At Google she leads +50B business at the center of the evolving digital marketing landscape of generative AI, rapid consumer change and business transformation. She also oversees Google’s expanding presence in the Midwest as site...

Jill Wine-Banks is an MSNBC legal analyst, appearing regularly on the network’s prime-time and daytime shows. She began her career as the first female organized crime prosecutor at the US Department of Justice, which led...

A veteran award-winning media executive, Montgomery is currently Executive Vice President, Head of Unscripted Programming for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, and oversees all Oprah Branded content (Oprah’s Book Club, prime time interviews, Super Soul, live...

Judy (Statum) Toland is an award winning, transformational CMO, with an engineering foundation. In May of 2023, she was appointed the role of Vice President, Global Audience Marketing. This role is responsible for the business...

Nykia Wright is the CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, the oldest, continuously published news publication in the state of Illinois. She is a recognized leader in the journalism industry and is responsible for managing significant...

Susan Jacobs, SVP Revenue Strategy, Tribune Publishing, is an industry leader with an entrepreneurial spirit that strategically leverages innovation, data, knowledge, and relationships to drive change. In her current role at Tribune Publishing she leads...

Maxine Winer is senior vice president, senior partner and general manager of the Chicago office of FleishmanHillard, one of the world’s largest integrated communications firms. She is also a member of the firm’s Senior Management...

Marty Wilke, a media executive, was the first woman to serve as President and General Manager for two Chicago television stations: WGN-TV and CBS 2 Chicago/WBBM-TV. After graduating from DePaul University, Marty began her career...

Laura S. Washington is a contributing columnist for the Chicago Tribune and political analyst at ABC-7, Chicago’s ABC-owned station. She previously served as a long-time contributing columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. In 2015 and 2019...

Terry Savage is a nationally recognized expert on personal finance, the economy and the markets. She writes a twice-weekly personal finance column syndicated nationally by Chicago Tribune Content Agency. Terry appears weekly on the WGN...