Groups that serve the greater good – and not just organizations that pay us – deserve our best thinking.

Alumni

Alumni

Doug Abrams, Idea Architects

Mark Achler, Redbox

Paul Addis

Eyal Altman, Elkay Manufacturing

Jennifer Amdur Spitz, Amdur Spitz & Associates

Keira Amstutz, Indiana Humanities

Alice Archabal, Children’s Memorial Hospital Foundation

Shail Arora

Daniel Ash, Chicago Public Media

Ethan Austin, Give Forward

George Aye, Greater Good Studio

Joe Ballard, Clinton Global Initiative

Jim Banister, Matriculate

Geoffrey Banks, Illinois Humanities Council

Eileen Bartholomew, X Prize Foundation

John K. Bates, MEME Dispersal Unit

Maureen Beal, National Van Lines

Barbara Bearss, Akina

Jane Beatty, Overnorth

Yariv Becher, Israeli Economic Mission to the United States

Cate Belling, Northwestern University

Louise Belmont-Skinner, Chicago Children’s Museum

Anna Belyaev

Andrew Benedict-Nelson, Insight Labs

Tim Best, Science Leadership Academy

Lee Bey, Chicago Central Area Committee

David Bill, Urban School of San Francisco

Holly Birnbaum, Thoughtly Crew

Robert Blackwell, EKI Consulting / Killerspin

Ed Blake, Neoteric Design

Ryan Blitstein, SCE Fund

Jennifer Bluestein, Greenberg & Traurig

Sara Bloomfield, US National Holocaust Memorial Museum

Vicki Bohlsen, Bohlsen Group

Mary Boone, Boone Associates

Bill Bonner

Derek Bonney

Christine Bork, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Paris Braxton, Chicago Sinfonietta

Mickey Brazeal, Roosevelt University

Susan Brecker

Liora Bresler, University of Illinois

Bethany Bristow, Bethany Bristow Studio

Charlotte Burges-Auburn, Stanford d. school

Jason Busch, Azul Partners

Ryan Butts, University of Saint Mary of the Lake

Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies

Bryan Campen, Manifest / Long Now Foundation

Sean Cannon, Event Creative

Nora Moreno Cargie, Boeing

Justin Carr, ROI Ventures

Dean Carter, Sears Holding

Roxanne Mankin Cason, Cason Family Foundation

Baltazar Castillo

Carolyn Chandler, Manifest

Anita Chandwaney, Stage Left Theatre Company

Rob Chappell, Peter Mayer

Kapil Chaundhary, I2A Fund / Excelerate

Kelvin Chin, H5

Ratnam Chitturi, North South Foundation

Vena Chitturi, JP Morgan Chase

Toúre Claiborne, Kearney Park Investements

Deb Clapp, League of Chicago Theatres

Dawn Clark, Starbucks

John Clarke, University of Illinois

Julianna Cole, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Carol Colleta, ArtPlace

Lisa Collings, Dotomi

Tim Conlin, Wrigley

Nancy Cook, National Journal

Darren Cooper, DMR Solutions GMBH

Ron Cooper, Deloitte

Kelly Costello, Razorfish

Kevin Coval, Louder Than A Bomb

Tammy Cowser, Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Steve Craft, NASA

Ray Crossman, Adler School of Professional Psychology

Susan Crown, SCE Foundation

Alison Cuddy, Chicago Public Radio

Scott Curran, William J. Clinton Foundation

Alison Curry, Urban Sherpa

Andrew Davis, Midwest Education Investment Trust

Mike Davis, The Davis Experience

Keita Demming, University of Waterloo

Jon Denham, Con Agra Foods

Bill DeRouchey

Joe Diaz, Afar Media

Geoff Domoracki, Tech Week

Helen Doria

Brian Douglas, Itzy Ritzy

Liz Dwyer, GOOD Magazine

Raj Echambadi, University of Illinois

Steve Edwards, Chicago Public Media

Matt Elwell, ComedySportz

Harry Epstein, HAVI Global Systems

Scott Erickson, Microsoft

Jeff Esser, Government Finance Officers Association

Brynn Evans, Google

Colleen Fahey, The Idea Haven

Thad Felton, Arnstein & Lehr

Dan Fietsam, Energy BBDO

Lee Fisher, CEOs for Cities

Patrick Fitzgerald, Straight Face Productions

Marissa Flaxbart , Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Manny Flores, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Adam Frankel, National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies

