About Us: Our Team: Board of Directors

Fred Seff – President

Present: Retired

Past: Vice Chair, Lifetime Learning Institute of National Louis University; Associate Director, Astellas Pharma US; VP Administration, Rush North Shore Medical Center

Tom Beck

Present: VP, Information Technology, Grainger; VP, US Applications, Grainger; Village of Wadsworth Planning Commission

Past: VP & GM, Grainger’s Parts Division

Sue Dye

Present: Career Coach, Career Management Center, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Deacon, First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest

Past: SVP HR, Jones Lang LaSalle; Sr. Associate, Booz Allen; Alumni Director, Lake Forest College; Consultant, Booz Allen & Hamilton

Lori Goldstein

Present: Attorney & Owner, Law Offices of Lori A. Goldstein; Legal Counsel and Board Member, Temple Jeremiah; Board Member, New Trier High School Board of Education

Past: Attorney at Wilman Harrold; Attorney at Holleb & Coff

Patricia Hall

Present: Executive Recruiter, Global Life Sciences & Consumer, Heidrick and Struggles

Past: Executive Search Consultant/Futurestep Korn/Ferry; Sr. Assoc., Kensington International Executive Search

Nancy Hensel

Present: VP of Merchandising, BLICK art materials

Past: Sr. Product Manager, ULINE, Inc.; President, The Popcorn Factory, Inc.; National Buyer, Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Melissa Jensen

Present: Partner, Shoreline Homes LLC

Past: Director, Employee Development, Grainger

Karen Longe

Present: President, Karen Longe & Associates

Past: Marketing Manager, Zebra Technologies; Program Manager, American Hospital Association

Dwight Mater

Present: Director, Business Development, Thomson Reuters; Board Member, DSC Logistics Health Care Strategy Board

Past: Director, Business Development, Ross Health Sciences; VP, Strategy and Business Development, Cardinal Health; VP Operational Excellence, Cardinal Health; VP, Business Development and Investor Relations, Bell & Howell Company/Proquest

Barbara Runyen

Present: Co-founder/Owner/Coach of Executive Coaching Partners, LLC

Past: Advisory Board Member and Mentor, Menttium 100; President & Board Member of Women’s Health Executive Network of Chicago; Managing Director and National Practice Leader of Jannotta Bray and Right Management: Chief Operating Officer and VP of Operations for Columbus-Cuneo-Cabrini Medical Center

Ron Taylor – Secretary

Present: Retired

Past: Director, KPMG LLP; Director, American Cancer Society; General Manager, Hollister, Inc.; Vice President, Siemens Building Technologies