Officers
Heather Steans, Chair
President, Steans Family Foundation
Geeta Malhotra, Vice Chair
Partner, Sidley Austin
Nykia Wright, Secretary
CEO of the National Association of Realtors (NAR)
Phil Calian, Treasurer
Founder/Managing Partner, Kingsbury Partners
Directors
Felicia Davis Blakley
CEO, Primo Center
Tony Chereso
CEO, The Inland Group
Paulette Dodson, Immediate Past Chair
Board Member, Portillo’s Restaurant Group, Mather Lifeways,
Bark Inc., Trupanion Inc.
Alicia Garcia-Abner
Trinal, Inc., President
Hill Hammock
Verit Advisors
Jessica Nolan,
SVP, General Counsel
PLZ Aeroscience Corporation
Christopher Noon,
Principal & Founder, Quadrangle Development
Chris Rooney
Safer Foundation, Chief Technology Officer
Mark Rust
Barnes & Thornburg, Partner
Brian Sher
Partner in Charge – Chicago
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Scott Solomon
Vice President, Charles River Associates
John Svoboda
Managing Director, Svoboda Capital Partners, LLC
Wade Thompson
Partner, Jenner & Block
Maryann Waryjas
Corporate Director
NACD Board Leadership Fellow
Jill Wine-Banks
Author, The Watergate Girl; MSNBC Legal Analyst;
Co-host, #SistersInLaw and iGenPolitics Podcasts
Non-Directors/ Board Committee Members
Tim Franklin
Sr. Assoc. Dean & John M. Mutz Chair in Local News
Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
Northwestern University
Anne C. Dooley
Retired: BBDO WW & Omnicom Group