Cheryl Lulias serves as the President & Executive Director of Medical Home Network (MHN), a not-for-profit collaborative that has reshaped how care is delivered and practiced in the safety net. In 2009, the Comer Family...

As President of an agency that helps hopeful people become parents who require the assistance of surrogates and egg donors, Cathy leads marketing, finance and operations and, since 2020, Cathy has doubled the size of...

Karen Teitelbaum is the President/Chief Executive Officer at Sinai Health System, an urban, teaching healthcare system comprised of four hospitals, an epidemiological research institute focusing on healthcare disparities, a community institute with over 25 distinct...

Dr. Michelle Stephenson is the Chief Patient Care Services Officer & Chief Nurse Executive for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, a 288 bed, free standing children’s hospital located in the Streeterville...

Meena Rao, Vice President for Academic Affairs, is the chief academic officer of the University of Illinois. The vice president reports to the president and works closely with the chancellors and provosts of the Urbana-Champaign,...

Sharon O’Keefe is the Former President of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Ms. O’Keefe has more than 30 years of healthcare and executive experience. As an advocate for quality, efficiency and innovation she has...

Dr. Suzet M. McKinney is a public health expert, medical executive, thought leader, strategic thinker and nationally recognized expert in emergency preparedness and response. As Principal and Director of Life Sciences for Sterling Bay, Dr....

Dr. Mitra Dutta is a UIC Distinguished Professor Emerita of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2024. She was the Vice Chancellor for Research and a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University...

Vicky Kalogera received an undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Thessaloniki in Greece and a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following this she completed a prize postdoctoral fellowship...

Catherine A. Jacobson is Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Rush University Medical Center. In this role, Ms. Jacobson is responsible for strategic planning, marketing and communications...