our team
Borislava Karageorgieva, MBA'04, CFA, PAHM
Board President
Borislava Karageorgieva is a corporate finance expert with experience in financial compliance and regulatory analysis, mergers and acquisitions, angel investing and entrepreneurship, and board governance. She has worked both in early-stage and in mature companies, and internationally. Borislava is a Board Director and Past President of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club of Chicago. She judges, coaches, and mentors entrepreneurs in the alumni and the global new venture challenge tracks in the accelerator program of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago. She has co-founded a couple of businesses, including a for-profit and a non-profit. She is a member of the Global Entrepreneurial and Investor Network of the University of Chicago. Borislava is an Adjunct Instructor in the University of Chicago Professional Education, teaching courses on Corporate Financial Strategy and Decision-Making and Risk Management. She received her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an undergraduate finance degree in Sofia, Bulgaria, and is a CFA charterholder.
Greg Thomas, BA’81, MD’85, MBA’96
Senior Advisor & Co-founder
Greg is an alumnus of the College, Pritzker School of Medicine, and Chicago Booth. Following his studies at the University of Chicago and after completing an internship in general surgery, a residency in anesthesiology, and a fellowship in chronic pain management, Greg elected to go into the family businesses. He now leads a multi-state enterprise that includes 11 car dealerships in Indiana, Illinois, and Florida. He is also an active investor in multiple commercial real estate projects, insurance and reinsurance firms, and finance companies. Greg is passionate about the University of Chicago Medicine and is a dedicated volunteer to the broader University. At Chicago Booth, he is a member of the Chicago Club and CEO Roundtable and also serves as a director of the Booth Alumni Board. His volunteerism with the College includes serving as co-chair of his College Reunion. In addition, Greg is a member of and investor in Hyde Park Angels. Greg coached four teams in the Polsky Alumni New Venture Challenge and was a judge in the semi-finals.
Anjoo Rai-Marchant, MBA’08
Director
Anjoo Rai-Marchant is a board director, an enterprise SaaS/cloud technology executive and an investor with experience building and scaling global businesses. She has comprehensive technology experience covering professional services, software, hardware, infrastructure, mobile and product development, having held CIO, CTO, COO and CEO roles across multiple industries. She has lived and worked in Europe, India and the US leading organizations of all sizes from global multinationals (EY, Barclays) to mid-markets to start-ups.
Amalesh Sanku, MBA’99
Marketing and Communications Chair
Amalesh is currently President and CEO at Sagertech Communications, a strategic marketing consulting company. He leads strategy and marketing engagements for telecommunications and medical technology companies with engagements in strategic planning, corporate strategy, marketing, and sales strategies.
Amalesh has worked at and partnered with some of the top technology companies in the USA, such as Sprint, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Ciena, E.F. Johnson, and Mpower communications.
Amalesh currently serves as a Director and an Officer on the Board of Gateway Foundation a $110M non-profit drug and alcohol addiction counseling service.
Amalesh has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an M.S. in Computer Science from Oklahoma State University, and a B.S. in Engineering in Electronics and Communications from the University of Madras, India.
Tom Chowaniec, MBA’98
Director
Tom Chowaniec has 30 years of professional experience, most recently as a private equity operating executive with two successful exits. Prior to that, Tom led Global sales and service teams at GE Healthcare, Cardinal Health, and Leica Microsystems. Tom has venture and private equity portfolios, and led diligence for multiple startups. Tom has served on multiple for-profit and non-profit boards. Tom received his Chicago Booth MBA with Honors in 1998. Tom also received a BSEE magna cum laude from Marquette University in 1993.
Bill Roule, BA'79, MBA’81
Treasurer
Bill Roule is an alumnus of both the College and Chicago Booth (or the Graduate School of Business as it was known back then). He is a retired corporate tax expert with experience in both public accounting and private industry. His areas of professional focus include planning, compliance, and audits for all areas of corporate taxation: Federal and state income, franchise, property, payroll, sales and use, etc. He had also implemented the financial accounting for income taxes for Inland Steel Industries, a then Fortune 500 company. He is currently Treasurer of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club (of Chicago), the largest alumni network of Chicago Booth. Besides his MBA, Bill has received a Master of Science in Taxation from DePaul University and has passed the CPA exam.
Brian Buehling, MBA’00
Sourcing Committee Chair
Brian Buehling is the Founder and Managing Director of Dakota Systems, a technology firm specializing in product content delivery with offices in Chicago and Shanghai. As a company operator and advisor, he has expertise in technology innovation, business development, and strategic marketing. Prior to Dakota, he led content management system initiatives for several companies including Wolters Kluwer Health, John Deere and AT&T. His team’s decision support system at John Deere Health was selected as a Finalist for Business Intelligence Applications at Comdex/Window World Open and was nominated for the Smithsonian Award for innovation in information technology. He has earned a M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Strategy from the University of Chicago and a M.S. in Systems Science and Mathematics from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Additionally, he has academic experience as a visiting lecturer at Boston University (CDIA) and Ohio University teaching business communication and computational theory. He is also an active early stage investor concentrating on emerging markets and industrial marketplace solutions.
Jacqueline Horwitz, JD'22
Corporate Secretary
Jacqueline Horwitz has been with CBAN Chicago since 2021. Her past experience includes working as Summer Associate at Kirkland & Ellis, Program Coordinator at a wealth management consulting firm, and a Program Manager at a recently acquired startup. She also has experience working with startups through The Innovation Clinic during her time as a law student. She is expected to graduate with an MBA from Chicago Booth in 2024, and holds a J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School and a B.A. in Political Economy and Classics with a minor in Mandarin from the University of California, Berkeley.
Zip Payne Communications, Marketing, and Legal Intern
Zip Payne is an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago expected to graduate in 2023 with a BA in Law, Letters, and Society and a minor in Creative Writing. Before joining CBAN Chicago in 2022, Zip has worked as a legal intern for the Davis Levin Livingston legal firm, as an editorial intern for Hawaii Home + Remodeling Magazine, and as a writing consultant for HI Mediation. In addition to working with CBAN Chicago, Zip is currently a Preservation Assistant at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center and a mentor with UChicago-affiliated performing group Off-Off Campus.