Nalgirkar
CFO of BMO US and Group CFO of BMO North American Commercial Banking
BMO Financial Group
Linda Nolan
Group Managing Director
Northern Trust
Stephanie Piccirilli
President & CEO
Ignite
Mark Reed, EdD, MBA
President
Loyola University Chicago
Mariana Souto-Manning, PhD
President
Erikson Institute
Carole Wood, CFRE
President & CEO
Northwestern University Settlement House
Lauren Allnutt, CPA
Corporate Controller
Northern Trust
Daniel O. Ash
President
The Field Foundation of Illinois
Tracy L. Brown
Chief Content Officer
Chicago Public Media
Carlos Calderon
Chief Financial Officer
Ariel Investments
Meghan Curran
Chief Marketing and Experience Officer
Shedd Aquarium
Mr. Wendell Dallas
President and CEO
Nicor Gas
Ms. Gillian Darlow
CEO
Polk Bros. Foundation
Katie Fitzgerald, MSW
President and CEO
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Global
Kimberley Goode
Chief Communications and Social Impact Officer
BMO
Lisa Graham
Former SVP, CFO and Treasurer
ComEd
Kelly Graves
CEO, President
FCB Chicago
Kristin Kroeger
Head of Strategic Initiatives
CIBC USA
Ms. Connie L. Lindsey
Philanthropist, Civic leader and Former Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Northern Trust
Robert L. Manuel, Ph.D.
President
DePaul University
Declan McGovern
Executive Director
Music of the Baroque
Dia Nichols, FACHE
President, Central Chicagoland Patient Service Area; President, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Advocate Health
Ms. Marisa Novara
Vice President of Community Impact
The Chicago Community Trust
Darlene Oliver Hightower, JD
President and CEO
Metropolitan Planning Council
Ms. Melissa Root
Partner, Managing Partner Chicago Office
Jenner & Block LLP
Ms. Andrea Sáenz
President and CEO
The Chicago Community Trust
Ms. Kristen Seeger
Partner, Executive Committee Member
Sidley Austin LLP
Smita N. Shah, P.E., LEED AP BD+C
CEO
SPAAN Tech, Inc.
Whitney Smith
CEO
Schreiber Philanthropy
Christina Speh
Chief Compliance Officer
Wintrust Financial Corporation
Mr. Andrés Tapia
Senior Partner, Global DE&I and ESG Strategist
Korn Ferry

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