Corporate, Entrepreneurial and Business Worlds
Jack Riopelle, CEO of Wisconsin Film & Bag
Carol Bernick, Chairman of the Board and Director of Alberto-Culver
Randy Larrimore, retired CEO of United Stationers
Henry Givray, Chairmen and CEO of SmithBucklin
Dean Kamen, President of DEKA Research
Craig Newmark, Founder of craigslist
Robin Gilman, innovation and communications consultant
Paulette Cole, CEO and Creative Director of ABC Home and ABC Home & Planet Foundation
Jerry Fisher, retired Chief of R&D at Baxter Healthcare
Brian Sorge, Vice President of Client Solutions, Lambert & Associates
Scott Lutz, innovation executive at Procter & Gamble, General Mills, Dupont and Con Agra

Academic World
Dipak Jain, Dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
Galeta Kaar Clayton, Founder and Headmistress, Chicago City Day School

Non-Profit Sector
Christopher Zorich, Chairman, Chris Zorich Foundation; attorney at Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner
Kimberly Senior, Freelance theatre director and arts educator
Joel Hall, Founder of the Joel Hall Dance Center
Virginia Duncan Gilmore, Founder of the Sophia Foundation

Entertainment Industry
Susan Anton, Broadway star, actress, and recording artist

Public Policy Sector
Charles Lewis, Founder of the Center for Public Integrity
Kaethe Morris Hoffer, private feminist lawyer and activist

Personal Empowerment
Kevin Melville Jennings, healer and counselor

Government Sector
Mary Ellen Weber, former NASA astronaut
Jan Schakowsky, US Congresswoman
Leon Despres, former Chicago alderman
Vincent Patton, retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard