Alison P. Ranney

Alison Ranney is currently managing director at Russel Reynolds Associates, and formerly led the nonprofit and education practice in the Midwest for the global executive search firm. She recruits senior leaders to nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education in the United States and internationally. Ranney has placed CEOs and other senior leaders at many of Chicago’s major cultural, civic, and educational institutions. Prior to her executive search career, Ranney was in business and law and she began her career as a corporate attorney at Skadden, Arps. Committed to civic engagement, Ranney serves on the board of Chicago Public Media and on the Alumni Council of Phillips Andover Academy. She has been a director of City Year Chicago and the Ryerson Woods Conservation Area and on the visiting committee of the University of Chicago Law School. Ranney is also a director of the Lake Forest Bank & Trust. She received her BA in urban studies from Brown University and her MBA and JD from the University of Chicago.