As Chief Executive Officer, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot oversees the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization and third largest U.S. charity according to Forbes. Feeding America is a nationwide network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries...

Hedy M. Ratner is founder and Co-President of the Women’s Business Development Center, the largest, oldest (40 years) and most comprehensive women’s business assistance center in the U.S. The Women’s Business Development Center, based in...

Amy Osler was the Executive Director of The Chicago Network 29 of its 32 years. Ms. Osler has the professional group and grew its membership from 118 to more than 400 women prominent in business...

Dorri McWhorter is renowned for her social enterprise business leadership. Crain’s Chicago Business lauded McWhorter as a “nonprofit disrupter” who turned around a major agency “by leading as if it’s a startup.” McWhorter is a...

Emilia DiMenco is the President and CEO of the WBDC, spending her time working directly with the WBDC team, Board members, partners and clients to ensure the organization is supporting and accelerating business development and...