Our Committee Members and Volunteers

The people who helped us get here represent a team of thinkers and doers – business and community leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, technology experts and policymakers. They are today’s establishment and tomorrow’s vanguard.
Talent & Education
Michael D. Amiridis
Amanda Brimmer
Todd Connor
Kevin Connelly
Alan Cramb
Mary Dillon
Ted Dysart
Deborah L. DeHaas
Fabian Elliott
Mike Gamson
John Garabedian
Ilene Gordon
Brad Henderson
Robert J. Jones
Maria Katris
Brad Keywell
Timothy L. Killeen
Phyllis Lockett
Matt Maloney
Walter Massey
Robert J. McCullen
LaTanya McDade
Nivine Megahed
Cindy Murray
Kelly Newton
Diane Randolph
Juan Salgado
Jennifer Scanlon
Morton Schapiro
Tim Schwertfeger
Edward Seidel
Andrew Sieja
Eric Sigurdson
Suresh Sunderrajan
Mark Tebbe
Jose Torres
Jay Walsh
Alya Woods
Robert Zimmer
Capital & Finance
Ken Barton
Amanda Brimmer
Dave Carlquist
Ronelle DeShazer
Charles Evans
John Garabedian
Brad Henderson
Troy Henikoff
Jason Henrichs
Francis Idehen
Karen Johnson
Steve Kaplan
Russ Mayerfeld
Matt McCall
Rumi Morales
Leslie McGranahan
Kelly Newton
Jim O’Connor
Maura O’Hara
Mike Oleshansky
Vic Pascucci
Nate Robinson
Ellen Rudnick
John Rogers
Kristi Ross
Kim Trautmann
Rick Waddell
Cayla Weisberg
Pete Wilkins
Kevin Willer
Jessica Droste Yagan
Business, Community & Culture
Haven Allen
Sid Bala
Emile Cambry
James Coleman
Caralynn Nowinski Collens
Kristi Dula
Omar Duque
Joel Farran
John Flavin
Laura Frerichs
Shelley Stern Grach
Fred Hoch
Miho Goto Jacobs
Melissa Kaufman
Michael Krauss
Tara Leweling
Juan Luciano
DG McPherson
Dorri McWhorter
Stacy Meagher
Matt Moog
Barbara Pollack
Ismael Roig
Shari Runner
Paula Steiner
Jai Shekhawat
Virginia Simmons
Alex Singla
Luke Tanen
Greg Thompson
Howard Tullman
Tom Wilson
Betsy Ziegler
Government & Infrastructure
Aamer Baig
Brenna Berman
Hardik Bhatt
Kris Hammond
Ron Huberman
Miho Goto Jacobs
John Keller
Steve Koch
Tom Kotarac
Bradley Lane
Paul La Schiazza
Tom Lynch
Anna Mason
Leslie Munger
Rohit Pasam
Anne Pramaggiore
Jim Reynolds
Bob Rivkin
Dennis Roberson
Simona Rollinson
Michael Sacks
Virginia Simmons
Larry Strickling
Joe Svachula
Patrick Whiteside
Melvin Williams
Bob Wislow
Eric Wong
Sam Yagan
Andrea Zopp
Messaging & Communication
Greg Brown
Jennifer Chiang
Kevin Cook
Michael Fassnacht
Morgan Flatley
Tari Haro
Josh Inglis
Linda Jojo
Tom Kuczmarski
Amanda Lannert
Nancy Lerner
Molly McCabe
Suzanne Muchin
Oscar Munoz
Katie Newman
Teresa Poggenpohl
Brooke Skinner Ricketts
Goli Sheikholeslami
Pro Bono Consulting Support
Accenture
BCG
Edelman
FCB Chicago
McKinsey & Company
Protiviti
Coordinating Committee
Hardik Bhatt
Greg Brown
Kevin Cook
Michael Fassnacht
John Garabedian
Chris Gladwin
Steve Koch
Michael Krauss
Walter Massey
Suzanne Muchin
John Oxtoby
Penny Pritzker
John Rogers
Kristi Ross
Mark Tebbe
Tom Wilson
Brian Fabes
Dea Meyer
Tracey Seward
Virginia Simmons
Pallavi Verma
Kelly Welsh