Carole is the Head of U.S. Deal Advisory & Strategy and Americas Regional Head of Deal Advisory at KPMG LLP. She leads the firm’s extensive network of consultants as they take clients through the M&A...

Balika is a Senior Partner and Americas leader of Kearney’s Strategic Operations Practice. She is a C-suite advisor on the End-to-End supply chain transformation agenda within consumer goods and retail industry and has deep subject...

Emily Groden is the founder of Evergreen, one of America’s fastest-growing frozen breakfast companies. Emily started Evergreen in 2020 because she wanted a better breakfast for her growing family. When searching for quick and easy...

Karen Brennan has been Chief Financial Officer of JLL since 2020. As CFO, she leads the company’s global finance organization and oversees all aspects of corporate finance, including financial planning, accounting, tax, treasury, and investor...

Susan V. Booth (Goodman Theatre Artistic Director) rejoined Goodman Theatre in the fall of 2022, having previously served as the theater’s director of new play development. In the intervening years, she was the Artistic Director...

Gretchen Crosby Sims is a Chicago-based executive with Hakluyt, a global strategic advisory firm. She joined the firm in 2021 to launch its Chicago office and co-lead its business in the Midwest, and advises corporate...

Nadya Mason, Dean of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago and professor of physics, specializes in experimental studies of quantum materials, with a research focus on the electronic properties of...

A strategic and results-driven SENIOR FINANCE EXECUTIVE and TOP CORPORATE OFFICER, specializing in the non-profit healthcare industry. Comprehensive expertise in managing a complex $3.2B academic medical center system and health sciences university. Recent experience includes...

Wendy is CEO and Founder of WBS Equities, LLC, a company she founded in 2004. WBS Equities specializes in ground-up construction, renovation, development, sale lease back transactions and acquisition of industrial buildings for food and...

Rebecca Fyffe is a socially-conscious entrepreneur and CEO of Landmark Pest Management, an award-winning, innovative pest control firm. Rebecca founded Landmark Pest Management as the only pest control firm in the United States with a...