CHICAGOLAND ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER
ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Twelve New Board Members Increase
Diversity, Entrepreneurial Experience, And Connections To Corporate Community
CHICAGO (June 19, 2015)—The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) today
announced that twelve new board members have joined the Board of Directors of
the CEC in the last six months. This brings to fifty the total number of board
members leading the organization, whose flagship project is 1871.
“We are thrilled to welcome vibrant and diverse directors to
our organization,” said Jim O'Connor Jr., Managing Director of William Blair
and CEC Board Chairman. “The board members reflect all aspects of Chicago’s
economy and will be crucial in supporting entrepreneurship and fostering
opportunity in the Chicagoland area in the coming years. We are excited to get
to work on some new initiatives and support the growth, expansion, and
advancement of 1871 and the CEC.”
The new CEC board members include:
· Adam Stanley
- Global CIO, DTZ
· Brenna Berman - Department of
Innovation and Technology Commissioner and CIO, City of Chicago
· Jai Shekhawat - Founder and CEO,
Fieldglass
· Jeff Miller -
Corporate Vice President, Motorola Mobility
· Lloyd Semple - Managing Director,
Accenture
· Matt Maloney - Co-founder and CEO,
GrubHub Inc.
· Matt Summy - Vice President, Comcast
Business Class
· Mike McMurray
- President, Globetrotters Engineering Corporation
· Pam Netzky -
Founder and former President, SkinnyPop
· Rishi Shah -
Founder and CEO, Context Media
· Sunil Garg - Senior Vice President
& Chief Information & Innovation Officer, Exelon Corp.
·
Suzanne Muchin – Co-founder, Mind +
Matter Studio
“Chicago’s startups benefit from the unparalleled
connectivity between entrepreneurs and business leaders in the city,” said Matt
Maloney, Co-founder and CEO of Grubhub and CEC Board Member. “The CEC and 1871
play a key role in furthering these relationships, which help contribute to
Chicago’s growth as a global leader in the startup community.”
“The CEC and 1871 provide critical resources that help
entrepreneurs have a better shot at creating successful businesses,” said Pam
Netzky, Founder and former President of SkinnyPop and CEC Board Member. “I look
forward to working with the CEC to promote innovation and foster
entrepreneurial spirit throughout Chicago.”
“New technology businesses make significant contributions to
job creation in Chicago and throughout Illinois,” said Rishi Shah, Founder and
CEO of Context Media and CEC Board Member. “By supporting digital startups, the
CEC and 1871 are facilitating major growth in the local economy.”
The CEC Board of Directors is responsible for a number of
activities. Most notably, it supports the operations and activities of 1871,
its flagship project. 1871 was founded in May 2012 with the intention of
becoming Chicago’s premier entrepreneurial hub. Presently, 1871 has 800
individual members and 350 companies operating out of its space.
“The insight and experience of the CEC Board of Directors is
critical to the success of 1871,” said 1871 CEO Howard A. Tullman. “We are
honored to welcome these business leaders to the CEC board and look forward to
working together to contribute to the current and future prosperity of
Chicago.”
The CEC Board is also responsible for the production and
execution of the annual Momentum Awards Dinner. Last year, the dinner honored
Carole and Gordon Segal as the Entrepreneurial Champions, Motorola Mobility as
the Corporate Champion, and kCura as the Merrick Momentum Award winner. This
year, the eighth annual dinner will be held on October 8 at the Radisson Blu
Hotel. It is the single largest fundraising dinner and gathering of Chicago's
tech community.
The CEC is involved in a number of activities supporting
entrepreneurship, including the hosting of Startup Bootcamp workshops and
support of other organizations that work on entrepreneurial activities. In
addition, the CEC is focused on fostering opportunities for women and
entrepreneurship through 1871's WiSTEM program.
“The CEC plays a pivotal
role in facilitating opportunities for women entrepreneurs and technology
professionals,” said Laura Ferris Anderson, CEC Treasurer and Chief of Staff,
Office of the Midwest Chairman, JPMorgan Chase. “These efforts include
supporting 1871’s WiSTEM, an innovative
program designed to improve the connectivity for women entrepreneurs to
capital, technology, and community.
