Officers and Directors

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

Sona Wang

Managing Director, Cimweek Partners, LLC

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