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Board of Trustees

Chair & Officers

Chair

• J.C. Gonzalez-Mendez
  President of McDonald’s Latin America, Retired
  Founder, President & CEO, GM Integritas Consulting, LLC 

Vice-Chair

• Valerie Barker Waller

Secretary to the Board

• Terry Peterson (MPA ’95)
  PTS Corp

Public & Faculty Members 

• Brandon Austin
  Chief Insights & Innovation Officer 
  Executives’ Club of Chicago
   
• Stephen Cerrone
  Founder
  SJC Advisors LLC
  Associate Professor of Professional Practice – University of Miami
   
• Sheila Chalmers-Currin
   
• Celeste Chamberland, Faculty Trustee 
  Associate Professor of History
  College of Humanities, Education & Social Sciences
   
• Jon Cherry
   
• Jill Coleman, Faculty Trustee
  Professor of Psychology, Core Faculty, Women’s and Gender Studies
  College of Humanities, Education & Social Sciences
   
• Elizabeth Connolly
  General Counsel, Executive Vice President
  Sinai Health System
   
• James B. Connor
  Retired, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  Duke Realty
   
• Bruce A. Crown
  Chairman
  BevBar, Inc.
   
• Jaime Di Paulo
  President & CEO
  Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
   
• Maria Doughty
  Chief Executive Officer
  Chicago Network
   
• Sean Eshaghy, BA ’15
  Program Director & Head Writer of Priority Standards & Proficiency Scales
  Archdiocese of Chicago
   
• Ana Fuentes
   
• Jessica L. Gonzalez
  Managing Counsel for the U.S. HSSE & Refining Team
  BP America, Inc.
   
• Sarah Guernsey
  Deputy Director and Senior Vice President for Curatorial Affairs
  Art Institute of Chicago
   
• John R. Hall, III, Ed.D.
  CEO
  Edugaged, LLC
   
• Larissa Herczeg
  Managing Partner
  1 Seed Partners, LLC
   
• Thomas K. Hyatt
  Principal
  Thomas K. Hyatt PLLC
  Tom Hyatt Governance Strategies
   
• Michael Hyzy, B.S. '10
  Vice President of National AI Strategy & Product Development
  CGI
   
• Jim Iorio, Faculty Trustee
  Associate Professor of Theatre, Associate Chair and Producing Director of the Theatre Conservatory
  Chicago College of Performing Arts
   
• Rodolfo "Rudy" Medina
  Market President
  Self-Help Federal Credit Union
   
• Bedrija Nikocevic, Faculty Trustee
  Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences
  College of Science, Health and Pharmacy
  Clinical & Administrative Sciences
   
• Joseph Nocera
  Leader of PwC's Cyber & Privacy Innovation Institute
  PwC
   
• Joseph A. Pasquinelli
  Founding Principal
  Archideas
   
• Rashad Robison, BA ’21
  Strategy & Operations Lead of Devices, Services, Platforms & Ecosystems
  Google
   
• Theresa "Tracy" ²Ø¾«¸ó
  Senior Legal Counsel
  Plymouth Rock Assurance
   
• Dr. Airica Steed, Ed.D.
  Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner
  Breakthrough Innovation Partners, LLC
   
• Joyce E. Tucker
  Vice President of Global Diversity and Employee Rights, Retired
  The Boeing Company
   
• Marek A. Wierzba 
  Partner, Assurance & Advisory Business Services, Ernst & Young
   
• Carolyn Wiley, Faculty Trustee
  Professor of Management
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• Lakeshia Wright
   
• Joseph Yacullo
  Chief Credit and Financial Risk Officer
  Northern Trust Corporation 

Student Trustees

• Patrick Brooks
• Riley Stovall

Life Trustees

• Gerald W. Fogelson
• Charles R. Gardner
• Joe F. Hanauer
• Patricia Harris
• David Hiller
• Meme Hopmayer
• Donald S. Hunt
• Robert Johnson
• Melvin L. Katten
• Renee Logan
• Robert Mednick (BS, ’62)
• Robert Y. Paddock
• Anna Eleanor ²Ø¾«¸ó

Honorary

• Charles R. Middleton 
  President Emeritus

Executive Council

• Ali Malekzadeh — President
• Mike Maly — Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs
• Nicole Barron — Senior Vice President of Enrollment Management
• Michael Ford — Vice President, Chief of Staff & Asst. Secretary to the Board of Trustees
• Jared Fritz-McCarty — Vice President of Advancement & Chief Development Officer
• Arlene Regnerus — Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer
• Neeraj Kumar — Vice President for Technology/Chief Information Officer
• Rich Regan — Chief Executive Officer of the Auditorium Theatre of ²Ø¾«¸ó
• Joseph P. Regan — Vice President for Institutional Research, Assessment, and Accreditation
• Michael Cassidy — Vice President of Athletics and Student Athlete Success
• Mike Kaluzny — Vice President, Marketing and Communications
• Steve Cohen — Chair, University Senate

College Deans

See the Academic Leadership page for a current list of College Deans.