| James O’Connor, Jr.* |
Managing Director |
MVC Capital, Inc. |
| Michael Ferro, Jr.* |
Chairman & CEO |
Merrick Ventures, LLC |
Board Members |
| Catherine Adduci |
VP & General Manager for the North Region |
Unisys Corporation |
| David Ariola |
President |
chicago REALTY company |
| Jeffrey Aronin |
President & CEO |
Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Adarsh Arora* |
President & CEO |
Lisle Technology Partners |
| David Baker |
VP for External Affairs |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Robert Blackwell, Jr. |
President |
Electronic Knowledge Interchange |
| Matt Brown |
Partner |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
| Ed Cheney* |
Executive VP, Corporate Banking Division Head, Illinois Middle Market |
National City Bank |
| Lon Chow |
Partner |
Apex Venture Partners |
| Tom Churchwell |
Managing Partner |
ARCH Development Partners |
| Michael Cole |
Managing Director |
Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC |
| Linda Darragh |
Director of Entrepreneurship Programs |
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business |
| Dean DeBiase |
Chairman & CEO |
Start-Up-Partners / Fathom Online |
| Waverly Deutsch, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship |
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business |
| Jim Dugan |
CEO & Managing Partner |
OCA Ventures / O’Connor Partners |
| Bob Graham |
Regional Managing Director, Illinois Wisconsin Region |
Merrill Lynch |
| James Gray |
Chairman of the Board |
optionsXpress |
| Rob Grossinger |
Senior Vice President |
Bank of America |
| Troy Henikoff |
Professor of Entrepreneurship |
Northwestern University |
| Warren Holtsberg |
Co-Head of Portfolio Management |
MVC Capital |
| Bryant Keil |
Chairman & CEO |
Potbelly Sandwich Works |
| Anil Kumar |
President & Co-Chairman |
Quinnox |
| Kristi Lafleur* |
Strategic Advisor |
University of Chicago Medical Center |
| Alain LeCoque |
Executive Vice President |
Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler |
| John Livingston |
Director & Chicago Office Managing Partner |
McKinsey & Co. |
| Bret Maxwell |
Managing General Partner |
MK Capital |
| Matt McCall |
Managing Director |
DFJ Portage Venture Partners |
| Joseph McInerney |
President & CEO |
Cardinal Growth |
| Andrew McKenna, Jr.* |
President |
Schwarz Supply Services |
| Barry Merkin |
Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship |
Kellogg School of Management |
| Catherine Nelson |
Senior Counsel |
Foley & Larder, LLP |
| Maura O’Hara |
Executive Director |
Illinois Venture Capital Association |
| Sarah Pang |
Senior VP, Corporate Communications |
CNA |
| Karen Perlman |
Senior VP, Director of Marketing |
MB Financial |
| J.B. Pritzker* |
Managing Partner |
The Pritzker Group |
| Jonathan Rohde |
Senior Vice President |
Harris N.A. |
| Jerry Roper* |
President & CEO |
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce |
| Patrick Ryan, Jr. |
Founder & CEO |
INCISENT Technologies |
| Orlando Saez |
Vice President Airport Marketing |
Concourse Communications Group, LLC |
| Michael Soenen |
President & CEO |
FTD |
| Juergen Stark |
Corporate VP Productivity Devices |
Motorola |
| John Sydnor* |
CEO |
Merrick Healthcare Solutions, LLC |
| David Tolmie* |
Partner |
Edgewater Funds |
| Jaime Viteri |
Managing Director, Illinois Entrepreneurship Network |
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity |
| Al Wasserberger |
Managing Partner |
MakingRain, LLC |
| Jeannie Weaver |
VP GM — Small Business Midwest |
AT&T |
| Seth Weinberger |
Senior Counsel |
Mayer Brown LLP |
| David Weinstein* |
President |
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center |
| Gregory White |
VP, Strategy & Operations |
Chicago Community Trust |
| David Wilhelm |
Founder and President |
Woodland Venture Management |
