Dee Robinson is a senior executive with extensive experience starting and growing food and beverage and retail businesses. Ms. Robinson is a strong entrepreneurial leader with a solution-focused management approach and a proven track record...

Diane Primo is the CEO of Purpose Brand Agency, an award-winning, Chicago-based public relations, branding and digital marketing firm. She is the only African American female CEO of a purpose-driven communications agency. Diane’s focus on...

Caralynn Nowinski Collens, M.D., serves as the Chief Executive Officer of UI LABS, a first-of-its-kind innovation accelerator designed to transform entire industries through collaboration. UI LABS solves large-scale challenges by bringing University + Industry together...

Jenny is president, chief executive officer and owner of Forward Space, an independent Steelcase dealership in Chicago. She is responsible for the strategic leadership of the company—providing guidance in support of client needs, establishing goals,...

Chef Carrie Nahabedian started her career in cooking in the Ritz Carlton Hotel fine dining restaurant “The Dining Room” during high school in the northern suburbs of Chicago. From the first day, she walked into...

Marsha McVicker is the founder and CEO of LYLA, formerly known as Errand Solutions. She received her bachelor’s degree and MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and it was during her MBA program that Errand...

Terri E. McNally, owner of Chicago, Illinois-based Global Capital, Ltd. has been involved in the leasing and equipment finance business for greater than 20 years. Ms. McNally formed Global Capital as a woman-owned, certified diversity...

Carol McCarthy founded Remedy in 1989. Remedy is a brand strategy and communications agency that works exclusively with companies that make people healthier. Remedy’s vision, and Carol’s, is to change how people think and act...

Ellen Jordan is CEO of Global Grounds which specializes in product development and lab testing of custom and private label coffee beverages. Global Grounds supports the quality programs and standards established by clients in the...

Suzie Isaacs is founder and president of Ampersand, Inc., which she started in 1995. Its purpose is to create, position and market innovative intellectual properties including books, memoirs and other works, offering a full range...