Leadership

Board of Directors

• Rather A. Stanton, Co-Founder
  
  Executive Director, Griffith Tutoring
• Michael M. Simpson, Co-Founder
  
  Wells Street Companies
• Darce V. Swaggert
  
  Vice President, Credit Suisse
• Christopher R. Hill
  
  Founder & CEO, Perkspot
• Andrew C. Campbell
  
  Assistant Director of Admissions, Lake Forest College
• Riley O'Neil
  
  Educational Therapist and Consultant

Staff

• Rather Stanton
  
  Executive Director
• Brett Williamson
  
  General Counsel

Associate Board Members

Program Committee

• Lauren Bok, Co-Chair
  
  DLA Piper
• Ryan DePersia, Co-Chair
  
  Bailey Edward Architecture
• Joe Bianco
  
  University of Chicago MBA Student '11
• Adam Mckone
  
  Credit Suisse
• Dan Simpson
  
  Bernardi Securities
• Steve Werman
  
  KPMG
• Kirsten Petrich
  
  Hyatt Corporation
• Crystal McKone
  
  Willard Elementary School
• Elyse Ellman
  
  Nexpoint

Events Committee

• Matthew Nowlin, Co-Chair
  
  Van Kampen Investments
• Nicholas Gauen, Co-Chair
  
  Nuveen Investments
• Jessica Henry
  
  Parillo Weiss & O'Halloran
• Erin Simon
  
  Attorney
• Chris Mioton
  
  UBS Investment Bank
• Kari Dickson
  
  Northwestern University
• Tony Kritzer
  
  Morgan Stanley

Marketing Committee

• Matt Zeffery, Co-Chair
  
  Arx Global Holdings LLC
• Emily Morris, Co-Chair
  
  Draft FCB
• Eric Berman
  
  University of Chicago MBA Student '10
• Anders Gode
  
  Northwestern Kellogg School of Management '12
• Alex Lauerman
  
  Northern Trust Corporation
• Zach Tanham
  
  Thompson Flanagan & Company
• Amy Kirsch
  
  Third River Capital Management

Finance & Development Committee

• Sam Durkin, Co-Chair
  
  Grubb & Ellis Company
• Darryl Cregg, Co-Chair
  
  Madison Dearborn Partners