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
- Susan Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy – University of Michigan (Advisor)
- Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Chicago City Treasurer
- Marsha Cruzan, Chicago Market President, U.S. Bank
- John Davidson, CEO, The Options Clearing Corporation
- Michael Ericson, President and CEO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
- John Ettelson, President and CEO, William Blair
- Charles Evans, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Michael W. Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer (Co-Chair)
- Dr. Helene D. Gayle, President and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust (Co-Chair)
- Roger Hochschild, President and CEO, Discover (Co-Chair)
- Jim Reynolds, Chairman and CEO, Loop Capital
- John Rogers, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Ariel Investments (Co-Chair)
- Brian Schell, EVP & CFO, Cboe Global Markets
- Craig Smith, Chief Investment Officer, EVP, PPM America, Inc.
- Edward Wehmer, President and CEO, Wintrust Financial Corporation
Steering Committee
- Alison Bodor, Executive Principal, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
- Jennifer Browning, SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Cboe Global Markets
- Matthew Bruce, Executive Director for Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance, The Chicago Community Trust (Treasurer)
- John H. Campbell, Senior Vice President, Central Region Managing Director – Wealth Planning & Insurance Strategies, U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
- Marsha Cruzan, Regional President, U.S. Bank N.A.
- Carl Davis, VP, Manager, Corporate Recruitment, Mesirow Financial
- Aaron Deal, 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, Vice President & Head of Inclusion & Diversity, BMO Harris Bank
- Deborah Graham, Illinois State Treasurer’s Office
- Celeste Wright Harris, Vice President, Human Resources, Loop Capital
- Sarah Helm, Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, Discover
- 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
- Allison Pittman, Associate Managing Director, CIBC
- Julie Prieto, Managing Director, Human Resources, JP Morgan Chase
- Dave Quinn, Director, Recruiting and Human Resources, The CME Group
- Katie Schmitz, Director of Human Resources, PPM America
- 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)
Staff
- Magdalena Gonzalez – Hernandez, Financial Services Pipeline Initiative
- Dina Carr, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Rahina Ousseini, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Cyndi Bergstein, Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
- Matt Bruce, Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance