Officers
Francesca DeBiase
Chair
Board Director – Sysco Corp and Norfolk
Southern Corp.
Dana Thompson, MD, MS, MBA, FACS
Vice Chair / Chair Elect
Division Head, Otolaryngology, Vice Chair of Ambulatory Practice, Pediatric Surgery, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Tracey Benford
Secretary-Treasurer
Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs
Deb Boyda
Immediate Past Chair
Former CEO/Dentsu International Network.
Corporate Board Director
Board Members
Cathy Birkeland
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, Former Chicago Office Managing Partner and Global Co-Chair Capital Markets Practice Group
Kathy Bolhous
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Charter Next Generation
Joan Bottarini
Chief Financial Officer, Hyatt Hotels
Barbra Bukovac
PwC Vice Chair
Christina Corley
President, International & Vice Chair, CDW
Marsha Cruzan
Former Regional President, U.S. Bank
Janet Foutty
Former Executive Chair of the Board, Deloitte US
Natasha Galavotti
Strategic Advisor, Food Manufacturing and Former President, Bimbo QSR
Yonhee Choi Gordon
Former Principal, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Marketing Officer, JMG Financial Group
Sara Greenstein
CEO, Axel Johnson Inc.
Jennifer Lyons
President and General Manager, CBS Chicago
Beth Kirk Malecki
Senior Partner, US Central Zone Leader, Mercer
Suzet McKinney
Founder, Benson Consulting Group, LLC.
Dee Merriwether
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, W.W. Grainger Inc.
Celena Sarillo
Executive Director, Start Early
Julie Scott
President, CEO and Founder, CTS Impact
Zaldwaynaka (“Z”) Scott
President, Chicago State University
