
OUR TEAM

John Frank
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
T.S. Eliot

Ryan Kunkel
“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”
John Wooden

Carolyn Adkins
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
Helen Keller

Frank Amesquita
“You eat an elephant one bite at a time.”

Sharon Bosch
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
– Albert Einstein

Nicholas Blumhoff
“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”
Mark Twain

Carrie Brondyke
“Never be so kind, you forget to be clever. Never be so clever, you forget to be kind.”
Taylor Swift

Nikki Brown
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky

Aneta Bulka
"Opportunities don't happen. You create them."
– Chris Grosser

Lisa Callan
“Be sure as you scramble up the ladder of success, it is leaning against the right wall; or every step you take gets you to the wrong place faster.”
Stephen Covey

Alyssa Cambra-Myer
"My magic is never giving up!"
- Asta

Elizabeth Carrasco
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do”
– Steve Jobs

Michelle Cervantes
“You have not failed until you quit trying.”

Joseph Chirayil
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."

Haley Corcoran
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
African Proverb

Tracy Davies
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”

Isabella Di Iorio
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”

Giovanna Di Rutigliano
“You are a brand whether you believe it or not so represent yourself accordingly.”

Josh Essex
“When something seems too much to handle, just take it one step at a time.”
-Gary J. Essex

Veronica Harper
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.”
Helen Keller

Juan Hernandez
“Failure does not stop you, it increases your desire to make something happen.”
Kevin Costner

Matthew Johnson
“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”
Zig Ziglar

Kelly Joseph
“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.”
Theodore Roosevelt

Andrew Kruthoff
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Bob Laitar
“Be the change you want to see in this world”
Gandhi

Tim Lauer
“It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey.”

Yolande Le Clerc
“The future depends on what you do today.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

Lisa Lombardo
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars"
- Oscar Wilde

Eve Marek
“Life if better when you’re laughing.”

Ian Matthews
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”
Red Adair

Jessica McCollum
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
- John Wooden

Dan McEldowney
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.”
George Bernard Shaw

Chelsea Moushon
"Everything you lose is a step you take."
- Taylor Swift

Morgan Mucha
“Success is not final;
Failure is not fatal:
It is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston S. Churchill

Victoria Nocon
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
– Maya Angelou

Chris Nordhoff
“Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.”
Henry Ford

Namra Panawala
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team”
- Phil Jackson

Debbie Pastuovic
“Being happy doesn’t mean you have it all. It simply means you’re thankful for all you have.”

Corey Paus
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
-Unknown

Rachel Penn
“Excellence is not a skill; it is an attitude.”

Evelyn Purcell
“What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?”
Eleanor Roosevelt

Karyn Randazzo
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou

Cedric Reingold
“Courage is not the absence of fear - it’s inspiring others to move beyond it.”
- Nelson Mandela

Amy Rudakas
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde

Evan Shelton
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”
Ferris Bueller

Mike Sierra
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
- Aristotle

Jordan Surmeier
“So how do I do it, with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my earth is somebody’s ceiling?”
Sara Bareilles

Lucas Taylor
“If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
Dolly

Janice Wilson
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain
Advisory Board

Desiree Vargas Wrigley
Velocity Catalyst
Founding general partner of Velocity Catalyst, investing in early-stage founders and emerging fund managers in Chicago and Illinois’ most critical industries and CIO at P33, connecting Chicago stakeholders with the global tech community to drive economic growth.

Haven Allen
mHub
CEO and co-founder of mHUB, the nation’s largest independent HardTech and manufacturing center, and managing partner of the Product Impact Fund.

Laura McNaughton
Kroll Securities, LLC
Managing director in the Chicago office of Kroll Securities, LLC, the leading independent provider of global risk and financial advisory solutions, and part of the mergers and acquisitions advisory business unit.

Greg Hedges
NACD
President and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Chicago Chapter, adjunct professor at Notre Dame and holds advisory roles at P33 Chicago and the Chicago Quantum Exchange.​

Dan Harvey
Wintrust
Senior Vice President at Wintrust, focused on middle-market banking solutions including working capital, capital expenditures, and acquisition financing for family-owned businesses, private equity, and family offices.

Elles Skony
Organized Chaos Consulting
Founder of Organized Chaos Consulting and Fractional People People, serving as a fractional Chief People Officer and strategic advisor to founders and leadership teams navigating growth and organizational change.

Desiree Vargas Wrigley
Velocity Catalyst
Founding general partner of Velocity Catalyst, investing in early-stage founders and emerging fund managers in Chicago and Illinois’ most critical industries and CIO at P33, connecting Chicago stakeholders with the global tech community to drive economic growth.
Haven Allen
mHub
CEO and co-founder of mHUB, the nation’s largest independent HardTech and manufacturing center, and managing partner of the Product Impact Fund.


Laura McNaughton
Kroll Securities, LLC
Managing director in the Chicago office of Kroll Securities, LLC, the leading independent provider of global risk and financial advisory solutions, and part of the mergers and acquisitions advisory business unit.
Greg Hedges
NACD
President and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Chicago Chapter, adjunct professor at Notre Dame and holds advisory roles at P33 Chicago and the Chicago Quantum Exchange.​


Dan Harvey
Wintrust
Senior Vice President at Wintrust, focused on middle-market banking solutions including working capital, capital expenditures, and acquisition financing for family-owned businesses, private equity, and family offices.
Elles Skony
Organized Chaos Consulting
Founder of Organized Chaos Consulting and Fractional People People, serving as a fractional Chief People Officer and strategic advisor to founders and leadership teams navigating growth and organizational change.


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