Advisory Committee

These business, faith, military, and community leaders believe that Illinois benefits when America leads in the world through investments in development and diplomacy.

Aurora Abella-Austriaco Caralynn Nowinski Collens, M.D. Ginger S. Evans Austriaco and Associates UI LABS Department of Aviation President CEO Commissioner Brian Abrahams Kevin Conlon Keith Evans Avant Conlon & Dunn Key Financial Insurance Agency Vice President Communications Founder & President President Anita Alvarez Sean Conlon Teresa A. Faidley Alvarez & Marsal Conlon & Co. Wintrust Financial Managing Director, Disputes and Founding Partner Senior Vice President Investigations Todd Connor* Berk Fernandez Rita R. Athas Bunker Labs UNA Worldwide World Business Chicago CEO Managing Director Senior Advisor & Former President Patrick E. Croke Andrea Jett Fletcher Sara Cantor Aye Sidley Austin LLP French American Chamber of Commerce Greater Good Studio Associate Chicago Co-Founder & Principal Executive Director Dr. Gene Crume Rich Baader Judson University Jim Foley Spirit Cultural Exchange President Bradley University CEO Director, Turner Center for Entrepreneurship Hon. John P. Daley - Foster College of Business John Barcanic Cook County Board of Commissioners World Relief Chicago Commissioner Michael K. Forde Executive Director Forde & O’Meara, LLP Senator (1989-1992) Attorney Michael Bauer Illinois House of Representatives Illinois Holocaust & Genocide Commission Hon. Michael Frerichs Representative (1985-1989) Co-Chair State of Illinois Hon. Richard M. Daley Treasurer Jonathan W. Berger City of Chicago Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company Dan Futrell* Mayor (1989-2011) CEO Pat Tillman Foundation John DeBlasio* CEO Silvia Bonilla GPD Charitable Trust Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Donald W. Garner Founder & Executive Director Director, Small Business Development LL.M. Law Group Center Laurel Delaney President Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global Fabrice Bonvoisin Nancy S. Gerrie President FB International LLC McDermott Will & Emery President William Delaney, Esq. Partner International Trade Club of Chicago Delaney Law Daniel Goff President Founding Partner Tusk Strategies Terrence Boyle Lt. Col. John DeReu (USAR, Ret.)* Senior Consultant Loyola University College Marketing Technologies, Inc. & Daniel Goldwin Professor Applied Marketing Technologies AIPAC Co-Owner Bill Browne* Midwest Regional Director Cook County Government Dr. Kevin Dorsey Phillip M. Gonet Director of Veterans Affairs Southern Illinois University School of Illinois Coal Association Medicine Kam Buckner President Dean & Interim President Illinois General Assembly Elizabeth “Liz” Gorman Representative Raymond C. Drake PricewaterhouseCoopers World Sport Chicago UPS Director of State and Local Government Executive Director Vice President, State Government Affairs Richard Guebert Michael Cassel Michael Erin* Illinois Farm Bureau Boeing Progressive Management President Senior Director, Global Engagement CEO Illinois Advisory Committee

