Serving as Chief HR Officer since 2020, Norah leads Wintrust’s people strategy to foster a supportive, high-performing and diverse workplace culture. She brings deep expertise in talent management, organizational development, and employee engagement. In her...
Beth joined Oppenheimer in 2024 as Head of Public Finance. With over 30 years of industry expertise, she has completed $40 billion in transactions throughout her career. Ms. Coolidge most recently led UBS’s Midwest Public...
Mary Jo Herseth is the Principal of Starland Consulting LLC and the former Senior Vice President and National Head of Banking for Harris Private Bank. Ms. Herseth joined Harris Private Bank in September 2009 after...
Kristi L. Rowsell is an independent director of State Street Investment Management SPDR ETFs, a director of the Oakmark Funds, and member of the Board of Governors for the Investment Company Institute. She retired from...
Trish Halper is currently the co-Chief Investment Officer at Cercano Management, a multi-family office. Prior to joining Cercano, she was the Chief Investment Officer for the Global Family and Private Investment Offices at Northern Trust....
A highly successful investor with over twenty years of venture capital experience as co-manager and lead technology investor at William Blair Capital Partners (WBCP), Ellen Carnahan is now Principal of Machrie Enterprises LLC. Machrie Enterprises...
Melissa Bean is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Executives’ Club of Chicago. Since 1911, the Club has been known as the premier networking forum for Chicago’s “best and brightest”business, civic, and academic...
Jacqueline (Jackie) Barlow, Vice Chairman of CIBC U.S. From 2023 through March 2026, Jackie was the President of U.S. Commercial Real Estate, overseeing the teams that work with middle market, institutional and specialty lending clients...
Carol Lavin Bernick is CEO of Polished Nickel Capital Management, a privately held company that manages diversified investments and owns all or substantial stakes in diverse companies ranging from retail sales to thoroughbred racing. In...
