Jackie Koo AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, IIDAis the Founding Principal of KOO, an award-winning integrated Architecture, Interior Design, and Urban Planning firm established in 2005 and recipient of the 2023 Chicago Firm Award. KOO’s first...

Sharon is a founding managing director of Protiviti, started in 2002, and now a $2+billion global consulting firm. This followed a 15-year career at Arthur Andersen, where she was a partner. As the leader of...

As chief science officer and medical affairs lead, Maria C. Carrillo, Ph.D., sets the strategic vision for the global research program of the Alzheimer’s Association. Under her leadership, the Association is the world’s largest nonprofit...

TERESA WILTON HARMON is the managing partner of Sidley’s Chicago office and a partner in the firm’s Global Finance practice area, focusing on financial transactions and commercial law. Her financial transactions experience includes secured and...

Alison Ranney specializes in CEO, board, and C-suite searches. She also consults on leadership and talent. She is often tapped to craft teams of experts to address the needs of clients and manage key client...

Patricia Saldaña Natke is President and Design Principal of UrbanWorks, an architecture, planning, and interior design firm in Chicago. At UrbanWorks, Pat is responsible for the visionary design direction. Pat has served as an Adjunct...

Kapila is a seasoned board member and audit committee chair/financial expert on public and private companies.She was KPMG’s former National Partner-in-Charge: Public Policy Business Initiatives, responsible for coordinating the U.S. Firm’s response to Public Policy...

Margaret Mueller is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Executives’ Club of Chicago. In this role, she is responsible for driving the strategic vision and execution of how The Club delivers on its...

Diane is an architect, landscape architect, planner and urban designer, Vice President of CallisonRTKL and currently based in Hong Kong and Chicago, doing projects of all types and scales in China, Northeast and Southeast Asia,...

Ann Thompson, FAIA, is Executive Vice President of Architecture and Design at Related Midwest. Since joining Related in 1995, she has led the creative oversight and planning of projects across the company’s portfolio of mixed-use,...