Sara Lee
1999 Cordell Reed
Retired Sr. Vice President, UNICOM (Now Exelon)
1998 Jerry Donovan
Executive Director, CR Group
1997 Robert Stuart
Chairman Emeritus, National Can
1995 Jean Allard
President, Metropolitan Planning Commission
1994 James O’Connor
Chairman, UNICOM (Now Exelon)
1993 Elliot Lehman
Chairman, Fel-Pro
1992 Kenneth West
Chairman, Harris Bank
1991 Richard Morrow
Chairman, Amoco
Your Company, Culture and Values
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The future belongs to companies who can create synergies between their company’s people, profits and passions. Doing so begins with understanding which markets and stakeholders are key to your company’s success, and taking calculated risks that challenge the status quo while keeping values intact.
The Corporate Responsibility Group of Chicago (CR Group) has invited leading executives to discuss their views on how to stay on the forefront of game-changing social issues while addressing the larger question of taking collective action to create a win-win climate for business and society.
Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N. Wacker Drive
This discussion features a panel comprised of thought-leaders and trend-setters among Chicago’s leading companies.
Panel Moderator:
Francia Harrington, Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase & Company
Panelists:
Ruth Ann M. Gillis, Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative and Diversity Officer, Exelon Corporation; President, Exelon Business Services Company
Richard P. Kiphart, Lyric Opera’s CEO and Head of Private Client Advisors, William Blair & Company
Shannon Schuyler, US Corporate Responsibility Leader, PwC
Eric S. Smith, Managing Director, Investment Banking Group, JPMorgan Chase & Company
Special Welcome by William Mason, General Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago
2007 – Speakers
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 – Speakers
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 – Speakers
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 – Speakers
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
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 – Speakers
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 – Speakers
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 – Speakers
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 – Speakers
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 – Speakers
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 – Speakers
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