Nancy Sullivan

Nancy Sullivan built Illinois Ventures’ team of top-tier investment and operations professionals and leads them in managing fundraising, investment strategy and limited partner relationships. She has deep experience in commercialization and entrepreneurship, specifically in the biotech and therapeutics industries.

A key advisor to startups, Nancy assists companies in obtaining venture capital funding, recruiting management teams and advising on business development and commercialization matters. She serves on the board of Diagnostic Photonics.

Prior to taking the helm at Illinois Ventures, Nancy served as the director of the Office of Technology Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and as senior director of strategic planning and business development for a biotechnology startup.

A Chicago native, Nancy is an active member of the Illinois healthcare and tech communities. She serves on the boards of iBio, a life sciences industry association that represents the 85,000 life sciences employees at member companies, universities, service providers and venture firm; Cures Within Reach, a research nonprofit that brings stakeholders together to undertake repurposing research opportunities; and MATTER a Chicago-based health tech accelerator. Nancy is also a German Marshall Fellow and participated in Leadership Greater Chicago.