Chicago Committee Staff

Venu Gupta, Executive Director

Venu Gupta joined the Chicago Committee as the organization's Executive Director in January 2006. Prior to joining the Chicago Committee, Ms. Gupta was the Director of Diversity Education & Outreach at Northwestern University School of Law.  Through her experiences in law school administration, private practice and non-profit organizations, she brings a working knowledge of the Chicago legal community and law firms on issues of diversity.  Ms. Gupta received her Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1999. Subsequently, she was a law clerk for the Honorable David H. Coar of the Northern District of Illinois.


Phone: (312) 980-6550
Email: vgupta@chicagocommittee.org

Gail Kim, Program Director/Director of Operations

 

Gail Kim joined the Chicago Committee as the organization's Program Director/Director of Operations in January 2010.  Prior to joining the Chicago Committee, Ms. Kim was a rising sixth year litigation associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and Chair of the Chicago Committee Associate Board.  Ms. Kim brings extensive experience with the Chicago Committee, tremendous passion for the issue of diversity in the legal community, and great knowledge about large law firms to the organization. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Cabrini Green Legal Aid and is the co-chair of its Young Professionals Board.  Ms. Kim received her Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law and her B.A. in Asian American Studies from the University of Michigan. 

Phone: (312) 980-6552
Email: gkim@chicagocommittee.org

Eileen S. Rosete, Program Assistant

 

Eileen S. Rosete joined the Chicago Committee as the organization's Program Assistant in January 2008.  Before relocating to Chicago in September 2007, Ms. Rosete received her Bachelor's Degree in Asian American Studies and a minor in Film and Media Studies from the University of California, Irvine. She comes to the Chicago Committee with a strong background in diversity issues, having supplemented her academic work with internships through the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Smithsonian Institution.

Phone: (312) 980-6554
Email: erosete@chicagocommittee.org