All of the board members are serving one-year terms. The full
CEC Board of Directors includes:
· Chairman of the Board: Jim O'Connor, Jr. - Managing Director, William Blair
· Adam Stanley
– Global CIO, DTZ
· Andrew Skoglund - Vice President,
Private Banking, Credit Suisse
· Brenna Berman - Commissioner and CIO,
City of Chicago
· Bret Maxwell - Managing General
Partner, MK Capital
· Bryant Keil - Founding Chairman,
Potbelly Sandwich Shop
· Chris Gladwin - Founder and Vice
Chairman, Cleversafe
· David Tolmie - Partner, Edgewater
Funds
· Dean DeBiase - Chairman, Reboot
Partners
· Ellen Rudnick - Executive Director
and Clinical Professor, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
· Genevieve Thiers - Founder,
Sittercity.com
· Gregg Kaplan - Operating Partner,
Services, Pritzker Group Venture Capital
· Hank Adams - CEO, Sportvision, Inc.
· Howard Tullman - CEO, 1871
· Jai Shekhawat - Founder and CEO,
Fieldglass
· Jeff Miller -
Corporate Vice President, Motorola Mobility
· Jim Dugan - CEO & Managing
Partner, OCA Ventures LLC
· Joe Shenton - Director, Barclays
Capital
· Kevin Willer - Co-founder and
Partner, Chicago Ventures
· Larry Eppley - Partner, Sheppard
Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
· Laura Ferris Anderson - Chief of
Staff, Office of the Midwest Chairman, JPMorgan Chase
· Leslie Anderson - SVP, District
Market Manager, BMO Harris Bank
· Linda Darragh - Executive Director,
Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice, Heizer Center for Private Equity
and Venture Capital, Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative
· Lisa Portnoy - Technology Partner, EY
· Lloyd Semple - Managing Director,
Accenture
· Lon Chow - Partner, Apex Venture
Partners
· Mark Tebbe - Operating Executive,
Lake Capital
· Matt Maloney - Co-founder and CEO,
GrubHub Inc.
· Matt Summy - Vice President, Comcast
Business Class
· Matt McCall - Partner, Pritzker Group
· Matt Brown - Partner, Katten Muchin
Rosenman LLP
· Maura O'Hara - Executive Director,
Illinois Venture Capital Association
· Mike McMurray
– President, Globetrotters Engineering Corporation
· Pam Netzky -
Founder and former President, SkinnyPop
· Pat Ryan, Jr. - Founder & CEO,
Incisent Labs Group
· Rishi Shah -
Founder and CEO, Context Media
· R.J. Melman - Executive Partner,
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises
· Robert Blackwell Jr. - President,
Electronic Knowledge Interchange
· Sam Guren - Principal, Guren Capital
Management, LLC
· Sam Yagan - CEO, Match Group
· Scott Swanson - President, PNC Bank
· Sonal Mane - National Programs
Director, Microsoft
· Steve Collens - CEO, MATTER
· Sunil Garg - Senior Vice President
and Chief Information & Innovation Officer, Exelon Corp.
·
Suzanne Muchin - Co-founder, Mind +
Matter Studio
· Talia Mashiach - CEO and Founder,
Eved
· Ted Souder - Head of Industry, Google
· Tim Stojka - CEO, Agentis Energy
· Tom Thompson - Managing Director, WP
Global Partners, Inc.
· Troy Henikoff - Managing Director, Techstars
Chicago; Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners
About 1871
1871 is the home of more than 325
early-stage, high-growth digital startups. Located in The Merchandise Mart,
this 75,000 square foot facility is also the headquarters of nationally
recognized accelerators, Techstars Chicago and Impact Engine; half a dozen
industry-specific incubators in key areas such as real estate, education
technology, food and financial technology; several emerging tech talent schools
(Flatiron, The Fullbridge Program, Designation and the Startup Institute), and
the state's leading technology advocate, the Illinois Science and Technology
Coalition. It is the second home to Chicago-based VCs, Pritzker Group Venture
Capital, MATH Venture Partners, Hyde Park Angels, OCA Ventures, OurCrowd and
Chicago Ventures, as well as satellite offices for Northwestern University,
University of Illinois, University of Chicago, Loyola University Chicago,
Illinois Institute of Technology, and DeVry. 1871 has fast become recognized as
the hub for the city’s entrepreneurial/technology ecosystem and has been featured
in TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Crain’s
Chicago Business among other top media. 1871 is the flagship project of the
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center.
