Leadership

Board of Directors

• Rather A. Stanton, Co-Founder
  
  Executive Director, Griffith Tutoring
• Michael M. Simpson, Co-Founder
  
  Wolf Point Partners
• Darce V. Swaggert
  
  Vice President, Credit Suisse
• Christopher R. Hill
  
  Founder & CEO, Perkspot
• Jay D. Posner
  
  Director, Citigroup Global Markets
• Alicia Cressey
  
  Writing and Editing Professional

Staff

• Rather Stanton
  
  Executive Director
• Brett Williamson
  
  General Counsel

Associate Board Members

Program Committee

• Lauren Bok, Co-Chair
  
  DLA Piper LLP
• Ryan DePersia, Co-Chair
  
  Bailey Edward Architecture
• Jon Carroll
  
  Graduate Student
• Sam Durkin
  
  Jones Lang LaSalle
• Brooke Ferguson
  
  Citadel Investements
• Wade Hastings
  
  Echo Global Logistics
• Ben Jones
  
  Attorney
• Crystal McKone
  
  Willard Elementary School
• Kirsten Petrich
  
  Hyatt Corporation
• John Ritchell
  
  Echo Global Logistics
• Scott Ubersox
  
  Cushman Wakefield

Events/Marketing Committee

• Emily Morris, Co-Chair
  
  Mindshare
• Matthew Nowlin, Co-Chair
  
  Mesirow Financial
• Zach Tanham, Co-Chair
  
  Thompson Flanagan Company
• Matt Zeffery, Co-Chair
  
  Illinois Tool Works
• Kari Dickson
  
  Northwestern University
• Jessica Henry
  
  Anderson Rasor and Partners
• Tony Kritzer
  
  Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Adam McKone
  
  Credit Suisse
• Chris Moiton
  
  Wind Point Partners
• Alex Lauerman
  
  Northern Trust Corporation
• Ashley Thiel
  
  Lightbank
• Steve Werman
  
  KPMG
• Kathryn Saluke
  
  Lightbank

Finance & Development Committee

• Joe Bianco, Co-Chair
  
  Abbott Laboratories
• Darryl Cregg, Co-Chair
  
  Wharton School of Business ‘13
• Reid Lappin
  
  Vokal Interactive