•Chairman Peter Huizenga, Chairman, Huizenga   Capital Management

• Second Vice Chairman, Terry Van Der Aa

• Kathryn Buettner, Vice President of University   Relations, Northern Illinois University

• Gary Conkright, CEO/Founder, Venture Gain

• Michael Fortner, Illinois State Representative
   95th District

• Avijit Ghosh, Vice President of Technology and   Economic Development, University of Illinois

• Robert Kephart, ILC Program Director, Fermi   National Laboratory

• John Peters, President, Northern Illinois University

• Norm Peterson, Assistant to the Director,   Argonne National Laboratory