Ellen A. Rudnick

Since 1999, Ms. Rudnick has served at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She is currently a Senior Advisor and Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, and she previously served as the Executive Director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Prior to joining the University of Chicago, Ms. Rudnick served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare Knowledge Resources, President of HCIA, Chairman of Pacific Biometrics and Corporate Vice President of Baxter Healthcare Corporation.

Ms. Rudnick currently serves on the boards of directors of Patterson Companies (since 2003; NASDAQ), HMS Holdings, Corp. (since 1997; NASDAQ) and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (since 2001).

She has spent over thirty years in business management and entrepreneurial activities, primarily in the health care and information services industries. She serves in various leadership positions with several civic and nonprofit organizations in the Chicago metropolitan area, including having served on the board of the Northshore University Health System for over 20 years and on the board of Hyde Park Angels, and currently is on the boards of directors of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Center (1871) and Matter. She is the recipient of several honors, including the Today’s Chicago Woman 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame Award, the YWCA Leadership Award and the Illinois Venture Capital Industry Richard J. Daley Award.

Ms. Rudnick is a member of our Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Ms. Rudnick earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Italian (with a minor in Economics) from Vassar College in 1972 and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Chicago in 1973.