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