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The Council on Chicago Booth advises Booth's leadership in their efforts to maintain faculty excellence and develop the highest quality management education programs in the world. We gratefully acknowledge the extraordinary contributions of Chicago Booth Council members.

2012 - 13 Council Members

John A. Edwardson†, Chair
MBA '72
Chairman
CDW Corporation
Vernon Hills, Illinois

Robert V. Adams*
MBA '61
Chairman
Adams Capital Management
Santa Monica, California

Nicholas W. Alexos
MBA '88
Cofounder & Managing Partner
Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Andrew M. Alper†
AB '80, MBA '81
Chairman Alper Investments, Inc.
New York, New York

John P. Amboian
AB '83, MBA '84
Chief Executive Officer
Nuveen Investments, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Calvin H. Baker
MBA '69
Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager
Brown Capital Management
Baltimore, Maryland

Norman R. Bobins*
MBA '67
Chairman
The PrivateBank and Trust Company
Chicago, Illinois

Dennis S. Bookshester*
Professional Investor and Advisor
Chicago, Illinois

David G. Booth†*
MBA '71
Co-CEO, Chairman, President & Founder Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.
Santa Monica, California

Barbara L. Bowles
MBA '71
President
Landers-Bowles Family Foundation
Chicago, Illinois

Peter C. Browning*
MBA '76
Lead Director
Nucor Inc.
Charlotte, North Carolina

Philip Alan Canfield
MBA '96
Principal
GTCR LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Charles H. Cannon
MBA '82
Chairman and CEO
JBT Corporation
Chicago, Illinois

Jaime Chico-Pardo ◊
MBA '74
Co-Chairman of the Board
Telefonos de Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico

Dennis H. Chookaszian*
MBA '68
Retired Chairman and CEO, CNA Insurance Companies
Chicago, Illinois

Kenneth J. Coates*
MBA '64
Senior Partner
TriMentor Group LLC
Santa Barbara, California

Stephen J. Czech
MBA '98
Managing Partner
Czech Asset Management, LP
Greenwich, Connecticut

Robert C. Davidson Jr.*
MBA '69
Retired Chairman and CEO
Surface Protection Industries, Inc.
Pasadena, California

Wendy L. de Monchaux
MBA '86
Weston, Connecticut

James R. Donnelley*
MBA '62
General Partner
Ampersand, Reset & South Eastern LP
Chicago, Illinois

James J. Drury III
MBA '66
Chairman and CEO
James Drury Partners
Chicago, Illinois

Gregory T. Durant
MBA '88
Vice Chairman and Managing Partner
Deloitte LLC
New York, New York

Richard Elden
MBA '66
Founder
Lakeview Capital Management LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Merrick M. Elfman
MBA '83
Senior Managing Director
Sterling Partners
Northbrook, Illinois

Mark A. Ernst
MBA '86
Executive VP and COO
Fiserv, Inc.
Brookfield, Wisconsin

Lawrence I. Field*
Chairman
Field Holdings Inc.
Northbrook, Illinois

David W. Fox*
MBA '58
Retired Chairman, Board of Governors
Chicago Stock Exchange
Burr Ridge, Illinois

Joel F. Gemunder
MBA '62
Convington, Kentucky

Timothy M. George†
AB '74, MBA '75
Managing Director
Lazard Freres & Company
New York, New York

Melvin R. Goodes*
MBA '60
Retired Chairman and CEO
Warner-Lambert Company
Vero Beach, Florida

Kathryn C. Gould†
MBA '78
Portola Valley, California

James W. Harding*
MBA '40
Retired President and Chairman
Kemper Financial Services, Inc.
Indian Wells, California

Michael E. Herman*
MBA '64
General Partner
Herman Family Trading Company
Kansas City, Missouri

James Hill Jr.*
MBA '67
Retired Managing Director
Mitchell & Titus
Chicago, Illinois

Lee S. Hillman
MBA '79
President
Liberation Advisory Group LLC
Northbrook, Illinois

Michele J. Hooper
MBA '75
CEO, Managing Partner & Co-Founder
The Director's Council
Wilmette, Illinois

Mark S. Hoplamazian
MBA '89
President and Chief Executive Officer
Global Hyatt Corporation
Chicago, Illinois

Marc S. James
MBA '88
Managing Director
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
New York, New York

David W. Johnson*
MBA '58
Retired Chairman, President, and CEO
Campbell Soup Company
New Hope, Pennsylvania

George Kadifa
MBA '89
Executive Vice President
Hewlett-Packard Company
Palo Alto, California

Thomas L. Kalaris ◊
MBA '78
CEO, Wealth Management
Barclays Capital
London, United Kingdom

Edward L. Kaplan
MBA '71
President
Nalpak, Inc.
Northbrook, Illinois

Karen Katen†
AB '70, MBA '74
Senior Advisor
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures LLC
New York, New York

Dennis J. Keller†
MBA '68
Cofounder, Retired Chairman, and CEO
DeVry Inc.
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

James M. Kilts †*
MBA '74
Partner
Centerview Capital
Rye, New York

Craig P. Kipp
MBA '83
President and Chief Executive Officer
Boart Longyear Ltd.
South Jordan, Utah

David M. Kirchheimer
MBA '78
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Oaktree Capital Management
Los Angeles, California

