*Kara Wright, Executive Co-Chairman of the Board, Founder and CEO of Green Equity Collaborative and Managing Director of Envisioning Equity Work

*Robert Johnson, Executive Co-Chairman of the Board, Chief Economic Inclusion Officer and General Counsel YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Managing Partner, Solomon Group; Partner Gordon & Reese, Principal Transworld Business Advisors

*Zeb Mclaurin, CEO Mclaurin Development Partners

*Diane Strauss, CEO Founder of CREAM: Conscious Renewal Energy Agriculture Medicine

*Lizzette Richards, Former vice Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago

*Jessica Velazquez, Founder & Managing Partner, Indiva Advisors LLP

Kelly Evans, Vice President Entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development at YWCA Metropolitan Chicago; Director Community Integration, Cresco Labs; Chief of Staff to Senator Toi Hutchinson, Illinois Senate

†Mike Frazin, Founder CEO, Mosaic Construction and Design Construction Concepts, Venture Capitalist and former Stock and Options Trader

†Tom Churchwell, Venture Capitalist and CEO, Vimedicus

Alpita Shah, Partner Chico & Nunes

Andy Seeger, Analyst & Lead Cannabis Thinker, Brightfield Group

John Wellehand, CEO & Founder Affect X Technologies

Dr. Rita McGuire, CEO & Founder RJM Wellness, OB-Gyn Roseland Community Hospital

Rowan Richards, Director of Coaching & Connections, Accion Chicago

Zeta Ceti, CEO & Founder Green Rush Consulting

Vincent Williams, President, Williams & Associates Advising

Patrick Rea, Venture Capital Fund Manager and CEO Canopy Boulder

Rodrigo Garcia, Deputy Treasurer and Chief Innovation, Officer, State of IL

Rosemarie Donzanti, Formerly Senior Vice President Customer Care, Anthem Health, CVS Caremark

Neal Sales-Griffin, Managing Director at Techstars, Chicago, entrepreneur, lecturer at Northwestern University and former mayoral candidate for City of Chicago

Marta Steele, Management Consultant and co-founder of women-led consulting firm, PeopleResults

Dr. Karen Bloomberg PhD, Psychotherapist, Social Worker and Dean of Students, Institute of Clinical Social Work

David Friedman, CEO, VividGro; Investor, Mentor and Financial Professional

Joel Hamernick, Executive Director, Sunshine Gospel Enterprises

Margie Lawless, Formerly Senior Vice President Risk & Control Management, Personal Banking BMO Harris

Michael Hanley, former Partner Strategy Practice Management Consulting Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Gerald Beechum, Managing Partner at White Cornus Investments

Melaina Prest, Akasha Development

Footnote: * indicates Board Member, † indicates Emeritus Board Member