Meet Our Board of Managers
Officers
Steven P. Sorenson (Chairperson)
Caryn Rowe Africk (Vice Chairperson)
President, Merit Advisors, LLC
Chris Trick (Vice Chairperson)
Partner, Pritzker Private Capital
Lawrence G. Hund (Treasurer)
Bridget R. O'Neill (Recording Secretary)
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Members
Ali Akbar
Vice President, Product, Portfolio, and Digital Strategy, W.W. Grainger, Inc.
David Albright
Global Head of Client Development Wealth Management, Northern Trust
Brandon Allen
Property Manager Business Partner, Target
Lisa Anastasia
Executive Producer, Media Direct Productions
Clarence Carson
Senior Vice President, DCS Global
Bradley D. Chapin
Managing Director and Head of Global Corporate, BMO Capital Markets
Michael Clayborne
Senior Vice President, market Executive, Chicago Metro, Bank of America
Felicia Cummings
Vice President of Compensation, Exelon
Tom Day
CEO, Reyes Holdings Beer Division
James S. DiMatteo
Chairman & Trustee, Dodi Management Group A JSD LLC
Jeffrey W. Douthit
Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ben Erwin
President and CEO, Encore
Charles E. Frank
President, Z Frank, Inc.
Michelle Heron-Means
Director, National Engagement and Talent Leadership, Consolidated Flooring
Emeka Igwilo
Chief Data Officer & Vice President of Operations Support, Southern Company Gas
Nick Inman
CFO, Greater Chicago Region, Comcast
Peter Kadens
Chairman, Kadens Family Foundation
Joseph P. Karczewski
Managing Director, Andersen Tax LLC
Winston Langston III
Senior Sales Director, Gilead Sciences
Bishop Robert Lombardo, CFR
Director, Mission of Our Lady of the Angel
Patrick Martin
Managing Director, Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Thomas C. Miers
President, Naperville Bank & Trust
Vaishak Mittur
Director, Audit & Analytics, CME Group
Sheila M. Nelson
President, SMN Consulting
Meredith O'Connor
International Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Janna Patterson
Senior Vice President of Global Child Health and Life Support, American Academy of Pediatrics
Rachel Purches
Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ginger Purgatorio
Executive Vice President and General Manager, East Territory, Allstate
S. James Perlow
Attorney-at-Law
Kathy Roeser
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Paul Ruffin
Partner, Mercer
Ralston Simmons
Director, Information Security, Vivid Seats
Mason Smoot
Senior Vice President and Chief Restaurant Officer, McDonald's USA
Judith Toland
Vice President, Global Audience Marketing and Head of Office, Meta Chicago