Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced his vision for World Business Chicago’s future. He has appointed a robust new board of directors that will play an active role in recruiting businesses to relocate to—and expand in—Chicago. This new board will embolden our ongoing efforts to attract businesses to Chicago, not only from across the nation, but from all over the world.
http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com/
July 14th, 2011
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a dramatic expansion of the World Business Chicago board, which will now feature nearly 50 of the leading businesspeople in Chicago.
“The new board leadership and structure of World Business Chicago will strengthen its ability to attract new businesses and create jobs here,” said Mayor Emanuel. “The new structure will directly link World Business Chicago to the Mayor’s office, fostering close collaboration to advance Chicago as a global economic leader.”
Mayor Emanuel is chair of World Business Chicago’s board. Michael Sacks, CEO of Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P., will be the new Vice-Chairman of the World Business Chicago board.
“I am honored to be joining the board of World Business Chicago as Vice-Chairman,” Sacks said. “I look forward to working with the Mayor’s Office and the city’s private sector business community to bring jobs to Chicago and increase the economic vitality of the city.”
Under its new leadership, World Business Chicago will be focused on job creation and conducting economic development activities around the world on behalf of the city of Chicago. Each board member has been asked to work with the Vice-Chairman and staff of World Business Chicago to provide assistance with respect to opportunities to bring business to Chicago, to sell and promote Chicago and Chicago business around the world, and to provide ideas for economic development that enhance the city.
Sacks will represent World Business Chicago in the Mayor’s Office as the newest member of the Mayor’s Economic Council. On the Council, he will provide input on economic development strategies, job growth activities, and new business opportunities for the city, as part of an ongoing effort to align the city’s strategies with the current business climate.
The board members include CEOs and other top executives from around the city of Chicago.
“I thank Michael D. O’Halleran for his more than a decade of service as co-chair of World Business Chicago, and I am grateful he and 15 existing board members will continue to serve on the board,” Mayor Emanuel said.
The majority represent private sector companies, as public-private partnerships are a crucial focus of World Business Chicago. The new board is effective immediately.
The board of World Business Chicago is:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, City of Chicago (Chair)
Michael Sacks, CEO, Grosvenor Capital Management L.P. (Vice-Chair)
Anthony K. Anderson, Vice Chair and Midwest Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP Jeff Aronin, Chairman and CEO, Paragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
James Bell, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company Norman Bobins, Chairman, The Private Bank Marshall Bouton, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Bill Brodsky, Chairman and CEO, Chicago Board Options Exchange
Greg Brown, Chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions
Debra Cafaro, Chairman and CEO, Ventas, Inc.
James S. Crown, President, Henry Crown and Company
Deborah DeHaas, Vice Chairman and Midwest Regional Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Craig J. Duchossois, CEO, The Duchossois Group
Terrence Duffy, Chairman, CME Group
Donald Edwards, Managing Principal, Flexpoint Ford LLC
George Farr, Senior Executive Vice President, Veolia Environment & Veolia Environmental Services, North America
Michael W. Ferro, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Merrick Ventures, LLC
James T. Glerum, Chairman, Civic Consulting Alliance
Antonio Gracias, Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Valor Equity Partners
Daniel M. Hamburger, President and CEO, DeVry, Inc.
Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Investments
Mark S. Hoplamazian, President and CEO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Steve Koch, Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse
Paul A. Laudicina, Managing Officer and Chairman of the Board, A.T. Kearney
Eric Lefkofsky, Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Groupon
Sam Mencoff, Co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners
Michael H. Moskow, Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago T
homas F. Motamed, Chairman and CEO, CNA
William A. Osborn, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Northwestern University
Michael D. O’Halleran , Executive Chairman, Aon Benfield Corporation
Hank Paulson, Former Secretary, United States Department of the Treasury J.B. Pritzker, Co-founder and Managing Partner, The Pritzker Group
Bruce V. Rauner, Principal, GTCR LLC
Jim Reynolds, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO, Loop Capital
Desiree Rogers, CEO, Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
John W. Rowe, Chairman CEO, Exelon Corporation
Pat Ryan, Jr., Co-founder and CEO, Incisent Technologies
Muneer A. Satter, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
James Skogsbergh, President and CEO, Advocate Health Care
Jeffery Smisek, President and CEO, United Continental Holdings, Inc.
David B. Speer, Chairman and CEO, Illinois Tool Works
David P. Storch, Chairman and CEO, AAR Corporation
Glenn Tilton, Chairman of the Midwest, JPMorgan Chase
Charles A. Tribbett III, Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates
Byron Trott, Founder and Managing Partner, BDT Capital Partners LLC
Glen E. Tullman, CEO, Allscripts
Gregory D. Wasson, President and CEO, Walgreen Co.
Thomas J. Wilson, Chairman, President, and CEO, Allstate Corporation
Source:
http://www.cityofchicago.org