| Richard M. Daley | Chicago mayor since 1989; built Millenium Park; son of the late Richard J. Daley |
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| Barack Obama | U.S. senator from Illinois since 2005; contender for 2008 Democratic nomination for president |
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| John W. Rogers Jr. | founder, Ariel Capital Management; civic and business leader |
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| Lester Crown | oversees family fortune estimated at $4.5B; civic leader and philanthropist |
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| Rahm I. Emanuel | U.S. Rep. from Illinois since 2003; chairman of House Democratic caucus |
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| John A. Canning Jr. | chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners |
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| Valerie B. Jarrett | chairman/CEO, Habitat Company; vice chair, 2016 Chicago Olympics Committee |
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| Linda Johnson Rice | president/CEO, Johnson Publishing Company; civic and business leader |
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| David Axelrod | chief political strategist, Obama presidential campaign; partner, AKP&D Message and Media |
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| Thomas J. Pritzker | chairman/CEO, Global Hyatt Corporation and of Pritzker Organization; chairman, Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Frank M. Clark Jr. | chairman/CEO, Commonwealth Edison Company; civic and business leader |
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| Patrick G. Ryan | founder/chairman, Aon Corporation; chairman, 2016 Chicago Olympics Committee |
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| William M. Daley | midwest region chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; former U.S. Commerce secretary; |
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| William A. Osborn | chairman, Northern Trust Corporation; chairman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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| R. Eden Martin | counsel, Sidley Austin LLP; civic and business leader |
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| James S. Crown | president, Henry Crown and Company; chairman, University of Chicago |
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| Donald G. Lubin | partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP; civic and business leader |
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| Penny S. Pritzker | president/CEO Pritzker Realty Group; finance chair, Obama presidential campaign |
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| Andrew J. McKenna Sr. | chairman, McDonald’s Corporation; civic and business leader |
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| Michelle Obama | VP (on leave), University of Chicago Hospitals; civic leader |
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| Oprah Winfrey | host, Oprah Winfrey Show; owner, Harpo Productions Inc.; philanthropist |
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| Ronald D. Wray | managing director, Glencoe Capital, VP of several Pritzker philanthropies |
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| James C. Tyree | chairman/CEO, Mesirow Financial Holdings; civic leader |
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| George A. Ranney Jr. | chairman/CEO, Prairie Holdings; senior counsel, Mayer Brown; civic leader |
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| Mellody L. Hobson | president, Ariel Capital Management; ABC News contributor; civic and business leader |
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| Martin Nesbitt | VP, Pritzker Realty Group; chairman, Chicago Housing Authority |
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| Jesse L. Jackson Jr. | U.S. Rep. from Illinois since 1995; national co-chairman, Obama presidential campaign |
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| James Reynolds Jr. | chairman/CEO, Loop Capital; civic leader |
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| Francis E. George | cardinal, archdiocese of Chicago; president,, U.S. Catholic Bishops |
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| John W. Madigan | co-founder/vice-chair, Corporate Leadership Center; civic leader |
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| Dennis J. FitzSimons | director, McCormick Foundation; director, Chicago Cubs |
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| Gery J. Chico | commissioner, Public Building Commission of Chicago; civic leader; |
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| Edgar D. Jannotta | chairman, William Blair & Company; chairman, Lyric Opera of Chicago |
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| Frank Kruesi | federal lobbyist for city of Chicago; former president, Chicago Transit Authority |
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| Thomas A. Cole | chairman, Sidley Austin LLP; trustee, University of Chicago |
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| J. Christopher Reyes | co-chairman, Reyes Holdings; civic and business leader |
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| Jesse L. Jackson Sr. | founder/president, RainbowPUSH Coalition; two-time Democratic candidate for president |
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| Gigi Pritzker Pucker | co-founder, Odd Lot Entertainment; chair, Chicago Children’s Museum |
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| Sue L. Gin | chair/CEO, Flying Food Group; civic and business leader |
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| Miles D. White | chairman/CEO, Abbott Laboratories; vice chair, Chicago 2016 Olympics Committee |
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| John W. Rowe | chairman,CEO, Exelon Corporation; chairman, Illinois Institute of Technology |
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| David L. Grange | president/CEO, McCormick Foundation; retired U.S. Army Brigadier General |
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| Desiree G. Rogers | president,People Gas and North Shore Gas; vice chair, Lincoln Park Zoo |
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| Robert D. Blackwell Sr. | chairman/CEO, Blackwell Consulting Services; civic leader |
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| Richard Durbin | U.S. Sen. From Illinois since 1997; |
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| David B. Speer | chairman/CEO, Illinois Tool Works; business and civic leader |
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| Grace Barry | vice-chairman, Joffrey Ballet |
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| Alexi Giannoulias | Illinois state treasurer |
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| J.B. Pritzker | managing partner, Pritzker Group; founder, New World Ventures |
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| William J. McCarter | trustee emeritus, WTTW |
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| Gregory C. Case | president/CEO, Aon Corporation; civic leader |
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| Susan Crown | VP, Henry Crown and Company; civic and business leader |
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| James A. Bell | EVP & CFO, Boeing Company; civic leader |
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| Rufus Williams | president, Chicago Board of Education; president/CEO Olympus LLC |
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| James J. O’Connor | life trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Museum of Science and Technology |
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| Deborah L. DeHaas | midwest managing partner, Deloitte & Touche USA; civic leader |
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| Emil Jones Jr. | president, Illinois Senate;state senator since 1983 |
