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Leadership Council

The Leadership Council reports to the Board of Directors. The mission of the Leadership Council is to provide former CFA Chicago leaders and current business executives the opportunity to network, exchange ideas, and contribute to the oldest investment analysts' society in the country.

The Leadership Council is comprised of former CFA Chicago leaders and current business leaders in the community. All members are invited to serve by the Leadership Council Subcommittee.

The 2010-2011 members of the Leadership Council are:

James P. Stirling, CFA, UBS - Chair
Gary P. Brinson, CFA GP Brinson Investments
William J. Brodsky Chicago Board Options Exchange
John A. Canning, Jr. Madison Dearborn Partners
Duke Chapman ABN AMRO Corporation
Michelle L. Collins MC Advisory, LLC
E. David Coolidge, III William Blair & Company, LLC
James S. Crown Henry Crown & Company
Jeffrey J. Diermeier, CFA CFA Institute
Craig S. Donohue CME Group
W. James Farrell SLP, LLC
William C. Foote USG Corporation
David W. Fox, Sr. Northern Trust Company
T. Bondurant French, CFA Adams Street Partners, LLC
Christopher B. Galvin Harrison Street Capital
King Harris Harris Holdings, Inc.
Mellody L. Hobson Ariel Capital Management, Inc.
Mark C. Hutchinson, CFA Credit Suisse
Donald P. Jacobs Kellogg School of Management
Richard M. Jaffee Oil-Dri Corp. of America
Edgar D. Jannotta William Blair & Company, LLC
Dennis J. Keller DeVry, Inc.
Arch King, CFA Northern Trust Company
Joseph Knecht, CFA Harris myCFO
John S. Lillard Wintrust Financial Corporation
Michael N. Lindh, CFA Nuveen HydePark Group
Seymour N. Lotsoff, CFA Lotsoff Capital Management
John W. Madigan McCormick Foundation
R. Eden Martin The Commercial Club of Chicago
John W. McCarter, Jr. The Field Museum
Susan N. McDermott, CFA Stratford Advisory Group
Andrew J. McKenna Schwarz Paper Company
Alan G. McNally Walgreen Company
William A. Mynatt, Jr. Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc.
James J. O'Connor Commonwealth Edison Company
Thomas J. Pritzker Pritzker Organization
J. Christopher Reyes Reyes Holdings, LLC
Joan K. Rockey, CFA Hadelrock Capital Management
John W. Rogers, Jr. Ariel Capital Management, LLC
Patrick G. Ryan Ryan Specialty Group
John F. Sandner Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Michelle Seitz, CFA William Blair & Company, LLC
Harrison Steans Financial Investment Corporation/td>
James P. Stirling, CFA UBS
Robert J. Stucker Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.
Allan C. Sutherland Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Richard L. Thomas JPMorgan Chase & Company
John R. Walter Ashlin Management Company
James F. Whitney, CFA Credit Suisse Family Wealth Management
Paul G. Yovovich Lake Capital

Last updated: July 7, 2009