IBIC Steering Committee Co-Chairs
John Rowe, Chairman Emeritus, Exelon Corporation
Samuel C. Scott III, Former Chief Executive Officer, Corn Products International, Inc.; Chairman, Chicago Sister Cities International Program
Carole Browe Segal, Co-founder of Crate and Barrel. President, Segal Family Foundation
Dave Bender, Executive Director, American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois
Raul Raymundo, CEO, The Resurrection Project
Joshua Hoyt, Executive Director, National Partnership for New Americans
Todd Maisch, President and CEO, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
William C Kunkler, III, Executive Vice President-Operations of CC Industries, Inc.
Mohammed Zaher Sahloul, President and Partner, Pulmonary Consultants, SC
Martin P. Slark, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Molex
Steering Committee
John L. Anderson, President, Illinois Institute of Technology
John Atkinson, Managing Partner, Willis Group Holdings
Doug Baker, President, Northern Illinois University
Greg Baise, President & CEO, Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Norman R. Bobins, Norman Bobins Consulting LLC
John Bucksbaum, CEO, Bucksbaum Retail Properties, LLC
Linda Walker Bynoe, President and CEO, Telemat LTD
Donna M. Carroll, President, Dominican University
Martin R. Castro, President, Castro Synergies, LLC
Alan Channing, Former President and CEO, Sinai Health System
Steven Collens, CEO, MATTER
Dan Costello, President, Home Run Inn Restaurant Group
Alan W. Cramb, President, Illinois Institute of Technology
Tom Cross, Senior Consultant, Culloton Strategies; Illinois House Republican Leader (2002-2013)
Susan M. Crown, Chairman, Owl Creek Partners, LLP; Chairman and Founder of Susan Crown Exchange Inc.; Vice President and Partner of Henry Crown and Company
Father Brendan Curran, Catholic Businesses for Immigration Reform
Jaime di Paulo, Executive Director, Little Village Chamber of Commerce
Craig J. Duchossois, CEO, The Duchossois Group
Omar Duque, President & CEO, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Robert Easter, President Emeritus, University of Illinois
Hon. Jim Edgar, Former Governor, State of Illinois
Ezequiel (Zeke) Flores, Founder/CEO, Flying Concessions
Craig Freedman, President and CEO, Freedman Seating Company
Sarah Frey-Talley, President and CEO, Frey Farms
Juan Gaytan, President, Monterrey Security
Ronald J. Gidwitz, Co-Founder, GCG Partners
Chris Gladwin, CEO & CO-Founder, Ocient; Founder, Cleversafe
José L. González, Owner, J.L. González Produce, Inc.
Larry J. Goodman, MD, CEO, Rush University Medical Center
Marc J. Gordon, President & CEO, Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association
Scott Grams, Executive Director, Illinois Landscape Contractors Association
Richard Guebert Jr., President, Illinois Farm Bureau
Dr. Troy D. Hammond, President, North Central College
Mark Harris, President & CEO, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Investments, LLC
Fred Hoch, Executive Chairman, Illinois Technology Association; Founder and General Partner, TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, President, DePaul University
Terry Howerton, Founder of TechNexus
Pepe Jimenez, Owner, Carnicerias Jimenez
Glenn Keefer, Former Owner, Keefer's Restaurant
Christopher G. Kennedy, Former Chairman, Board of Trustees, University of Illinois; Founder and Chairman, Top Box Foods
Juliana Kerr, Director, Global Cities and Immigration, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Timothy L. Killeen, President, University of Illinois
Linnea Kooistra, Owner and Partner, Kooistra Farms
Senator Billy Lawless, Owner, The Dearborn Tavern, The Gage, Acanto, Beacon Tavern; Senator, Irish Senate
Ken Lehman, Managing Partner, KKP Group, LLC
Elizabeth Lively, Former Vice President, Government and External Affairs, Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC)
Barry MacLean, CEO and Chairman, MacLean-Fogg
David MacNeil, President and CEO, Weathertech
Patrick M. Magoon, President and CEO, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Jim McNulty, former CEO, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Arthur Zayas Miller, President and CEO, MZI Group, Inc.
Anna Morzy, Partner, Fragomen Worldwide; Former President, Polish American Chamber of Commerce
Clare Muñana, President , Ancora Associates, Inc.
Harsh Muthal, Chairman and CEO, AmLED Technologies Inc.
Sarah Pang, Executive Vice President, CNA
Maureen C. Pikarski, Esq., Partner, Gordon and Pikarski
Jose Luis Prado Becerra, Former President of Quaker Foods - North America at Pepsico, President, Prado Strategic Consultants
JB Pritzker, Founder and Managing Partner, Pritzker Group
Penny Pritzker, Founder and Chairman of PSP Capital and 38th Secretary of Commerce
Deborah Quazzo, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, GSV Acceleration
Ken Raskin, Former Chairman of the Illinois Restaurant Association and owner of Manny's Deli
Hedy Ratner, Co-founder & President Emeritus, Women's Business Development Center
John W. Rogers, Jr., Founder, Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments
Ellen Rudnick, Sr. Advisor on Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Jesse Ruiz, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Michael Sacks, Chairman and CEO of Grosvenor Capital Management and Vice-Chairman of World Business Chicago
Jos Saldana, Former President and CEO of Bibas Global; General Director, Gin's East Mexico
Sam Sanchez, Co-Owner, SamCo, Executive Committee, Illinois Restaurant Association
Marc S. Schulman, President, Eli's Cheesecake Company
Mark Segal, Former President and CEO, The Habitat Company; Former Chair, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Committee
Byron Spruell, President of League Operations, NBA; Former Vice Chairman and Chicago Managing Principal, Deloitte LLP
Sergio Suarez, President, North American Institute for Mexican Advancement
Scott C. Swanson, Regional President, PNC Bank, Illinois
Glenn Tilton, Retired CEO, United Airlines
Sam Toia, President, Illinois Restaurant Association
Grace Tsao-Wu, Co-Founder, Laudi Vidni
William Von Hoene, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Exelon Corporation
Frederick H. Waddell, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Northern Trust Corporation
Edward J. Wehmer, President and CEO of Wintrust Financial Corporation
Doug L. Whitley, Immediate Past President & CEO, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
AJ Wilhelmi, CEO, Illinois Health and Hospital System
Maryjane A. Wurth, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, American Hospital Association; CEO and President, Health Forum
Sam Yagan, CEO, Shoprunner, Inc.