• Chike Aguh

    Senior Advisor, Harvard Project on Workforce

  • Kyle Albert

    Associate Research Professor at George Washington University

  • Rae Ali

    Founder & Principal Advisor of RaeAlity Check, LLC

  • Bridget Altenburg

    CEO of Skills for Chicagoland

  • Roti Balogun

    Global Director of HR and Learning, JP Morgan Chase & Co. 

  • Gary A. Bolles

    Gary A. Bolles

    Chair Future of Work, Singularity University

  • Rodney Bolden

    Rodney Bolden

    Executive Director, Head of Industry Engagement, Morgan Stanley at Work

  • Caitlyn Brazill

    Caitlyn Brazill

    Chief Revenue Officer, Per Scholas

  • Omowale Casselle

    VP, Exchange Program, SDI Presence

  • Michael A. Chiappetta

    Director, US Financial Services Business Operations & US Apprentice Network Champion, Accenture

  • arne duncan

    Arne Duncan

    Managing Partner, Emerson Collective

  • Mallory Dwinal-Palisch

    Mallory Dwinal-Palisch

    Executive Director, Craft Education

  • Debbie Dyson

    Debbie Dyson

    CEO, OneTen

  • Jarquetta Egeston

    Managing Director, Comer Science and Education Foundation

  • Polly Eldringhoff

    Vice President, Operational Performance and Compliance, Peoples Gas

  • Brian Fabes Headshot

    Brian Fabes

    Managing Director, Corporate Coalition

  • Marcus Felder

    Managing Director & Head of Career Pathways in Portfolio Operations, Blackstone

  • Karen Freeman-Wilson

    President and CEO, Chicago Urban League

  • Hamoon Ekhtiari

    Hamoon Ekhtiari

    CEO, FutureFit AI

  • Elisha Gilliam

    Chief Talent Networks Officer, YearUp United

  • Michelle Goad

    Vice President, Talent Development & Performance, Delaware North

  • Jobina Gonsalves

    Jobina Gonsalves

    Chief People Officer, Forrester

  • Adam Hickman

    Adam Hickman

    Vice President Organizational and Employee Development, Walt Disney

  • Dr. Angela Jackson

    Director, Future Forward Institute

  • Faith Rottmann Johnson

    VP of Human Resources, Talent Acquisition & Corporate Social Responsibility, TEKSystems

  • Jeremy Jordan

    Senior Transactions Assistant, DLA Piper

  • Richard Klawiter

    Senior Counsel, DLA Piper

  • Marina Leight

    Director of Strategic Partnerships, Innovate Educate

  • Clayton Lord

    Senior Program Director, SHRM Foundation

  • Sandra Loughlin

    Chief Learning Scientist, EPAM

  • John Lullen

    Managing Executive of Marketplace Inclusion, TEKsystems

  • Kathleen Mattie

    Kathleen Mattie

    Executive Director, Global Learning and Leadership Development, Estee Lauder

  • Taylor McLemore

    Chief Operating Officer, Tilt

  • O’Brien McMahon

    Senior Vice President and Total Rewards consultant with Lockton

  • Kason Morris

    Kason Morris

    Global Director, Future of Work and Skills Based Organization, Merck

  • Tiffany Nicholson

    Center for a Skills First Future, SHRM Foundation

  • Karin Norington-Reaves

    Karin Norington-Reaves

    Chief Executive Officer, i.c.stars

  • Shaelyn Otikor-Miller

    Strategy & Digital Change Leader, Influencer

  • Director, Workforce Development, North America

    Geoffrey M Roche

    Director, Workforce Development, North America Siemens Healthineers

  • Mark Peters

    Mark Peters

    CEO, Butterball Farms, Inc.

  • Governor JB Pritzker

    JB Pritzker*

    Governor of Illinois *invited

  • Michael Rosenbaum

    CEO, Arena Analytics

  • Chef Fernando Ruiz

    Executive Chef, Food Network Chopped Champion and Guy's Grocery Games Champion and Beat Bobby Flay Champion, Semi Finalist for James Beard Award

  • Nuwan Samaraweera

    COO and EVP of Talent Solutions for P33

  • Ramona Schindelheim

    Editor-in-Chief at WorkingNation

  • Isaac Smoak

    Isaac Smoak

    Director of Community Development, LIVEUNITEDChicago.org

  • Ryan Stowers

    Senior Vice President at Stand Together and Executive Director of the Charles Koch Foundation

  • Gautam Tambay

    Gautam is CEO & co-founder of Springboard

  • Elizabeth Taylor

    Director of Learning and Development for Sales, TransUnion

  • Tammy Thieman

    Career Choice, Amazon

  • Andy Tonsing

    Vice President, Future of Work, Stand Together

  • Daniel Torrens

    Daniel Torrens

    Strategic Partnership Growth Lead, SAP

  • Jamai Wallis Blivin

    Founder and CEO, Innovate+Educate

  • Cindy Williams

    Cindy Williams

    Executive Director, WorkLife Partnership

  • Audrey Williams-Lee

    Audrey Williams-Lee

    Former CPO, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

  • Holly Zanville, Ph.D.

    Research Professor; Co-Director, Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy