Board of Directors

Lisa Konik Aronin
Board Member
Boys & Girls Club of Chicago

Jeff Bethke, Ex-Officio
CEO
Ingenuity Advising

James Blair
President and CEO
F.H. Paschen

John Bucksbaum
CEO
Bucksbaum Retail Properties LLP

Gisselle Castillo-Veremis
Consul General
Executive Director at Global Foundation for Democracy and Development

Gery J. Chico
Partner
Chico & Nunes

Larita Clark, Ex-Officio
CEO
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

Ricardo Estrada
President and CEO
Metropolitan Family Services

Marilynn Kelly Gardner, Ex-Officio
President and CEO
Navy Pier

Scott Goodman
Principal
Farpoint Development

Sandra P. Guthman
Chair, Board of Directors
Polk Bros. Foundation

Dean M. Harrison
President and CEO
Northwestern Memorial HeathCare

Adam L. Hoeflich
Partner
BartlitBeck LLP

John O. Hudson, III
Former President and CEO
Nicor Gas

Steve Koch
Managing Director
Bowline Group

Connie Lindsey
EVP & Head Corporate Social Responsibility
Northern Trust

Laura Martin
Partner
Katten

Charles R. Matthews
President & CEO
Peoples Gas & North Shore Gas

Richard Price
Chairman and CEO
Mesirow

Jorge Ramirez
Managing Director
GCM Grosvenor

Bridget Reidy
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Smita Shah
Founder & CEO
SPAAN Tech

John Simpson
Partner
Broadhaven Capital Partners

Eric Smith
Vice Chair
BMO Harris

Emily Heisley Stoeckel
Chairman of the Board
The Heico Companies and Heico Holding

Robin Loewenberg Tebbe
President
LIFT Office LLC

Michael A. Toolis
Civic Leader

Kelly Welsh
President
The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago