2020 – Speakers

Mary Ellen Messner
Acting Commissioner
Chicago Public Library

Dr. James H. Moore
Principal, Economic & Valuation Services
KPMG LLP

JD Hoye
CEO
NAF

J.B. King Jr.
President and CEO
The Education Trust

Derek Neal
The William C. Norby Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
University of Chicago

Natalie Moore
WBEZ Race, Class, and Communities reporter
Author of The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation

Jahmal Cole
Founder and CEO
My Block My Hood My City

Angelique Power
President
The Field Foundation

Amanda Williams
Chicago Artist and Architect

Steve Johnson
Founder & Principal
SJConnects Communications

Chelsea Celistan
Co-Creator
March to the Polls

Alex Niemczewski
CEO
BallotReady

Kathryn Pisco
Director, Goodness Solutions
Benevity

Renetta McCann
Chief Inclusion Experience Officer
Publicis Groupe

Corey Flournoy
Head of Inclusion and Diversity
Groupon

Dorri McWhorter
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Jessica Sarowitz
Managing Family Director
Julian Grace Foundation

Claire Rice
Executive Director
Arts Alliance Illinois

Julie Chavez
Illinois Market Manager
Bank of America

Rosemary Matzl
Vice President Community Affairs
ITW

Eric S. Smith
Vice Chair
BMO Harris Bank

Brandon Davis
Director, Public Relations & Corporate Social Responsibility
CNA

Imran Khan
CEO & Founder
Embarc

Desiree Pepper-Venzant
Executive Director
HFS Chicago Scholars

Paige Ponder
CEO
One Million Degrees

Sean Moloney
Senior Corporate Relations Specialist
Exelon Corporation

Simone Gourguechon
Global Sustainability Strategy Manager
McDonald’s

Anne Munaretto[
Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services
Ernst & Young

Michael Nicholus, Global Environment Director, Accenture

Bruce Alexander
Senior Manager, Strategic Environmental Analysis
Exelon Corporation

Michele Wucker
Founder
Gray Rhino & Company
Best Selling Author

Samir Mayekar
Deputy Mayor
City of Chicago