Business Council

Co-Chair

Anne Pramaggiore
President and CEO
ComEd, an Exelon Company

Co-Chair                

Frederick H. Waddell
Chairman and CEO
Northern Trust    

Honorary Chair    

Thomas J. Pritzker
Executive Chairman
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Honorary Chair

John H. Bryan
Retired Chairman
Sara Lee Corporation

Founding Members

Dale Taylor
President and CEO
AbelsonTaylor

Kathy Mabe
Executive Vice President-President Western Territory
The Allstate Corporation

Tim Maloney
Illinois and Chicago Market President
Bank of America

Wendy Breuder, Co-General Manager
Hirokazu Maruta, Co-General Manager
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Baxter International

Byron D. Trott
Chairman and CEO
BDT Capital Partners

Kris Kotte
District Manager
Bon Appétit Management Company

Lisa Cavanaugh
SVP, Midwest Regional Director
Christie's

Kenneth Griffin
Founder and CEO
Citadel Investments

Douglas J. Bade
Regional Managing Partner, Strategic Relationship Management
Deloitte

James A. Gordon
Founder and Managing Partner
The Edgewater Funds

Robert A. Sullivan
President and CEO, Chicago
Fifth Third Bank

Peter Gillespie
Regional President and CEO
FirstMerit Bank

Matthew R. Gibson
Partner and Head of Midwest Investment Banking
Goldman Sachs

Eve Rogers
Director
Graff Diamonds

Michael Sacks
CEO
Grosvenor Capital Management 

Robert M. Levy
Partner, Chairman and CIO
Harris Associates LP

Patricia Hemingway Hall
President and CEO
Health Care Service Corporation

Mark Hoplamazian
President and CEO
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Michael Meagher
Senior Vice President
James McHugh Construction Co.

Joseph P. Gromacki
Partner
Jenner & Block

John W. Jordan II
Founder and Chairman
Jordan Industries

Christopher Deveny
Managing Director, Private Bank
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Barry MacLean
CEO
MacLean-Fogg Company

Samuel Mencoff
Co-CEO
Madison Dearborn Partners LLC

Richard S. Price
Chairman and CEO
Mesirow Financial

Robin Tebbe
President / Chief Marketing Officer
NNP Residential LLC / Magellan Development Group LLC

Joseph Gregoire
President of Illinois Banking
PNC Bank

Larry  Richman
President and CEO
The Private Bank

Thomas M. Carroll
EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer
RR Donnelley

Helyn Goldenberg
SVP Midwest Chairman
Sotheby’s

Laysha Ward
President, Community Relations
Target Corporation

Mark Wagner
President, Operations and Community Affairs
Walgreen Co.