Beth Kirk Malecki is Mercer’s US Central Zone Leader and a Senior Partner with the firm. In her role, Beth is accountable for revenue growth and sales, client satisfaction and the engagement of Mercer colleagues...

Erin Amico is the President & CEO of The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (“Nature Museum”). For 167 years, the Nature Museum has been connecting Chicagoans to nature and science....

Vicki Dudley joined TTX Company in 2012 as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. TTX is the largest railcar owner in North America with over $9 billion in assets and 2,250 employees throughout North America. In...

Mary Rose Alexander, Managing Partner of the firm’s Chicago office, represents Fortune 500 companies in their highest-stakes litigation and trials, often in the most hostile jurisdictions in the US. Profile A nationally recognized trial lawyer,...

W. Brooke Elliott Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor in Business and Dean Gies College of Business University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Brooke Elliott is the Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor in Business and Dean of Gies...

Beth Satterfield is a financial industry leader with over 35 years of banking, private equity, and investment management experience. She joined William Blair in 2015 as managing director and head of market development in the...

Constance Freedman is the Founder and Managing Partner of Moderne Ventures and the Moderne Passport, a multi-stage investment fund and industry immersion program. Freedman invests in transformative technologies like Enterprise SaaS, AI, Robotics, Deep Tech,...

Carole is the Head of U.S. Deal Advisory & Strategy and Americas Regional Head of Deal Advisory at KPMG LLP. She leads the firm’s extensive network of consultants as they take clients through the M&A...

Balika is a Senior Partner and Americas leader of Kearney’s Strategic Operations Practice. She is a C-suite advisor on the End-to-End supply chain transformation agenda within consumer goods and retail industry and has deep subject...

Emily Groden is the founder of Evergreen, one of America’s fastest-growing frozen breakfast companies. Emily started Evergreen in 2020 because she wanted a better breakfast for her growing family. When searching for quick and easy...