David Schonthal is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management where he teaches courses in new venture creation and creativity, and is Executive Director of the school’s internal startup accelerator – the Zell Fellows program. He is also a Director in the Business Design practice at IDEO, an award-winning innovation consultancy.
David serves as a member of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship council, and is one of the Co-Founders of MATTER, a 25,000 square foot innovation center in downtown Chicago focused on catalyzing and supporting healthcare entrepreneurship. He has been featured as a contributor to Forbes and Inc., writing articles on topics of corporate entrepreneurship and innovation and has received several honors for his work, which recently include a Kellogg Faculty Impact Award for excellence in teaching, as well as being named to Crain’s Chicago Business magazine’s “40 Under 40” list.