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Name | Title | Business | Community |
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Angela Adams | Associate General Counsel for Immigration | Indiana University School of Law | Indianapolis, IN |
Nihal Advani | Founder & CEO | Georama | Chicago |
Greg Baise | President & CEO | Illinois Manufacturers’ Associaion | Oak Brook |
Eira L. Corral | City Clerk | Village of Hanover Park | Hanover Park |
Gordhan Patel | Chairman | American Standard Circuits Inc., United Electronics | West Chicago |
Arthur R. Velasquez | Chairman | Azteca Foods | Chicago |
Megan Jacobs | Chicago | ||
Junaid Kalmadi | Co-Founder, CEO | Brain.fm | San Francisco, CA |
Joel Camacho | Camacho Hardwood Flooring | Chicago | |
Rich Carrigan | President | United Displaycraft | Des Plaines |
Robert Castillo | Chef | Harvest Moon Grille, International Wooden Spoon Catering, Tavern at the Park | Chicago |
Martin Cooper | Co-Founder and Chairman | Dyna LLC | Del Mar, CA |
Arnav Dalmia | Founder & CEO | Cubii | Chicago |
Jason Blumberg | CEO & Managing Director | Energy Foundry | Chicago |
Ashish Rangnekar | CEO | BenchPrep | Chicago |
Mike Rolfes | Executive Director | Renew Chicago | Chicago |
James W. Mabie | Partner | William Blair and Co. | Chicago |
Juan Montejano | Business Banker | Urban Partnership Bank | Chicago |
Sergio Morfin | President | Computer Wow | Chicago |
Colin Tysoe | NWSOFA | Schaumburg | |
Carla Edelston | Senior Associate Director | Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management | Evanston |
Andrea Fox | Former Executive Director | Hanover Park Chamber of Commerce | Hanover Park |
Dulce Garduno | Owner | DG Promo Design | Chicago |
Jai Shekhawat | Founder and Former CEO | Fieldglass, Inc. | Chicago |
Edward J. Wehmer | President, CEO and Founder | Wintrust Financial Corporation | Rosemont |
Steven Lefar | CEO | Applied Pathways | Skokie |
Dylan Lingelbach | Former CTO | Rentalutions | Chicago |
Rishi Shah | CEO | ContextMedia Inc. | Chicago |
Ellen Stirling | Owner | Lake Forest Shop | Lake Forest |
Rob Meyer | CEO | Numerical Algorithms Group | Lisle |
Maja Misheva | Former Developer | Pace University | NYC, NY |
David Vinca | Founder & CEO | eSpark Learning | Chicago |
Erik Kinnhammar | Manager, International Programs | Chicago Sister Cities International | Chicago |
Sylvia Miga | Former Account Executive | Pulido Sanchez Communications | Chicago |
Jaime Hernandez | O&J Heating and Cooling | Chicago | |
James Hill, Jr. | Former Chairman & CEO | Hill, Taylor LLC | Chicago |
Martin Cortez | Martin Fire Places | Chicago | |
Caroline T. Swinney | Assistant Vice Provost for Diversity and Community Engagement | UIC | Chicago |
Rigo Padilla Pérez | Commission Member | Illinois DREAM Fund | Chicago |
Walter Nathan | Chairman | RTC | Chicago |
Jennifer Tani | Assistant Vice President | Roosevelt University | Chicago |
Kenneth Stewart | Former Personal Sales Representative | Liberty Mutual Insurance | Mokena |
Dan Casey | Founder | Sterling Engineering, Inc. | Elmhurst |
Dr. Daniel Poratt | Australian & New Zealand Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery | Chicago | |
Dr. Walter Coffey | Australian & New Zealand Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery | Chicago | |
Keith Carman | Vice President, Fulfillment | Stand Fast Packaging Products Inc. | Carol Stream |
Tanya Cabrera | Chair | Illinois Dream Fund | Chicago IL |
Charles Wintersteen | Immigration Attorney | Charles Wintersteen & Associates | Chicago |
Scott D. Pollock | Founding Partner | Scott D. Pollock & Associates, P.C. | Chicago |
Alejandro Silva | Co-Founder | Evans Food Group | Chicago |
Susan Fortino-Brown | Immigration Attorney | Law Offices of Susan Fortino-Brown | Chicago |
Doug Whitley | Former President & CEO | Illinois Chamber of Commerce | Chicago |
Michael Fieweger | Partner | Baker & McKenzie LLP | Chicago |
Kalman Resnick | Attorney | Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd | Chicago |
Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Founder | Historically Speaking News | Lake Forest |
John Bucksbaum | CEO | Bucksbaum Retail Properties | Chicago |
Richard Lariviere | President | The Field Museum | Chicago |
Trajko Papuckoski | Board Member | United Macedonian Diaspora | Orange County, CA |
Mercedes Badia-Tavas | Of Counsel/Immigration Attorney | Barnes & Thornberg, LLP | Chicago |
Theresa & Alberto Boni Paucar | Founders | Martin’s Mini-Market, Inc. | Chicago |
Renee Silverman | VP Marketing | Irv’s Luggage | Mount Prospect |
Dave Borris | Co-Founder | Hel’s Kitchen Catering | Northbrook |
Norm Bobins | CEO & President | Norman Bobins Consulting LLC | Chicago |
Rachel Bronson | Former Vice President | Chicago Council on Global Affairs | Chicago |
Martin Cabrera Jr. | Founder & CEO | Cabrera Capital Markets | Chicago |
Martin R. Castro | President | Castro Synergies, LLC | Chicago |
Alan Channing | Former President & CEO | Sinai Health System | Chicago |
Father Brendan Curran | Catholic Businessmen for Immigration Reform | Chicago | |
Omar Duque | President & CEO | Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | Chicago |
Robert Easter | President Emeritus | University of Illinois | Urbana |
Hon. Jim Edgar | Former Governor | State of Illinois | |
Marc J. Gordon | President & CEO | Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association | Chicago |
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider | President | DePaul University | Chicago |
Josh Hoyt | Executive Director/Former Executive Director | National Partnership for New Americans/Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights | Chicago |
Christopher G. Kennedy | Former Chairman/Founder and Chairman | University of Illinois Board of Trustees/Top Box Foods | Chicago |
Billy Lawless | Owner | The Gage, Acanto, the Dawson, and Beacon Tavern | Chicago |
Ken Lehman | Managing Partner | KKP Group, LLC | Evanston |
Elizabeth Lively | Former Vice President, Government and External Affairs | Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) | Chicago |
Patrick M. Magoon | President & CEO | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago | Chicago |
Clare Muñana | President | Ancora Associates, Inc. | Chicago |
Ellen Rudnick | Sr. Advisor on Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor | University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Chicago |
Jesse Ruiz | Partner | Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | Chicago |
Mark Segal | Former President & CEO/Former Public Policy Committee Chair | The Habitat Company/Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce | Chicago |
Sam Toia | President | Illinois Restaurant Association | Chicago |
Maryjane A. Wurth | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer/CEO and President | Illinois Hospital Association/Health Forum | Chicago |
Thomas P. Coffey | CEO | The Haymarket Group | Chicago |
James Sifuentes | Vice President, Mission and Community Development | Saint Anthony Hospital | Chicago |
Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD | Founding Executive Chairman | Adello Biologics, LLC (Formerly Therapeutics Proteins International, LLC) | Chicago |
Robert A. Salcedo | Former President | Therapeutics Proteins International, LLC | Chicago |