Members Member Benefits Partners Team Patricia Bonaguro Agrima Nagpal Julianna Grandinetti Tanvi Dharap Anne Marie Rzepecki Austin Green Becky Goldberg Mark Harris Roxanne Atienza Jackie Navigato Emily Cooper Utsav Gandhi Desmend Jetton David Machajewski Emma Niendorf Colleen D. Egan Oluwatobi Oladejo Board of Directors Geoff Curtis Daaron Dohler John Flavin Somali Tomczak Laura Apenzeller Shelley Stern Grach Fred Hickernell Alicia Löffler, Ph.D. Robert Lowe Bala Srinivasan Jess Goode Srinivas Veeramasuneni Lily Yeung TJ Augustine Jim Bray José Leboreiro Vivek Mehta Jerry Blazey Lisa Dyer Larry Kuhn Kumar Natesaiyer Holly Copeland Azurii Collier Erin Guthrie Bob Greenlee, J.D. Bill Payne, Ph.D. Temitope Sadiku, MBA Paul Bloom Robert Patino, J.D. Nicole Presperin Catherine E. Vorwald Advocacy Council Board of Directors Laura ApenzellerBoard Chair Director, University of Illinois Research Park and Director, Economic Development for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sylvia I. Garcia,Ex-Officio Board Member Director, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Jim Bray Director, Corporate Engagement, Northwestern University TJ Augustine, PhD Vice Chancellor for Innovation, University of Illinois at Chicago Jerry Blazey, PhD Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships, Northern Illinois University Jess Goode Vice President, External Affairs, Illinois Institute of Technology Azurii Collier, PhD Director, Enterprise InnovationAbbVie Holly Copeland Senior Director Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability & Impact, Horizon Therapeutics José Leboreiro, PhD VP, Process and Chemical Research, Archer Daniels Midland Company Bob Greenlee, JD Senior Advisor, Tusk Strategies and Tusk Ventures Larry Kuhn Technology Strategist, Microsoft Chicago Robert Patino, JD Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Southern Illinois University Kumar Natesaiyer, PhD Vice President, Corporate Innovation Center, USG Vivek Mehta Chief Information Security Officer, NORC Temitope Sadiku Global Head of Digital Employee Experience, The Kraft Heinz Company Bill Payne, PhD Executive Director, Science and Technology, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago Nicole Presperin Vice President – Strategic Initiatives, New Ventures Group Somali Tomczak Director of Operations, Nicor Gas