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...

In March 2010, Nivine Megahed, Ph.D., became the 11th president of National Louis University, bringing more than 20 years of experience in making higher education more accessible for students of all backgrounds to one of...

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...

Terri L. Mascherin is a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, practicing in the Firm’s Litigation Department. She is a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, and Unfair Competition, False Advertising and Lanham...

Grace B. Hou has been Deputy Governor for Health and Human Services for Governor JB Pritzker since October 10, 2023. As the Deputy Governor, Grace oversees the work of the 12 Health and Human Services...

Patricia Brown Holmes is the first African-American woman to lead and have her name on the door of a major law firm that is not women- or minority-owned. She is a highly respected and accomplished...

Alison Gutterman is the President and CEO of Jelmar, the 52-year-old family-owned cleaning products manufacturer of CLeaR CLR® and Tarn-X® products and acquirer of ESPRO, now named CLR® Sports Stain Remover. As the third-generation family...

Ms. Greenstein has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Axel Johnson Inc. (“Axel Johnson”), a privately held investment company that invests in global manufacturing and service businesses, since June 2022. Prior to...

Marilynn Gardner is President and CEO of Navy Pier, where she oversees the operations, programming, and long-term vision of the Midwest’s most visited destination, welcoming more than 8 million guests annually. A lifelong Chicagoan, Gardner...