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Advisory Board

The Polsky Center is proud to have a distinguished advisory board, made up of the country's leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and private equity investors, who provide ongoing guidance and support to the center.

  • Michael Alter, President and CEO, SurePayroll
  • David K. Beecken, '70, Managing Director, Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, LLC
  • Stephen Beitler, Founder and Managing Director, Dunrath Capital
  • Eric Belcher, '95, President and CEO, InnerWorkings, Inc.
  • Roger Blume, '67, Director and President, Quickway Carriers, Inc. 
  • Ellen Carnahan, '84, Principal, Machrie Enterprises LLC
  • Keith Crandell, '88, Cofounder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners
  • Steven Dresner, '82, President, Dresner Capital Resources
  • Merrick (Rick) Elfman, '83, Senior Managing Director, Sterling Capital Partners
  • Robert Fealy, President, COO, and Managing Director, The Duchossois Group
  • Robert Gertner, Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance, Chicago Booth
  • David Habiger, ’98, CEO, Sonic Solutions
  • Donald Hamer, '58, Chairman, State of the Art, Inc.
  • Susan Hapak, '89, President, Current Technologies Inc.
  • Edward Kaplan, '71, Chairman and CEO, Zebra Technologies
  • Steven Neil Kaplan, Faculty Advisor, Polsky Center; Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, Chicago Booth
  • Brad Keywell, Cofounder and Managing Partner, Lightbank; Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth
  • Rattan Khosa, '79, President and Founder, AMSYSCO Inc.
  • Venetia Kontogouris, ’77, Managing Director, Venkon Group LLC
  • Michael Krauss, AB '75, MBA '76, Managing Principal, Market Strategy Group 
  • William Miller, '67, President, Miller Strategic Consulting, LLC
  • Guy Nohra, '89, Partner, Alta Partners
  • John Oxaal, '81, Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds
  • Michael Polsky, '87, Founder, President, and CEO, Invenergy, LLC; Chairman, Polsky Center Entrepreneurship Advisory Board
  • John Richards, MBA '72, MA '95, President, Crabtree Ventures, LLC
  • Ellen Rudnick, '73, Executive Director, Polsky Center; Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth
  • John Rutledge, '94, Founder, President, and CEO, Oxford Capital Group, LLC and Oxford Hotels & Resorts
  • Ronald Tarrson, '72, Managing Partner and Director, Sante Fe Aero Services
  • Immanuel Thangaraj, AB '92, MBA '93, Managing Director, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures
  • James Tyree, Senior Vice President, Abbott Laboratories
  • Vijay Vashee, '77, Founding Chairman, TiE Seattle 
  • Kevin Willer, ’10 (XP-79), President and CEO, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
  • John Willis, '74, Cofounder and Managing Partner, Willis Stein & Partners
  • Sam Yagan, Excelerate Labs; Founder and CEO, OkCupid.com
  • Paul Yovovich, AB '74, MBA '75, President and Principal, Lake Capital Management
  • Donna Zarcone, '87, President and CEO, D. F. Zarcone & Associates