Tina Tchen

Tina Tchen heads Buckley LLP’s Chicago office, and draws on more than 30 years of experience at the highest levels of private practice and government service. She provides corporations, boards of directors, and individuals with...

Adele Smith Simmons

The GPP supports Adele’s work in both strengthening the infrastructure that supports global philanthropy and also her focus on global cities and sustainable cities. She co-chaired the Task Force that produced Mayor Daley’s Chicago Climate...

Sylvia Puente

Sylvia Puente is the Executive Director of the Latino Policy Forum, the only Latino public policy and advocacy organization in Illinois. Puente has earned a national reputation as a bridge builder and a trailblazer, having...

Lynne Nellemann

The Wall Street Journal called Lynne Nellemann part of “the watershed generation of women executives rising to the top.”She was the first female corporate officer in a Fortune 50company (International Harvester). Known for her leadership...

Phyllis Lockett

Phyllis is CEO of LEAP Innovations, an education technology hub in Chicago connecting educators and tech companies from across the nation to research, pilot, and scale instructional technology solutions that advance teaching and learning from...

MarySue Barrett

MarySue Barrett is president of the Metropolitan Planning Council, which has been dedicated to shaping a more sustainable and prosperous greater Chicago region since 1934. As an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, MPC serves communities and...

Roseanna Ander

Roseanna Ander is the founding Executive Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab. The Crime Lab was set up 10 years ago to work with government partners in Chicago to design,...

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