Board of Directors

 

Steven J. Solomon, Chair*
President, Exelon Foundation
Vice President, Corporate Relations
Exelon 

Eric Q. Strickland, Treasurer*
Co-Managing Director, US Corporate Group (Retired)
Northern Trust 

Frank D. Ballantine
Partner
Clark Hill, PLC 

Brit J. Bartter
Vice Chairman, Investment Bank (Retired)
JP Morgan

John Blazey
Vice President, Global Corporate Citizenship
The Boeing Company 

Stephen A. Brodsky
Advisor
Cedar Street Asset Management 

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

Allan E. Bulley III
President
Bulley & Andrews, LLC

Clive Christison
Vice President Pipelines, Supply & Optimization
BP Fuels, North America

Patrick R. Daley
Managing Partner
Tur Partners, LLC

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

Philip L. Engel
President (Retired)
CNA Insurance Companies

Jeanne B. Ettelson
Civic Leader

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

Harve A. Ferrill
Chairman and CEO (Retired)
Advance Ross Corporation

Sonja Hammer Fischer
Civic Leader

Richard J. Franke
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus
Nuveen Investments

Barbara Gaines*
Artistic Director
Carl and Marilynn Thoma Endowed 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
Chicago Deferred Exchange Company

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
Global Chief Financial Officer
JLL

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

Madhavan Nayar
President
E-Prairie, Inc.

Christopher O’Brien
Engagement Partner
PwC

Dennis Olis*
Chief Financial Officer
Allscripts

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

Judith Pierpont
Civic Leader

Paulita A. Pike
Partner
Ropes & Gray

Richard W. Porter*
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

John Rau
President and CEO
Miami Corporation

Nazneen Razi*
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Health Care Service Corporation

Ingrid Razny
Owner
Razny Jewelers

Lance Richards
Civic Leader

Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Immediate Past Chair*
Principal
Roselin Investments

John W. Rowe*
Chairman Emeritus
Exelon Corporation

Robert Ryan
Vice President of Business Development
eChalk

Carole Segal
Co-Founder
Crate & Barrel

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.
Partner-in-Charge, National Audit Solutions
KPMG

Donna Van Eekeren
Executive Chairman
Land O’Frost, Inc.

Pallavi Verma
Senior Managing Director, US Midwest
Accenture

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

Ray Whitacre
Managing Director
Market Executive and Head of Diversified Industries Group
BMO Harris Bank

Ava D. Youngblood
Founder & CEO
Youngblood Executive Services 

*Denotes Executive Committee Members