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Council on the Graduate School of Business

The Council on the Graduate School of Business advises the GSB'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 GSB Council members.

2008-2009 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
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Chicago, Illinois

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

Nicholas W. Alexos
MBA '88
Co-Founder & 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

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
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
Landers-Bowles Family Foundation
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., Inc.
Dallas, Texas

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

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

Wendy L. de Monchaux
MBA ’86
Weston, Connecticut

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
Burr Ridge, 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., Inc.
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
Portola Valley, California

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

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
Chairman and CEO
Hill, Taylor, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

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

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

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

Edith A. Hunt
MBA '74
Co-Chief Operating Officer, Human Capital Management Division
Goldman Sachs
Jersey City, New Jersey

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

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

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

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

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, Global Retail & Commercial Banking
Barclays PLC
London, England

Thomas W. Sidlik
MBA ’73
Retired Executive Vice President,
Global Procurement and Supply
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
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

Peter Q. Thompson
MBA '00
President & CEO
Chicago Asset Management Co.
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
Head, Midwest Investment Banking
Moelis & Company Holdings LLC
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

*Denotes Life Member, Council on the GSB 
Denotes Member, University of Chicago Board of Trustees
‡Denotes University of Chicago Life Trustee
◊Denotes Chicago GSB Global Advisory Board

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

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