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, BMO Harris Bank
Marcy R. Carlin
Senior Vice President, Essex Investment Management
Michelle L. Collins
President, Cambium, LLC
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
Jodi Block
Civic Leader
Kathleen Boege
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Wintrust
Thomas M. Carroll
CEO of TMC Leadership Consulting, LLC
Esther Choy
Founder & Chief Story Facilitator, Leadership Story Lab
Kathleen M. Cronin
Senior Managing Drrector, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, CME Group
Monique Brinson Demery
Historian & Author
Deirdre C. Drake
EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, US Cellular Corporation
Paul H. Dykstra
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
Michael Fassnacht
CEO & President, FCB Chicago
Linda Filler
President, Retail Products & Chief Merchandising Officer, Walgreens (Retired)
Jennifer Friedes
Screenwriter, filmmaker & former attorney
Graham C. Grady
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Jacqueline Griesdorn
Educator, Francis Parker School
Suren Gupta
EVP, Technology & Operations, The Allstate Corporation
Francia Harrington
Executive leadership, Civic Engagement & Strategic Partnerships, Fifth Third Bank
David F. Heroy
Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Adam Hoeflich
Partner, Barlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Sctorr LLP
Christine Holmes
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
DeLu Jackson
VP Precision Marketing, Conagra Brands
David Kenzer
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, HERE Technologies
Shobi Khan
President & COO, General Growth Properties, INC
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
VP, Economic Development, ComEd
Linda Johnson Rice
Chairman, Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
Michelle Rindt
VP, 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
President & CEO, SG360°
Rodd M. Schreiber
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mark Sproat
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Follett Corporation
Linda J. Stephans
Institutional Consulting Director & Managing Director, Graystone Consulting
Cherryl Thomas
President & CEO, Ardmore Associates
Elizabeth Tulach, CFA, CPA
Managing Director, Investment Strategy, The Boeing Company
Marcus Wedner
Co-Managing Partner, CIVC Partners
Michael Wilson
KPMG, LLC, Principal, Risk Management
Dina Yaghmai Payvar, MD
Co-Director, Physicians Laser & Dermatology Institute, Northwestern University
Life Directors
John L. Brennan
Head, Private Wealth Management, William Blair & Company LLC
Rocco J. deGrasse, J.D.
Managing Director, The Claro Group
James R. Donnelley
General Partner, Ampersand, Reset & South Eastern LP
Sondra B. Epstein
Civic leader
James F. Feldstein
President, Charles R. Feldstein & Company, Inc
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
Ella D. Strubel
Managing Director, EllaQuent Designs
Audrey Bables Tuggle
Civic Leader
Dia S. Weil
President, CEO and Director, Mercantec, Inc.