Marilynn Preston is an award-winning journalist, playwright and TV producer. Her weekly newspaper column, “Energy Express,” has been syndicated nationally since 1976 and has the distinction of being the longest-running fitness column in the country....

Carla Michelotti is a recognized leader with decades of experience advising companies and their brands regarding how best to anticipate and navigate successfully through every type of legal challenge. In her primary career, Carla was...

As Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Kary handles the marketing P&L for the Medical Center and Lurie Children’s Foundation. This includes all media relations...

Media Consultant Mary Ann Childers has achieved success on both sides of the camera. As a consultant to the Chicago-based Res Publica Group public affairs firm, her own media firm, Mary Ann Childers, Inc., specializes...

Deb Boyda is an accomplished board director and former CEO with a track record of leading companies to accelerated growth, profit expansion and enhanced shareholder value. As a board director, Deb has robust experience working...

Emily Barr retired in June, 2022 after a 43-year career in broadcast television, the last ten of which she spent as President and Chief Executive Officer of Graham Media Group, a subsidiary of Graham Holdings,...