Board of Directors - image version
The officers and directors of the Board at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Officers of the Board
Ivo H. Daalder
President
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Sam Scott III
Cochair
Retired Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Corn Products International, Inc.
Leah Joy Zell
Cochair
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lizard Investors LLC
Lester Crown
Chair Emeritus
Chairman, Henry Crown and Company
Glenn F. Tilton
Chair Emeritus
John F. Manley
Vice Chair
President, Chicago City Capital Group, Inc.
Michael H. Moskow
Vice Chair
Distinguished Fellow, Global Economy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
David K. Reyes
Vice Chair
Chief Executive Officer, Reyes Holdings LLC
Jennifer F. Scanlon
Vice Chair
President and Chief Executive Officer, UL LLC
Louis B. Susman
Vice Chair
Former US Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, Perella Weinberg Partners
John R. Ettelson
Treasurer
President and Chief Executive Officer, William Blair
Douglas A. Doetsch
Secretary
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Directors
Eduardo M. Alvarez
Council Board Member
Chief Operating Officer, Amyris
Michael Amiridis
Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Michael Amiridis has been chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago since March 2015. Previously, he was executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina at Columbia and has over two decades of experience as a professor, researcher, and senior university administrator. A native of Greece, Amiridis is also a chemical engineering researcher.
Katherine Baicker
Council Board Member
Dean and Emmett Dedmon Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Jim Brady
Council Board Member
Former Chief Operating Officer, Grant Thornton LLP
Bruce Braun
Council Board Member
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Greg Brown
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Francie Comer
Council Board Member
Philanthropist, Comer Family Foundation
Donald A. Cooke
Council Board Member
Senior Vice President, Philanthropy, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Richard H. Cooper
Council Board Member
Founder, General Welfare Group, LLC
Ellen Costello
Council Board Member
Former Chief Executive Officer and US Country Head, BMO Financial Corp
John DeBlasio
Council Board Member
Chairman, DT Global; Founder and Executive Director, Global Peace and Development (GPD) Charitable Trust
Marilyn R. Diamond
Council Board Member
Honorary Consul General of Morocco to Chicago
Evelyn J. Diaz
President, Heartland Alliance
As President of Heartland Alliance, Evelyn Diaz—a member of the Council's Emerging Leader Program class of 2011—is responsible for directing domestic and global strategy for Heartland Alliance's five nonprofit corporate entities. Previously, she was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to lead the City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services.
Craig J. Duchossois
Council Board Member
Chief Executive Officer, The Duchossois Group, Inc.
Mary M. Dwyer
Council Board Member
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, IES Abroad
Richard Edelman
Council Board Member
President and Chief Executive Officer, Edelman
Founder, Anthropocene Capital Management
Previously, Zach Egan was president, CIO, and fund manager at Columbia Wanger Asset Management, a globally recognized leader in small and mid-cap equities with peak assets under management exceeding $40 billion.
Ricardo Estrada
Council Board Member
President and Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Family Services
Charles L. Evans
Council Board Member
President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Raj K. Fernando
Council Board Member
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Workstorm
Paul J. Finnegan
Council Board Member
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Michael M. Froy
Council Board Member
Partner, Dentons US LLP
Xuan Fu
Council Board Member
Managing Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Christopher B. Galvin
Council Board Member
Chairman, Blythebourne Capital, LLC
Robert Gibbs
Council Board Member
Former Chief Communications Officer, McDonald's; Co-Founder, The Incite Agency
Karen Gray-Krehbiel
Council Board Member
Philanthropist
Caryn Harris
Council Board Member
Philanthropist, Harris Family Foundation
Brett J. Hart
President, United Airlines
Since leading United Airlines through the global lockdown caused by the pandemic, Brett J. Hart has built a culture of safety, caring, dependability, and efficiency for its customers, while serving as a champion of diversity and inclusion for the community.
Distinguished Fellow; Council Board Member
Fay Hartog-Levin is a distinguished fellow at the Council where she works on a variety of political, international, and environmental issues. She previously served as the 65th ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands where she was chief of mission of an embassy which included 15 federal agencies, four locations, and over 250 employees.
Brad J. Henderson
Council Board Member
Chief Executive Officer, P33
Mark S. Hoplamazian
President and CEO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Mark S. Hoplamazian was appointed to the board of directors in November 2006 and named president and chief executive officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation in December 2006. Prior to being appointed to his present position, Hoplamazian served as president of The Pritzker Organization (TPO), the principal financial and investment adviser for Pritzker family business interests.
David Jacobson
Council Board Member
Vice Chairman, BMO Financial Group
Joyce Johnson-Miller
Council Board Member
Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Pacific Gate Capital
Christopher M. Keogh
Council Board Member
Christopher M. Keogh, Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., is on the Board of Directors at the Council.
Kimberly J. Keywell
Council Board Member
Philanthropist, The Keywell Foundation
Becky Knight
Council Board Member
President, Knight Family Foundation
Steve Koch
Council Board Member
Managing Partner, Bowline Group
Sajal Kohli
Council Board Member
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Ashish K. Lal
Council Board Member
Partner, BDT & Company, LLC
Robert A. Livingston
Council Board Member
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Dover Corporation
John W. Madigan
Council Board Member
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tribune Company
Craig Martin
Council Board Member
Partner & Chairman, Midwest, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP.
