Joe Shenton

As a leading Managing General Underwriter, Evolution Risk Partners (ERP) redefines partnership through a shared vision of success with employers and brokers. We provide your organization with customizable and innovative medical stop-loss solutions to ensure the financial stability of your self-funded medical program. Visit us at www.evolutionrisk.com

Now there is a stylish solution for busy moms and dads craving convenience and fashionable choices when shopping for their kids. Mac & Mia, a new children’s clothing service, delivers stylish and consciously-crafted pieces, handpicked by style experts, to customers’ doorsteps. The Mac & Mia experience allows parents nationwide to skip the shopping trip and easily outfit their newborn to six-year-olds in boutique-worthy threads. All items are personally selected to match a child’s particular style profile, helping create some of the most coveted kiddie closets around. What makes Mac & Mia unique is that every box tells the story of the artisans and independent brands that have crafted the clothes within. Mac & Mia carefully considers social and environmental standards when choosing its brand partners.

About the CEC The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) is a non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurs on their path to building high-growth, sustainable businesses that serve as platforms for economic development and civic leadership. Its flagship project, 1871, fulfills CEC’s vision of a central address for entrepreneurs in Chicago. CEC runs and operates the workspace, develops programming, organizes events and ensures that the culture of 1871 allows entrepreneurs the greatest opportunity for success. What We Do CEC promotes and grows the startup community in Chicago. We develop programs, establish partnerships and run projects that provide entrepreneurs with the tools they need to build successful, sustainable businesses. Who Supports Us CEC is funded through private entities and corporations. It is also supported by numerous emerging and successful entrepreneurs, established businesses and academia that recognize the importance of entrepreneurs and the impact the CEC has on the local economy.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is the largest pediatric healthcare provider in the region with a 130 year legacy of excellence. We are proud to serve as the pediatric teaching and research partner of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and are ranked nationally in all 10 pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report.

Permanent Capital Ventures | We help founders build the go-to-market engine for enterprise scale. Permanent Capital Ventures is an expansion stage venture capital firm that partners with software and marketplace businesses in the moments after product-market fit has been established to help unlock the next chapter of growth. Permanent Capital Investment Office | Permanent Capital Investment Office serves a curated community of exceptional leaders seeking outsized returns on their life, philanthropy, and legacy.

Shore Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with offices in Nashville, is an investor in lower middle market companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business Services, Industrial, and Real Estate industries. Shore’s strategy is to support management partners to grow faster with less risk through access to capital, world-class board and operational resources, and unmatched networking, development, and shared learnings across the portfolio. From 2020-2024, Shore received recognition from Inc Magazine as a 5x Top Founder Friendly Investor and by Pitchbook Research for being the global leader in Private Equity total deal volume from 2019-2023. Shore targets investments in proven, successful private companies with superior management teams, stable cash flow, and significant potential to grow through industry consolidation and organic growth to generate value for shareholders. Shore has $9.1 billion of assets under management and in additional investment platforms to which it provides business and operational consulting services. For more information on these awards and investment platforms, please visit: www.shorecp.com.

At Jet Linx, we’ve taken a different approach to private jet travel. A smarter, more focused approach. Our business model focuses on a local operation rather than a national operation. It’s designed to serve you and your individual needs rather than the masses. We are able to deliver unparalleled private jet benefits that result in an all-encompassing, local solution to all of your private jet travel needs. Jet Linx has private terminal locations in 20 U.S. cities (and growing), including Atlanta, Austin, Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Ft. Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Omaha, San Antonio, Scottsdale, St Louis, Tulsa and Washington D.C.

As a leading Managing General Underwriter, Evolution Risk Partners (ERP) redefines partnership through a shared vision of success with employers and brokers. We provide your organization with customizable and innovative medical stop-loss solutions to ensure the financial stability of your self-funded medical program. Visit us at www.evolutionrisk.com

We believe significant wealth requires an elevated approach. Summit Trail Advisors is a Networked Family Office – intentionally designed for those who have outgrown traditional wealth managers and desire the outcomes of a more dynamic, connected approach previously only found with individual family offices. Our independent, employee-owned structure allows Summit Trail to truly put our clients’ interests first and act as a fiduciary on all aspects of their financial lives. Overseeing billions in client assets, we have the scale to drive pricing power for our clients and attract the industry’s top talent internally, yet we are still small enough in size to access truly boutique and differentiated solutions for our clients. Additionally, we have a powerful network of clients, business partners, and colleagues collaborating to drive better ideas and solutions. With a true partnership culture, we collaborate across teams, regions, fellow trusted advisors, and clients and create environments where clients can connect in unique ways with other like-minded, successful families. Privacy Policy: http://summittrail.com/privacy-policy/