Ellen Rudnick

Ellen Rudnick is an adjunct professor at Chicago Booth and teaches the Developing a New Venture Course (New Venture Challenge). She is a successful start-up executive, having served as chairman of Pacific Biometrics and CEO of Health Care Knowledge Resources. She has held positions as corporate vice president at Baxter Healthcare and president of Baxter Management Services Division, which she founded. Her current board experience includes: Liberty Mutual Insurance, Patterson Companies (NASDAQ: PDCO), Health Management Systems (NASDAQ: HMSY), First Midwest Bancorp (NASDAQ: FMBI) and Matter, a healthcare incubator. She has previously served on the boards of Hyde Park Angels (HPA) and 1871, a technology incubator.