| William A. Alter | President and CEO - The Alter Group | |
| Patrick H. Arbor | Former Chair - Chicago Board of Trade | |
| Emily Barr | President & General Manager ABC 7, Chicago | |
| Rod Blagojevich | Governor, State of Illinois | |
| John Carroll | Publisher - Chicago Magazine | |
| Mary Ann Childers | News Anchor -CBS 2 Chicago | |
| Carey Cooper | President - Redi-Cut Foods | |
| Mario M. Cuomo | Former Governor of NY, Partner in Willkie Farr & Gallagher | |
| Anna Davlantes | Weekend Anchor - Channel 5 News | |
| Merri Dee | Manager, WGN-TV Children's Charities | |
| Rahm Emanuel | Congressman, Illinois 5th District | |
| Sidney Epstein | Chairman, A. Epstein And Sons International | |
| Francis Cardinal George | Archbishop of Chicago | |
| Roger Goddu | Former Chairman & CEO, Montgomery Wards | |
| Chris Kennedy | President, Merchandise Mart Properties | |
| Sen. Edward M. Kennedy | U.S. Senator; | |
| Margie Korshak | President, Margie Korshak, Inc. | |
| Coleman Kraff | M.D. Kraff Eye Institute | |
| Michael Krasny | Chairman and Founder, Computer Discount Warehouse | |
| Michael Lavin | Midwest Managing Partner, KPMG | |
| Bennett Leventhal | M.D.University of Chicago | |
| Jay Levine | Chief Correspondent, CBS 2 Chicago | |
| Patrick M. Magoon | President & CEO Children's Memorial Med.Cen. | |
| Dr. Sylvia Manning | Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| Richard Melman | Founder and Chairman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises | |
| J.B. Pritzker | Managing Partner, New World Ventures | |
| Thomas J. Pritzker | Chairman, CEO Hyatt International Corp | |
| Honorable Judy Rice | Treasurer, City of Chicago | |
| Ruth Rothstein | Chief, Cook County Bureau of Health Services | |
| Steve Schanwald | Executive VP of Operations, Chicago Bulls | |
| Jan Shakowsky | Congresswoman, 9th District | |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver | Founder and Honorary Chairman, Special Olympics | |
| Ira Silverstein | State Senator | |
| Samuel K. Skinner | Former Chief of Staff, President George H.W. Bush; Chairman, President, CEO, USFreightways Corp | |
| Sarah Crown Star | Attorney | |
| Adlai Stevenson III | Former U.S. Senator from Illinois | |
| John H. Stroger Jr. | President, Cook County Board of Commissioners | |
| Lou Weisbach | Chairman & CEO, Teamscape | |
| Howard L. Stone | Senior Managing Director, American Express Tax and Business | |
| Peter Willmott | Chairman, Children's Memorial Med. Cen. |