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Council on the Graduate School of Business

Accomplished alumni, corporate leaders and entrepreneurs serve on this advisory council. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of council members.

2007-2008 Council Members

James M. Kilts, Chair†
MBA ’74
Founding Partner
Centerview Partners
Rye, New York

Edward A. Snyder, Officer
AM ’78, PhD ’84
Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics

Robert V. Adams*
MBA ’61
Retired Executive Vice President
Xerox Corporation
Santa Monica, California

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
Chicago, Illinois

Clifford S. Asness
MBA ’91, PhD ’94
Managing Principal
AQR Capital Management, LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut

Norman Barker, Jr. *‡
AB ’47, MBA ’53
Former Chairman and CEO
First Interstate Bank of California
Beverly Hills, California

Edward McCormick Blair*‡
Senior Director
William Blair & Company, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Norman R. Bobins*
MBA ’67
Chairman Emeritus
LaSalle Bank Corporation
Chicago, Illinois

Dennis S. Bookshester*
Chairman
America's PowerSports, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

David G. Booth†
MBA ’71
Chairman and CEO
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.
Santa Monica, California

Barbara L. Bowles
MBA ’71
Vice Chairman
Profit Investment Management
Chicago, Illinois

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

John P. Calamos, Sr.
Chairman, CEO, co-CIO
Calamos Asset Management Inc.
Naperville, Illinois

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

Dennis H. Chookaszian*
MBA ’68
Retired Chairman and CEO
CNA Financial Corporation
Chicago, Illinois

Charles I. Clough, Jr.
MBA ’66
Chairman and CEO
Clough Capital Partners, LP
Boston, Massachusetts

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

Linnea Conrad*
MBA ’90
Managing Director, Investment Banking
Goldman Sachs & Co.
New York, New York

Robert M. Conway*
MBA ’69
Senior Director
Goldman Sachs & Company
London, United Kingdom

Kenneth S. Crews
MBA ’74
Partner and Managing Director
Greenhill & Co.
Dallas, Texas

Patrice M. Daniels
MBA ’84
Senior Vice President – Corporate Lending
GE Commercial Finance
Beverly Hills, California

Robert C. Davidson, Jr.
MBA ’69
Chairman and CEO
Surface Protection Industries, Inc.
Los Angeles, California

Thomas W. Davis
MBA ’77
Former Executive Vice President
Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.
Scarsdale, New York

Wendy L. de Monchaux
MBA ’86
Senior Managing Director
Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
New York, New York

James R. Donnelley*
MBA ’62
Partner
Stet & Query Limited Partnership
Chicago, Illinois

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

John A. Edwardson
MBA ’72
Chairman and CEO
CDW Corporation
Vernon Hills, Illinois

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

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

Mark A. Ernst
MBA ’86
Mission Hills, Kansas

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

Joseph J. Fitzsimmons
MBA ’74
Executive VP and CFO
Wendy's International, Inc.
Dublin, Ohio

David W. Fox*
MBA ’58
Retired Chairman and CEO
Chicago Stock Exchange
Hinsdale, Illinois

Cheryl A. Francis
MBA ’78
Former Chief Financial Officer
R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Burr Ridge, Illinois

Joel F. Gemunder
MBA ’62
President and CEO
Omnicare, Inc.
Convington, Kentucky

Timothy M. George
AB ’74, MBA ‘75
Managing Director
Greenhill & Co., LLC
New York, New York

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

Kathryn C. Gould†
MBA '78
Gould Investments
Menlo Park, California

Robert P. Gwinn*‡
PhD ’29
Chairman Emeritus
Encyclopedia Britannica
Riverside, Illinois

Jean D. Hamilton
MBA ’74
Chief Executive Officer
Xonos Incorporated
New York, New York

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

Bruce Herzfelder
MBA ’87, JD ’87
Chairman
The VetCor Group LLC
Hingham, Massachusetts

James Hill Jr.*
MBA ’67
Chairman and CEO
Hill, Taylor, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Lee S. Hillman
MBA ’79
Chairman
Power Plate International
Northbrook, Illinois

Robert S. Ingersoll*‡
Retired Chairman and CEO
Borg-Warner Corporation
Evanston, Illinois

Marc S. James
MBA ’88
Managing Director
Wachovia Securities LLC
New York, New York

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

Thomas L. Kalaris
MBA ’78
CEO, Wealth Management
Barclays PLC
London, United Kingdom

Edward L. Kaplan
MBA ’71
Nalpak, Inc.
Northbrook, Illinois

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

 

Kenneth Kaufman
EX ’69, MBA ’76
Managing Partner
Kaufman Hall & Associates, Inc.
Skokie, Illinois

Dennis J. Keller†
MBA ’68
Chairman
DeVry Inc.
Oakbrook Terrace, 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

David Baker Lewis Esq.
MBA ’67
Chairman and CEO
Lewis & Munday
Detroit, Michigan

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

Michael D. Lockhart
MBA ’75
Chairman and CEO
Armstrong Holdings, Inc.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

William T. Lynch, Jr.*
President and CEO
Liam Holdings, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Julian Mack
Managing Director, Midwest
McKinsey & Co.
Chicago, Illinois

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

Peter W. May†
AB ’64, MBA ’65
Vice Chairman
Triarc Companies, Inc.
New York, New York

Robert C. McCormack
MBA ’68
Partner
Trident Capital, Inc.
Burr Ridge, Illinois

Mark G. McGrath*
MBA ’69
Senior Advisor
Gleacher Partners LLC
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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
New York, New York

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

Joseph Neubauer*†
MBA ’65
Chairman and CEO
ARAMARK Corporation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Michael P. Polsky
MBA ’87
Founder, President, and CEO
Invenergy, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

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

Dale Anne Reiss
MBA ’70
Global Director, Real Estate
Ernst & Young
New York, New York

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

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

Clayton S. Rose
AB ’80, MBA ’81
Senior Lecturer
Harvard Business School
Chairman
Highbridge Capital Management
Essex Falls, New Jersey

Robert Rothman
MBA ’77
Chairman and CEO
Black Diamond Financial Group
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

George U. Sauter
MBA ’80
Chief Investment Officer
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Timothy A. Schlindwein
MBA ’72
Managing Principal
Schlindwein Associates, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Frits Seegers
MBA ’89
Chief Executive of Global Retail & Commercial Banking
Barclays PLC
London, England

Thomas W. Sidlik
MBA ’73
Retired Executive Vice President,
Global Procurement and Supply
DaimlerChrysler AG
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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

Joan Elizabeth Steel
MBA '77
Senior Vice President
Capital Guardian Trust Company
Chicago, 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

Mary Ann Tolan
MBA ’92
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Accretive Health
Chicago, Illinois

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

Kenneth A. Viellieu
MBA '84
Senior Managing Director &
Head, Chicago Investment Banking
Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

David J. Vitale*
MBA ’76
Senior Advisor to the CEO
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, Illinois

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

Todd Evan Warnock
MBA ’88
Founding Partner
RoundTable Healthcare Partners LP
Lake Forest, Illinois

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

Alison A. Winter
MBA ’75
Braintree Holdings, LLC
Pasadena, California

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

Donna Frett Zarcone
MBA ’87
President and CEO
D. F. Zarcone & Associates LLC
Chicago, Illinois

*Denotes a life member
Denotes member of The University of Chicago Board of Trustees
‡Denotes University of Chicago Life Trustee

EX denotes enrollment in U of C degree program and class year

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