The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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Advisory Board

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation 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, CEO, SurePayroll
  • David K. Beecken, '70, Managing Director, Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, LLC
  • Stephen S. Beitler, Senior Managing Director, Dunrath Capital
  • Eric Belcher, '95, CEO, InnerWorkings, Inc.
  • Roger Blume, '67, CEO, Quickway Carriers, Inc. 
  • Ellen Carnahan, '84, Managing Director, Machrie Enterprises LLC
  • Keith Crandell, '88, Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners
  • Steven Dresner, '82, President, Dresner Capital Resources, Inc.
  • Merrick (Rick) Elfman, '83, Managing Partner, Sterling Capital Partners
  • Robert Fealy, President, COO, and Director, The Duchossois Group
  • Robert Gertner, Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance, Chicago Booth
  • David Habiger, ’98, CEO, Sonic Solutions
  • Donald W. Hamer, '58, Chairman, State of the Art, Inc.
  • Susan Hapak, '89, President, Current Technologies
  • Jim Hickey, Principal, Vista Equity Partners
  • Edward L. Kaplan, '71, President, Nalpak Inc.
  • Steven Neil Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship & Finance and Faculty Director of the Polsky Center, Chicago Booth
  • Brad Keywell, Founder and Managing Director, Lightbank
  • Rattan Lal Khosa, '79, President and Founder, AMSYSCO Inc.
  • Venetia Kontogouris, ’77, Managing Director, Venkon Group LLC
  • Michael C. Krauss, AB '75, MBA '76, Managing Principal, Market Strategy Group 
  • William A. Miller, '67, President, Miller Strategic Consulting LLC
  • Guy Nohra, '89, General Partner, Alta Partners
  • John Oxaal, '81, Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds
  • Michael P. Polsky, '87, President and CEO, Invenergy LLC
  • John F. Richards, MBA '72, MA '95, President, Crabtree Ventures, LLC
  • Ellen A. Rudnick, '73, Executive Director and Clinical Professor, Chicago Booth 
  • John W. Rutledge, '94, Founder, President & 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
  • Vijay R. Vashee, '77, Founding Chairman, TiE Seattle 
  • Kevin Willer, ’10 (XP-79), President and CEO, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
  • John R. Willis, '74, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Willis Stein & Partners
  • Sam Yagan, CEO, Match, Inc.
  • Paul G. Yovovich, AB '74, MBA '75, President and Principal, Lake Capital
  • Donna F. Zarcone, '87, President, Economic Club of Chicago