Elizabeth Dunlop Richter is president of The Richter Group, a strategic communications consulting practice that support both nonprofit and commercial organizations with expertise in branding, messaging, communications strategy, public relations, video production and communications planning....

Hedy M. Ratner is founder and Co-President of the Women’s Business Development Center, the largest, oldest (40 years) and most comprehensive women’s business assistance center in the U.S. The Women’s Business Development Center, based in...

Anna M. Rappaport, F.S.A. Anna Rappaport is an actuary, consultant, author, and speaker. She completed 45 years as a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in 2008. Anna is a nationally and internationally recognized expert...

The Wall Street Journal called Lynne Nellemann part of “the watershed generation of women executives rising to the top.”She was the first female corporate officer in a Fortune 50company (International Harvester). Known for her leadership...

Ms. Mekus serves as Interior Design Principal on many of the firm’s interior architecture projects ranging in size up to 500,000 square feet. With over 35 years of experience, she has been involved in programming,...

A principal in the architectural and design firm of Tigerman McCurry and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Margaret McCurry received her Bachelor’s degree in Art History from Vassar College and her...

Named by Fast Company as one of the “change agents… designers, & dreamers who are creating your future,” Eva L. Maddox is a principal and board member of Perkins+Will as well as the founder of...

Sherren Leigh is founder and president of Leigh Communications, Inc., publishers of Today’s Chicago Woman magazine. Recognized nationally as an advocate of women’s economic and employment equality, she has been quoted in a variety of...