The Chicago Lighthouse does employ (and/or is) affiliated with a number of the country's leading experts in their respective fields.

JOBS for people who are blind or visually impaired
James M. Kesteloot, Board Member and former Chicago Lighthouse President and Executive Director
Greg Polman, Chicago Lighthouse Senior Vice President/Public Policy
Sheila Perkins, Chicago Lighthouse Vice President of Employment Services
Rob Cancilla, Chicago Lighthouse Director of Facility Development for the Business Enterprise Program

NATIONAL and STATE POLICIES impacting people with visual impairments
Janet P. Szlyk, Ph.D., Chicago Lighthouse President/Executive Director and Professor, University of Illinois Chicago's Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences’ Low Vision Laboratory
James M. Kesteloot, Board Member and former Chicago Lighthouse President and Executive Director
Greg Polman, Chicago Lighthouse Senior Vice President/Public Policy

EDUCATION of children who are blind with multi-disabilities; Support systems for parents of children who are blind with multi-disabilities; Federal and state policy impacting children who are blind with multi-disabilities
Mary Zabelski, Chicago Lighthouse Vice President of Educational Services and Past President of National Association of Parents of Visually Impaired Children (NPVI)

VISION LOSS; helping individuals and their families cope with vision loss; Technological innovations in vision loss
Dr. Kara Hagerman, Chicago Lighthouse Director of Clinical Services
Dr. Alfred A. Rosenbloom, Founder and Chair Emeritus of The Chicago Lighthouse Low Vision Clinic
Dr. Tracey Matchinski, Chicago Lighthouse Staff Optometrist and Diplomate in Low Vision
Tom Perski, M.A., Chicago Lighthouse Vice President of Rehabilitation Services

LOW VISION RESEARCH and innovations
Janet P. Szlyk, Ph.D., Chicago Lighthouse Chicago Lighthouse President/Executive Director, University of Illinois Chicago's Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences’ Low Vision Laboratory

DISCRIMINATION facing people with visual impairments; LAWS safeguarding the rights of people who are blind or visually impaired
Judge Nicholas Pomaro, Chicago Lighthouse Director of the Kane Legal Clinic and Retired Cook County Judge

Assisting people who are visually impaired with their computer problems; Making U.S. currency easier to handle for people with visual impairments
Ray Campbell, Chicago Lighthouse Assistive Technology Support Line and American Council for the Blind Board Member