| Athas, Rita | Executive Director | World Business Chicago |
| Balanoff, Tom | President | Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 |
| Boyd, Peggi | Director of Human Resources | American Labelmark Company |
| Caron, Mary Ellen | Commissioner | Department of Family Support Services |
| Clawson, Nancy J. | Managing Director | Merrill Lynch |
| Deans, Stan | Vice President | United Parcel Service |
| Dunn, Almeda E. | Owner | Star Detective & Security Agency |
| Friedman, Albert | President | Friedman Properties |
| Gannon, Dennis | President | Chicago Federation of Labor |
| Goldmeier, Harold | Associate | Thybony |
| Gordon, Marc J. | President & CEO | Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association |
| Huberman, Ron | CEO | Chicago Public Schools |
| Huffman, Craig | Managing Director | Ascendance Partners |
| Hughes, Ralph | Regional Vice President | Macy's |
| Isaacson, Jeffrey | First Vice President | Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters |
| Jenkins, Grace | President & CEO | National Able Network |
| Kelly, Mary Anne | Vice President | Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council |
| Kilbury, Robert | Associate Director | Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitation Services |
| Ladky, Anne | Executive Director | Women Employed |
| Lago, Jimmy M. | Chancellor | Archdiocese of Chicago |
| Lewis, Diedra | Interim Chancellor and CEO | City Colleges of Chicago |
| Livingston, Tom | Resident Vice President | CSX Corporation |
| Malone, Brian P. | Vice President of Human Resources and Development | The Chicago Stock Exchange |
| Manheimer, Dean | Senior Vice President of Human Resources | Northwestern Memorial Hospital |
| Mason, Bryan | Center Director | Paul Simon Job Corps Center |
| Newton, Mark | CEO | Swedish Covenant Hospital |
| O'Connor, Paul | Director of Communications | Chicago Metropolis 2020 |
| O'Donnell, Maureen | Director | Illinois Department of Employment Security |
| O'Grady, Sheila | President | Illinois Restaurant Association |
| Orozco, Raymond | Chief of Staff | Office of the Mayor |
| Polman, Gregory | Director of Human Services and Public/Government Affairs | Chicago Lighthouse for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired |
| Raguso, Chris | Commissioner | Department of Community Development |
| Roper, Gerald | CEO | Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce |
| Saddler, Michelle | Secretary | Illinois Department of Human Services |
| Salzman, Russell C. | CEO | Institute of Real Estate Management |
| Sanchez Crozier, Caroline | President | CSC Julex Learning |
| Sanchez, Lorenda T. | Executive Director | California Indian Man Power Consortium (CIMC) Chicago |
| Schulman, Mark | President & CEO | Eli's Cheesecake |
| Shields, Gerald N. | Chairman and CEO | Graymills Corporation |
| Stern Grach, Shelley | Citizenship & Innovation Director, Central Region | Microsoft Corporation |
| Vasudevan, Damayanti | Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion | R.R. Donnelley |
| Wilson, Dori | President | Dori Wilson Public Relations |