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Nancy Sullivan

Investor

CEO, Managing Director, and Managing Principal at Illinois Ventures

Seymour, Illinois, United States

About

Nancy Sullivan holds the Larry Gies Family Chair in Business and is a Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is a Fortune 100 corporate director and economist whose research focuses on retirement income security, including work on Social Security, pensions, annuities, and long-term care. Sullivan has contributed to retirement policy through roles with the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, and the Social Security Advisory Board, and currently serves as a trustee of TIAA, where she chairs the Risk and Compliance Committee.

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Experience

  1. Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignLarry Gies Family Chair in Businesscurrent2024 — presentChampaign
  2. Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDean, Gies College of Business2015 — 2024
  3. Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignWilliam G. Karnes Professor of Finance2002 — 2015
  4. National Bureau of Economic ResearchResearch Associatecurrent1999 — present
  5. TIAAMember, Board of Trusteescurrent2009 — presentNew York, NY
  6. Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of AmericaPresident2023 — 2025Champaign, Illinois, United States
  7. Center for Audit QualityBoard Member2016 — 2022Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  8. Social Security Advisory BoardMember2006 — 2008
  9. White House Council of Economic AdvisersSenior Economist2001 — 2002
  10. Harvard Kennedy SchoolAssistant Professor1999 — 2002Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  11. Procter & GambleBrand Manager1990 — 1993Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD, Economics1995 — 1999
  2. Harvard Kennedy SchoolMPP, Public Policy1993 — 1995
  3. Miami UniversityBA, Economics1986 — 1990
  4. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy, Economics1995 — 1999
  5. Harvard Kennedy SchoolMaster of Public Policy1993 — 1995

Skills & more

Retirement Income StrategiesNon-profit Board Leadership4Financial Services2Nonprofit Organizations1Auditing1Accounting1Corporate Governance3Risk Management2Financial Reporting1Economics99Public Policy98Pensions22
+12 moreAnnuitiesFiscal PolicyResearchInsuranceRetirementEmployee BenefitsPolicy AnalysisEconometricsStrategyWritingAnalysisLeadership

From Nancy's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,289

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

+ 1,283 more

Also attended Harvard Kennedy School201

Jeremy PhilipsInvestor at Spark CapitalMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesAndrew ForysiakOwner, AJF and Associates at Riphean InvestmentsDouglas Lemott Jr.Vice President, SAP National Security Services at Riphean InvestmentsGayatri SarkarFounder and CEO at Advaita CapitalSteve SargeantSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital Advisors

+ 195 more

Also attended Miami University132

Kate WilschutzChief Financial Officer, Revolution Funds at RevolutionSean KwiatVice President, Investments at CincyTechKevin RileyBoard Member at CincyTechMike FitzgeraldInvestor at High AlphaKevin SchultzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesSam YehAnalyst at Miami University Redhawk Ventures

+ 126 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign4

Steven MillerFounding Partner at Origin VenturesRobert MetzgerGeneral Partner at MissionOGDr. Jeffrey BrownProfessor, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at Illinois VenturesMaanav AgrawalFounder at Memoir

Also worked at National Bureau of Economic Research10

Timur AkazhanovGeneral Partner at B4 CapitalTomas PhilipsonManaging Partner at MEDA VenturesBrandi CoatesGuild Member at Serac VenturesClara ZverinaPartner at AltorDr. Jeffrey BrownProfessor, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at Illinois VenturesAli RohdeCo-Founder and General Partner at Outset Capital

+ 4 more

Also worked at TIAA14

Clint MyersInvestor at RevolutionRyan CrumPartner at ClearSkyJackie ShobackC-Suite executive & operator at 1414 VenturesMark BatsiyanGeneral Partner at Inspired CapitalJosephine LeeInvestor at E14 FundHemant BhardwajInvestor at Taurus Ventures

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Also worked at Center for Audit Quality1

Dr. Jeffrey BrownProfessor, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at Illinois Ventures

Colleagues at Illinois Ventures

Christopher Valera
Operations Coordinator at Illinois Ventures
Dennis Hesch
Chairman, Executive VP, The Carle System at Illinois Ventures
Dr. Deb Paul
Director, Business Development & Licensing, Abbott Laboratories (Retired) at Illinois Ventures
Dr. Guy Padbury
SVP, Oncology Clinical Pharmacology at Illinois Ventures
Dr. Jay Walsh
Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation, University of Illinois at Illinois Ventures
Dr. Jeffrey Brown
Professor, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at Illinois Ventures
Dr. Joanna Groden
Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois Chicago at Illinois Ventures
Dr. Paul Ellinger
VP, CFO and Comptroller, University of Illinois (Ex-officio) at Illinois Ventures