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Board of Directors

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Please contact (847) 835-8375 for more information.

Click here to read a letter from the Board Chair, Robert F. Finke.

Officers

PHOTO: Sophia Siskel and Bob Finke

Robert F. Finke, Chair

John L. Howard, Vice Chair and Secretary

Thomas E. Lanctot, Vice Chair, Finance and Government Affairs

Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr., Vice Chair, Garden

William E. Moeller, Vice Chair, Science and Education

Catherine M. Waddell, Vice Chair, Nominating & Governance

Susan A. Willetts, Vice Chair & Immediate Past Chair

 

Sophia Siskel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Kris S. Jarantoski, Executive Vice President and Director

Thomas J. Nissly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Patsy Benveniste, Vice President, Education and Community Programs

James F. Boudreau, Vice President, Marketing and Development

Aida Giglio, Vice President, Human Resources

Ginny Hotaling, Vice President, Government Affairs

Gregory Mueller, Vice President, Science and Academic Programs

Harriet Resnick, Vice President, Visitor Experience and Business Development

Life Directors

Marilynn B. Alsdorf
J. Melfort Campbell
Barbara Whitney Carr
Kent Chandler, Jr.
Gary P. Coughlan
Suzanne S. Dixon
Thomas A. Donahoe
Ralph F. Fujimoto
Florence S. Hart
Pamela K. Hull
Posy L. Krehbiel
Bill Kurtis
Robert H. Malott
Mary L. McCormack
Mary Mix McDonald
Peter H. Merlin
Jane S. O'Neil
William A. Osborn
John E. Preschlack
Anne O. Scott
Dain Searle
David Byron Smith
Susan Stone
William P. Sutter
Howard J. Trienens
Ernest P. Waud III

 

Ex-Officio

Lindsey Axel
Elizabeth Hough
Catherine C. Kirby
Riley O'Neil
Toni Preckwinkle
Arnold Randall
Sophia Siskel

MEMBERS

Thomas F. Aichele
Sharon Brady
Neville F. Bryan
John H. Buehler
Michael J. Busch
Susan Keller Canmann
David R. Casper
Robin Colburn
Peter R. Crane
John V. Crowe
Jill M. Delaney
Christopher A. Deveny
James W. DeYoung
Timothy A. Dugan
Peter M. Ellis
Anthony L. Farino
Robert F. Finke, Chair
Peter B. Foreman
John D. Fornengo
Steven Fradkin
Thomas C. Freyman
Dorothy H. Gardner
Steven J. Gavin
Nancy Gidwitz
Sue L. Gin
James J. Glasser
Ellis M. Goodman
John K. Greene
Joseph A. Gregoire
William J. Hagenah
Caryn L. Harris
Robert D. Hevey Jr.
John L. Howard, Vice Chair and Secretary
Thomas B. Hunter III
Jane Irwin
Todd Kaplan
Gregory K. Jones
Donna La Pietra
Thomas E. Lanctot, Vice Chair, Finance and Government Affairs
Eric C. Larson
M. James Leider
Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr., Vice Chair, Garden
Laura M. Linger
Daniel I. H. Linzer
Alec Litowitz
Josephine P. Louis, Jr.
Barbara A. Lumpkin
Mary Ann S. MacLean
Jeanne K. Mason
Michelle McKenna
Molly McKenna
Michael J. McMurray
Jeanine McNally
William E. Moeller, Vice Chair, Science and Education
Homi B. Patel
George A. Peinado
Janet Meakin Poor
Anne Pramaggiore
Susan L. Regenstein
Ryan Ruskin
Robert E. Shaw
Tom Skilling
Maria Smithburg
Harrison I. Steans
Pam F. Szokol
Collette Taylor
Richard L. Thomas
Catherine M. Waddell, Vice Chair, Nominating & Governance
Susan A. Willetts, Vice Chair & Immediate Past Chair
Nicole S. Williams
Arthur M. Wood, Jr.