2010
Shirley R. Madigan
Chairman
The Illinois Arts Council

Terry Mazany
President and CEO
The Chicago Community Trust

Kevin Willer
Head of Industry, Technology & Telecom
JakeParillo
Public Affairs
Google, Inc.

Timothy J. Feddersen
Wendell Hobbs Professor of Managerial Politics
Director of the Social Enterprise at Kellogg Program (SEEK)
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University

Nicole Teti
Director of Strategic Management
The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago

Carli Franks
Senior Associate of Community Fundraising
The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago

Bill Geiger
President and CEO
McGaw YMCA, Evanston, IL

Diane Kemp
Executive Director
The American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate

2009
Robert Christie
Vice President, Government and Legislative Relations
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Gaye van den Hombergh
President
Winning Workplaces

Gregory M. Mueller, PhD.
Vice President, Science and Academic Programs
Steve Ball
Director of Corporate Relations
The Chicago Botanic Garden

Adele Simmons
Vice Chair and Senior Executive - Chicago Metropolis 2020
Vice Chair - The Burnham Centennial Committee

Randy Blankenhorn
Executive Director - The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

R. Rene Friedman
Partner - Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP

Amy Newkirk
Geography Marketing - PricewaterhouseCoopers

Colleen Lennon
Resource Development Director - Boys and Girls Club of Lake County, Illinois

Christopher Clinton Coway
Executive Director - The Joffrey Ballet

James Cuno
President and Eloise W. Martin Director - The Art Institute of Chicago

Thomas Kerwin, FAIA
Managing Partner - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Chef Christopher Koetke
Dean, School of Culinary Arts, Kendall College

2008
Margaret Holt
Standards Editor, The Chicago Tribune

Mark Jacob
Deputy Metro Editor, The Chicago Tribune

David Greising
Business Columnist, The Chicago Tribune

Robert Christie
Vice President-Government and Legislative Relations, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Kassie Davis
Executive Director, CME Trust

Eileen Sweeney
Director-Corporate & Foundation Philanthropic Relations, Motorola Foundation

Nancy Radner
Chief Executive Director, The Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness

David Davis
Programs Manager, Elam Davies Social Services Center, Chicago Lights at Fourth Presbyterian Church

Kathleen Molnar
Program Director, Emergency Fund

Kevin Jackson
Executive Director, Chicago Rehab Network

Bruce Martin
Midwest Regional Manager, Community Development Real Estate, JPMorgan Chase

Lin Kaatz Chary, PhD., MPH

Deborah DeHaas
Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner, Deloitte Services, LLP, Midwest Region

Diane Dillon
Associate Director of Research and Education, Newberry Library

Torey Malatia
President and General Manager, Chicago Public Radio


2007
Anne Ladkey
Executive Director, Women Employed

Dr. Clement Hamilton
Vice President and Director of Research, Morton Arboretum

Rick Hirschhaut
Project and Executive Director, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center

Richard Jones
University of Chicago,

Sadhu Johnston
Commissioner of the Environment, City of Chicago

Tom Bartoski
Director of International Business Development, World Business Chicago

Gary Johnson
President, Chicago History Museum

Gabrielle Lyon
Executive Director, Project Exploration

Paul Nebenzahl
Community Health Charities,

William Mason
General Director, Lyric Opera


2006
Tim Schwertfeger
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuveen Investments

David Spadafora
President and Librarian, Newberry Library

David Anderson
Executive Director, Freedom Museum

Mary Houpt

Dr. Jose Oberholzer
Director of Cell and Pancreas Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Surgery

Dr. Michael Walsh
Chicago Climate Exchange

Margaret Stender
General Manager, Chicago Sky


2005
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ariel Capital Management

John Roberts
Managing Director, Chicago Mercantile Exchange

George Rainey
President and CEO, Metropolis

Arne Duncan
Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools

Geoff Emberling
Museum Director, Oriental Institute

Paul Biebel, Jr.
Presiding Judge, Criminal Division

Dr. Weine
Director, International Center on Human Responses to Social Catastrophes

Aleksander Hemon
MacArthur Genius Award Recipient

Ralph Hughes
Regional Director, Marshall Fields

Brenda Sexton
Managing Director, Illinois Film Office

John A. Kessler M.D.
Chairman, Department of Neurology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital


