Officers

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
  
  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.