Ryan Freitas, About.Me

Rich Gamble, Chicago Magazine

David Gamperl, Osborn Energy

Carlo Garcia, Living Philanthropic

Lauren Beth Gash

Lindsay Gaskins, Marbles

Madeline Gentile

Malik Gillani, Silk Road Theatre Project

Lisa Goldman, Edgewood Clinical Services

Joel Goldblatt, Deloitte

Melanie Goldish, Supersibs!

Mark Goodman, Preferred Meal Systems

Tasneem Goodman, Akina

Shelley Stern Grach, Microsoft

Nick Gracilla, Neoteric Design

Brian Granahan

Brittany Graunke, Zealous Good

Mark Guarino

Randy Guillot, Cannon Design

Deepa Gupta, MacArthur Foundation

Chris Hacker, Johnson & Johnson

Tracie Hall, Boeing

Jeff Hancock

H. John Hair, KPMG Advisory

Jim Hamilton, iCrossing

Jeanne Hammerstrom, Benesch Friedlander

Sue Hardek, Manifest

Melisa Harder

Deborah Harrington

David Evan Harris, Global Lives Project

Vanessa Harris, Chicago Public Media

Mark Hattas, Geneca

Ed Healy, NASA

Tera Healy, The Recording Academy

Jill Hebert, Matrex

Cheryl Heller, School of Visual Arts

John Hellerman, Hellerman Baretz Communications

Maggie Hendrie

Troy Henikoff, Excelerate Labs

Al Herbach, Schmaltz Online

Monica Herman, Mixed Greens

David Hernandez, Ogilvy

Saya Hillman, Mac N Cheese Productions

Jaye Hilton, Weber Shandwick

Jim Hirsch, Chicago Sinfonietta

Andrew Hobgood, The New Colony

Fred Hoch, Illinois Technology Association

David Hochman, Upod Editorial

Sean Hogan, College of Lake County

Paula Holderman, Winston & Strawn

Shannon Holmes, 36th District Court, Michigan

Mae Hong, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Andy Hopson, Real Good Idea

Lee-Sean Huang, Purpose

Mary Ann Huels, Union League Boys & Girls Clubs

Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, Academy for Global Citizenship

Alan Jacobson, ex;it

Jim Jacoby, Manifest

Tim Jahnke, Elkay Manufacturing

Deb Johnson, Pratt Institute

James Jorasch, Science House

Steve Jurczyk, NASA

Ed Kaczmarek, Kraft

Tom Kaiden, Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago

Sherrif Karamat, Professional Convention Management Association

Elizabeth Kelly, IDEO

John Kenny, DraftFCB

Chris Kerr, Humane Society of the United States

Jamil Khoury, Silk Road Theatre Project

John Tae Kim, Collective Next

Yung Tae Kim

Lisa Kimball, Plexus Institute

Rita King, Science House

Raghava KK

Katy Klassman, Curated Group

Jeff Kline, KemperSports

Deb Knupp, Akina

Udayan Kolandra, Leo Burnett / Arc Worldwide

Seth Kravitz, Technori

Liam Krehbiel, A Better Chicago

Jason Kriegler

Rachel Kropa, CAA Foundation

Linda Kruso, Beaumont Hospitals

Todd Kuiken, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Biju Kulanthukal, Trading Block

