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Board of Directors

A Legacy of Leadership

The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is comprised of more than 125 of the most influential business and civic leaders in the region. Board members meet quarterly to address the most pressing issues facing the Chicagoland business community. The Board of Directors works at a high level to ensure the Chamber effectively serves as the voice for the region’s employers.

Meet our Board Directors

Members

AAA Chicago
Alicia Lyles
Regional President
ABC 7 Chicago
John Idler
President and General Manager
Adtalem Global Education
Eric Mitchell
Director, Government Relations
Advanced Resources
Rich Diaz
President
Allstate Insurance Company
Roger Odle
Field Senior Vice President
Amazon
Anya Malkov
Public Policy Manager
American Airlines, Incorporated
Franco Tedeschi
Vice President
AMITA Health
Scott Teffeteller
President and CEO Resurrection Medical Center
Aon
John Griffin
Co-Leader, U.S. Account Executive Practice, AON
Ariel Investments, LLC
Malik Murray
Senior Vice President
AT&T Illinois
Eileen Mitchell
President, AT&T Illinois
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
Thomas Walker, Jr.
Managing Partner – Illinois
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Simon Wlodarski
Senior Vice President -Public Policy and State Government Relations, North Central Region
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
David Ritter
Partner
BDO USA, LLP
Stephen Ferrara
Partner, Chief Operating Officer
Beam Suntory
Greg Hughes
President- North America
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
Kevin Cassidy
President, Employer Solutions, Health Care Service
BMO Harris Bank
Steve Fansler
Market Executive, Illinois Regional Leader
BP America
Phil Cochrane
Senior Director State & Local Affairs
Brook Furniture Rental
Bob Crawford
President & Chief Executive Officer
Camelot Illinois
Keith Horton
General Manager, Vice President & General Counsel
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Peter Govorchin
President & CEO
CBRE/U.S. Equities Realty
CBRE, Inc.
Jamie Georgas
Managing Director
Chicago Bears Football Club
Ted Phillips
President/Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Magazine
Diana Vdovets
Operations Director
Chicago Zoological Society
Rich Gamble
Senior Vice President of Operations
CIBC
Bruce Lubin
Vice Chair CIBC USA
CIGNA Health Care
Matthew Alberico
Vice President, Sales and Account Management
Citizens Commercial Banking
Brittany O’Connor
Vice President, Senior Regional Public Affairs Manager
Clayco, Incorporated
Ryan McGuire
Vice President – Corporate Business Unit
CME Group
Richard Bodnum
Managing Director of Corporate Tax
CNA Financial
Heather Davis
Senior Vice President, Government Relations
Colliers International
Jim Carris
Executive Managing Director
Comcast Business
Matthew Summy
Vice President, External & Government Affairs, Comcast
Crain’s Chicago Business
Jim Kirk
Publisher and Executive Editor
Creospan
Praj Shah
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte
Deborah DeHaas
Chief Inclusion Officer
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Stephen Schwab
Partner
Dykema
Ed Weil
Director of Financial Industry Group
Edelman
Patrick Hillmann
Executive Vice President, Crisis & Risk
entara
Linda Maclachlan
Chief Executive Officer
Exelon Corporation
Terence Donnelly
President & Chief Operating Officer
Exelon Generation
Scott Humbard
Director State & Government Affairs
EY
Brian Nauman
Partner
Fifth Third Bank
First Midwest Bank
Michael Jamieson
Executive Vice President and Director of Commercial Banking
Ford Motor Company
Anthony Reinhart
Regional Director, Government Affairs
Fox Rothschild LLP
Donna More
Managing Partner, Chgo. Office
Gallagher
Andrew Varland
Area Executive Vice President-Health & Welfare Consulting
Gateway Foundation
Teresa Garate, PhD
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Engagement
Globetrotters Engineering Corporation
Ajay Shah
Chief Operations Officer & General Counsel
GMA Construction Group
Cornelius Griggs
President
Google
Ted Souder
Head of Industry – Retail
Goose Island Beer Company
Todd Ahsmann
President
Grant Thornton LLP
Vincent Tomkinson
