CEO Leadership Council
- Natalie Brown, President, Mesirow
- John Canning, Jr., Chairman, Madison Dearborn Partners
- Michael Capatides, President and CEO, CIBC Bank USA
- David Casper, President and CEO, BMO Harris Bank
- Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Chicago City Treasurer
- Andrej Bolkovic, CEO, The Options Clearing Corporation
- Michael Ericson, President and CEO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
- Charles Evans, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Michael W. Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer (Co-Chair)
- John Rogers, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Ariel Investments (Co-Chair)
- Brian Schell, EVP & CFO, Cboe Global Markets
- Edward Wehmer, President and CEO, Wintrust Financial Corporation
Steering Committee
- Moji Akinde, Associate Managing Director, Inclusion and Diversity, CIBC
- Alison Bodor, Executive Principal, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
- Deidre Boone, Senior Director of DEI, Cboe Global Markets
- Matthew Bruce, Executive Director for Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance, The Chicago Community Trust (Treasurer)
- Carl Davis, VP, Manager, Corporate Recruitment, Mesirow Financial
- Vern Johnson, Diversity & Inclusion, CIBC
- Melissa Donaldson, Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, and Training & Development, Wintrust Financial (Co-Chair)
- Bryan Echols, Senior Advisor, Illinois State Treasurer
- Fellicia Foster, Managing Director, Head of U.S. People, Process, Change, Inclusion & Talent Integration, BMO Harris
- Deborah Graham, Illinois State Treasurer’s Office
- Bridget Kaempfer, HR & Office Manager, Madison Dearborn Partners
- La Toya Lewis, Vice President, Innovation, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Co-Chair)
- Auyana S. Orr, Manager, Community Affairs, Ariel Investments, LLC
- Dave Quinn, Director, Recruiting and Human Resources, The CME Group
- Robye Scott, Assistant City Treasurer and Chief Diversity Officer, Chicago City Treasurer’s Office
- Cedric D. Thurman, Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (Co-Chair)
- Jeremy Norman, Global DE&I, CME Group
Staff
- Karen Riley, Director, FSP, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Cyndi Bergstein, Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
- Matt Bruce, Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance