Chair
Philip A. Canfield
MBA ’96
CEO
Ariet Capital LLC
Austin, Texas
Council on Chicago Booth
The Council on Chicago Booth advises Booth's leadership in their efforts to maintain faculty excellence and develop the highest quality management education programs in the world. We gratefully acknowledge the extraordinary contributions of the council members.
Council Chairs
Members
Andrew M. Alper†*
AB ’80, MBA ’81
Chairman
Alper Investments
New York, New York
Norman R. Bobins*
MBA ’67
Norman Bobins Consulting LLC.
Chicago, Illinois
David G. Booth ‡
MBA ’71
Chairman, Co-CEO, and Founder
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Austin, Texas
Carol Bramson
MBA ’92
Founder and CEO
Side by Side
Clinton, Connecticut
Peter C. Browning*
MBA ’76
Founder and Managing Director
Peter Browning Partners
Charlotte, North Carolina
Wei Cai
AM ’95, MBA ‘95
Partner
Global Vice Chairman of Investment Banking
Co-Head of Goldman Sachs China and China Investment Banking
Goldman Sachs & Co
Hong Kong
Dave Chenn
MBA ’00
Founder, CEO, & Managing Partner
Oceanpine Capital
Beijing, China
Dennis H. Chookaszian*
MBA ’68
Retired Chairman and CEO
CNA Insurance Companies
Wilmette, Illinois
Kenneth J. Coates*
MBA ’64
Santa Barbara, California
Stephen J. Czech
MBA ’98
Managing Partner & CIO
Czech Asset Management, L.P.
Stamford, Connecticut
Robert C. Davidson Jr.*
MBA ’69
Retired Chairman & CEO
Surface Protection Industries, Inc.
Pasadena, California
Chris P. Dialynas
MBA ’80
Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
Pacific Investment Management Co.
Newport Beach, California
John A. Edwardson*†
MBA ’72
Retired Chairman and CEO
CDW Corporation
Winnetka, Illinois
John Ehara
MBA ’78
Partner
Unison Capital
Japan
William Fitzgerald
MBA ’88
Founder, Managing Director, & CIO
Fitzgerald Asset Management
Chicago, Illinois
David W. Fox*
MBA ’58
Retired Chairman and CEO
Northern Trust Company
Chicago, Illinois
JP Gan
MBA '99
Founding Partner and Chairman
INCE Capital
Hong Kong
Joel F. Gemunder
MBA ’62
Retired President & CEO
Omnicare, Inc.
Amelia Island, Florida
Melvin R. Goodes*
MBA ’60
Retired Chairman & CEO
Warner-Lambert Company
Mendham, New Jersey
Mary Lou Gorno†
MBA ‘76
President and CEO
Ingenuity International, LLC
Chicago, Illinois
Jerry He
SM '97, MBA '04
Chairman and CEO
Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc.
Holliston, Massachusetts
Michael E. Herman*
MBA ’64
Retired Global Partner
Herman Family Trading Company
Kansas City, Missouri
Deborah Ziegler Hilibrand
AB ’78, MBA ’79
Trustee
The Hilibrand Foundation
Greenwich, Connecticut
Edward Huffman
MBA ’96
Senior Managing Director and Head of Strategic Development
Pretium Partners, LLC
Darien, Connecticut
Russell E. Hutchinson
MBA ’01
Chief Financial Officer
Ally Financial, Inc
Charlotte, North Carolina
Blair Jacobson
MBA ’99
Partner and Co-Head of European Credit
Ares Management Corporation
London, United Kingdom
Abhinav Jhunjhunwala
MBA ‘14
CEO
AJ Capital Asset Management Pte Ltd
Singapore
Kunal Kapoor
MBA ‘04
CEO
Morningstar, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Dennis J. Keller ‡
MBA ’68
Chairman
TK Capital, LLC
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Victor Khosla
MBA ’83
Founder, CIO
Strategic Value Partners, LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut
James M. Kilts ‡
MBA ’74
Founding Partner
Centerview Capital
Naples, Florida
Mark Aaron Leavitt
MBA ’83
Managing Partner
Enlightened Hospitality Investments/Union Square Hospitality Group
New York, New York
David M. Lee
MBA ’87
Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director
UBS Asset Management
New York, New York
Ray Lee
MBA ‘85
President
Vanguard Cleaning Systems, Inc.
