President and CEO Chicago Urban League Andrea Zopp, a distinguished corporate and civic leader who has lead transformative change in the public and private sectors, was appointed as President and CEO of the venerable Chicago...

With more than 35 years of experience in the Financial Services industry, Diane Offereins has served as Discover Financial Services Executive Vice President, President, Payment Services since 2009, and is a member of the company’s...

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...

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...

Ms. Steel is CEO and Founder of Alpha Wealth Advisors, LLC, a financial consulting firm advising family offices and private foundations in the U.S. and South America. In addition, she is an experienced board director...

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...

Joyce M. St. Clair is a retired executive of The Northern Trust Company, Chicago. She held various Management Committee positions during her 30 year tenure including Chief Risk Officer, President of Operations and Technology, Chief...

Donna C. E. Williamson is the former Managing Director of the Ceres Venture Fund, L.P. and has over twenty-five years of strategy, operating, and board experience in the healthcare industry with particular expertise in strategy...

Jacqueline (Jackie) Barlow President, US Commercial Real Estate Banking, overseeing the teams that work with our middle market, institutional and specialty lending clients real estate clients across the U.S. She is a member of the...

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...