Board

John A. Edwardson, Chair
Chairman, CDW Corporation

Jim Edgar, Chair Emeritus
Former Governor of Illinois

Ellen Alberding
President, The Joyce Foundation

Lew Collens
President Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology

Miguel del Valle
Former City Clerk of Chicago

Judy Erwin
Former Executive Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education 

Paul Finnegan
Co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners LLC

James C. Franczek, Jr. 
Partner, Franczek Radelet & Rose

Marin Gjaja
Senior Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

Dr. Timothy Knowles
Lewis-Sebring Director, The Urban Education Institute, University of Chicago

Craig Lindvahl
Instructor, Effingham County Entrepreneurship Course;  Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship

Sylvia Puente
Executive Director, Latino Policy Forum

Edward B. Rust, Jr.
Chairman and CEO, State Farm Insurance Co.

Rick Stephens 
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, Boeing Company

Cheryl Watkins
Principal, Pershing West Middle School

Patricia Watkins
Executive Director, TARGET Area Development Corporation