Joan Steltmann

Joan Steltmann is proud to serve Bounce Children’s Foundation as CEO where she passionately transforms the lives of chronically ill children, and their families.  Under her leadership, Bounce has consistently grown at double digit rates and now serves more than 2,000 Kiddos, Siblings, and Parents.  Achieving the highest level of accreditation from GuideStar, Better Business Bureau, and Great NonProfits, Bounce also earned the highly coveted Social Innovator from Chicago Innovation led by renowned expert and Kellogg Professor, Tom Kuczmarski.

Prior to founding Bounce, Joan served as Executive Director for Starlight Children’s Foundation Midwest where she grew funding four-fold in less than five years. She has served as Vice President at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management leading development, governance, alumni relations, and community outreach. Joan launched her career at IBM in sales leadership, business development, digital marketing and strategic planning and was an active leader in the re-invention of the company.

Joan has been featured as Executive of the Month by Chicago Business Women magazine and cited in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune. Joan served on the board of directors for National Runaway Safeline, Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce, and the Wish Ball Board for the Make-A-Wish Foundation Illinois. Joan earned an M.B.A. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and a B.B.A. (highest honors) Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.