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Mandy Calara

Mandy Calara has been the CEO of Forever Brands since he founded the company in April 2014. As CEO, Mandy implements his vision of making franchising about sharing the best local, craft brands with the country through an aggressive and streamlined expansion strategy. He is responsible for the strategic management and development of all of […]

Bob McDavid

Our story began in 1969 when Dr. Robert F. McDavid Jr., the company’s namesake and founder emeritus, created the first widely used protective knee brace for football. After a period of grass-roots growth, a company incorporated as McDavid Knee Guard Inc. in 1980. Today, McDavid products top the recommendation lists of pro athletes, sports medicine […]

Harper Reed

Harper Reed is an hacker/engineer who builds paradigm-shifting tech and leads others to do the same. Harper loves using the enormity of the Internet to bring people together, whether as CTO of Obama for America, CTO at Threadless.com, or on his own projects. Harper and his team created Dashboard, a site that connects volunteer teams […]

Michael Horton

Formerly Head of three schools, including a posting to Canada as an Exemplar Head, Mike was appointed Head of British International School of Chicago in 2001. As Founding Head, Mike has driven the development of the school, reaching well over 800 enrollments and earning the school a reputation for excellence and high standards. A dedicated […]

Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson began his career in 1992 at a legal technology company focused on providing computer networking solutions to law firms, including design, implementation, and support. In 1999, he was hired by I-DEP, LLC to support the launch of the world’s first live deposition service to be streamed through the Internet. His primary responsibilities included […]

Tony Karman

EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art | September | NAVY PIER. EXPO CHICAGO takes place every year at historic Navy Pier. Inaugurated in 2012, now in its fourth season of operation, EXPO CHICAGO features over 140 of the leading galleries from around the world each September. In addition to the galleries […]

Michele Pistone

Founded in Germany in 1995, icotek has become an innovative leader in cable management technology & EMC solutions. icotek manufactures and distributes high quality cable entry systems (entry plates, entry frames, cable glands) for pre-terminated and standard cables without connectors with protection class up to IP68. Strain relief systems, EMC shield clamps, conduit systems and […]

Jeffery Leving

Jeffery M. Leving has been named one of “America’s Best Lawyers” by Forbes Radio™ and selected by his peers as one of Illinois’ top attorneys. He is the acclaimed author of three groundbreaking books, Fathers’ Rights, Divorce Wars, and How to Be a Good Divorced Dad, a new book that received an endorsement from Francis […]

Steve Kolber

A senior partner at FGMK, Steve advises clients on financial issues, loan negotiation and capital needs, as well as budgets, controls and operational improvements.  He is also a member of FGMK’s Executive Management Committee. Steve’s industry expertise includes real estate, wholesale distributors, manufacturing, healthcare and services. His background includes roles at Coopers & Lybrand and […]

AAron Dannenbring

HERE offers the world’s freshest maps and location experiences across multiple screens and operating systems. HERE inspires a new generation of location services and devices helping more people to navigate their lives with ease and confidence. Built on more than 25 years of experience in cartography and drawing on more than 80,000 sources of data, […]