Jim Zallie

The Economic Club of Chicago engages in fostering connections among leaders to encourage dialogue on important economic and social issues. It also cultivates the next generation of civic leadership. The company was founded by Lucius Teter in 1927 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Lake Forest Hospital provides health care services in Lake County. It offers acute & ambulatory care, and wellness services. The company has clinical service facilities in Bannockburn, Glenview, Gurnee-Brookside, Gurnee-Tower Court, Libertyville, Lindenhurst and Vernon Hills. Lake Forest Hospital also provides exemplary care in Cain family emergency services, the Hunter family center for women's health, the posy krehbiel breast care center, the Waud family maternity center and the center for advanced radiation therapy. Lake Forest Hospital foundation includes Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest and Lindenhurst Health & Fitness Institutes, Dearhaven Child Care & Learning Center, Westmoreland Nursing Center, and Women's Auxiliary Board of Lake Forest Hospital. The company was founded in 1899.

National Starch, a subsidiary of AkzoNobel, is the leading global supplier of specialty starches with a principal focus on supplying the food industry. They also serve the papermaking market and supply high-value industrial starch technology for a variety of other consumer and industrial products and processes. The company employs 2,250 people and has operations in 30 countries. National Starch's goal as a business is to be the partner of choice as it seeks to harness the power of innovation in specialty starches for the next generation of food products. In addition, the company seeks to grow selectively within niche segments of papermaking and applications for natural polymers in industrial applications. With roots extending back to 1895, their people are innovators in starch science with a record of breakthroughs in specialty starches extending back to the very foundations of the industry and continuing today. Their ongoing investments in research and development are aimed at ever deepening their understanding and broadening their capabilities in specialty starch. Innovation in key growth platforms in response to consumer trends and demographic changes, combined with differential management of traditional modified starches, are focal points. National Starch operates a highly flexible global manufacturing network which can service both local and multinational specialty starch customers with products manufactured from a variety of starch sources. They actively pursue a sustainability improvement agenda commensurate with customer expectations and including world-class levels for safety, health and environment.