Jennifer Deason has spent the past 25 years pursuing her passion for driving innovation with high performance diverse teams. She is currently the CEO of Home Partners of America (Blackstone portfolio company), which owns 28K...

Liz Buchanan leads the North American business for NielsenIQ, a global information services firm serving the consumer goods and retail industries. In this role, she is accountable for the U.S. and Canadian markets, across all...

Lisa M. Key is the Executive Director of the Driehaus Museum, a nationally recognized museum of art, architecture and design located steps away from Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. As Executive Director, Key has provided transformative leadership...

Wendy is CEO and Founder of WBS Equities, LLC, a company she founded in 2004. WBS Equities specializes in ground-up construction, renovation, development, sale lease back transactions and acquisition of industrial buildings for food and...

Rebecca Fyffe is a socially-conscious entrepreneur and CEO of Landmark Pest Management, an award-winning, innovative pest control firm. Rebecca founded Landmark Pest Management as the only pest control firm in the United States with a...

Sarah is the Central Zone Leader for Marsh in the United States. In this role, she is responsible for the integrated delivery of the Marsh value proposition, driving growth, client retention, operational performance, and talent...

Virxhini Gjonzeneli is the Chief Financial Officer at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a $120 billion wholesale lender. In this role she is responsible for leading the finance organization, including accounting policy and...

Emily Chase is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice-President at The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Saint Mary’s College in Notre...

Maggie McGuire O’Brien is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the J.P. Morgan Private Bank Chicago office. She leads and manages a team of more than 200 bankers, investors, credit executives, trust and estate attorneys,...

Laura Stein is Executive Vice President – Corporate & Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for MondelÄ?z International, a global snacking company with 2023 net revenues of approximately $36 billion. In her role, Laura...