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...

Since 2022, Gina has served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Perkins&Will: a global design firm with over 2500 employees and 32 studios worldwide. In this role she is focuses on elevating the firm’s brand...

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...

Originally from the Bronx, New York, Nancy Pacher graduated from the renowned Bronx High School of Science in 1968, and, in 1972 cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Georgetown University. She went on to...

Patricia joined the executive team at MB Real Estate in 2010 as the Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, becoming Chief Operating Officer in 2017. A driving force behind the company’s culture, Patricia draws from...

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...

Kathy Scherer has more than 36 years of experience in delivering exceptional client service, complemented by the ability to develop, lead, and motivate large engagement teams to excel. Kathy currently serves as the Managing Partner...

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,...

Maria Wynne has distinguished herself as an executive with broad leadership experience in the corporate, public and nonprofit sectors. She has led national sales and marketing organizations as a Vice President and General Manager for...