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
