Board of Advisors
Ahmed Abdelsalam MD, Managing Partner, Chicagoland Retinal Consultants, LLC
Nancy Barnett '86 MS ('14, '17 P), Civic and Volunteer Leader
Adam Blitz Principal, CEO and CIO, Evanston Capital Management
Edith Bostic '74, Civic and Volunteer Leader
Colin Verdun Campbell '17, Investor, Madison Dearborn Partners
Qiyong Chen '02, PhD, Founder and CEO, IC Education Technology Co., Ltd.
Dylan Cruz '13, General Manager, Great Lakes Coca-Cola Bottling
Dries Darius '00, King Street Capital Management, L.P.
Robert V. Fitzsimmons '82, ('13 P), Co-Founder and Principal, Next Generation Public Affairs
Charles Friedman '88, Vice President of Program Management, Microsoft Corporation
Beth Garino '99, Civic and Volunteer Leader
Marci Goldberg '91, Founder and President, K-12 Market Advisors
Janice Jackson, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Cookie Anspach Kohn '82 MA/MS, Co-Director, Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc.
Arjun Bhadrashyam Kothari '14, Managing Director, HC Kothari Group
Grace Lee, Civic and Volunteer Leader
Steven M. Lefkowitz '86, '87 MBA ('19 P), Managing Partner, Sagewind Capital LLC
Lee Mitchell ('97 P), Trustee, Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo, LLC
Linda Munger '78 ('16 P), Civic and Volunteer Leader
Brian Musso '98, Co-Founder, Promus Capital LLC
Mary Jo Potter '73 MS, Founder and CEO, Healthcare Angels
Christopher Powell '90, CEO Talmetrix
Jeffrey Rosenblum '84, ('21 P), Executive Vice President, FS Investments, and Partner, FB Capital Partners - Board Chair
Ellen Saslow '90 MS, Civic and Volunteer Leader
Nicole Schneider PhD ('22 P), President, Freedom House Ministries
Penny Bender Sebring '85 PhD, Co-Founder, Consortium on Chicago School Research
Denis Tse '98, Managing Principal, Asia-IO Advisors Limited
Gail Ward, Civic and Volunteer Leader
Alexander White '08, Vice President, Content and Programming, Pandora
Eric Witherspoon PhD, Civic and Volunteer Leader
Rob Wolfson '95, Managing Director, H.I.G. Capital LLC
Linda Yonke PhD, Civic and Volunteer Leader
Richard Xike Zhang, Equity Partner & Head of Greater China, Apax Partners