Board of Trustees

TRUSTEES

Mr. Scott Verschoor, Chair, Managing Director, KPMG

Mrs. Alexandra C. Nichols, Chair Emerita

Mr. Thomas Gahlon, Treasurer, CEO and President, Sahara Enterprises, Inc.

Mr. Jeffrey J. Morse, Secretary, Private Wealth Advisor, Merrill Lynch

Mrs. Lee Anne Stoddart, Vice Chair, Strategic Marketing Consultant

Mr. Christopher G. Bird

Mr. Carlos R. Cardenas, CPA, SVP & Managing Director, Wintrust Commercial Banking

Mr. Elliott M. Golub, Violinist and Artistic Director, Trio Chicago & Friends

Mr. David F. Heroy, Esq., Partner, Baker & McKenzie

Ms. Barbara Jane Irwin, President, Consultant Irwin Advisors, LLC

Mrs. Kay Mabie, Co-founder and Board member, Chicago High School for the Arts

Ms. Renée Parquette

Mr. Ross Updegraff, Full Stack Developer, Chicago Venture Partners

Mr. David Zampa, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

LIFE TRUSTEES

Mr. John J. Berwanger, Retired Attorney

Dr. Gilbert W. Bowen, Retired Senior Minister, Kenilworth Union Church

Mrs. Mitzi Freidheim

Mrs. Suzanne Spencer Garvin

Mr. John C. Goodall, Jr., Retired Vice President Wealth Management Division, Northern Trust Company

Mrs. Brooks Morgan

The Honorable Lorraine H. Morton, Retired Mayor, City of Evanston

Mrs. Susan B. Noyes, Founder and Publisher, Make it Better Media

Mrs. Rachel Barton Pine, Concert Violinist and Recording Artist

Mr. Carl M. Plochman, Jr., Retired Chief Executive Officer, Plochman, Inc.

Ms. Betsey L. Puth

Mrs. Priscilla F. Richman

Mr. William N. Topaz, President-Publishing, Consumer Brands, LLC

EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES

Dr. Mark George, President and CEO, Music Institute of Chicago

The Honorable Steve Hagerty, Mayor, City of Evanston

Ms. Jennifer Koh, Concert Violinist and Recording Artist

Dr. Nina Kraus, Hugh Knowles Chair, Professor of Neurobiology & Physiology, Otolaryngology, Northwestern University

Dr. Corinne Ness, Dean for the Division of Arts and Humanities, Associate Professor of Music, Carthage College

Mr. Christopher Rintz, President, Village of Winnetka

Ms. Deborah F. Rutter, President, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts