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For Immediate Release
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Leadership Greater Chicago Elects New Board Member Damion Heron
CHICAGO (May 3, 2024) – Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC), the region's premier civic leadership development organization, recently welcomed Damion Heron, Midwest Regional Executive, Corporate Responsibility at JP Morgan Chase & Co., to its Board of Directors. As an LGC Fellow since 2018, Heron will support LGC's mission to develop a strong channel of civic leaders who will shape the future of Chicago and the region.
“We are honored to have Damion join the LGC Board of Directors. He brings extensive experience and diversity of skills to the stewardship of advancing our mission and our impact in the region,” said Myetie Hamilton, LGC Chief Executive Officer and LGC Fellow since 2016. “He is an active civic leader committed to making Chicago a better place to live for all.”
At JPMorgan Chase, Heron is a Corporate Responsibility executive, leading the firm’s public engagement strategies across an eleven-state region. He currently leads a team of philanthropists and community and economic development professionals dedicated to investing resources, building partnerships, and advising Chase on how to create products and services that best serve all its customers and communities. Over the past 16 years, he has held leadership positions in philanthropy, community engagement and development, and public affairs.
Prior to his role at Chase, Heron served in similar roles in the private and public sector with The Boeing Company, Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, and Britain’s House of Commons. Heron has served on boards and steering committees of several prominent organizations including the Civic Federation of Chicago, Neighborhood Housing Services, Forefront, Asset Funders Network, and Social Responsibility Chicago.
Heron holds bachelor’s degrees in political science and philosophy from Bradley University and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Chicago.
About Leadership Greater Chicago
Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) is the region’s premier civic leadership development incubator, delivering the knowledge and network to lead bold, transformative change. LGC convenes, connects, and activates the area’s most promising leaders around key socioeconomic issues through dynamic education and experiential activities. These diverse individuals represent the most prominent corporate, nonprofit, government, and education organizations.
LGC creates connectivity among its Fellows to positively impact not only themselves but their employees, their constituents, their clients, their neighbors, and their families. This connectivity is the backbone and strength of the LGC network, enabling leaders to leverage collective resources to make the Greater Chicago Region a more dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative community.
LGC Fellows are a distinguished group that includes former First Lady Michelle Obama; Managing Partner of Emerson Collective and former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; former Executive Chairman of Urban Partnership Bank David Vitale; Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments John Rogers, Jr.; General Partner of Henry Crown & Company Steve Crown; Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue Andy Zopp; Deputy Governor for Health and Human Services for the State of Illinois Grace Hou; Chairman, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities Rachel Arfa; President of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Brett Hart; Chancellor of Chicago City Colleges and MacArthur Genius Juan Salgado; President and CEO of Metropolitan Family Services Ric Estrada; and President and CEO of Access Living Karen Tamley.
Leadership Greater Chicago is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. To learn more, visit: lgcchicago.org.
