Sam Stark, Executive Director
Kara Bachman, Business Development Manager
Katie VanLandingham, Events and Operations Manager
Natasha Feiger, Events and Marketing Coordinator
Chairman of the Board
John Murray, Accenture, Managing Director
Vice Chairman
Robert Blackwell, Electronic Knowledge Interchange, Founder & President
Treasurer
John Bucksbaum, MB Investments
Secretary
Scott Myers, World Sport Chicago, Executive Director
Jay Blunk, Chicago Blackhawks, EVP - Business Operations
Brooks Boyer, Chicago White Sox, SVP - Sales & Marketing
Michael Cassidy, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Richard Dent, RDLresources, CEO
Marilynn Kelly Gardner, Navy Pier Chicago, President & CEO
Dan Garnett, Chicago Fire Soccer Club, VP - Business Development
Scott Hallenbeck, USA Football, Executive Director
Wally Hayward, Chicago Cubs, EVP - Sales & Marketing
Chris Hibbs, Chicago Bears, Sr. Director of Sales & Marketing
Perri Irmer, Callidus International, President
Michael Kelly, Chicago Park District, General Superintendent & CEO
David Kennedy, City of Chicago, Deputy Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Tim LeFevour, Soldier Field, General Manager
Honorable Patricia Maza Pittsford, The Chicago Consular Corps
Michael O'Brien, AON Risk Solutions, Sr. Vice President
Julian Posada, Chicago Fire Soccer Club, President
Jorge Ramirez, Chicago Federation of Labor, President
Bruce Rauner, GRCR, Principal
Tom Ricketts, Incapital LLC, Chairman & CEO
Rohan Sajdeh, Boston Consulting Group, Partner & Managing Director
Steve Schanwald, Chicago Bulls, EVP - Business Operations
John Shea, Gatorade, Senior Director Sports Marketing
Jon Stromberg, Stromberg Sport LLC, CEO
Jonathan Vegosen, Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn LTD
Giselle Veremis, Consul General for the Dominican Republic & President of the Iberoamerican Consular Association
Don Welsh, Choose Chicago, CEO
