As BBDO’s Global Business Leader for SC Johnson, Anne’s focus is ensuring BBDO and their partners around the world collaborate to create brilliant strategies, ideas and integrated communications that work “media to shelf” to accelerate growth for SCJ. Her professional experience prepares her well for this.

Prior to taking on this role, Anne served as COO of Omnicom’s Batten & Co, a consultancy that works with C-Suite clients to help them achieve transformational growth. Their client roster spanned the Health, Agriculture, Beauty, CPG, Hospitality, Luxury and Entertainment categories.

Prior to joining Omnicom, Anne led Strategy and Business Development in Kraft Foods’ Meals Division. She began her career at Leo Burnett, working on the P&G account for eight years. Anne’s passion is developing and coaching others to achieve their full potential. She accomplishes this as a member of the Faculty of BBDO University and is also actively involved in mentoring many professionals in the Omnicom global community. She is currently the Executive Sponsor advising the LGBTQ ERG OpenPride.

She is currently the Executive Sponsor advising LGBTQ colleagues at BBDO and other Omnicom agencies on the formation of an ERG and the launch of a chapter of Omnicom’s OpenPride in Chicago.

She is the proud mother of three amazing young adults, one of whom is a member of the LGBTQ community.

Jason Lyrla is an audit partner at BDO, where he is responsible for the performance of financial statement audits and audits of internal control for companies in the technology, manufacturing, and professional services industries. He has experience conducting audits under PCAOB and AICPA auditing standards, and serves as a partner on audits of both public SEC registrants and privately-held companies, including those in the emerging growth space. Jason has been an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the Chicago corporate community throughout his career, and has been recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as a "Notable LBGTQ Executive" and the Windy City Times with its "30 Under 30" award.

Krishna has been a leader in health care for more than 16 years. He currently serves as Vice President, Enterprise Network Solutions at Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas. In this role, he is responsible for developing and executing strategy and operations for enterprise-wide initiatives such as Health Data Exchange, Provider Reporting and Value Based Care to improve health outcomes and care affordability across five states and 16 million members. Krishna is passionate about collaboration, innovation, and use of data to improve patient outcomes, access and affordability of care.

Before joining BCBS in November 2017, he served as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of DuPage Medical Group (DMG) and its subsidiary Boncura Health Solutions. He was responsible for the analytics and operations of value based care, revenue cycle, and practice management for DMG and other health system clients. Before that, he held other executive roles at DMG, including Chief Information and Transformation Officer, and Executive Director of Value Driven Health Care. Prior to DMG, Krishna served as Director of Technical Services of Epic Systems Corporation, a leading provider of health care software. At Epic, he was involved in large-scale electronic health record implementations across the U.S. for clients, including Kaiser Permanente, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Texas Health Resources, and Geisinger Health System.

Krishna is also an instructor in The University of Chicago’s Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics program, teaching the Big and Little Data in Healthcare course. Krishna is affiliated with several associations, including the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (India); a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago; and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. In his free time, Krishna advises start-up health care IT companies, volunteers with local nonprofit organizations and enjoys traveling to new countries.

Lupe Sanchez is the Small Business Banker Manager for the Small Business Consultants in East Expansion. His market covers Indiana, Pittsburgh and Kentucky.

Lupe has 20 years of banking experience, 10 of which have been with Bank of America. Prior to being an SBBM he held roles as a Consumer Market Leader in Chicago and the Operations Market Manager in Arkansas. Lupe grew his career within Bank of America, starting as a Financial Center Manager in Chicago.

Lupe was born and raised in Illinois, moving from Chicago to Cicero in his youth. Being witness to and experiencing social injustice, prejudice and discrimination only fueled his desire to give back to the community that helped raise him.

Lupe just purchased a home in the western suburbs of Chicago. When not out in the field he volunteers at multiple non-profits, including as a board member for Casa Central and is the Co-Chair of LGBTQ+ Employee Network Group in Chicago as well as being part of the Hispanic Business Council and Chicago Racial Equity Committee within Bank of America. He works to ensure that everyone can bring their full self to work within Bank of America.