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...

Karen Brennan has been Chief Financial Officer of JLL since 2020. As CFO, she leads the company’s global finance organization and oversees all aspects of corporate finance, including financial planning, accounting, tax, treasury, and investor...

Susan V. Booth (Goodman Theatre Artistic Director) rejoined Goodman Theatre in the fall of 2022, having previously served as the theater’s director of new play development. In the intervening years, she was the Artistic Director...

Gretchen Crosby Sims is a Chicago-based executive with Hakluyt, a global strategic advisory firm. She joined the firm in 2021 to launch its Chicago office and co-lead its business in the Midwest, and advises corporate...