Board of Trustees

Executive Committee

Keating Crown
Chair

      Principal
Sterling Bay 
 
Dr. Stephanie B. Smith
Vice Chair
  Business Executive
 
Carole L. Brown
Treasurer
  Retired Executive Vice President, Head of Asset Management
PNC
 
Christopher M. Murphy
Secretary
 

Vice President, Chief Counsel
The Hertz Corporation

 
Douglas R. Brown   Civic Leader
 
Dennis Chookaszian   Retired Chairman and CEO
CNA Insurance Companies 
 
Chanel W. Coney       Director
CFI Partners
 
Nora Daley   Civic Leader
 
Amy Eshleman       Civic Leader
 
Rich Feitler       Founder
2120 Partners
 
Paul Goodrich       Civic Leader
 
Racquel Harris   Retired Business Executive
 
Jon Michael Hill   Ensemble Member
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
 
Liz Kramer Lefkofsky   President
Lefkofsky Family Foundation
 
Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr.   Market President and Managing Director - Wealth Management
The Northern Trust Company
 
Lynn Lockwood Murphy  

Civic Leader

 
Anne M. Phillips   Owner, Managing Director
The Edge Theater
 
Karen Rodriguez  

Ensemble Member
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 

 
Helen Zell       Executive Director
Zell Family Foundation
 
D. Cameron Findlay^   Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Archer Daniels Midland Company 
 
Bruce Sagan^  

Publisher

 
Brooke Flanagan   Executive Director
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
 
Glenn Davis   Artistic Director
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
 
Audrey Francis   Artistic Director
Steppenwolf Theatre Company

 

Trustees

Michelle A. Adams       Senior Managing Director, Global External Relations and Business Development
Tishman Speyer
 
Hubert Allen       Retired Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Abbott Labs
 
Michael W. Bender       Retired Senior Partner
Digital McKinsey 
 
Susan O. Berghoef   President
The Orlebeke Foundation
 
David Blowers, Jr.   Co-President, Financial Advisory
Kroll
 
Amy Bluhm   Civic Leader
 
Michael Brennan       CEO, Commercial Solutions
CRC Group
 
Bryce Cooper       Litigation Partner
Winston & Strawn
 
Beth Boosalis Davis   Retired Attorney
 
Ritu Dhingra   Chief Compliance Officer
High Pointe Capital Management, LLC
 
Aimee Graham   Assistant General Counsel
The Brattle Group
 
Dennis D. Howarter   Retired Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
Rebecca L. Johnston  

Co-Founder
Arundel Way Partners

 
Jeff Jozwiak  

Principal & Co-Founder
Norcon, Inc.

 
Chris Keogh  

Global Co-Head of Institutional Client Business, Asset & Wealth Management
Goldman Sachs

 
Sandra Marquez       Ensemble Member
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
 
Tarell Alvin McCraney   Ensemble Member
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
 
David E. Mendelsohn   Partner, Chicago Office
DLA Piper
 
Verett Mims   CFO
Blum Capital Partners
 
L. Heather Mitchell   Business Executive
 
Sarah Norris   Partner, Director of Portfolio & Wealth Advisory and Head of BBR Midwest, Portfolio & Wealth Advisory
BBR Partners
 
Yasen Peyankov   Ensemble Member
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
 
Deborah Quazzo   Managing Partner
GSV Ventures
 
Robert S. Rivkin   Senior Vice President & General Counsel
United Airlines
 
Brenda Robinson   Head of Film Finance and Inclusion Strategies
HiddenLight Productions
 
Marilynn Rubio   Executive Director of Civic and Social Impact, Executive Chairman’s Office
Clayco
 
Cari B. Sacks   Civic Leader
 
Matthew Shapiro   Manager
Mason Avenue Investments
 
Colette Cachey Smithburg   Real Estate Broker
@properties
 
Susan Stone   Civic Leader
 
Elliot A. Stultz   Senior Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
Allstate Insurance
 

Bryan Traubert

  

Chairman
Pritzker Traubert Foundation

 

Bridget M. Byrne

  

Director of Tax
Santa Barbara Management

 

Emeritus Trustees

J. Robert Barr        Retired Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
 
Lawrence Block   Retired Partner
Schiff Hardin LLP
 
Michael Cahan   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MAC Management Company, Inc
 
John N. Fox, Jr   Retired Vice Chairman and Global Director
Deloitte
 
Lawrence M. Gill   Retired Attorney and Executive
 
Robert J. Greenebaum, Jr.   Executive Vice President
CRC Group
 
John H. Hart   Founder - Chairman Emeritus
Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. 
 
Donna LaPietra   Executive Producer
Kurtis Productions, Ltd.
 
Eric Lefkofsky   Founder and CEO
Tempus
 
Kenneth J. Porrello   Executive Director
CEO Perspectives Program
 
Merle Reskin^   Civic Leader
 
Randall K. Rowe   Chairman
Green Courte Partners, LLC
 
Gloria Scoby^   Retired Group Publisher
Crain Communications
 
John R. Walter   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ASHLIN Management Company

Past Chairpersons

William L. Atwell

Larry D. Brady

Douglas R. Brown

Nora Daley

Laurence Edwards

John N. Fox, Jr.

Eric Lefkofsky

Elliott Lyon

Gordon Murphy^

William H. Plummer

Bruce Sagan^

Gloria Scoby^

Donna Vos

 

^In Memoriam