2023 Summit Speakers
Treasurer Michael Frerichs
Illinois State Treasurer
Angel Herrera
Director of Alternative Investments, Office of the Illinois State Treasurer
Eric Lefkofsky
Founder and CEO at Tempus, INC; Co-founder and Chairman of Groupon
Sonia Nagar
General Partners at Pritzker Group Venture Capital; Investment Partner at The Community Fund VC
Vijen Patel
Founding Partner of The 81 Collection; Founder of Tide Cleaners
Karen Kerr
Managing Director at Exposition Ventures
Noramay Cadena
Managing Partner at Supply Change Capital
Bruce Sommer
Innovation Hub Director Economics Development and Innovation
John Flavin
Founder & CEO at Portal Innovations, LLC
David olivencia
CEO and Co-founder of Angeles Investors
Jackson jhin
CEO and Co-founder at Protégé
Lee Shapiro
Managing Partner at 7Wire Ventures
Mike Stubbs
Director of Peoria NEXT Innovation Center and Technology Commercialization
Tim Hsia
Partner at Context VC