Nancy E. Paridy, JD, LLM President & Chief Administrative Officer Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Nancy Paridy, JD, LLM, is a healthcare executive who brings diverse experience and insights to her multifaceted role. Nancy serves as President...

Sheila Talton is an innovative global leader with over 30 years of experience in helping organizations increase value through breakthrough applications of technology. She is an accomplished business and market builder with a solid track...

Maria Wynne has distinguished herself as an executive with broad leadership experience in the corporate, public and nonprofit sectors. She has led national sales and marketing organizations as a Vice President and General Manager for...

Laurel Bellows, a principal of The Bellows Law Group, P.C., represents executives, in the United States and internationally. Laurel is an experienced business lawyer counseling senior executives and corporations on employment matters, employment and severance...

Managing Partner, Jenner & Block, ChicagoMelissa M. Root is a restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer. She has deep experience representing creditors, official committees, debtors, examiners and trustees in complex financial restructuring matters and high stakes bankruptcy...

Sunny Fischer is the former Executive Director of The Richard Driehaus Foundation, and she has consulted for many other foundations including The Joyce Foundation (where she developed a funding program to raise immunization rates in...

Christina M. Corley currently serves as an Executive Advisor at CDW, a leading technology solutions provider. She joined CDW in 2011 and has held a range of senior leadership roles, including Vice Chair and President...

Washington oversees all aspects of ComEd’s customer operations, including its energy efficiency programs, customer channels and related technology, large customer services, customer call center, field operations, customer financial operations, and marketing. ComEd is a unit...

The first African American woman to serve as CEO of Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority (MPEA), Larita Clark has been blazing trails since she was a high school student. A native of Chicago, Larita grew...

Celena Sarillo oversees the organization’s portfolio of early learning and care programs and policy and research efforts across Illinois and in Chicago. A devoted early childhood advocate with strong public and private sector relationships, Celena...