Members
Stopher Bartol
Current: Founder & CEO of Legacy.com
Alex Campbell
Current: Co-Founder of Vibes Media
Cary Chessick
Past: Founder & CEO of Restaurant.com
Jamie Crouthamel
Current: Founder of Old Town Capital
Past: Founder & CEO of Performics
Brandon Cruz
Past: Co-Founder, President & CTO of GoHealth
George Deeb
Current: Managing Director, Red Rocket Venture Partners
Past: Founder & Former CEO iExplore and Former CEO of Media Recall
Steve Farsht
Current: Co-founder & CFO, Corazon Capital
Past: COO of Tap.me, Partner of Norwest Equity Partners
Michael Fassnacht
Current: CEO & President of FCB Chicago
Past: Founder & CEO of Loyalty Matrix
Gian Fulgoni
Current: Chairman of PetMeds; Executive Chairman of Varcode
Past: Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder of comScore; President and CEO of Information Resources
Harry Gottlieb
Current: Founder & Chairman of Jellyvision
Brian Hand*
Current: Investor and Board Member, Ocient; Co-owner, Skolnik Industries
Past: Co-Founder & Chairman of Timelines; Founder & CEO of ShopLocal; Vice Chairman of First Analysis
Troy Henikoff*
Current: Managing Director, TechStars Chicago; Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners
Past: Founder of SurePayroll
Dan Hess
Past: Chief Product Officer, The NPD Group; Chief Product Officer, comScore; Co-Founder & CEO, Local Offer Network; SVP, IRI
Adrian Holovaty
Current: Founder, Soundslice
Past: Founder, Everyblock; Co-creator, Django Web framework
Marc Kiven
Past: Founder & CRO, Signal; COO, Centro; SVP Corp Dev, Right Media; SVP Bus Dev, aQuantive
Larry Kaplan
Current: CEO, Eudora Global
Past: President & CEO of NAVTEQ
Eric Langshur
Current: Co-Founder, Abundant Venture Partners
Past: Founder and CEO, CarePages and Rise Health
Stuart Larkins
Current: Co-founder & Partner, Chicago Ventures
Past: SVP of Search at Doubleclick Performics
Jeff Lee
Current: Co-Founder, Maven Wave Partners
Past: Co-founder & CEO, Fathom Solutions
Eric Lunt
Current: CTO, Signal
Past: Co-Founder, Feedburner
Joe Mansueto
Current: Founder & CEO. Morningstar
Matt Moog*
Current: CEO, Chicago Public Media
Past: Founder & CEO, PowerReviews; Founder & Chairman, Built In; CEO, CoolSavings/Q Interactive
Alicia Mullen
Current: Founder, Washing Pond Ventures
Past: CIO, Chicago Mercantile Exchange; CIO, First Options
Brian Newman
Current: Co-founder & Portfolio Manager, Cloud Gate Capital
Past: Managing Director Madison Dearborn Partners
Jack Philbin
Current: Co-Founder of Vibes Media
J.B. Pritzker
Current: Managing Partner, The Pritzker Group
Dan Ratner
Current: Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Public Good Software
Past: COO/CTO of Sittercity
Bruce Rauner
Principal of GTCR
Shawn Riegsecker
Current: Founder & CEO of Basis Technologies (formerly Centro)
Mike Sands
Current: Chairman, Timecounts
Past: CEO & President, Signal; COO/CMO of Orbitz
Ed Scanlan
Current: Founder & CEO, UpRight Law; Founder & Chairman, Total Attorneys
Rishi Shah
Current: Founder & CEO, ContextMedia
Vikram Sharma
Past: CEO of G/O Digital, a Gannett Company; CEO, ShopLocal; CIO, Grant Thornton; Division President, IRI
Jai Shekawat
Past: Founder & CEO, SAP Fieldglass; Co-Founder, Quinnox
Matt Spiegel
Current: EVP, TransUnion
Past: SVP/GM, MediaLink; CEO, Tap.me; Founder & CEO, Resolution Media
Jim Streibich
Current: Chairman, Channel IQ
Past: Founder & Chairman of Market Track
Andrew Swinand
Current: Co-founder, Abundant Venture Partners
Past: President, Starcom Mediavest
Mark Tebbe
Current: Operating Executive, Lake Capital
Past: Founder and Vice-Chairman, Answers; Founder and Chairman of Lante
Genevieve Thiers
Current: Co-founder, Contact Karma
Past: Founder & CEO, Sittercity
Kevin Willer
Current: Partner, Chicago Ventures
Former: CEO, 1871 & Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center; Co-founder of Google’s Chicago Office
Alan Warms
Current: Founder & Executive Chairman, Appolicious
Past: Founder & CEO, Participate Systems/BuzzTracker; VP/GM, Yahoo News
Tony Weisman
Past: CMO, Dunkin’ Brands; CEO, Digitas North America; CMO, DraftFCB Chicago; SVP, Leo Burnett
Sam Yagan*
Current: Co-founder, Corazon Capital; Chairman, SpotHero
Past: CEO, ShopRunner; CEO, The Match Group; Co-founder & CEO, OKCupid; Co-founder & CEO, Excelerate Labs
*Administrative Member