Midwest Managing Partner
HERE Technologies
Jeffrey Rowen
Vice President, Corporate Development
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Dan Boho
Senior Partner
Holland & Knight (Honorary)
Lisa Kpor
Attorney
Horizon Therapeutics
Marilyn Vetter
Group Vice President, Government & Public Affairs
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Patrick Donelly
General Manager
Hyatt Regency Chicago (Honorary)
Joe Clifford
Sales Manager
Illinois Finance Authority
Chris Meister
Executive Director
Ingredion Incorporated
Robin L. Brown
Vice President, Government Affairs and External Relations
Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications
James Terman
President
JP Morgan Chase & Company
Tom Finnegan
President, Chicago Middle Market
Killerspin
Robert Blackwell
President
Kirkland & Ellis
Richard Godfrey
Senior Partner
KPMG LLP
Greg Ryan
Partner
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises
Jay Stieber
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Lockton Companies, Inc.
Chairman, Midwest Series
Thomas Pluss
Lyft
Brent Kent
Midwest Public Policy Manager
Macy’s
Andrea Schwartz
Vice President of Media Relations, Macy’s – North Central and South Regions
Magellan Corporation
Robert Arthur
President
Manpower International
Mike DeLuca
Metro Market Manager
MARC USA
Jean McLaren
Chief Marketing Officer
Mayer Brown LLP
Joseph Seliga
Partner
Mesirow Financial
Dominick Mondi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mess Marketing
Jack Shedd
Interactive Director
Miami Corporation
John Rau
Chairman
Molson Coors Beverage Company
Adam Collins
Chief Communications and Corporate Affairs Officer
Motorola Solutions
Monica Mueller
Executive Director, Motorola Solutions Foundation
NBC 5 Chicago, WMAQ -TV
Brandin Stewart
Vice President, Sales
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Robert Christie
Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Communications
Novartis
Kurt Anderson
Associate Director, State Government Affairs
OMRON
Matt Trowbridge
Vice President of Marketing
Peoples Gas
Andy Hesselbach
Vice President – Construction
Plante Moran, PLLC
Kathy Downey
Partner
PNC Bank – Illinois
Scott Swanson
President
Protiviti, Incorporated
Tom Andreesen
Managing Director
Qatar Airways
Craig Thomas
Head of Sales, North America
Quam-Nichols Company
William Little
President/Chief Executive Officer
Quantum
Michele Brennan
VP, National Accounts & Business Development
RSM US LLP
William Spizman
Partner and Enterprise Account Leader
SenecaGlobal, Inc.
Edward Szofer
CEO, President & Co-Founder
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Lawrence Eppley
Corporate Practice Group and Office Managing Partner
Signature Bank
Michael O’Rourke
President & CEO
Southwest Airlines
Patty Greene
Manager, Community Affairs and Grassroots
Southwind Industries, Inc.
John Harris
President
Star Strategies Consulting
Kristie Paskvan
Target Corporation
Amanda Vela
Sr. Group Vice President
The Boeing Company
Michael Cassel
Director Global Corporate Citizenship
The Chicago Cubs
Tom Ricketts
Chairman
The John Buck Company
Turner Construction Company
Rick Blair
Vice President, General Manager
U.S. Bank
Joan Heggen-McMahon
Senior Vice President and Team Lead of Commercial Banking
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Erik Varela
Sr. Director Public Affairs – Corporate Relations
United Airlines
Daniel Lynch
Vice President, State and Local Government Affairs
United Healthcare of Illinois
Tom Kunst
CEO
University of Chicago and University of Chicago Medical Center
Benjamin Gibson
Vice President, Government Affairs
University of Illinois at Chicago
Michael Amiridis
Chancellor
University of Phoenix
Robert Gabriel
Campus Director
UPS
Raymond Drake
Vice President State and Government Affairs
VedderPrice
Michael Nemeroff
President & CEO
Verizon Wireless
Michael Wood
Director- Business Sales
Walgreen Co.
Jason Donica
Vice President, Chicagoland Operations
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
Patrice DeCorrevont
WGN Radio – AM
John Gallagher
Director of Sales
Wight & Company
Patrick Cermak
President & Chief Operating Officer
Wintrust
Susana Meza
Vice President
Zurich North America
Deirdre Manna
SVP and Head of Government and Industry Affairs

