Bridget Gainer

Bridget Gainer is a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, where she chairs the pension committee and leads the reform of the county's foreclosure policy and treatment of women and mothers incarcerated at Cook County Jail. She also leads Aon’s public strategy group, directing national policy issues. She previously served in a variety of positions for the City of Chicago and founded Senn High School Youthnet, a community center on Chicago’s north side. She's served on several boards, including the Big Shoulders Fund, Women Employed, the Center for Economic Progress, and the Parkways Foundation. She was named a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow and a British American Partnership fellow. She earned a BA from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.