Jason Kunesh, Obama for America

Tracy LaLond, Akina

Murray Lamond, MacArthur Foundation

Lindsay Landsberg, The Marketing Store

Amanda Lannert, Jellyvision Labs

Michael Latiner, Manifest

Trung Le, Cannon Design

Ruth Lednicer, Chicago Public Libraries

John Lee, BravinLee

Sharon Ann Lee, Culture Brain

Jeff Leitner, Insight Labs

Jodi Leo, Bolt | Peters

Vicki Levine, Lightbank

Brad Lewis, Professional Convention Management Association Foundation

Ryan Lewis, Illinois Humanities Council

Chris Lind, Bartlit Beck

Jim LoBianco, Streetwise

Jason Loewith, National New Play Network

Christian Long, Cannon Design

Tony Lorenz, BXB

PJ Loughran

Mari Luangrath, Foiled Cupcakes

Eric Lunt, Feedburner

Dan Lurie, National Endowment for the Arts

Dan Lyne, World Business Chicago

Wendy MacGregor, AOL

Bruce Macpherson, Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan

Pat Magoon, Children’s Memorial Hospital

Tony Maiore, Baxter

Howell Malham Jr., Insight Labs

Sarah Malin, Cannon Design

Torey Malatia, Chicago Public Media

Stephanie Pace Marshall, Illinois Math & Science Academy

Susana Martins, Metal Dog

Galen Mason, Foley & Lardner

Heidi Massey

Seth Matlins, That Was Then Enterprises

Bruce Mau, Bruce Mau Design

Frank Maugeri, Redmoon Theater

Lisa McClung, Lismore International

Josh McManus, Little Things

Deborah McMurray, Content Pilot

Alejandra Meija

Marco Mena, Enlight Biosciences

Rithesh Menon, StartingBloc

Marc Mertens, Seso Media

Dan Meyer, Christ Church of Oak Brook

Greg Miarecki, University of Illinois College of Law

Lorna Miles, US National Holocaust Memorial Museum

Gary Mitchiner, RAIN New Business Development Coaching

Toby Moffett, Moffett Group

Bill Moggridge, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Pablo Montagnes, University of Chicago

