CEO Leadership Council
- 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)
- Marsha Cruzan, Chicago Market President, U.S. Bank
- John Davidson, CEO, The Options Clearing Corporation
- John Ettelson, President and CEO, William Blair
- Charles Evans, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Michael W. Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer
- Dr. Helene D. Gayle, President and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust (Co-Chair)
- Roger Hochschild, President and COO, Discover
- Aaron Meder, CEO, Legal & General Investment Management America
- Richard S. Price, Chairman and CEO, Mesirow Financial
- Jim Reynolds, Chairman and CEO, Loop Capital
- John Rogers, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Ariel Investments (Co-Chair)
- Edward Wehmer, President and CEO, Wintrust Financial Corporation
Steering Committee
- Yemi Akisanya, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, The Options Clearing Corporation
- 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.
- Bryan Echols, Senior Advisor, Illinois State Treasurer
- Fellicia Foster, Vice President & Head of Inclusion & Diversity, BMO Harris Bank
- Sarah Helm, Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, Discover
- Deborah Graham, Illinois State Treasurer’s Office
- Bridget Kaempfer, HR & Office Manager, Madison Dearborn Partners
- Melissa Donaldson, Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, and Training & Development, Wintrust Financial (Co-Chair)
- Auyana S. Orr, Manager, Community Affairs, Ariel Investments, LLC
- BethAnne Panos, Head of HR, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc.
- Allison Pittman, Associate Managing Director, CIBC
- Dave Quinn, Director, Recruiting and Human Resources, The CME Group
- Steve Thomas, Senior Vice President, Mortgage Capital Markets, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
- Cedric D. Thurman, Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (Co-Chair)
- La Toya Lewis, Vice President, Innovation, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Co-Chair)
- Celeste Wright Harris, Vice President, Human Resources, Loop Capital
- Jennifer Browning, SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Cboe Global Markets
- Carl Davis, VP, Manager, Corporate Recruitment, Mesirow Financial
- Abby Marfurt , Vice President, Human Resources, PPM America, Inc.
Staff
- 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