Private Sector
Board Members
Michael T. Tokarz
Chairman
Chairman & CEO, Tokarz Group
Dr. Deb Paul
Director, Business Development & Licensing, Abbott Laboratories (Retired)
Dennis Hesch
Vice Chair
Executive VP, The Carle System
Sarah Phalen
President and CEO, INB
Todd W. Lillibridge
President & Chief Executive Officer at TWL Enterprises, LLC
Dr. Guy Padbury
SVP, Oncology Clinical Pharmacology & Translational Sciences, Pfizer
University of Illinois System
Board Members
Jeffrey Brown
Dean, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Susan A. Martinis
Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Paul Ellinger
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller, University of Illinois
Ex-officio
Dr. Suseelan R. Pookote
Director, Office of Technology Management, University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Joanna Groden
Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Jay Walsh
Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation, University of Illinois
Ex-officio
Nathan Hoffmann
Director, Office of Technology Management, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Nancy Sullivan
CEO, Managing Director, and Managing Principal, Illinois Ventures
Ex-officio