Lisa Emerick is an innovative marketing and sales leader and early-stage investor with her finger on the pulse of Chicago’s C-suite. She has a deep knowledge of the strategies that attract, engage and retain executive-level...

Emilia DiMenco is the President and CEO of the WBDC, spending her time working directly with the WBDC team, Board members, partners and clients to ensure the organization is supporting and accelerating business development and...

Since 2004, Mary Dempsey has served as President of the Philip H. Corboy Foundation. The work of the Foundation is devoted to education, arts and culture, social justice, access to the courts and preserving the...

Gillian Darlow is Chief Executive Officer of Polk Bros. Foundation, which is dedicated to building and strengthening Chicago’s families and communities, especially those most affected by poverty and inequity. Under Gillian’s leadership since 2013, Polk...

MarySue Barrett is president of the Metropolitan Planning Council, which has been dedicated to shaping a more sustainable and prosperous greater Chicago region since 1934. As an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, MPC serves communities and...

Heather is a committed leader in the Chicago education community. She has experience building new teams and initiatives within education nonprofits, accomplishing ambitious goals as a teacher and administrator in Chicago Public Schools, and providing...

Roseanna Ander serves as the founding Executive Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab and the University of Chicago Education Lab, established in 2008 and 2011, respectively. These research institutions – which have offices...