Michele J. Hooper is President and CEO of The Directors’ Council which specializes in corporate board of director recruitment, focused primarily on diversity candidates, and board advisory services. With over 20 years of corporate board...

Julie Hamos is Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Previously, Julie was elected as the State Representative of the 18th District in 1998. She was Chair of the Mass Transit Committee,...

Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director for Nixon Peabody, LLC: Serves on Management Committee and Policy Committee (Board) Provides advice to firm management on all matters relating to firm operations including the business aspects of...

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...

Throughout Carol Wyant’s professional career she has been a transformational change agent. In the early 1980s it was unusual for a woman, working for a full-service real estate firm specializing in downtown mixed-use development to...

Janet Foutty is the executive chair of the board of Deloitte US, the largest professional services organization in the United States.  Janet has held this role since 2019 after serving as chair and CEO of Deloitte...

Joycelyn Winnecke is Vice President and Associate Editor at the Chicago Tribune. She works on strategy and new business ideas for media and journalism. Winnecke’s team recently launched Blue Sky Innovation. The team created Trib...

Edith Falk’s career spans more than 30 years in non-profit institutional advancement. In addition to directing Campbell & Company’s marketing, recruiting and strategic growth initiatives, she is actively engaged in designing and providing strategic counsel...