Nancy Pautsch, Chairperson

President, Envision IT

Nancy Pautsch is the Chief Evangelist of Stakeholder Value (President) of Envision IT, a group of driven, curious, and compassionate people growing a soulful company. Envision’s mission is to enrich the lives of their stakeholders. Their business is technology consulting focused on optimization helping to ensure technology is an enabler to employee engagement and business success. Envision IT is the go-to technology partner for organizations across the U.S.

Nancy has been in the technology industry for 20+ years focused on business development. Keys to her leadership are a growth mindset and fostering collaborative cultures that breed a grounded sense of purpose while striving for excellence. Since heading-up Envision’s strategic transformation, the company has achieved triple-digit growth to the top and bottom line. Additionally, Envision has been lauded locally for their contributions to the community and economy; recognized globally in the technology industry as ‘best of the best’ for engineering quality, innovation, and customer experience; and highlighted by the Conscious Capitalism movement as a model for stakeholder orientation.

Dan Golden

President and co-Founder, Be Found Online

Dan Golden is a digital marketing executive, entrepreneur, epic prankster and business innovator. As co-founder of digital ad agency Be Found Online (BFO), he has built a business model on employee empowerment and giving back to the community. Dan has been chugging the conscious capitalism kool-aid (ok…. more like some form of organic kool-aid) even before discovering the movement and is honored to have found his tribe of like-minded business leaders.

Running a conscious business with a commitment to employee engagement and a radical approach to open-book management, BFO was recently recognized as Ad Age’s #1 Best Place to Work and spent 6th straight years as one of Inc. 5,000’s Fastest Growing Companies. Dan is a frequent speaker at digital marketing conferences but has the most fun speaking about BFO’s company culture. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes and is also an adjunct lecturer at DePaul University & Northwestern University in Chicago.

Daphne Dolan

CEO, City Staffing

A native of Ireland, Daphne Dolan brings a unique blend of education, marketing and human resources to her leadership role at City Staffing. Before becoming the CEO of City Staffing, Daphne began her career in education as a teacher. She spent several years developing the minds and athletic abilities of students as a coach and an English/History teacher. 

She later joined AC Nielsen in Ireland before transferring to the worldwide corporate headquarters of AC Nielsen in Chicago. In 2000, she joined City Staffing as the CEO, trading her marketing savvy to enter the world of human resources.  City Staffing is one of the chapter’s Corporate Sustaining Members.

In addition to her role on the Advisory board, Daphne is an active member of the Union League Club, has held a Board position with Pro Nurse, and has been involved for many years with the following industry organizations: HRMAC, American Staffing Association, Professional Women’s Association and the Illinois Staffing Association.

Marc Blackman

CEO, Gold Eagle Brands

Marc Blackman is CEO of Gold Eagle Co., an 86-year-old privately held Chicago-based family business that is driven to protect and preserve the things we love. Gold Eagle is an innovative provider of premium solutions that protect, preserve, and enhance the performance of consumer and durable goods which also help sustain the environment. Marc has created a ‘People First’ culture at the company that is focused on quality, ethics and integrity.

As an Advisory Board Member, Marc lives out the values of Conscious Capitalism every day and is passionate about fostering the heroic spirit of business.  Under Marc’s leadership, Gold Eagle has contributed to the Conscious Capitalism movement by serving as a Sustaining Sponsor of the Chicago Chapter.