Board of Directors

 

Paulita A. Pike, Chair *
Partner
Ropes & Gray

Ray Whitacre, Treasurer *
Managing Director
Co-Head of US Commercial Bank
BMO Harris Bank

Brayton B. Alley
Senior Vice President | Director of Client Development – Central Region
Northern Trust

Ayodeji Ayodele
Wealth Strategist
Northern Trust

Frank D. Ballantine
Member
Dykema

Kate Blomgren
CEO
Pig & Magnum, LLC

Stephen A. Brodsky
Global Chief Financial Officer
The Britannica Group

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
Former Senior Vice President, Fuels Supply and Midstream
BP

Patrick R. Daley
Partner
Conlon & Co.

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

Philip L. Engel
President (Retired)
CNA Insurance Companies

Gregory S. Gallopoulos
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
General Dynamics

C. Gary Gerst *
General Partner
Cornelius & Lothian

Edward Hall
Artistic Director
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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

Tim Hannahs
Executive Vice President, Investment Management
Wintrust Private Client

Kathryn J. Hayley
Independent Board Director

Stewart S. Hudnut
Consultant
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

William R. Jentes *
Civic Leader

John P. Keller
Chairman
Keller Group, Inc.

Richard A. Kent
Chairman and CEO
Kentco Capital Corporation

Chase Collins Levey
Author

Judy Loseff
Producer

Renetta McCann
Chief Inclusion Experience Officer
Publicis Groupe

Raymond F. McCaskey *
Retired CEO
Health Care Service Corporation

Jess E. Merten
Chief Financial Officer
Allstate Corporation

Kimberly Motes
Executive Director
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Linda K. Myers *
Partner (Retired)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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

Jennifer O'Neill
Vice President, Relationship Manager
Wintrust Financial Corporation

Dennis Olis *
Chief Financial Officer
Cresco Labs

Mark S. Ouweleen, Immediate Past Chair
Partner
Bartlit Beck LLP

Richard W. Porter *
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

Nazneen Razi *
President and Principal
NRHR Talent Consulting

Neal J. Reenan
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP

Lance Richards
Entrepreneur

Sheli Z. Rosenberg *
Principal
Roselin Investments

Robert Ryan
Vice President of Business Development
eChalk

Carole Segal
Co-Founder
Crate & Barrel

Richard L. Sevcik
Partner
Perkins Coie

Steven J. Solomon *
Consultant

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

Sheila G. Talton
President and CEO
Gray Matter Analytics

Marilynn J. Thoma *
Co-Founder
Carl and Marilynn Thoma Foundation

Gayle R. Tilles
Program Director
Connoisseur Arts

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

Priscilla A. (Pam) Walter *
Founder
Walter Law Offices

Donna Welch
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

In Memoriam
Richard J. Franke

 

* Denotes Executive Committee Members