Prashat Gupta Kevin Lampe John Oxtoby NEEM Partners Kurth Lampe Ariel Investments Managing Member Executive Vice President Director – Strategy and Corporate Development Mark E. Hanna, A.A.E.* Norma Lansing Springfield Airport Authority Effingham County Chamber of Commerce Jessica Pabst Executive Director President & CEO SSM Health Advocacy Director – Illinois and Missouri Tom Hanschman Jack Lavin CARE Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Peggy Parfenoff Executive Director, Midwest Region President & CEO WorldChicago President Kaili Harding Kenneth Lehman Schaumburg Business Association KKP Group Richard Paullin President Managing Partner International Trade Association of Greater Chicago Gregory Harris Bruce Liimatainen Executive Director Biojam Industrial Research & Development A. Finkl & Sons Global, Inc. Former CEO John P. Pelissero, PhD* COO Loyola University Chicago Jessica Linder-Gallo Provost Lori Healey Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority President & CEO Donovan Pepper CEO Walgreen Co. Donna Lindquist National Director, Local Government John Hewko Soleil Global Communications Relations Rotary International & The Rotary President Foundation Elizabeth Powley Tony Lucenko General Secretary Heartland Alliance International Elgin Development Group Vice President & Executive Director Adam Hitchcock EDG Director Guggenheim Partners David Prystowsky Diane A. MacDonald Managing Director Jewish United Fund Attorney Vice President, Campaign Dr. Jonathan Holloway Amy Maglio Craig Ratajczyk* Women’s Global Education Project Provost Crop One Holdings Executive Director CEO Tom Hulseman Margo Markopoulos Chicago Regional Growth Corporation Kathryn Reilly Illinois Department of Commerce & Executive Director Aon Economic Opportunity Global Director of Public Affairs Hon. Randy Hultgren Director, Office of Trade & Investment U.S. House of Representatives Gene Reineke Trish Mcgill* (2011-2019) Hawthorne Strategy Group United Airlines CEO Cheryle Jackson Counsel AAR Corporation Rebecca Riebe Adam McGriffin SVP, Global Business Development Rebecca Riebe Consulting , Harris School of Founder Robert Johnson Public Policy Solomon Group Associate Director of Career Development Dimitri Roberts* Managing Partner & General Counsel SevenStar Consulting Hon. Susana Mendoza President & Founder Dr. John N. Kalaras State of Illinois Quality Training Institute Comptroller Mimi Rodman CEO Stand for Children Laurence Msall Illinois Executive Director Seth Kravitz Civic Federation Technori President Hon. Peter Roskam Co-Founder & CEO U.S. House of Representatives Gene Olson (2007-2019) Kitty Kurth Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria Kurth Lampe Director of Airports Michael R. Schmitt President America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Laura Ortega Executive Director Victor J. LaGroon* Illinois Chamber of Commerce City of Chicago Executive Director, International Business Skip Schrayer Director, Office of Veterans Affairs Council Jewish Community Relations Council Chairman

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Lea Schmidgall Steve Thomas* Habitat for Humanity The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Executive Director Senior Managing Director, Mortgage Capital Markets Julie Schmidt Judson University Jennifer Tirey Director of World Leaders Forum Illinois Pork Producers Association Executive Director Jon Schweitzer American Jewish Committee Michael H. Traison Director of Public Affairs Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer Partner Dan Seals MPA Healthcare Solutions Maj. Gen. Charles Tucker* (USAF, Ret.) Vice President of Business Development World Engagement Institute Executive Director Elizabeth Shackleford The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Pepe Vargas Senior Fellow, U.S. Foreign Policy International Latino Cultural Center Founder & Executive Director Cecile Shea Wakaru Communications Bharat Walia Founder & President National Association of Asian American Foreign Service Officer (1990-2016) Professionals President Adele Simmons Global Philanthropy Partnership Alexander “Sandy” Weissent President CEO Roundtable of Chicago Chairman Alan Solow Resolute Consulting Ursula Wegrzynowicz Partner LR International Business Development Manager Sendy Soto AMITA Health Mark Wilson Director of Advocacy and Community T-Mobile Benefit Manager, National External Affairs Ted Souder Tom Wolf Google, Inc. BP America Head of Industry - Retail Director of External Affairs Ted Stalnos Heather N. Wright Calumet Area Industrial Commission Farmers Insurance President Government and Industry Affairs Manager Jordan Stark Siva Yam Resolute Consulting US China Chamber of Commerce Former Vice President President Ted Strand Aryan Zandieh SCB Architects Hannover Fairs USA, Inc. Principal Senior Sales Director Baxter Swilley Andrea Zopp Main Street Consulting World Business Chicago President President & CEO Seema Taneja * Indicates Veteran of the Zurich North America U.S. Armed Forces AVP, State Government & Industry Affairs Ben Taylor As of June 7, 2021 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Great Lakes Region Hon. André M. Thapedi Illinois General Assembly Representative

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