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Board of Governors

Executive Committee Officers

Chair

King Harris

Chairman, Harris Holdings, Inc.

Vice Chairs

Joseph A. Gregoire

Regional President- Illinois Banking, PNC Bank

Jesse H. Ruiz

Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP

Vice Chairs Development

Paul C. Carlisle

Executive Vice President, Wintrust Financial Corporation

James P. Stirling

Senior Advisor, UBS

Treasurer

Lisa Snow

Principal, Davis & Hosfield Consulting LLC

Secretary

Kathy Hopinkah Hannan

National Managing Partner, Corporate Responsibility & DiversityKPMG LLP

General Counsel

John M. McDonough

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Past Chair

Lee M. Mitchell

Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo, Inc.

President

MarySue Barrett

Metropolitan Planning Council


Board of Governors Members

* denotes Executive Committee members

Rita R. Athas

President, World Business Chicago

John W. Baird

Chairman, Baird & Warner, Inc.

Lawrence T. Borgard

President & Chief Operating Officer-Utilities, Integrys Energy Group

Dr. Byron Brazier

Pastor, Apostolic Church of God

Carole L. Brown

Managing DirectorBarclays Capital

*Todd C. Brown

John A. Buck

Chairman & CEO, The John Buck Company

Christopher B. Burke, Ph.D.

President, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.

Nora Moreno Cargie

Director, Global Corporate Citizenship, The Boeing Company

Ellen Carnahan

Principal, Machrie Enterprises LLC

Pedro J. Cevallos-Candau, Ph.D.

President & CEO, Transportation Infrastructure, Primera Engineers, Ltd.

Lester Crown

Chairman, Henry Crown & Company

Jon B. DeVries

Director, Chicago School of Real Estate, Roosevelt University

Sidney R. Dillard

Partner/Investment Banking Division, Loop Capital Markets

*Ann M. Drake

CEO, DSC Logistics, Inc.

*Robert V. Fitzsimmons

Partner, K&L Gates LLP

*James C. Franczek, Jr.

Partner, Franczek Radelet P.C.

John S. Gates, Jr.

Chairman & CEO, PortaeCo LLC

Joseph A. Gonzalez

Global Director of Design, Ghafari Associates

Linda Goodman

Principal, Goodman Williams Group

*Jacques N. Gordon, Ph.D.

Global Strategist, LaSalle Investment Management

*M. Hill Hammock

Chairman, Chicago Deferred Exchange Company

David Hiller

President & CEO, McCormick Foundation

Lawrence Howe

Bernard Loyd

President, Urban Juncture, Inc.

Mary K. Ludgin

Managing Director, Investment Research, Heitman

Peter Malecek

Senior Vice President Market Exec., Commercial Real Estate Banking, Bank of America

*James E. Mann

Gregory T. Mutz

CEO, Amli Residential Properties Trust

Paul E. Nowicki

Assistant Vice President, Government & Policy, BNSF Railway Company

Robert T. O'Brien

Vice Chairman, U.S. Real Estate LeaderDeloitte & Touche LLP

 *J. Scot Pepper

Senior Vice President, Pepper Construction Company

Stephen M. Porras

President, Axia Development, Inc.

Anne R. Pramaggiore

President & COO, ComEd

Quintin E. Primo, III

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Capri Capital Advisors LLC

Jorge Ramirez

President, Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

*George A. Ranney, Jr.

President & CEOMetropolis Strategies

Douglas P. Regan

President, The Wealth Management Group, Northern Trust

Matthew R. Reilein

Senior Vice President & Head of the New Markets Tax Credit Group, JPMorgan Chase

Kevin C. Richardson

President, Heartland Solutions Group

Jean Rudd

Principal, JR Strategies

Martin Stern

Executive Vice President, U.S. Equities Realty, LLC

Bruce W. Taylor

ChairmanCole Taylor Bank

Mary White Vasys

President, Vasys Consulting Ltd.

*Paula Wolff

Senior Executive, Metropolis Strategies

MPC Board Chair King Harris at MPC’s 2010 Annual Luncheon


MPC Board Vice Chair Jesse Ruiz at MPC's 2011 Annual Luncheon

Board member Todd Brown at MPC's 2011 Annual Luncheon.


Board Secretary Kathy Hopinkah Hannan and Board Vice Chair Joseph A. Gregoire at the 2011 Annual Luncheon

Lee Mitchell

Past MPC Board Chair Lee Mitchell at MPC’s 2010 Annual Luncheon

John Baird
John Baird at MPC’s 2010 Annual Luncheon

Mark Angelini
Mark Angelini moderated The Great Communities Collaborative roundtable event

Mary White Vasys
Mary White Vasys at MPC’s 2010 Annual Luncheon

Jacque Gordon and Karen Butler
Jacque Gordon and Karen Butler at MPC’s 2010 Annual Luncheon

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