Board of Trustees

Board Chair
Emily T. Knight, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist

Vice Chair
Shelley Ochab
Civic Leader

Vice Chair
Ellard L. Pfaelzer, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus, Retired
Bruss Company

Treasurer
J. Barry Mitchell

Assistant Treasurer
Cheryl Wolfersberger**

Secretary
Andrius K. Strimaitis
Attorney at Law, Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

Assistant Secretary
Jennifer Young**

Executive Director
Thomas F. Bracy**

President
Duffie A. Adelson**

Parent Representative
Shen Chen

Susan S. Aaron, Civic Program Design, DePaul University, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development

David P. Bolger

Nick Bubnovich, Towers Watson, Human Capital Consulting Group

The Honorable Edward M. Burke, Alderman, 14th Ward, Chicago

David C. Donnan, Vice President, A.T. Kearney

Robert D. Fitzgerald, Bank of America, Retired

Joseph B. Glossberg, Senior Partner, Gofen and Glossberg, LLC

Howard L. Gottlieb, Glen Eagle Partners

Justin Greis, Senior Manager/Professor of Information Systems at Ernst & Young and Indiana University

Janice L. Honigberg, President, Sun Belle Inc.

Charles K. Huebner, Managing Principal, RCP Advisors, LLC

Judith A. Istock, Civic Leader

Jerry S. James, President, Edward R. James Partners, LLC

Reginald Jones, Executive Director, Steans Family Foundation

David S. Kalt, Owner, Chicago Music Exchange

Debra Kerr, Executive Director, YouthMuse

Richard P. Kiphart, Head of Private Client Advisors, William Blair & Co.

Jules F. Knapp, Chairman and CEO, Grisham Corporation

Aylwin Lewis, President and CEO, Potbelly Sandwich Works

Jennifer Montague, Director of Marketing, ComEd

Lucy R. Minor, Civic Leader

Edward H. Oppenheimer, President, Oppenheimer Family Foundation

Kenneth G. Pigott, Vaduz Partners LLC

Steve Robinson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, WFMT and the WFMT Radio Network

Earl J. Rusnak, Jr., Founding Partner, Retired, Harris Associates L.P.

Raymond L. Rusnak

Marlon Smith, Managing Director, Loop Capital Markets

Heather Steans, Illinois State Senator

Nina G. Stillman, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Thomas H. Stone, Chair and CEO, Stone Capital Group, Inc.

** Ex-officio non-voting members

Trustees Emeriti

Bruce W. Boyd
Thomas D. Heath
Diane S. Karzas
William J. Lawlor, III
Peggy Pascal
Roger L. Plummer
Jon L. Powell
David J. Rudis
Frank C. Schroeder, III
Deborah D. Thomas
Janyth Y. Toye
Dia S. Weil

Honorary Trustees

Samuel H. Ellis
Peter B. Foreman
Thomas C. Heagy
Thomas F. Pick
Harry Porterfield
John I. Schlossman
David M. Stone
Richard L. Thomas