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| W. James Farrell | retired chairman, Illinois Tool Works; business and civic leader |
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| Scott C. Smith | president, Tribune Publishing; civic leader |
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| Terrence A. Duffy | chairman, CME Group |
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| Craig J. Duchossois | CEO, Duchossois Industries; chairman, Chamberlain Group |
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| David J. Vitale | chief administrative officer, Chicago Public Schools; trustee, Museum of Science and Industry |
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| Robert S. Morrison | chairman/CEO Kraft Foods; trustee, Museum of Science and Industry |
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| Robert L. Parkinson Jr. | chairman/CEO/president, Baxter International; director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital |
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| John W. McCarter Jr. | president/CEO, Field Museum; trustee, University of Chicago |
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| Kenneth C. Griffin | president/CEO, Citadel Investment Group; trustee, Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Charles K. Bobrinskoy | vice chairman, Ariel Capital Management; civic leader |
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| James C. Dowdle | president, Mundelein Seminary; civic leader |
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| M. Jude Reyes | co-chairman, Reyes Holdings; civic leader |
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| Adele S. Simmons | president, Global Philanthropy Partnership; civic and business leader |
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| Nora Daley Conroy | director of outreach, Chicago Metropolis 2020; daughter, Richard M. Daley |
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| Brenda J. Gaines | director, Economic Club of Chicago; former CEO/president, Diners Club America |
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| Sam Zell | chairman/CEO, Tribune Company |
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| Leo F. Mullin | senior adviser, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners; trustee, Field Museum |
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| Michelle L. Collins | co-founder, Svoboda Capital Partners; director, Chicago Urban League |
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| James T. Meeks | Illinois state senator; pastor, Salem Baptist Church |
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| Lester B. Knight | director, RoundTable Healthcare Partners; trustee, Northwestern University |
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| Lori T. Healey | chief of staff, Mayor Richard M. Daley |
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| Quintin E. Primo III | co-founder, Capri Capital Partners |
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| John H. Bryan | former chairman/CEO, Sara Lee Corporation; Millenium Park chairman |
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| Timothy R. Schwertfeger | chairman/CEO, Nuveen Investments; Field Museum trustee |
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| Newton N. Minow | senior counsel, Sidley Austin; life trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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| Arne S. Duncan | superintendent, Chicago Public Schools |
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| Lawrence F. Levy | chairman, Levy Restaurants; trustee, Northwestern University |
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| Rod R. Blagojevich | Ilinois governor since 2003 |
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| Larry J. Goodman | president/CEO, Rush University Medical Center |
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| Neil G. Bluhm | owner, JMB Realty Corporation; trustee, Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Matthew Yale | VP, Ariel Capital Management |
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| Richard J. Franke | chairman/CEO emeritus, Nuveen Investments; life trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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| Jerry M. Reinsdorf | chairman, Chicago Bulls; chairman, Chicago White Sox; |
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| Louis B. Susman | vice chairman, Citigroup Global Markets; trustee, Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Paula Wolff | senior executive, Chicago Metropolis 2020; trustee, University of Chicago |
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| James L. Alexander | trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; trustee, Field Museum |
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| Carrie J. Hightman | director, Chicago Bar Foundation; trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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| Charles A. Lewis | president, Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation; life trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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| Andrew J. McKenna Jr. | chairman, Illinois Republican Party; civic leader |
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| Shirley Welsh Ryan | vice chair, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; civic leader |
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| W. James McNerney Jr. | chairman/CEO/president, Boeing Corporation |
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| Norman R. Bobins | former chairman, LaSalle Bank Corporation; civic leader |
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| Paul J. Finnegan | co-president, Madison Dearborn Partners; chairman, Teach for America in Chicago |
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7 Comments
#1. Davey 05.22.2008
What, no Lois Weisenberg?
#2. Carol Eisenberg 05.22.2008
Do you mean Louis Weisberg? we have only one connection for her in our database — on the board of After School Matters. What connections do you know of?
Carol
#3. Ann 05.23.2008
I had exactly the same thought as Davey! I saw the list and immediately did a “find” for “Lois Weisberg.” Go read Malcolm Gladwell’s classic article http://www.gladwell.com/1999/1999_01_11_a_weisberg.htm
Or even just google her.
#4. Carol Eisenberg 05.23.2008
Thanks Ann. Gladwell’s piece on her is wonderful. We compiled our list by looking at executive leadership and board memberships, rather than by taking a survey of Chicagoans, and obviously, her network is made up of many informal relationships that wouldn’t show up in board lists. But I’ve added some of her connections to our database.
#5. Robert Blackwell Jr. 05.23.2008
Your information on Robert Blackwell Sr. is incorrect in two areas.
1. Robert Blackwell Jr. not Sr. is a Director of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
2. Robert Blackwell Jr. not Sr. is a member of the Obama Finance Team
#6. Carol Eisenberg 05.23.2008
Thanks for bringing that to our attention. We are correcting it.
#7. MK McLean 08.18.2008
What about Ralph G. Moore, President of RGMA, Inc. He is only the head of THE largest and most influential Management Consulting Firms in Chicago if not the nation specializing in Supplier Diversity. There is just about NO ONE on your list who doesn’t know and interact in big ways behind the scenes with Ralph Moore. He is A Trustee of the City Colleges of Chicago, Major League Baseball, also on the Board of The University of Chicago Hospitals (who hired Michelle Obama). Check your facts Muckety…He’s a Muckety Muck! very connected indeed and may very well go to Washington with the President. I believe his daughter Averi Thomas-Moore may be interning in the Senator’s D. C. office next fall.
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