Maria del Socorro Pesqueira was appointed President of Healthy Communities Foundation in May 2017. As an award-winning visionary leader, she is a sought-after speaker addressing local, national, and hemispheric audiences on a wide variety of...

Dorri McWhorter is renowned for her social enterprise business leadership. Crain’s Chicago Business lauded McWhorter as a “nonprofit disrupter” who turned around a major agency “by leading as if it’s a startup.” McWhorter is a...

Ann Drake is President and Founder of Lincoln Road Enterprises, an operational philanthropic organization focused on elevating women’s leadership and creating a future in which women are at the forefront of improving the world we...

Wendy DuBoe is a seasoned executive who has more than thirty years of transformative, domestic, and international leadership experience in the non-profit and for-profit arenas. Under her leadership, she and her teams have designed innovative...

Kate Maehr was appointed chief executive officer of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the food bank that serves Cook County, Illinois, in 2006. Since her appointment, the Food Depository has increased the annual distribution of...

Phyllis Lockett is a serial social entrepreneur who has led transformation efforts in education, government and the civic arena. Ms Lockett is currently the CEO of LEAP-X, an education innovation lab that advises and designs...

Cheryl Francis is co-founder and co-chairman of Corporate Leadership Center (CLC), a mission-driven, non-profit which partners with CEOs, respected academics, and expert practitioners to advance corporate leaders and leadership practices through its two programs: CEO...

Chief Development and Marketing Officer at the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago. Retired CEO of the Girl Scouts of Chicago; Teaching at Kellogg School of Management; Consulting with Non-Profits in the areas of fund development, board governance,...

In 1976, Thea Flaum created a television show that redefined the way an entire generation learned about the movies. She put two Chicago film critics, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, in a movie theater balcony,...