Board of Directors 2019-2020

Officers

Kevin Conway – Chair Partner, Cooney & Conway
Mark Ferguson – Vice Chair Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
Mary Jo DeMaio - Secretary Community Philanthropist
​Michael Millhouse – Treasurer Retired, Chief Investment Officer, Chicago Equity Partners LLC
Jose R. Rodriguez Executive Director, Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund

Executive Committee

​​Rebecca Balyasny President, Lionel Advisors LLC​
Molly Carroll Executive Vice President, 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 Director, Foundations Chicago
Patrick Kempton Principal, Prudential Mortgage Capital Company
Rocky Lopez* Principal and CFO, The Randolph Group
Jim Lynch Partner, Winston and Strawn
Wendy Manning Web Strategy & Integration, Boeing
​Michael Millhouse Retired, Chief Investment Officer, Chicago Equity Partners LLC
John Ormsby Retired, Director of Health Services, US Foods
Jose R. Rodriguez Ex Officio, Executive Director, Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
​Will Torres Chief College Officer, University of Chicago Charter School
​​Nancy Van Grinsven Community Philanthropist
​Jim Woldenberg CEO, Heathrow Scientific
Greg Zeeman CEO, Oasis Financial

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Members

​Jorge Alonso US District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
Hank Bernbaum Founder and Former Chairman, High Sierra
Peter Billmeyer Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Bespoke Commercial Real Estate 
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
Olivia Carberry* Assistant General Counsel, Exelon
Christopher Carlson COO, Asset Management, Northern Trust
Tracy Clark Records Clerk, Barlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, LLP
Wheeler Coleman CEO and Founder, Executive Consultants United
Brad DeHond Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Michael Earley Partner, Jones Day
James Epstein Retired, Appellate Judge
​Justin Foley Head of Trading, The Gelber Group
Chuck Gately Founder & Chairman of the Board, LaSalle Systems
Katie Gottfred President & Founder, LEAP Learning Systems
Ellen Hoover* Associate, Ropes & Gray

Jason Kang, MD Department of Pathology, NorthShore University Health System​​​​Jim Kaplan Lead Portfolio Manager, Structured Products, National Investment Services
​Michael King Managing Director / Market Lead, Financial Institutions Division, CIBC
Chris Klingenstein Community Philanthropist
Yan Krasov* Research Analyst, William Blair
​​Chris McComish Chief Banking Officer, Chemical Bank
Ruth Mendez Corrections Officer, Cook County Sheriff’s Office
Pete Mulvey Partner, RSM US LLP
Betsy Murphy Registered Nurse
Mary O’Leary Retired, Executive VP, HR, Publicis Media
Mason Phelps GMR Investments
Bill Rogers Senior Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Scott Rubenstein Managing Director, BMO Harris Bank
Meghann Sandak Chief Development Officer, United Way of Upper New York
Jeremy Schlee ​Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Brad Schotanus Senior Vice President, Wintrust Commercial Banking
Greg Shearson CEO, Ancient Nutrition
Peter Skoglund Former Vice Chairman of Private Banking, USA Credit Suisse Group AG
Emanuel Tabachnik Community Philanthropist
Bob Thomas Community Philanthropist
Mark Van Grinsven Retired, Executive VP, Northern Trust
Allen Weaver Senior Managing Director, Prudential Capital Group
Andy Weaver Client Development Advisor, RMB Capital​

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​Chairman's Council

Phil Beck Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott 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 CEO, Carbon Green LLC
Bob Murphy VP, 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.
Lee Tenzer Retired, Chairman and CEO, The Letco Group, LLC​

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Associate Board

Dick Schiller Chair, Duff & Phelps
Salvatore Licata Vice Chair, PepsiCo
Joan Akalaonu* Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Julie Baker JLL
Becca Berg DERMAFLASH
Ashley Boerner PSAV Presentation Services
Emma Calderon Salesforce
Emily Carlson Northern Trust
Matthew Clark JP Morgan
Clare Conaty Huron Consulting
Kathleen Conaty Ernst and Young
Patrick Conaty Aon
Theresa Dickson* Enlivant
Tim Donohue Lantern Partners
Michael Educate Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
Omar Espitia BEDS Plus Care
Ashley Fisher Balyasny Asset Management
Pedro Gutierrez Northern Trust
Jake Hamlin Merrill Lynch
Billy Hanson Duff & Phelps
Beth Higgenbotham  Morgan Samuels 
Patrick Hogan* Sidley Austin, LLP
Bryan Jacobson Chapman and Cutler LLP
Bobby Jewell Guaranteed Rate
Rachel Johnson myCNAjobs
​Isha Jordan United
Katie Kilrea Adams Street Partners

Sean Kilrea Citadel
Nicholas Kollias JP Morgan
Ryan Konsler Merrill Lynch
Stephen Konsler Merrill Lynch
Seth Kullman Hancock Capital Management
Helen Li PGIM Real Estate Finance
Laura Morales Heartland Health Centers
Karl Morcott Accenture
Jack Murphy Wintrust
Jessica Murphy Dolan McEniry
Kelly Murphy Ernst & Young
Lauren Murphy Milliman
Susan Nice DreamTown
Robert Nommensen JP Morgan
Rebecca Peigh RMB Capital
Brittany Restauri PwC
Jennifer Richert Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
April Runft Aon
Jack Russell Citigroup
Madelyn Schiller William Blair & Co.
Rodrigo Serna Surveyor Capital
Isamar Villasenor* SwiftIQ
Alexzandra Wallace* West Monroe Partners
Alex Wildes MBA Candidate, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Ben Woldenberg Sherman Residential     

​Key: * Murphy Scholar Alumni