Board of Directors 2021-2022

Officers

Mark Ferguson – Chair Partner, Bartlit Beck LLP
Mary Jo DeMaio - Vice Chair Community Philanthropist
Rocky Lopez* - Treasurer Principal and CFO, The Randolph Group
Molly Carroll - Secretary Executive VP, Tenant Representation, Jones Lang LaSalle

Executive Committee

Olivia Carberry* Assistant General Counsel, Exelon
Molly Carroll Executive VP, Tenant Representation, Jones Lang LaSalle
Kevin Conway  Partner, Cooney & Conway
​Mary Jo DeMaio Community Philanthropist
Mark Ferguson Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
Tony Goodman Executive Director, Pinnacle Treatment Centers
​​Michael King SVP, Financial Markets and Funds Group, Wintrust Financial
​Yan Krasov* Research Analyst, William Blair
Rocky Lopez* Principal and CFO, The Randolph Group
Wendy Manning Managing Principal, Demeter Strategy Design
Chris McComish Chief Executive Officer, S&T Bancorp Inc.
​Mary O’Leary Retired, Executive VP, HR, Publicis Media
John Ormsby Retired, Director of Health Services, US Foods
​Will Torres Associate Equity Specialist for Admissions, Whitman College and current Student at Harvard Graduate School of Education
​Jim Woldenberg CEO, Heathrow Scientific LLC

---

Members

Jorge Alonso US District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
Hank Bernbaum Founder and Former Chairman, High Sierra
Chris Boehm Managing Partner, Cresset Partners Private Capital
​Mar Borie Private Educator
Bob Brown, Senior Vice President, UBS Global Asset Management, Inc.
Doug Brown Community Philanthropist
Teri Brown Community Philanthropist
Dana Butler Former Principal, Irma C. Ruiz Elementary School
Gil Calderon Chief Investment Officer, M4 Capital Management
Amy Carnahan Senior Vice President, Marsh
Christopher Carlson Former COO, Asset Management, Northern Trust
Tracy Clark Records Coordinator, Barlit Beck LLP
Wheeler Coleman CEO and Founder, Executive Consultants United
Brad DeHond Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Tim Donohue Partner, Lantern Partners
Michael Earley Partner, Jones Day
James Epstein Retired, Appellate Judge
Fred Fisher Partner, Mayer Brown
​Justin Foley Head of Trading, The Gelber Group
Chuck Gately Founder and Former Chairman of the Board, LaSalle Systems
Katie Gottfred President and Founder, LEAP Learning Systems
​​Ellen Hoover* Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Jason Kang, MD United States Area Medical Director, Abbott​
​

Jason Kang, MD United States Area Medical Director, Abbott
​Jim Kaplan Lead Portfolio Manager, Structured Products, National Investment Services
Patrick Kempton Managing Director, PGIM Real Estate
Chris Klingenstein President, Albatross Wine Co. / CaSK Trading
Jim Lynch Retired, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
​Michael Millhouse Retired, Chief Investment Officer, Chicago Equity Partners LLC
Pete Mulvey Partner, RSM US LLP
Betsy Murphy Registered Nurse
Gretchen Murphy Assistant Deputy Director, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Odalo Ohiku* Deputy City Attorney, City of Milwaukee
Ralph Perez Counsel, Mergers and Acquisitions, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mason Phelps GMR Investments
Jennifer Richert Associate Director, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Scott Rubenstein Managing Director, BMO Harris Bank
Jeremy Schlee ​Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Brad Schotanus Senior Vice President, Wintrust Commercial Banking
Greg Shearson CEO, Cerebelly
Peter Skoglund Former Vice Chairman of Private Banking, USA Credit Suisse Group AG
Brittany Merritt Steadley Executive Director, The Steve Fund
Emanuel Tabachnik Community Philanthropist
Mark Van Grinsven Retired, Executive VP, Northern Trust'
​Nancy Van Grinsven, Community Philanthropist
Allen Weaver Senior Managing Director, Prudential Capital Group
Andy Weaver Client Development Advisor, RMB Capital​
Greg Zeeman CEO, Oasis Financial

---

​Chairman's Council

Phil Beck Partner, Bartlit Beck LLP
Bob Cooney Partner, Cooney & Conway 
Loretta Cooney Community Philanthropist
Tom Dwyer, Sr. Partner, Thomas J. Dwyer & Associates
Steve Elkins Partner, Financial Advisor, William Blair
David Grumhaus, Sr. Retired, EVP, Administration, Development and Acquisitions, Worldwide Chain Store Systems Ltd.
Bruce Hague Executive Managing Director and President of National Commercial Banking and Regional Markets, CIBC
Craig Henderson President, C.W. Henderson & Associates
Jerry Johnston Chairman of the Board, PinpointCare
Tom Kearney Partner, Moran & Company

​Mike Keiser Owner, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
​Scott Kilrea Retired, President, The Letco Group LLC
Roger McEniry Partner, Dolan, McEniry Capital Management
Tom Moran Chairman, Moran & Company
Jim Murphy President and Chairman, Grow Forward
Bob Murphy SVP, Commercial Real Estate Services, Wintrust Financial Corporation
John Russell Founder, Versatile Capital Management
Ira Schulman Managing Principal and Co-Founder, Walton Street Capital
David Shaw Managing Partner, Harbor Capital LLC
Bill Shean President, Shean & Co. Inc.
​Bob Thomas Community Philanthropist
Lee Tenzer Retired, Chairman and CEO, The Letco Group, LLC​

---

Associate Board

Jessica Glyman - Chair Dolan McEniry
Salvatore Licata - Vice Chair PepsiCo
Elisa Manrique* - Secretary Goldman Sachs
Karl Morcott - Treasurer Accenture
Michael Adegoke* Post-Baccalaureate Student
Kathryn Arkin Northwestern Medicine
Ashley Boerner PSAV Presentation Services
Matthew Clark Merrill Lynch
Michael Clewlow Venture One Real Estate
Clare Conaty Huron Consulting
Kathleen Conaty Ernst and Young
Patrick Conaty Associated Bank
Rogelio Duenas* ComEd
Michael Educate Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
Omar Espitia BEDS Plus Care
Ashley Fisher Balyasny Asset Management
Jake Hamlin Merrill Lynch
Manny Hodzic* William Blair
Patrick Hogan* Sidley Austin, LLP
Bryan Jacobson Chapman and Cutler LLP
Bobby Jewell Guaranteed Rate
​Isha Jordan United
​Katie Kilrea Adams Street Partners
​Sean Kilrea Citadel
​Nicholas Kollias JP Morgan

Kevin Konsler Ridgewood High School
​Ryan Konsler Merrill Lynch
Stephen Konsler Merrill Lynch
Ryan Martin Barry Callebaut
Khalifah Muhammad* Medline Industries, Inc.
Jack Murphy Wintrust
Kelly Murphy Ernst & Young
Lauren Murphy Milliman
Rebecca Peigh Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth, Inc.
Brittany Restauri PwC
Tory Rezin Coldwell Banker
Maggie Rocha* Verano Holdings Corp.
Alejandro Roman* William Blair & Co.
Tia Reid* Wintrust
Dick Schiller Duff & Phelps
Madelyn Schiller William Blair & Co.
Ross Schoenfeld Cross Keys Capital, LLC
Rodrigo Serna Oak Hill Advisors
Ryan Suniga U.S District Courts
Matthew Taylor Morgan Stanley
Alexzandra Wallace* West Monroe Partners
Alex Wildes MBA Candidate, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Konrad Wilk* Eversight
Ben Woldenberg Sherman Residential     

​Key: * Murphy Scholar Alumni