2004
Gordon Quinn
Founding Member & President, Kartemquin Educational Films

Joanna Rudnick
Director of Development, Kartemquin Educational Films

William J. Brodsky
Chairman and CEO, Chicago Board Options Exchange

Lance Schart
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation

Candace Browdy
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation

Annual Meeting

Larry Suffredin
Commissioner (13th District), Cook County

Raymond Soucek
President/CEO, Haymarket Center

Chivy Sok
University of Iowa

Libby Chiu
Urban Gateways/Community Trust Sarh Solotaroff

Dan Schmidt
President/CEO, WTTW

Mike Peregrine
Gardner, Carton and Douglas Robert Friedman of Bear Stearns


2003
Merri Dee

Paul Lehman
Winning Workplaces

Eddie Lawlor
Dean, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago

Sid Mohn
President, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights

Jill Wine-Banks
Chief Officer, Education to Careers Chicago Public Schools

Maureen Blaha
Executive Director, National Runaway Switchboard

Dr. Michael Pagano
Director and Professor, Public Administration Program UIC

Dr. Rebecca Hendrick
Associate Professor, Public Administration Program UIC

Joan Gunzberg
Executive Director, Arts & Business Council, Chicago


2002
Joan M. Klaus
BankOne

Cheryl Lamm Gunn
Quaker Oats

Carolyn Nordstrom
Chicago United

Karyn Harris
Chicago United

Isabel Carter Stewart
Exec. Director, Chicago Foundation for Women

Kaye Felkins
Professor, Loyola University Chicago

Richard Bynum
Dir. of Disaster Svcs, American Red Cross

Kevin Bell
President, Lincoln Park Zoo

Steve Ross
Research Associate for Primates, Lincoln Park Zoo

Mark Germano
Vice President, United Way

Dr. Sylvia Manning
Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

Norma Moruzzi
Professor, UIC


2001
Deb deHaas
Andersen

Bill Haljun
President, Big Ideas

Dr. Cynthia Barron
Principle, Jones Magnet High School

Dr. Lainie Friedman Ross
University of Chicago

Katherine Gehl
Office of the Mayor

Hedy Ratner
Co-President, Women’s Business Development Center

Mike Nash
Suite Life

John McCarter
President, Field Museum

Andy Shaw
Channel 7 (ABC)


2000
Elynor Williams
Sara Lee

MarySue Barrett
Executive Director, Metropolitan Planning Council

Pastora SanJuan Cafferty Ph.D.
Professor, School of Social Service Administration

Burton Bledstein
Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago

Elaine Schuster Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Education

Shaye Mandle
President, llinois Coalition

Phillip Jackson
CEO, Chicago Housing Authority

Tom Kirkpatrick
Executive Director, Chicago Crime Commission

Tom Grey
Executive Director, National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling


1999
Cordell Reed
Retired Sr. Vice President, UNICOM

Dr. Phillip Nyden
Director, Center for Urban Research & Learning, Loyola University Chicago

Julia Stasch
Commissioner Of Housing,

Rev. Monsignor Kenneth Velo
President, The Catholic Church Ext. Society

John McCarter
President, Field Museum

Paul Vallas
CEO, Chicago Public Schools

Eric McKissack
Ariel Capital Management

Valerie Lies
President, Donors Forum

Laurene von Klan
Executive Director, Friends of the River

Dr. Richard Braddock


1998
Jerry Donovan
Executive Director, CR Group

Joseph Sullivan
Chairman, Exec. Committee IMC Global, Inc. and Bd. of Dirs., American Refugee Committee

Terrence Brunner
Executive Director, Better Government Association


1997
Robert Stuart
Chairman Emeritus, National Can

Dr. Joan Fitzgerald
Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago

Loleta Didrickson
Comptroller, State of Illinois


1996
Father John Piderit, S.J.
President, Loyola University Chicago

Charlie Ruder
CEO, The United Way


1995
Jean Allard
President, Metropolitan Planning Commission

Vince Lane
Executive Director, Chicago Housing Authority

Jobie Peterson
City of Chicago


1994
James O’Connor
Chairman, UNICOM

Inge Frylund
Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management

Eileen Kelliher
Sr. Health Planner, Metropolitan Planning Council


1993
Elliot Lehman
Chairman, Fel-Pro

ReDonna Rodgers
Executive Director, Center for Teaching Entrepreneurship

Dennis Chase
Executive Editor, Advertising Age


1992
Kenneth West
Chairman, Harris Bank

Alex Kotlowitz
Wall Street Journal

Alan Carlson
President, The Rockford Institute


1991
Richard Morrow
Chairman, Amoco

Stephen Laue
Information Services Specialist, U.S. Bureau of Census

John J. Schornack
Vice Chairman, Ernst & Young


1990
Richard J. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago

Michael Darcy
Executive Director, Gateway Foundation


1989
George D. Kennedy
Chairman & CEO, International Minerals & Chemical Corporation

Frank W. Considine
Chairman, American National Can Company


1988
B. Kenneth West
Chairman & CEO, Harris Bankcorp, Inc.


1987
Manfred Byrd
Superintendent, Chicago Schools

Gerald Erickson
President, United Charities of Chicago


1986
Dick Longworth
Co-Author, Tribune Millstone Series

Hanna Gray
President, University of Chicago