Regional Advisory Board

Alejandro Longoria, Atlatl Financial Group, (Chair) Christen Ng, C200
Sean Barry, Allstate Ngoc Nguyen, Wintrust
Eric Brandt, Second Horizon Solutions, LLC Frank Pettaway, The Northern Trust
Brad Couri, CFI Partners Jabari Porter, CFI Partners
Vicki Diep, Northwestern Medicine John Roselli, New Harbor Capital Management
Katherine Finnegan, Finnegan Family Foundation Benjamin Rubin, Wintrust
Haukur Gudmundsson, Mayer Brown Jonathan Skinner, PSP Partners, Life Trustee
Terry Healy, State Street Jeremy Strayer, bp
Dr. Norma López, Ph.D, Loyola University Chicago Jon Van Gorp, Mayer Brown
Kareem Mohamednur, PwC Dr. Kyle Westbrook, Ph.D, EdSystems
Sinead Mullen, Bain & Co  

Emerging Leaders Council

Dex McAuley*, Morningstar, Chair Jenna Monell. BCD Meetings
Kelsey Berta, Plante Moran Betty Nguyen, Relativity
Dan Corbett, Jackson Lewis, P.C. Angela Pryzwara, The Walsh Group
Lauren Gabrio, Kenway Consulting Stevie Rodriguez, Lurie's Childrens Hospital 
Edgar Gonzalez, Cboe Global Markets Hanna Skinner, Concentric
Aurelio Huerto, CFI Partners  Kweku Thompson, Mayer Brown
Theodore Jones, BMO Harris Logan Timmons, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company
Dom Juozitis, Plante Moran Heriberto Valadez, Grubhub
Ken Leng, University of Chicago Josh Vance, Tegus
Margaret Laska, William Blair Victoria Vockeroth, McDonald's Corporation
John Linger, Metafora (formerly Carrier Direct) Joe Zekich, Mayer Brown

*Denotes a member of the Executive Board. To learn more about joining the Emerging Leaders Council, please contact Robin Knox.


Regional Leadership Team

  • Will Hobart, Executive Director
  • Blenda Chiu, Managing Director of Programs
  • Deana Kaplan, Managing Director of Development