AAA Chicago

Alicia Lyles

Regional President

ABC 7 Chicago

John Idler

President and General Manager

Adtalem Global Education

Eric Mitchell

Director, Government Relations

Advanced Resources

Rich Diaz

President

Allstate Insurance Company

Roger Odle

Field Senior Vice President

Amazon

Anya Malkov

Public Policy Manager

American Airlines, Incorporated

Franco Tedeschi

Vice President

AMITA Health

Scott Teffeteller

President and CEO Resurrection Medical Center

Aon

John Griffin

Co-Leader, U.S. Account Executive Practice, AON

Ariel Investments, LLC

Malik Murray

Senior Vice President

AT&T Illinois

Eileen Mitchell

President, AT&T Illinois

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

Thomas Walker, Jr.

Managing Partner – Illinois

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Simon Wlodarski

Senior Vice President -Public Policy and State Government Relations, North Central Region

Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

David Ritter

Partner

BDO USA, LLP

Stephen Ferrara

Partner, Chief Operating Officer

Beam Suntory

Greg Hughes

President- North America

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

Kevin Cassidy

President, Employer Solutions, Health Care Service

BMO Harris Bank

Steve Fansler

Market Executive, Illinois Regional Leader

BP America

Phil Cochrane

Senior Director State & Local Affairs

Brook Furniture Rental

Bob Crawford

President & Chief Executive Officer

Camelot Illinois

Keith Horton

General Manager, Vice President & General Counsel

Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Peter Govorchin

President & CEO

CBRE/U.S. Equities Realty

CBRE, Inc.

Jamie Georgas

Managing Director

Chicago Bears Football Club

Ted Phillips

President/Chief Executive Officer

Chicago Magazine

Diana Vdovets

Operations Director

Chicago Zoological Society

Rich Gamble

Senior Vice President of Operations

CIBC

Bruce Lubin

Vice Chair CIBC USA

CIGNA Health Care

Matthew Alberico

Vice President, Sales and Account Management

Citizens Commercial Banking

Brittany O’Connor

Vice President, Senior Regional Public Affairs Manager

Clayco, Incorporated

Ryan McGuire

Vice President – Corporate Business Unit

CME Group

Richard Bodnum

Managing Director of Corporate Tax

CNA Financial

Heather Davis

Senior Vice President, Government Relations

Colliers International

Jim Carris

Executive Managing Director

Comcast Business

Matthew Summy

Vice President, External & Government Affairs, Comcast

Crain’s Chicago Business

Jim Kirk

Publisher and Executive Editor

Creospan

Praj Shah

Chief Executive Officer

Deloitte

Deborah DeHaas

Chief Inclusion Officer

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Stephen Schwab

Partner

Dykema

Ed Weil

Director of Financial Industry Group

Edelman

Patrick Hillmann

Executive Vice President, Crisis & Risk

entara

Linda Maclachlan

Chief Executive Officer

Exelon Corporation

Terence Donnelly

President & Chief Operating Officer

Exelon Generation

Scott Humbard

Director State & Government Affairs

EY

Brian Nauman

Partner

Fifth Third Bank

First Midwest Bank

Michael Jamieson

Executive Vice President and Director of Commercial Banking

Ford Motor Company

Anthony Reinhart

Regional Director, Government Affairs

Fox Rothschild LLP

Donna More

Managing Partner, Chgo. Office

Gallagher

Andrew Varland

Area Executive Vice President-Health & Welfare Consulting

Gateway Foundation

Teresa Garate, PhD

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Engagement

Globetrotters Engineering Corporation

Ajay Shah

Chief Operations Officer & General Counsel

GMA Construction Group

Cornelius Griggs

President

Google

Ted Souder

Head of Industry – Retail

Goose Island Beer Company

Todd Ahsmann

President

Grant Thornton LLP

Vincent Tomkinson

Midwest Managing Partner

HERE Technologies

Jeffrey Rowen

Vice President, Corporate Development

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Dan Boho

Senior Partner

Holland & Knight (Honorary)

