Board of Directors

 

Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Chair *
Principal
Roselin Investments

Paulita A. Pike, Treasurer*
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP

Frank D. Ballantine
Partner
Dykema

Patrick S. Barrett
Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
First Midwest Bancorp

Stephen A. Brodsky
Chief Strategy Officer
R.J. O'Brien & Associates

Binta Niambi Brown*
Founder
Omalilly Projects

Thomas L. Brown
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Retired)
RLI Corp 

Allan E. Bulley III
Chairman and CEO
Bulley & Andrews, LLC

Clive Christison
CEO and Director, Supply and Trading Eastern Hemisphere
BP Fuels, North America

Patrick R. Daley
Partner
Conlon & Co.

Brian W. Duwe
Managing Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Philip L. Engel
President (Retired)
CNA Insurance Companies

Kevin R. Evanich
Senior Member, Corporate Group
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Sonja Hammer Fischer
Civic Leader

Richard J. Franke
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus
Nuveen Investments

Barbara Gaines*
Artistic Director - Carl and Marilynn Thoma Chair
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

C. Gary Gerst*
General Partner
Cornelius & Lothian

Marguerite H. Griffin*
Senior Vice President, Director, Philanthropic Advisory Services
Northern Trust

M. Hill Hammock*
Chairman
Cook County Health & Hospital System 

Tim Hannahs
Managing Director
Fifth Third Private Bank 

Kathryn J. Hayley
CEO
Rosewood Advisory Services

Criss Henderson*
Executive Director
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Stewart S. Hudnut
Consultant
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

William R. Jentes*
Civic Leader

John P. Keller
Chairman
Keller Group, Inc.

Christie B. Kelly
Civic Leader

Richard A. Kent
Chairman and CEO
Kentco Capital Corporation

Barbara Malott Kizziah
Vice President
Malott Family Foundation

Chase Collins Levey
Author

Anna Livingston
Civic Leader

Judy Loseff
Producer

Renetta McCann
Chief Inclusion Experience Officer
Publicis Groupe

Raymond F. McCaskey*
Retired CEO
Health Care Service Corporation

Robert G. McLennan
Chief Executive Officer
Beacon Management Company

Jess E. Merten
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
Allstate Corporation

Linda K. Myers*
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Christopher O’Brien
Partner, State and Local Government Consulting Leader
Guidehouse

Dennis Olis*
Chief Financial Officer
Cresco Labs

Matthew O'Meara
Partner 
Mayer Brown 

Mark S. Ouweleen*
Partner
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, LLP

Judith Pierpont
Civic Leader

Richard W. Porter*
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

John Rau
President and CEO
Miami Corporation

Nazneen Razi*
President and Principal 
NRHR Talent Consulting

Neal Reenan
Partner
Latham & Watkins, LLP

Lance Richards
Entrepreneur

Robert Ryan
Vice President of Business Development
eChalk

Carole Segal
Co-Founder
Crate & Barrel

Steve Solomon, Immediate Past Chair*
Principal
PJH and Associates, Inc.

Harvey J. Struthers, Jr.
Chairman (Retired)
JPMorgan Private Bank Midwest

Sheila G. Talton
President and CEO
Gray Matter Analytics

Marilynn J. Thoma*
Co-Founder
Thoma Art Foundation

Gayle R. Tilles
Program Director
Connoisseur Arts

William J. Tomazin, Jr.
Regional Managing Partner, West Region
KPMG

Donna Van Eekeren
CEO and President
Springboard Arts Chicago

Priscilla A. (Pam) Walter*
Of Counsel
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP

Ray Whitacre*
Managing Director, Head of U.S. Diversified Industries Group
BMO Harris Bank

Elizabeth Yntema
Founder and President
Dance Data Project
 

*Denotes Executive Committee Members