| Hank Adams | CEO | Sportvision, Inc. |
| John Aiello | Founder, Chairman | The SAVO Group |
| Laura Ferris Anderson | Senior Private Banker | JP Morgan |
| Leslie Anderson | Senior Vice President, District Market Manager | Harris Bank |
| Jeffrey Aronin | President & CEO | Paragon Pharmaceuticals |
| David Baker | VP External Affairs | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Robert Blackwell, Jr. | President | Electronic Knowledge Interchange |
| Matt Brown | Partner | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
| Lon Chow | Partner | Apex Venture Partners |
| Michael Cole | Managing Director | Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC |
| Linda Darragh | Director of Entrepreneurship Programs | Chicago Booth |
| Dean DeBiase | Chairman & CEO | Entertainment.com |
| Jim Dugan | CEO/Co-Founder/Managing Partner | OCA Ventures / O'Connor Partners |
| Larry Eppley | Partner | K&L Gates |
| Michael Ferro, Jr. | Chairman & CEO | Merrick Ventures, LLC |
| Chris Gladwin | President & CEO | Cleversafe |
| James Gray | Chairman of the Board | optionsXpress |
| Sam Guren | Managing Director | Hyde Park Angels |
| Troy Henikoff | Co-Founder & CEO | Excelerate Labs |
| Warren Holtsberg | Co-Head of Portfolio Management | MVC Capital, Inc |
| Gregg Kaplan | President & COO, Coinstar, Inc. | Coinstar, Inc. |
| Talia Mashiach | CEO and Founder | Eved |
| Bret Maxwell | Managing General Partner | MK Capital |
| Matt McCall | Managing Director | DFJ PORTAGE Venture Partners |
| R.J. Melman | Managing Partner | Hub 51 |
| Maura O'Hara | Executive Director | Illinois Venture Capital Association |
| J.B. Pritzker | Managing Partner | The Pritzker Group |
| Eric Reeves | Vice President and General Counsel | Duchossois |
| Jerry Roper | President & CEO | Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce |
| Danny Rosenberg | Managing Director | Sterling Partners |
| Patrick Ryan, Jr. | Founder and CEO | Incisent Technologies |
| Joe Shenton | Director | Barclays Capital |
| Andy Skoglund | Vice President - Private Banking | Credit Suisse |
| Juergen Stark | Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Mobile Devices | Motorola Mobility |
| Tim Stojka | CEO | Agentis Energy |
| Randall Tavierne | Partner| Midwest Area Strategic Growth Markets Leader | Ernst & Young LLP |
| Genevieve Thiers | Founder | Sittercity.com |
| Tom Thompson | Managing Director | WP Global Partners Inc |
| David Tolmie | Partner | Edgewater Funds |
| Jason Tyler | Senior VP, Director of Research Operations | Ariel Capital |
| Kevin Willer | President & CEO | Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center |
| Sam Yagan | Executive Director / CEO & Co-Founder | Excelerate Labs/ OkCupid |
