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Dr. Renee Engeln has been a professor for eleven years at Northwestern University, where she teaches about psychopathology, the psychology of women and gender, social...

Best-selling author and successful entrepreneur Chris Gardner knows a thing or two about overcoming daunting obstacles. In his 2006 autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness...

Jim Gilmartin is one of America's top experts on marketing and selling to baby boomers and senior customers. In 2009, Gilmartin co-authored Market Smart: The Best in...

A native of Chicago’s South Side, Nancy Johnson worked for more than a decade as an Emmy-nominated, award-winning television journalist at CBS and ABC affiliates in...

Kelly Leonard is the Executive Vice President of The Second City, world renowned improvisational comedy theatre enterprise in Chicago, IL, and The President of Second...

Wendy Pearlman is a professor and award-winning teacher at Northwestern University, specializing in Middle East politics. With a BA from Brown and PhD from Havard, Pearlman...

Jason B. Rosenthal is the co-author (with his daughter Paris) of The New York Times #1 bestselling book, Dear Boy (HarperCollins). He is a foundation Board Chair, public...

Deborah Tuerkheimer is a professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, evidence, and feminist...

Tom Watson is the bestselling author of the beloved Stick Dog, Stick Cat, and the Trouble at Table 5 series. Filled with Watson’s trademark combination of laughs, adventure...

Tom Yorton has been CEO of Second City Works, the b2b arm of The Second City, world renowned improvisational comedy theatre enterprise in Chicago, IL, since 2002. Yorton...