GROWTH - Key Persons


Adam Hecktman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Global Philanthropies Director

Adam Stanley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chief Experience Officer, Teach for America

Alysha-Aubrey Bursey

Job Titles:
  • Director of Affinity Programs at 1871 -

Amanda Lannert

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO, Jellyvision

Andrew Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Managing Director & Market Lead, CIBC

Andy Kofoid

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President - Global Field Operations, Databricks

Betsy Ziegler - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO, 1871

Brenna Berman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Founder, City Tech

Bret Maxwell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Managing General Partner, MK Capital

Brian Hoff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Executive - Grid Innovation Solutions, GE Digital

Carlos Minetti

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • EVP and President, Discover

Chris Smyth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Central Region TAS Managing Partner, Ernst & Young Americas Private Equity Leader

Dave Tolmie

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Partner, Edgewater Funds

Dean Debiase

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chairman, Reboot Partners

Dennis Boecker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Dorri McWhorter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President and CEO, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Dr. Garry Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO and Co - Founder, Rheaply

Ellen Rudnick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Advisor on Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Genevieve Thiers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Founder, Sittercity.Com

Hank Adams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • CEO of Rise Gardens

Howard Tullman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • General Managing Partner of G2T3V LLC and Chicago High Tech Investment Partners LLC

Jack Keenan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield

Jai Shekhawat

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Founder and Former CEO, SAP Fieldglass

Jaime di Paulo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President & CEO, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ( IHCC )

Jeff Miller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Chief Commercial Officer, Synchronoss Technologies

Jeremie Bacon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO of the Forge Adventure Parks

Jim Dugan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO, Co - Founder, and Managing Partner, OCA Ventures

Jim O'Connor Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Emeritus of the Board
  • Member of the Board
  • Chairman Emeritus / Global Head of Venture Capital and Managing Director, William Blair

Joe Shenton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Partner, Summit Trail Advisors

John Howard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • SVP General Counsel, Grainger

Judy Toland

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • VP & Head of Scaled Solutions, Global Business Marketing, Meta

Julia Kanouse

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Senior Vice President of Membership, ISACA

Julie Roth Novack

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO & Co - Founder, PartySlate

Kaili Emmrich

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Head of North America, Google for Startups

Kevin Willer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Partner, Chicago Ventures

Kristi Ross

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Co - CEO and President, Tastytrade

Larry Eppley - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Chairman of the Board / Managing Partner, Sheppard Mullin

Laura Ferris Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Board

Laurie Bauer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Partner, Cooley

Lee "Rosy" Rosenberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO, Rosenberg Advisory

Leslie Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chairman of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
  • Global Head Employee Tech Experience / BMO Financial Group

Linda Darragh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship

Lisa Laws - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO

Lloyd Semple

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Consultant, Russell Reynolds Associates

Mandy Yoh

Job Titles:
  • VP of Experience

Mark Hinch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Founder and CEO, Hinch Associates

Mark Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO, SpotHero

Mark Tebbe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Matt Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Matt Maloney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Co - Founder, GrubHub

Matt Renner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President, US Enterprise Commercial, Microsoft Corporation

Matthew O'Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Founding Member & Chairman of Hub88

Matthew Summy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • VP, Comcast

Maura O'Hara

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Executive Director, Illinois Venture Capital Association

Michael D. Lyman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Treasurer, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee
  • Treasurer, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee / Senior Managing Director / Lead - Strategy & Consulting North America

Michael McMurray

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President, Transportation and Infrastructure Managing Director of Chicago Office - Wight & Company

Mike Carlin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CIO, Abbvie

Rajan Naik

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CSO, Motorola

Randy Nornes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Managing Partner, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Industry, Aon

Rob Matles

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Head of Innovation Enablement Programs, JPMorgan Chase

Rowan Richards

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Director of Community Business, Allies for Community Business

Ryan Leavitt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Co - Founder at Pillar Booth

Sam Yagan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Co - Founder / CEO of Corazon Capital

Sara Star

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Nonprofit Leader and Investor

Scott Holloway

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • SVP Growth & Product, Foxtrot

Scott Swanson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President, PNC Bank Illinois, Midwest Territory Executive

Sonia Nagar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • General Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital

Sonny Garg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Solutions Lead, Energy, Uptake

Stan Chia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO, Vivid Seats

Starr Marcello

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Deputy Dean for MBA Programs / the University of Chicago / Booth School of Buisness

Stephanie Miller

Job Titles:
  • CXO

Steven Collens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • CEO, MATTER

Suzanne Muchin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Principal, Mind Matter Studio

Talia Mashiach

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • CEO, Founder & Product Architect, Eved

Ted Souder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Secretary, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
  • Secretary, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee / Founder, Wiggs Holding

Tim Stojka

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • CEO, Agentis Energy

Tom Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Senior Managing Director, WP Global Partners

Troy Henikoff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chairman of the Programming Committee
  • Chairman of the Programming Committee / Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners

Tyler Prince

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • EVP, Alliances & Channels, Salesforce

Venkat Atluri

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company

William Blair

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chairman Emeritus / Global Head of Venture Capital and Managing Director, William Blair