Lisa Kpor

Attorney

Horizon Therapeutics

Marilyn Vetter

Group Vice President, Government & Public Affairs

Hyatt Regency Chicago

Patrick Donelly

General Manager

Hyatt Regency Chicago (Honorary)

Joe Clifford

Sales Manager

Illinois Finance Authority

Chris Meister

Executive Director

Ingredion Incorporated

Robin L. Brown

Vice President, Government Affairs and External Relations

Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications

James Terman

President

JP Morgan Chase & Company

Tom Finnegan

President, Chicago Middle Market

Killerspin

Robert Blackwell

President

Kirkland & Ellis

Richard Godfrey

Senior Partner

KPMG LLP

Greg Ryan

Partner

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises

Jay Stieber

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Lockton Companies, Inc.

Chairman, Midwest Series

Thomas Pluss

Lyft

Brent Kent

Midwest Public Policy Manager

Macy’s

Andrea Schwartz

Vice President of Media Relations, Macy’s – North Central and South Regions

Magellan Corporation

Robert Arthur

President

Manpower International

Mike DeLuca

Metro Market Manager

MARC USA

Jean McLaren

Chief Marketing Officer

Mayer Brown LLP

Joseph Seliga

Partner

Mesirow Financial

Dominick Mondi

President and Chief Executive Officer

Mess Marketing

Jack Shedd

Interactive Director

Miami Corporation

John Rau

Chairman

Molson Coors Beverage Company

Adam Collins

Chief Communications and Corporate Affairs Officer

Motorola Solutions

Monica Mueller

Executive Director, Motorola Solutions Foundation

NBC 5 Chicago, WMAQ -TV

Brandin Stewart

Vice President, Sales

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Robert Christie

Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Communications

Novartis

Kurt Anderson

Associate Director, State Government Affairs

OMRON

Matt Trowbridge

Vice President of Marketing

Peoples Gas

Andy Hesselbach

Vice President – Construction

Plante Moran, PLLC

Kathy Downey

Partner

PNC Bank – Illinois

Scott Swanson

President

Protiviti, Incorporated

Tom Andreesen

Managing Director

Qatar Airways

Craig Thomas

Head of Sales, North America

Quam-Nichols Company

William Little

President/Chief Executive Officer

Quantum

Michele Brennan

VP, National Accounts & Business Development

RSM US LLP

William Spizman

Partner and Enterprise Account Leader

SenecaGlobal, Inc.

Edward Szofer

CEO, President & Co-Founder

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Lawrence Eppley

Corporate Practice Group and Office Managing Partner

Signature Bank

Michael O’Rourke

President & CEO

Southwest Airlines

Patty Greene

Manager, Community Affairs and Grassroots

Southwind Industries, Inc.

John Harris

President

Star Strategies Consulting

Kristie Paskvan

Target Corporation

Amanda Vela

Sr. Group Vice President

The Boeing Company

Michael Cassel

Director Global Corporate Citizenship

The Chicago Cubs

Tom Ricketts

Chairman

The John Buck Company

Turner Construction Company

Rick Blair

Vice President, General Manager

U.S. Bank

Joan Heggen-McMahon

Senior Vice President and Team Lead of Commercial Banking

Union Pacific Railroad Company

Erik Varela

Sr. Director Public Affairs – Corporate Relations

United Airlines

Daniel Lynch

Vice President, State and Local Government Affairs

United Healthcare of Illinois

Tom Kunst

CEO

University of Chicago and University of Chicago Medical Center

Benjamin Gibson

Vice President, Government Affairs

University of Illinois at Chicago

Michael Amiridis

Chancellor

University of Phoenix

Robert Gabriel

Campus Director

UPS

Raymond Drake

Vice President State and Government Affairs

VedderPrice

Michael Nemeroff

President & CEO

Verizon Wireless

Michael Wood

Director- Business Sales

Walgreen Co.

Jason Donica

Vice President, Chicagoland Operations

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

Patrice DeCorrevont

WGN Radio – AM

John Gallagher

Director of Sales

Wight & Company

Patrick Cermak

President & Chief Operating Officer

Wintrust

Susana Meza

Vice President

Zurich North America

Deirdre Manna

SVP and Head of Government and Industry Affairs

Deirdre Manna
SVP and Head of Government and Industry Affairs

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