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Jarrett Stevens

Jarrett Stevens grew up in the East Bay of San Francisco. He came to faith at a young age, but it wouldn’t be until college that he would intentionally start following Jesus. He met Jeanne while on a week-long trip to Chicago and never quite recovered. After dating a few years, they were married and […]

How President Elliot Richardson Is Providing Small Businesses A Seat At The Table

“Just keep going,” says Elliot Richardson, President and Co-Founder of the Small Business Advocacy Council. Through endless challenges in moving public policy to benefit small businesses, the SBAC offers members a non-partisan and effective voice on their behalf in Washington, DC, Springfield and Chicago. Not only does Elliot listen to the opinions of business leaders, […]

Todd Jones

Todd Jones is president of BBMC Mortgage. He is also a passionate speaker leveraging a unique combination of straightforward business insight with military honed leadership experience. As a transformational catalyst, Todd has found himself at inflection points within companies, organizations, cultures and teams. With his unwavering servant leadership and innate ability to identify disconnections, Todd has forged […]

Jean-Pierre Comte

Based in Chicago, IL, President of Barilla Americas, Jean-Pierre Comte is responsible for the North and South America operations of one of the world’s largest Italian food companies. JP has 25 years global experience in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry that began at Procter & Gamble where he held positions in Sales, Trade Marketing, […]

Countryside Bank

Countryside Bank offers banking that helps you build your best life.  We believe builders are everywhere.  Whether it’s growing families, expanding businesses, constructing houses or preparing for retirement – people are actively moving ahead.  When builders bank with Countryside Bank, we place them on the fast track for reaching their goals. Our motto, “It’s grow […]

Dan Dal Degan: CEO but NOT Founder

Dan Dal Degan is the CEO of SpringCM, a workflow and document management system designed to simplify your business processes and make it easier for customers to work with your business. From onboarding processes to contract management, Dan Dal Degan is continually striving to ensure the work of his clients is flowing smoothly. Dan first […]

Arturo Gomez

Arturo’s creative business vision and passion for sports merged to forge the exciting business that is Big Game Air. For more than 19 years, Arturo has been creating hospitality concepts and building strong teams to grow their footprint in Chicago’s incredibly competitive hospitality landscape. Arturo’s operational and marketing expertise, industry acumen, and dedication and drive […]

Tess Roering

Tess Roering leads Marketing, Sales, New Studio Openings and Retail for CorePower Yoga. She has more than 20 years of consumer marketing experience and most recently worked at Athleta, where she oversaw all marketing channels and opened their 1st-100th stores. Before joining Athleta she led advertising at Old Navy and then marketing strategy at Gap, […]

Do Not Let Perfection Be The Enemy Of The Good

For John Guidos, Co-Founder of Chicago-based TurboAppeal, seeking perfection is the greatest error in business, causing either wasted effort or significant delays in moving forward. TurboAppeal, which launched in early 2015, leverages data mining and big data analytics to help property owners appeal taxes; and was recently acquired by Dallas-based Paradigm Tax Group, a property […]

John Ahlberg

John Ahlberg is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Waident Technology Solutions. He acquired a business degree from the University of Baltimore and quickly fell into the world of technology. Moving to Chicago after graduation, John ultimately ended up working in the field of technology management where he helped bridge the gap between business […]