Board of Directors

 

Mark S. Ouweleen, Chair*
Partner
Bartlit Beck LLP

Clive Christison, Treasurer*
Senior Vice President, Fuels Supply and Midstream
BP

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

Frank D. Ballantine
Member
Dykema

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

Patrick R. Daley
Partner
Conlon & Co.

Brian W. Duwe
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

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

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

C. Gary Gerst*
General Partner
Cornelius & Lothian

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

Tim Hannahs
Chief Operating Officer
MainStreet Investment Advisors, LLC

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

Linda K. Myers*
Partner (Retired)
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

Paulita A. Pike*
Partner
Ropes & Gray

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

Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Immediate Past Chair*
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

Donna Van Eekeren
Civic Leader

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

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

Elizabeth Yntema
Founder and President
Dance Data Project

In Memoriam
Richard J. Franke

 

* Denotes Executive Committee Members