Betsy Morris

Mike Moynihan, Freeborn & Peters

Fabienne Munch, Herman Miller

John Myers, Gofen & Glossberg

Scott Myers, World Sport Chicago

Robert Nashak, BBC

Kevin Nazal, Digitas

Joni Nelson, Ilitch Holdings

Debra Nesselson

Jim Newcomb, Boeing

Ryan Noel, Manifest

Will Noel, The Walters Art Museum

Mara O’Brien, 826 Chicago

Sarah Ogilvie, US National Holocaust Memorial Museum

Linda Oliver, Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan

David Ormesher, Closerlook

Ginger Ostro, Illinois Student Assistance Commission

Kathy Oswald, Henry Ford Health System

Jo Ousterhout, Metta Journeys

Kathleen Owsley, Kresge Foundation

Jonas Paretzkin, Con Agra Foods

Greg Parsons, Herman Miller

Kaushik Patel, Bank of America

Scott Patton, Aldi

Hector Perez, Union League Boys & Girls Clubs

David Perlmuter, Perl Group

Alex Perry, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

John Peters, Rand McNally

John Peterson, William Blair

Tim Pidsley, Tricordant

Allan Platt, Clareo Partners

Nicole Plenge

Barbara Pollack

Barbara Kline Pope, National Academies

Maria Popova, Brain Pickings

Leah Popowich, University of Pennsylvania President’s Office

Robb Powell, Sage Tree

Aric Press, ALM

Catherine Price

Alex Provan, Triple Canopy

Zoe Quan, Qingchu Thinking

Kelly Ramos, Union League Boys & Girls Clubs

Paul Rand, Zocalo

Dominic Randolph, The Riverdale Country School

Pam Redding, World Sport Chicago

Ryan Spencer Reed

Aaron Renn, Urbanophile

Lindsay Resnick, KBM Group

Silvia Rivera, Chicago Public Media

Liz Roch, Walgreens

Rishi Roongta, New World Ventures

Nick Rosa, Sandbox Industries

Meredith Rosenberg, BravinLee

Casson Rosenblatt, TED Prize

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Malou Roth, People First

Mark Roth

Dan Rothenberg, Pig Iron Theatre Company

Matt Rotkis, Dell

Julie Sacks, ADPA National Young Onset Center

John Samuels, Illinois Student Assistance Commission

Trooper Sanders

Steve Sanford, NASA

Rohit Sankaran

Lincoln Schatz

Tracy Samantha Schmidt, Crain’s Consulting

Tanarra Schneider, Manifest

Dan Schnitzer, Academy for Global Citizenship

Alison Scholly, Chicago Public Media

Steve Schroeder, Hinshaw & Culbertson

Bryan Schwartz, Levenfeld Perlstein

Karen Schweickart, Citadel Group

Jill Seltzer, Chicago Public Media

Michele Senecal, International Fine Print Dealers Association

Yosi Sergant

Deborah Sexton, Professional Convention Management Association

Patrick Shaffner, 826 Chicago

Shweta Sharma, AT&T

Matt Sharon, Starcom

Parthiv Sheth, Hyatt Corporation

Joe Shields, Johnson & Johnson

Deanna Shoss, Jewish Child & Family Services

Doug Siefken, TransLuman Technologies

Ivy Silver, Gallagher Benefit Services

Dan Sinker, Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership

Howard Sitron, Jewish Child & Family Services

Lee Skolnick, Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design

Michael Slaby, Obama for America

Bill Sleeth, Starbucks

Gary Slutkin, CeaseFire Illinois

Meagan Smith, Pepsico

Jacob Soboroff, Why Tuesday

Coco Soodek, Profit and Laws

Chris Sorensen, Plug and Play

Emerson Spartz, Spartz Media

Duane Spivey

Arun Srinivasan, Fieldglass

Anthony Star, Illinois Commerce Commission

Tom Stat, Edison Awards

Kait Steele, 826 Chicago

Jennifer Stephen, GIO Global Marketing Intelligence

Scott Stephen, Playboy

Wendy Sternberg, Genesis at the Crossroads

Stephanie Stevenson, Quicken Loans

Byron Stewart, Dramatic Diversity

Elliot Stixrud, Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Kelly Stoetzel, TED

Lee Stoetzel, West Collection

Darnell Strom, CAA Foundation

Michael Sullivan, Cannon Design

Tom Sullivan, Children’s Memorial Hospital Foundation

Alycia Sutor, Akina

Eileen Sweeney, Motorola

Brianna Sylver, Sylver Consulting

John Syvertsen, Cannon Design

Jeff Temple, PAG Capital / Peakstone

Janice Tennant, Kimberly Clark

Hiren Thakar, Avison Young

Andie Thomalla, Facing History and Ourselves

Brian Timpone, Journatic

Bruce Tizes, Galt Capital

Kay Torshen, Torshen Capital Management

Tim Tosta, McKenna Long & Aldridge

Decature Tounsel, Sr., Tounsel Consulting

Mark Trammell, Twitter

Jake Trussell, World Business Chicago

Wendy Turner, Chicago Public Media

Jason Ulaszek, Manifest

Bill Utter, Fleishman Hillard

Kristina Valaitis, Illinois Humanities Council

Barbara van Every

Chuck Vecoli, Baxter

Margaret Vimont, Jewish Child & Family Services

Marnie Breen Vosper, Razorfish

Nicole Wallace, The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Paul Wagner, Masco

Brian Waniewski, Institute of Play

Jill Weinberg, US National Holocaust Memorial Museum

Nedra Kline Weinreich, Weinreich Communications

Stefan Weitz, Bing

Paige West, West Collection

Jeff White, US Gypsum

Randy White

Doug Whitley, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Dennis Wiafe, Interline Brands

Jonathan Williams, Manifest

Rufus Williams, Olympus

Mark Andrew Wills, Hattery

Amy Wilson, School of Visual Arts

Brian Winters, Manifest Digital

Brooke Wiseman, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Rob Wolcott, Kellogg Innovation Network

Linda Wolf, Leo Burnett Worldwide (ret.)

Sam Yagan, OKCupid.com

Angel Ysaguirre, City of Chicago

David Zafrilla, BBVA

Erik Zimmer, Thomas H. Lee Partners