Ted Rupp currently serves as Co-President of Kovitz. In this role, he oversees the firm's strategic initiatives, as well as its corporate development efforts. Previously, Ted has worked on the firm's private equity offerings and served as Chief Financial Officer of both Kovitz and a regional coffee and tea distributor. Ted is a member of [...]

Jim Elliott, Diveheart’s Founder, and the President, has been around people with disabilities his entire life. When he discovered scuba diving he realized that the healing powers of zero gravity underwater could translate into hope and healing for those with disabilities. When Tinamarie Hernandez discovered Diveheart she was coming off an amazing career as a [...]

Kristen Bomas, Life Mastery Guide at Kristen Bomas PA. She is a speaker, author, workshop facilitator, licensed psychotherapist, and the creator of The Sage's Template, a framework for the most anguished and complicated of relationships – the one between yourself and your universe. By recognizing life always ditches the original plan, her work reveals how [...]

Maria Castro, Founder and CEO of Inspiration of Love Purse, a nonprofit that is "putting love on the shoulders of women in need, one #LovePurse at a time" and has collected and gifted almost 7000 purses since March 2021. Donations have been distributed in Illinois, Texas, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Missouri, Mexico, Canada, and the Ukraine. [...]

Mike Abdelsayed is the current Artistic Director of One Group Mind, a first-ever comedians union, The Titanic Players, the only 2-time winners of the National College Improv Tournament, and The Comedy Clubhouse, the highest rated comedy club in Chicago. He was an iO coach, 6-year iO house team performer, an understudy for Keegan Michael-Key at [...]

Nasutsa Mabwa, President at Restoration By Simons Nasutsa Mabwa is President of Restoration By Simons, a MBE/WBE certified firm with the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois. Nasutsa brings an extensive background of commercial real estate development to Restoration By Simons. She is focused upon building the commercial and residential side of property [...]

Amy Wilhelmi is a successful multi-entrepreneur as the founder of Balanced Wellness Collective and Ascension Mentality, business & performance coach at Strategic Voyages Business Consultants and licensed mental health therapist. As a speaker, author, and professional athlete, she is on a mission to become a global go-to thought leader in making mental health in business [...]

Shelley Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO at BāKIT Box BāKIT Box is a female, minority owned specialty baking kit service, aimed at making baking easy and accessible to all levels. BāKIT Box offers customers a changing selection of culturally diverse baking recipes and delivers all the pre-measured ingredients directly to your door. ustomers subscribe monthly or [...]

Brianna Sylver is the founder and president of Sylver Consulting, an international innovation research and strategy firm operating at the intersection of Market Research, User Experience/Design, and Strategy. Brianna and the team at Sylver support Fortune 500 organizations to confidently embrace change and future proof their offerings and brands by illuminating the clear and focused [...]

Keval Raj, Co-Founder at Quicklly Keval is a graduate of Marketing, specialized in International Business & Entrepreneurship, with strong statistical data analysis skills with the focus on Marketing Strategies. From the beginning, their focus has been to stay ahead of others in the space by providing the most comprehensive and most customer-centric services. Today’s launch of [...]