Meet Our Officers & Directors
Officers
Robert A. Wislow, Chairman
Chairman, CBRE/U.S. Equities Realty
Wendy Berger
President, WBS Equities
David R. Casper
President, Chief Executive Officer & Group Head Commercial Banking, BMO Harris Bank
Marcy R. Carlin
Senior Vice President, Essex Investment Management
Michelle L. Collins
President, Cambium, LLC
Michael Fassnacht
CEO & President, FCB Chicago
Linda Filler, Civic Leader
Jose Martinez, Treasurer
TalentRISE, Managing Director
Trisha Rooney
President, R4Services, Inc.
Bruce Sagan, Secretary
Publisher, Herald Newspapers, Inc.
Cindy Pritzker, Chairman Emerita
Civic Leader
Rahm Emanuel, Honorary Chairman
Mayor, City of Chicago
Directors
Margaret Baczkowski
Senior Broker, @properties
Jodi Block
Civic Leader
Kathleen Boege
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Security, Wintrust
Esther Choy
Founder & President, Leadership Story Lab
Kathleen M. Cronin
Senior Managing Director, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, CME Group
Monique Brinson Demery
Historian & Author
Deirdre C. Drake
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, US Cellular Corporation
Angela Euston
Director of Member Relations, Independent Medical Co-op
Jennifer Friedes
Civic Leader; Independent Writing & Editing Professional
Graham C. Grady
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Jacqueline Griesdorn
Educator, Francis Parker School
Suren Gupta
Executive Vice President, Technology & Operations, The Allstate Corporation
Francia Harrington
Executive leadership, Civic Engagement & Strategic Partnerships, Fifth Third Bank
Adam Hecktman
Director of Technology & Civic Innovation for Chicago, Microsoft
David F. Heroy
Civic Leader
Adam Hoeflich
Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
DeLu Jackson
Vice President, Precision Marketing, Conagra Brands
David Kenzer
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, HERE Technologies
Shobi Khan
Civic Leader
Donna LaPietra
Executive Vice President, Kurtis Productions
Roger Liew
Operating Partner, Impact Engine
Cheryl Mayberry McKissack
Founder & CEO, Nia Enterprises LLC
Carlette McMullan
Principal, William Blair & Company, LLC
Sheila Owens
Vice President, Economic Development, ComEd
Linda Johnson Rice
Chairman, Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
Michelle Rindt
Vice President, Customer Service, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas
Anne Daley Ryan, M.D.
Attending physician, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
Andrea Sáenz
Chief Operating Officer, Chicago Community Trust
Mary Lee Schneider
Civic Leader
Rodd M. Schreiber
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mark Sproat
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Follett Corporation
Cherryl Thomas
President & CEO, Ardmore Roderick Associates
Elizabeth Tulach, CFA, CPA
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, The Boeing Company
Marcus Wedner
Co-Managing Partner, CIVC Partners
Michael Wilson
Principal, KPMG LLC
Dina Yaghmai Payvar, MD
Co-Director, Physicians Laser & Dermatology Institute, Northwestern University
Life Directors
John L. Brennan
Partner, Head of Investment Counseling, William Blair & Company LLC
Rocco J. deGrasse, J.D.
Managing Director, The Claro Group
Paul H. Dykstra
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
Sondra B. Epstein
Civic leader
James F. Feldstein
President, Feldstein Company, LLC
Marshall Field
Chairman, The Old Mountain Company
Stanley M. Freehling
Adivsory Director, Lehman Bros (Retired)
J. Ira Harris
J.I. Harris & Associates
Leslie S. Hindman
President & CEO, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
James H. Lowry
Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
John Rau
President & CEO, Miami Corporation
Frank A. Rossi
Chairman, FAR Holdings Co., LLC
Charlie A. Schrock
President & CEO, Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (Retired)
Maureen Dwyer Smith
Civic Leader
Linda J. Stephans
Institutional Consulting Director & Managing Director, Graystone Consulting
Ella D. Strubel
Managing Director, EllaQuent Designs
Audrey Bables Tuggle
Civic Leader
Dia S. Weil
President, CEO and Director, Mercantec, Inc.