Board of Directors
Board officers
Chair
K. Kristann Carey, Constellation Brands
Vice Chair
Nathan A. Ulery, The Mx Group
Secretary
Suzanne L. Shier, Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC
Treasurer
Joseph G. Lansing, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital
Past Chair
Kourtney Gibson, Loop Capital Markets
Chief Executive Officer
Jeffery Beckham Jr., Chicago Scholars
DIRECTORS
Domonique Battle, A Better Chicago
Oliver Bevan, McKinsey & Company
Raj Bhatia, Merrill Lynch Private Banking & Investment Group
Rick Blair, Turner Construction Company
Gary Caplan, Office of the Illinois Attorney General and Chicago Scholars Founders Council
Mark Cassata, CBRE
Wai Yee Cheng, GCM Grosvenor
Paula Daniliuc, Oak Street Health
Wendy Kornick Friedman, Consultant
Bridget Geraghty, Vote.org
Lee Gordon, Mesirow Wealth Advisors
Reginald J. Hill, Jenner & Block
Dan Hoffenkamp, EY
Suzy Kahn Weinberg, Big Shoulders Stories
Girish Kashyap, GCM Grosvenor
Greg Kranias, GSC Investment Partners
Gerald E. Lewis, Jr., BMO Private Bank
Maria C. Lin, Consultant
Phyllis Lockett, LEAP Innovations
Katherine Mann, Consultant
William Ritchie, Madison Dearborn Partners
Manny Sanchez, Sanchez, Daniels & Hoffman and Chicago Scholars Founders Council
Timothy R. Schwertfeger, Nuveen Investments and Chicago Scholars Founders Council
Michelle Scott, Deloitte (Chicago Scholars Alumni)
Rex Sessions, Winston & Strawn LLP
Brian Sims, One World Network of Schools
Carl Tannenbaum, Northern Trust
Kathryn C. Thomas, Chilton Yambert Porter LLP
D.V. Williams, Cars.com
Kwasi Yeboah Jr., Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund (Chicago Scholars Alumni)