Board of Trustees
Coming from architecture, construction, design and business, CAC board members bring years of experience and leadership to inspire, educate and mentor Chicagoans of all ages and tourists from around the world on the way design impacts the world around us.
2023 Board Members are:
Andreason Brown
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Spencer Foundation
Andre Brumfield
Principal, Design Director & Global Director for Cities + Urban Design, Gensler
Joseph G. Burns
Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
Stephen Cruise
Managing Director I Global Co-Head of Industrial Corporate Advisory, Greenhill & Co., LLC
Lynda Dossey, Director, JAHN
Ex-Officio, AIA Representative
Ann Drake
Founder and President, Lincoln Road Enterprises
Graham Grady
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Melissa Harmening
Regional Sales Manager, MillerKnoll
Sandra Helton
Kapil Khanna
President, Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Ursula Moncau
President, Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company, N.A.
Juan Gabriel Moreno
President, Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects
David Nelson
Partner, Head of Global Investments & Real Estate, DRW Holdings
Michael Newman
President & CEO, Golub & Company LLC
Jenny Niemann
President, CEO and Owner, Forward Space
Catherine Odelbo
Morningstar, Inc. - Retired
Lucie Oken
2023 Board Fellow; MBA Candidate, Class of 2024, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
James D. Parsons
Retired President, The Brinson Foundation
Lisa Pickell
President, Orren Pickell Building Group
Brandi Pitts
Global Head of Digital Marketing and Media, Meta
Kelly Powers Baria
Vice President, Powers & Sons Construction
Constance Rajala
Ex-Officio, Docent-at-Large
Robert S. Rivkin
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
John W. Rutledge
Founder, President & CEO, Oxford Capital Group LLC/Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC
Adam Semel
Managing Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Clifford J. Shapiro
Owner, Shapiro Dispute Resolution LLC
Katie Spring
Managing Director, Edelman
Damona Strautmanis
Senior Vice President, Projects, JLL, Project and Development Services
Robin Loewenberg Tebbe
President, LIFT Office LLC
Danielle Tillman
Managing Principal, bKL Architecture
Ann Thompson, AIA
Executive Vice President, Architecture and Design, Related Midwest
Edna Uribe
President & General Manager, TelevisaUnivision, Inc.
Kate Van Zeyl, DBIA, AIA
Vice President, General Manager, Turner Construction Company
Bill Williams
Principal and Managing Member, KMW Communities LLC
Ross Wirth
Ex-Officio, Docent Council President
Theodore I. Yi
Partner, Quarles & Brady, LLP
Weifang Zhou
EVP & President of Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC), UL Inc.
LIFE TRUSTEES
Henry H. Kuehn
John C. Pintozzi
Senior Vice President & Controller, The Allstate Corporation
PRESIDENT EMERITA
Lynn J. Osmond
President & Chief Executive Officer, Choose Chicago
TRUSTEES EMERITUS
John DiCiurcio
Chief Operating Officer, Turner Construction Company
Walter Eckenhoff
Founding Principal, Eckenhoff Saunders Architects
Jan Grayson
Lori Healey
Senior Vice President, OPC Implementation Lead
Obama Foundation
Jeffrey Jahns
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Alvin Katz
Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Daniel Maguire
Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Executive Construction Inc.
Lloyd B. Morgan
Morgan Interests, LLC
Richard H. Schnadig
Retired Partner, Vedder Price
John Syvertsen
Senior Principal, Cannon Design (Retired)
John J. Viera
Commonwealth Edison (Retired)