Board of Directors

David Chandler, Chair
   
Partner
    Chicago Growth Partners 

Reed M. Badgley

James W. Baumann
   
Former President
    Follett College Bookstores

Albert L. Bennett
  
  Professor of Public Policy and Education
    Roosevelt University

Allegra E. Biery
    Senior Vice President
    The Northern Trust Company

Robert Center
   
Director of Japanese Business Services
    Ernst & Young Global

Marta Cerda, J.D.
   
One-Stop Transition Director
    Chicago Workforce Board

Jeff Cohodes
   
President, Private Client Services
    The Northern Trust Company

Maggie C. Daley

Arne Duncan
   
Chief Executive Officer
    Chicago Public Schools

Mark A. Fuller III
   
Principal
    William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Allan F. "Duffy" Gaynor
   
Vice President, Global Services
    IBM Corporation

Jan M. Grayson
    Managing Partner
    JMG and Associates
        
Ed Johnson
   
Principal
    Myindshare Performance

Timothy M. Kenny
   
Vice President
    Kenny & Kenny P.C.

Janet Knupp
   
President
    The Chicago Public Education Fund

Martin J. Koldyke, Founder and Chair Emeritus
    Retired Chairman
    Frontenac Company

Patricia B. Koldyke

Marc Levin

Glenn "Max" McGee, PhD
   
President
    Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Jacquie McGrew
   
Golden Apple Fellow (1999) 

Matthew T. McGuire, PhD
   
Vice President, Institutional Marketing
    & Client Services
    Ariel Capital Management,  LLC

Rev. Calvin S. Morris, PhD
   
Executive Director
    Community Renewal Society

Nancy B. Northrip
   
Owner
    Ultimate Gymnastics

Peter W. Poulos
   
Partner
    Winston & Strawn LLP

Edward Prentice III
   
President & CEO
    Centrax Corporation

Kimberly Querrey
  
  President
    Querrey Enterprises

Bruce V. Rauner
    Principal & Chairman
    GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC

John Smart
   
Managing Director
    BMO Capital Markets

Ernest W. Torain, Jr.
   
Vedder, Price, Kaufman, & Kammholtz, P.C.

 Ivy Walker
   
President of Entrepreneurial Development
    The Taylor Group

Board of Directors Emeritus
Grace Barry
Andrew K. Block
Manford Byrd, Jr.
Barbara E. Franke
Frank W. Gardner
William Dren Geer, Jr.
Stanford J. Goldblatt
Barbara Levy Kipper
John D. Mabie
William J. McCarter
Ferdinand Nadherny
Donald S. Perkins
Patrick Ryan, Sr.
Gordon Segal
Arnold R. Weber