Graham is a partner at an international IP-focused law firm. He previously was Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Justice Department, overseeing a variety of technology related national-security matters and international IP enforcement. He also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. Graham began his career at the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. He followed that with a clerkship on the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit and partnership with Kirkland & Ellis. Graham’s nonprofit experience includes serving on the board the Chicago Foundation for Education for over 20 years, including chairing that board, on the Board of Governors of the 7th Circuit Bar Association, and on the board of Metropolitan Family Services. 

Andrew has practiced law in Chicago for over 20 years in the field of tax and estate planning. He is a partner in a boutique law firm with a national and international private client practice. Andrew is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and an Academician of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. He has held  leadership positions in several bar organizations over the years. Andrew served as an adjunct faculty member in Northwestern University School of Law’s Tax L.L.M. program from 2012 - 2018. He earned his law degree from Cornell Law School, where he was a John M. Olin Scholar in Law & Economics and an Articles Editor for the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Since 2005, Andrew has served on the board of a charitable trust, established in 1906, that operates a continuing care retirement community. He currently chairs that board. Andrew recently served a two-year term on the Board of Education for Kenilworth School District No. 38 (K-8), where he chaired the board’s Policy Committee.

Caren earned her Bachelor of Science degree in oceanography at the U.S. Naval Academy (2000), where she was a member of Navy’s women’s lacrosse team. She served as an adjutant in the U.S. Marine Corps and subsequently earned her M.Ed. at the University of Phoenix (2008). Caren is a senior instructor in mathematics department at Culver Academies, where she was the recipient of the Ralph Manuel Award in 2014, the Dicke Chair of Educational Technology in 2018, and was named a Laurisden Fellow from 2014 – 2018. She has served in leadership roles for the Honor Council, professional learning community teams, curriculum teams, and the Brian M. Barefoot Social Entrepreneurship Committee. She served on the Batten Scholarship and Cum Laude committees. From 2018 – 2020, Caren moved to NJ where she served as Dean of Teaching &  Learning, chaired the math department, coached girls’ lacrosse and field hockey, and served as a dorm head at Blair Academy.

Matt is a senior finance executive with over 15 years of experience as a corporate restructuring advisor, most recently as a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal, and also served as interim CFO of an EdTech company. He has volunteered in education for over 20 years, serving as an SAT tutor for several high schools and mentoring organizations, and helped to launch the Los Angeles chapter of Minds Matter, an intensive academic mentoring organization serving academically ambitious, low-income high school students. He lives in Santa Monica, CA, where he has two children in public school and serves on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Financial Oversight Committee. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Lucy is a partner at a national law firm, where she advises clients on a range of estate planning and trust-related activity. She earned her J.D. in 2011 from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she was an Associate Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review and the Vice President of the Federalist Society. She holds a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University. Lucy served as an adjunct faculty member in Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s Tax L.L.M. program from 2018 to 2020, and she continues to appear as a guest lecturer there. Her non-profit experience includes having served on the Board of Directors for HealthConnect One, an organization focused on improving pregnancy, birth, and early parenting experiences through community-based programs. Currently, Lucy is a member of the Grants Committee of the Lake County Community Foundation. She and her husband are raising three school-aged children.

Katherine has worked in digital advertising and technology for over 20 years, currently in Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook. Previously, she was Vice President of Advertising Solutions at Yahoo!, Global Partnerships Director at Time Warner, and Director of Business Development at DoubleClick in both New York and Hong  Kong. Katherine holds a B.A. from Duke University and an M.B.A. from University of Denver. Her mother was a public elementary school teacher for 30 years, who kindled her passion for learning, critical thinking and free speech.