Dorri McWhorter
Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Through technical training programs such as TechGYRLS and 3D: Developing Digital Diversity, Dorri McWhorter has helped to transform the 140-year-old social service agency into a 21st-century social enterprise. YWCA has also recently launched two web-based services with its own e-commerce site, YShop.org, and womenshealthexchange.org to help women and their families.
Leo Melamed
Council Board Member
Chairman Emeritus, CME Group, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Melamed & Associates, Inc.
Charles J. Moore
Council Board Member
President, The Banc Funds Company, LLC
Greg Morris
Council Board Member
Senior Vice President and President, Archer Daniels Midland Company
Susan E. Morrison
Council Board Member
Founding Board Director, Women Moving Millions
Clare Muñana
President, Ancora Associates, Inc.
Clare Muñana is a public sector, not-for-profit, and international management consultant operating her own firm. Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed her as a member of the Chicago Board of Education in 1999 and she was then elected by the board members in 2004 as the vice president of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago.
Jeffrey C. Neal
Council Board Member
Founding Partner, Horizon Capital Advisors, LLC
Pin Ni
Council Board Member
President, Wanxiang America Corporation
Douglas A. Pertz
Council Board Member
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Brink's Company
Richard W. Porter
Council Board Member
Corporate Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jose Luis Prado
Council Board Member
Chairman, Tropicale Foods
Anne R. Pramaggiore
Council Board Member
Former Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Utilities
Quintin E. Primo III
Council Board Member
Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Capri Investment Group
Chair, Aspen Institute Board of Trustees
Margot Pritzker is chair of the Aspen Institute board of trustees and a member of the board of directors and executive committee of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She is the co-founder and executive chair of the Community Food Navigator, as well as a board member for Urban Growers Collective, Grow Greater Englewood, and the Israel Now Education Foundation.
Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He served as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from September 2013 to September 2016 and was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 2003 to 2006.
Larry D. Richman
Council Board Member
Chair, US Region, CIBC Bank USA
Americas CEO, Work Dynamics, JLL
For 25 years, Sanjay has helped large, global businesses leverage technology to achieve their ambitions. He has deep expertise in complex businesses, transformational change, and the development of disruptive technologies. His Work Dynamics team across the Americas leverages data to build, manage, and improve spaces that can transform how people work every day.
Shirley Welsh Ryan
Council Board Member
Chairman, Pathways.Org
E. Scott Santi
Chairman and CEO, Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Scott Santi is a member of the Council's Board of Directors. He joined ITW in 1983 and has spent his entire career with the company. He was elected Executive Vice President in 2004 and named Vice Chairman in 2008. He became the Company’s CEO in 2012 and was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2015.
Paul E. Schickler, III
Former President, DuPont Pioneer
Paul E. Schickler was President from 2007 to 2017 of DuPont Pioneer, the advanced seed genetics business of DuPont. In this role he continued to expand Pioneer’s global business by remaining focused on innovation that improves local productivity and profitability of farmers in more than 90 countries.
Alejandro Silva
Council Board Member
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Evans Food Group Ltd.
Adele Simmons
Council Board Member
President, Global Philanthropy Partnership
James H. M. Sprayregen
Council Board Member
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kay P. Torshen
Council Board Member
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Torshen Capital Management, LLC
Fabrizio Valentini
Council Board Member
Chief Executive Officer, Siffron
David J. Vitale
Council Board Member
Chairman, Urban Partnership Bank
Frederick H. Waddell
Council Board Member
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Northern Trust Corporation
Alex Washington
Council Board Member
Managing Director, Wind Point Partners
Michael E. Werner
Council Board Member
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Home Experience LLC
Eric E. Whitaker
Council Board Member
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, TWG Partners, LLC
Tom Wyler
Senior Vice President for Global Strategy, PSP Capital
Tom Wyler is a board member at the Council, and the senior vice president for global strategy at PSP Capital.
Robert J. Zimmer
Council Board Member
President and Trustee, The University of Chicago
Honorary Life Directors
Henry S. Bienen
Council Board Member
President Emeritus, Northwestern University and President, Poetry Foundation
Jim Edgar
Council Board Member
Distinguished Fellow, University of Illinois
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr.
Council Board Member
Chairman, Old Harbour Partners
J. Douglas Gray
Council Board Member
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Marshall Street Capital
Verne G. Istock
Council Board Member
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Chicago NBD Corporation
Arthur L. Kelly
Council Board Member
Managing Partner, KEL Enterprises L.P.
Mike Koldyke
Council Board Member
Founder, Frontenac Company
Fred A. Krehbiel
Council Board Member
Partner, KF Partners, LLC
Robert P. McNeill
Council Board Member
Executive Vice President, CIBC Private Wealth Management
Josephine B. Minow
Council Board Member
John E. Rielly
President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Rielly was president of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (now the Chicago Council on Global Affairs) from 1974 to 2001. He's currently Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University.
Richard L. Thomas
Council Board Member
Retired Chairman, First Chicago NBD Corporation
Robert E. Wieczorowski
Council Board Member
Linda S. Wolf
Council Board Member
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide