Board Of Directors

Founders

Jacqueline Russell
Artistic Director, Chicago Children's Theatre
Former Executive Director, Lookingglass Theatre

Todd Leland
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Former Board President, Lookingglass Theatre

Board Members

Todd Leland, Chair
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Former Board President, Lookingglass Theatre

Lynn Lockwood Murphy, Vice Chair
Civic Leader
Board Member, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Former Chairperson, Three Arts Club of Chicago

J. Scot Pepper, Vice Chair
Pepper Construction Company
Former President, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Board Member, Architecture Foundation

Jacqueline Tilton, Vice Chair
Civic Leader
Former Board Member, Child Advocates

Sonny Garg, President
Vice President, Commercial Operations: Exelon Corp.
Board Member, Kids in Danger
Board Member, Interfaith Youth Core

David Saltiel, Secretary
Partner, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd PLLC
Leading Chicago entertainment attorney
Lawyers for the Creative Arts (Honors Council)

Dana Arnett
Principal, VSA Partners Inc.
National Board, American Institute of Graphic Arts

William J. Bettman
Shareholder, Vedder Price
Member, President's Council, Museum of Science and Industry
Member, Science and Storms Advisory Committee, Museum of Science and Industry
Member, Board of Advisorys, Catholic Charities of Chicago

Claude Binder
Executive Director, Chicago Children's Theatre
Former General Manager, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Board Member, Redmoon Theatre
Board Member, Village Players Theatre

Robert Buono
Principal, Smithfield Properties
Board Member, Christopher House

Calvin G. Butler, Jr.
Corporate Senior Vice President of External Affairs, RR Donnelly
Board Member, Leadership Greater Chicago
Board Member, Illinois State Chamber

Peyton Callahan
Civic Leader
twentyfour.seven, Founder

Elizabeth Cole
Civic Leader
Northwestern Women's Board
Auxilliary Board, Art Institute of Chicago

Dedrea Gray
Civic Leader
Co-Chair, Facets Multimedia Screen Gems Gala

Thomas Herman
CFO, Ariel Capital Management

Will Hobert
Managing Member, W.H. Trading
Board Member, Friends of Bell
Former Deacon at 4th Presbyterian Church

Peter G. Johnson
Managing Director, JP Morgan Futures and Operations
Head of the F&O Business in the Americas
Co-Head of the Global F&O Business

Erik King, M.D.
Attending Physician, Children's Memorial Hospital
Public Policy Committee Member, Children's Memorial Medical Center

Victoria Lautman
Broadcast Journalist, Chicago Magazine & WFMT Radio
Board Member, Architecture & Design Society of The Art Institute of Chicago

Michael Leavitt
Founder, Michael Leavitt Productions
Award-winning theatrical producer - three Tony Awards
Founding Board Member, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago

Lisa Lee
Executive Director, Jane Addams Hull House
Founder, The Public Square (at the Illinois Humanities Council)
Board Member, Chicago Public Radio
Former Board Chair, Three Arts Club of Chicago

Gail Marks
Civic Leader
Board Member, Marwen

Gigi Pritzker Pucker
President, Odd Lot Entertainment
Chair, Chicago Children's Museum Board of Directors

E. Robbie Robinson, Jr.
Vice President, Investment Banking Services, Goldman Sachs
Board Member, LEARN Charter School