Board of Directors
Officers
Directors
- Heather Alger
Managing Director, PNC Capital Markets - Margaret Baczkowski
Founder, MB Luxury Group; 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
Civic Leader; Historian & Author - Elizabeth Donnelley
Chief Operating Officer, Matthew Wong Foundation - Deirdre C. Drake
Corporate Director, US Cellular Corporation - Jennifer Friedes
Civic Leader; Independent Writing & Editing Professional - Mark Gartland
Sales Consultant, Crossland Literacy - Graham C. Grady
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP - Jacqueline Griesdorn, Ph.D.
Education Research Consultant - Suren Gupta
Executive Vice President, Technology & Operations, The Allstate Corporation - Francia E. Harrington
Civic Leader - Adam Hecktman
Philanthropy & Social Impact - Steve Hendry
Special Advisor, Access Entertainment - David F. Heroy
Retired Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP - Adam Hoeflich
Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP - 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 - Dane Mathews
Chief Digital Officer, Taco Bell - Cheryl Mayberry McKissack
Founder & CEO, Nia Enterprises LLC; President, Black Opal, Fashion Fair - Trisha Mowbray
Partner, Jones Day - Joseph Nigro
Senior Advisor to the Cheif Executive Officer, Exelon - Andrés Ordóñez
Chief Creative Officer, FCB - Sheila Owens
Director of Donor Relations, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois - Jane S. Park
Senior Vice President, Federal Governmental & Regulatory Affrais & Public Policy, Exelon - Linda Johnson Rice
Chief Executive Officer, Johnson Publishing Company, LLC - Trisha Rooney
President, R4 Services, Inc. - Marianna Ruiz
EVP & Executive Creative Director, Edelman - Priya Sadarangani
Managing Director, Chicago Market Executive, Bank of America - Andrea Sáenz
President & CEO, Chicago Community Trust - Rodd M. Schreiber
Retired Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP - Mark Sproat
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Follett Corporation - Laurence P. Szumski
Vice President, Customer Relations, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas - Cherryl Thomas
Chief Strategy Officer, Ardmore Roderick Associates - Wade Thomson
Partner, Jenner & Block - Elizabeth Tulach
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, The Boeing Company - Michael Wilson
Principal, KPMG LLP - Suzanne Yoon
Founder & Managing Partner, Kinzie Capital Partners
Life Directors
- John L. Brennan (in memoriam)
- Rocco J. deGrasse, J.D.
Managing Director, The Claro Group - James R. Donnelley (in memoriam)
- Paul H. Dykstra
Of Counsel, Ropes & Gray LLP - Sondra Berman Epstein (in memoriam)
- James F. Feldstein
President, Feldstein Company, LLC - Marshall Field V
Chairman, The Old Mountain Company - Stanley M. Freehling (in memoriam)
- J. Ira Harris*
- Leslie S. Hindman
Founder, Hindman Auctions - James H. Lowry
Senior Advisor, The Boston Consulting Group - Jose Martinez
Managing Partner, DHR International - Carlette McMullan
Principal, Willliam Blair - John Rau
President & CEO, Miami Corporation - Frank A. Rossi
Chairman, FAR Holdings Co., L.L.C. - Mary Lee Schneider
President & CEO, SG360° (retired) - Charlie A. Schrock
President & CEO, Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (retired) - Maureen Dwyer Smith
Civic Leader - Linda J. Stephans
Managing Director, Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone Consulting, Morgan Stanley - Ella D. Strubel
Managing Director, EllaQuent Designs - Audrey Bables Tuggle
Civic Leader - Dia S. Weil
President, CEO, Mercantec, Inc.
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