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BOARD of DIRECTORS
The ILIPA leadership is comprised of professionals with a diverse range in expertise and experience
Illinois IP Alliance Leadership
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Erwin Cruz
Chair
Forge & Fortress Corp.
Forge & Fortress Corp.
James Conley
Vice Chair
Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Mickie Piatt
Vice Chair
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Matt May
Treasurer
Banner & Witcoff
Banner & Witcoff
Mike Stubbs
Secretary
Secretariat International
Secretariat International
Lisa Peng
Deputy Secretary
Heller, Frisone & Pellizzari, Ltd.
Heller, Frisone & Pellizzari, Ltd.
Adam Kelly
Director & Emeritus Founding Chairman
WORKING BOARD
Brittany Martinez
Director, Co-Chair: Corporate IP
Ambir Technology
Ambir Technology
Jim Johnson
Director, Co-Chair: Corporate IP
Chamberlain Group
Chamberlain Group
Robert McSorley
Director, Co-Chair, Membership
Ocean Tomo
Ocean Tomo
Jyrell Keys
Director, Co-Chair: Education & Awareness
DePaul University
DePaul University
Kenny Matuszewski
Director, Co-Chair: Education & Awareness
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Pat Hayford
Director, Co-Chair: Operations
Corsearch
Corsearch
Nicole Kopinski
Director, Board Observer
Leydig, Voit Mayer, LTD
Leydig, Voit Mayer, LTD
Aseet Patel
Director
PatentOAResponse.com
PatentOAResponse.com
Sam Zellner
Director - USIPA
AT&T (Retired)
AT&T (Retired)
Nikhil Marathe
Director - USIPA/ILIPA
AT&T
AT&T
Brent Miller
Director
FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting
Simone Daley
Director
Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield
Will Smith
Director
Merge
Merge
Mark Alilovich
Director Global Procurement
Motorolo Solutions
Motorolo Solutions
Kate Berezutskaya
Greer, Burns & Crain
Sarah Biggs
McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Ashly Boesche
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, LLP
Lisa Iverson
Iverson IP
Alex Karana
Karana IP Law, LLC
James Malackowski
Ocean Tomo
Patrick Owens
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Peter Prommer
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Stefanie Schodrof
GEVERS
Kristi Stathis
Center for Applied Innovation
Brianna Panton
Director
Thomas Quinn, LLP
Thomas Quinn, LLP
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