Meet Our Officers & Directors
Officers
Robert A. Wislow, Chairman
Co-Founder, Parkside Realty, Inc.
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
Michael Fassnacht
Chief Marketing Officer, City of Chicago
Linda Filler, Civic Leader
Jose Martinez, Treasurer
Managing Partner, DHR International
Bruce Sagan, Secretary
Publisher, Herald Newspapers, Inc.
Cindy Pritzker, Chairman Emerita
Civic Leader
Directors
Heather Alger
Managing Director, PNC Capital Markets
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
Michelle Collins
President, Cambium, LLC
Monique Brinson Demery
Historian & Author
Deirdre C. Drake
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer, Hear of Corporate Communications & Corporate Director, 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
Civic Leader
Adam Hecktman
Director of Technology & Civic Innovation for Chicago, Microsoft
Steve Hendry
Special Advisor, Access Entertainment
David F. Heroy
Independent Counsel
Adam Hoeflich
Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
DeLu Jackson
Vice President, Precision Marketing, Conagra Brands
Archana Kumar
Chief Operating Officer, Asset Management, Northern Trust
Andrew Ladd
Strategist, Upstream Thinking
Donna LaPietra
Executive Vice President, Kurtis Productions
Roger Liew
Operating Partner, Impact Engine
Bryan Logan
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Cheryl Mayberry McKissack
Founder & CEO, Nia Enterprises LLC
Carlette McMullan
Principal, William Blair & Company, LLC
Trisha Mowbray
Attorney, Jones Day
Joseph Nigro
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Exelon
Andrés Ordonéz
Chief Creative Officer, FCB
Sheila Owens
Director, Donor Relations, Boys and Girls Hope Illinois
Linda Johnson Rice
Chairman, Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
Randy Rivera
Executive Director, FinTEx
Founder & Principal, Keen Advisors
Trisha Rooney
President, R4 Services, Inc.
Andrea Sáenz
Chief Operating Officer, Chicago Community Trust
Mary Lee Schneider
Civic Leader
Rodd M. Schreiber
Retired Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mark Sproat
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Follett Corporation
Lawrence P. Szumski
Vice President, Customer Relations, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas
Cherryl Thomas
President & CEO, Ardmore Roderick Associates
Elizabeth Tulach, CFA, CPA
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, The Boeing Company
Michael Wilson
Principal, KPMG LLC
Suzanne Yoon
Founder & Principal, Kinzie Capital Partners
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.
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