Cary A. Kochman
JD '90, MBA '90
Managing Director & Head, North American M&A
Citi
Chicago, Illinois

Robert J. Lavidge*
MBA '47
President Emeritus
Elrick and Lavidge
Scottsdale, Arizona

Jerry W. Levin*
MBA '68
Chairman and CEO
JW Levin Partners LLC
New York, New York

James W. Lewis*
MBA '70
Chairman
Geometry Group, Inc.
New York, New York

Michael D. Lockhart
MBA '75
Retired Chairman, President, and CEO
Armstrong Holdings, Inc.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Joseph Mansueto
AB '78, MBA '80
Chairman and CEO
Morningstar, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Roxanne M. Martino
MBA '88
President and CEO
Aurora Investment Management LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Peter W. May†*
AB '64, MBA '65
President and Partner
Trian Group, Inc.
New York, New York

Robert C. McCormack*
MBA '68
Advisory Partner
Trident Capital, Inc.
Burr Ridge, Illinois

Mark G. McGrath*
MBA '69
Senior Advisor
Gleacher & Company
Chicago, Illinois

John A. McQuown
Principal
Diversified Credit Investments, LLC
San Francisco, California

Leo Melamed*
Chairman and CEO
Melamed & Associates
Chicago, Illinois

Rodney M. Miller Sr.
MBA '86
Managing Director, Mergers and Acquisitions
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
New York, New York

Robert B. Nagel
MBA '63
Chairman and Partner
CEO Partners, Inc.
Winnetka, Illinois

Joseph Neubauer†*
MBA '65
Chairman
Aramark, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James B. Nicholson
MBA '67
President and CEO
PVS Chemicals, Inc.
Detroit, Michigan

Michael P. Polsky†
MBA '87
President and CEO
Invenergy, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Janet Pucino
MBA '94
Beverly Hills, California

Paul E. Purcell
MBA '71
President and CEO
Robert W. Baird & Company
Chicago, Illinois

John Peter Ricketts
AB '86, MBA '91
Founder
Drakon LLC
Omaha, Nebraska

George G. Rinder*
EX '41, MBA '42
Retired Vice Chairman
Marshall Field & Company
Burr Ridge, Illinois

Linnea Roberts
MBA '90
New York, New York

Robert Rothman*
MBA '77
President and CEO
Black Diamond Capital Partners LLC
Tampa, Florida

Steven G. Rothmeier†*
MBA '72
Chairman and CEO
Great Northern Capital
St. Paul, Minnesota

William C. Rusnack*
MBA '70
Former President and CEO
Premcor, Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri

Jorge A. Saieh
AM '97, MBA '98
Chairman of the Board
CorpBanca S.A.
Santiago, Chile

George U. Sauter
MBA '80
Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Frits Seegers ◊
MBA '89
Chief Executive Officer
CT Corporation System
Jakarta, Indonesia

Thomas W. Sidlik
Member of the Board of Managers
Delphi Automotive PLC
MBA '73
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Martin Slark
Vice Chairman and CEO
Molex, Inc.
Lisle, Illinois

Fred G. Steingraber*
MBA '64
Chairman
Board Advisors, LLC
Kenilworth, Illinois

Joel M. Stern*
MBA '64
Chairman and CEO
Stern Stewart & Company
New York, New York

Philip W.K. Sweet Jr.*
MBA '57
Retired Chairman
Northern Trust Company
Palm Beach, Florida

Diane Swonk
MBA '89
Senior Managing Director and Chief Economist
Mesirow Financial Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Richard K. Sykes
MBA '90
Director
McKinsey & Company
Chicago, Illinois

Ronald E. Tarrson
MBA '72
Owner
Santa Fe Aero Services
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Immanuel Thangaraj
AB '92, MBA '93
Managing Director
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures
Palo Alto, California

Peter Q. Thompson
CEO
Perkins Investment Management LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Mary Ann Tolan†
MBA '92
Chief Executive Officer
Accretive Health
Chicago, Illinois

James L. Tyree
Retired Executive Vice President
Abbott Laboratories
Chicago, Illinois

Roger M. Vasey*
MBA '70
Managing Partner
Conyers Capital LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut

Kenneth A. Viellieu
MBA '84
Managing Director
Moelis & Company Holdings LLC
Chicago, Illinois

David J. Vitale*
MBA '76
President
Chicago Board of Education
Chicago, Illinois

John S. Wadsworth Jr.◊
MBA '63
Advisory Director
Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd.
San Francisco, California

Todd Evan Warnock
MBA '88
Founding Partner and Senior Advisor
RoundTable Healthcare Partners LP
Lake Forest, Illinois

Patricia A. Wier*
MBA '78
President
Patricia A. Wier Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Alison A. Winter
MBA '75
Chief Executive Officer
Braintree Holdings, LLC
Pasadena, California

Ernest R. Wish*
MBA '71
Chairman
Wish Enterprises
Chicago, Illinois

John E. Yoshimura
MBA '87
Global Chief Operating Officer
A.T. Kearney, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Cynthia L. Zollinger
MBA '79
President and CEO
Cornerstone Research, Incorporated
San Francisco, California

 

*Denotes Life Member, Chicago Booth Council
†Denotes Member, University of Chicago Board of Trustees
‡Denotes University of Chicago Life Trustee
◊Denotes Chicago Booth Global Advisory Board
EX denotes enrollment in University of Chicago degree program and class year