San Mateo, California
Jerry W. Levin*
MBA ’68
CEO
JW Levin Management Partners LLC
Tucson, Arizona
James W. Lewis*
MBA ’70
Chairman
The Geometry Group Inc.
New York, New York
Michael D. Lockhart*
MBA ’75
Retired Chairman, President & CEO
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Subhash Makhija
MBA '96
Co-Founder & CEO
GEP
Westfield, New Jersey
Joseph Mansueto*
AB ’78, MBA ’80
Former Chairman & CEO
Morningstar, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Peter W. May†*
AB ’64, MBA ’65
President & Founding Partner
Trian Partners
New York, New York
Robert C. McCormack*
MBA ’68
Advisory Partner
Trident Capital
Hobe Sound, Florida
Mark G. McGrath*
MBA ’69
Director Emeritus
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
John A. McQuown*
Proprietor
Stone Edge Farm, LLC
Sonoma, California
Leo Melamed*
Chairman Emeritus
CME Group, Inc.
Chairman & CEO
Melamed & Associates
Chicago, Illinois
Amelia Maccoun Morris
MBA ’86
Partner
Brandes Investment Partners
Ross, California
Jean Q. Mou
MBA ’97
Operating Partner
Impact Venture
Menlo Park, California
Ann Mukherjee
AB '87, MBA ’94
Former Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer
Pernod Ricard North America
Dallas, Texas
Joseph Neubauer ‡
MBA ’65
CEO
Next Egg Group
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
James B. Nicholson*
MBA ’67
Chairman
PVS Chemicals
Detroit, Michigan
Michael P. Polsky†*
MBA ’87
President & CEO
Invenergy
Chicago, Illinois
Gregory J. Purcell
MBA '94
CoFounder and CEO
Arbor Investments, LLC
Palm Beach, Florida
Robert Rothman*
MBA ’77
Chairman & CEO
Black Diamond Group, Inc.
Tampa, Florida
William C. Rusnack*
MBA ’70
Retired President & CEO
Premcor, Inc.
Marina Del Ray, California
Tandean Rustandy†
MBA ’07 (AXP-6)
Chief Executive Officer
PT Arwana Cirtramulia Tbk
Jakarta, Indonesia
Adarsh K. Sarma
MBA ’01
Partner
E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., Inc.
London, United Kingdom
Jennifer F. Scanlon
MBA, '92
President & CEO
UL Solutions
Northbrook, Illinois
Thomas W. Sidlik
MBA '73
Board of Directors member
Cooper Standard Products
Northville, Michigan
Nicholas E. Somers
MBA ’88
Managing Partner
Somers Investment Partners LLC
Palm Beach, Florida
Emily Heisley Stoeckel
MBA '91
Chairman
The Heico Companies, LLC
Chicago, Illinois
Van J. Stults
MBA '78
Founding Partner and Managing Director
Orion Capital Managers, LLP
London, United Kingdom
Raymond Svider
MBA ‘89
Chairman
BC Partners, Limited
New York, New York
Tony X. Tang
MBA ’00
Head of China
Citadel Securities
New York, New York
Tony X. Tang
Mary A. Tolan†
MBA ‘92
Founder & Co-Managing Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders
Chicago, Illinois
G. Scott Uzzell
MBA ‘98
Vice President/General Manager of North America
Nike, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Christina Van Houten
MBA ‘96
Co-Founder
Equity Quotient
Weston, Massachusetts
Roger M. Vasey*
MBA ’70
Retired Executive Vice President
Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc.
Naples, Florida
David J. Vitale*
MBA ’76
Chicago, Illinois
Jack Wadsworth*
MBA ’63
Advisory Director
Morgan Stanley Asia, Ltd.
San Francisco, California
Terri Wareham
MBA, '82
Managing Director & Founding Partner
KaufmanHall
Chicago, Illinois
Patricia A. Wier*
MBA ’78
President
Patricia A. Wier Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Ernest R. Wish*
MBA ’71
Chicago, Illinois
Steven Wymer†
MBA '89
Portfolio Manager
Fidelity Investment Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Lingying Elaine Zong
MBA ’98
Private Investor
Hong Kong
*Denotes Life Member, Chicago Booth Council
†Denotes Member, University of Chicago Board of Trustees
‡Denotes University of Chicago Emeritus Trustee
EX denotes enrollment in University of Chicago degree program and class year