Born June 10, 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Julieanna L. Richardson created a unique path to founding and heading up the largest national collection effort of African American video oral histories on record. With a diverse...

Alison Ranney specializes in CEO, board, and C-suite searches. She also consults on leadership and talent. She is often tapped to craft teams of experts to address the needs of clients and manage key client...

Cathy G. O’Kelly is a member of the Board of Directors of Vedder Price. As a member of the firm’s Investment Services group, her practice includes representation of mutual funds and their boards of directors,...

Sharon O’Keefe is the Former President of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Ms. O’Keefe has more than 30 years of healthcare and executive experience. As an advocate for quality, efficiency and innovation she has...

Dr. Caralynn Nowinski Collens is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dimension Inx Corp., a biotechnology company developing regenerative therapeutics that restore lost function due to disease, trauma, or aging. She is passionate about building teams...

Jennifer Nijman is a founding partner of the environmental firm Nijman·Franzetti LLP. She was formerly a partner and chair of the environmental practice group at the Chicago office of Winston & Strawn. She concentrates her...

Jill Nicholson is a partner and trial lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP and chair of the firm’s national Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice. She concentrates her practice in commercial bankruptcy and insolvency matters, creditors’...

Patricia Saldaña Natke is President and Design Principal of UrbanWorks, an architecture, planning, and interior design firm in Chicago. At UrbanWorks, Pat is responsible for the visionary design direction. Pat has served as an Adjunct...

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...

Practice Areas Compensation & Employment Law Practice Focus Employee benefits (single employer, multi-employer and multinational) and executive compensation legal practice. Practice Description Ms. McBreen designs and drafts tax-qualified retirement plans and addresses operational and fiduciary...