Top Chicago Executives Selected for Accelerated Civic Onboarding Experience
For Immediate Release
February 12, 2021
Top Chicago Executives Selected for Accelerated Civic Onboarding Experience
Today, Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) is excited to announce the 2021 cohort of The Daniel Burnham Fellowship. The Daniel Burnham Fellowship Fellowship is an accelerated civic onboarding experience for top executives who in their professional roles play a part in shaping the future of Chicago. While beneficial to any executive, it is especially beneficial for those who are new to Chicago and provides a rich introduction to an executive new to their role and with market facing responsibilities. The Fellowship is designed to inspire these leaders to mobilize and exert their combined influence and intellect to positively impact Chicago, its future, and the continued economic progress of the region.
Through cross-industry learning and connections with renowned speakers and peers, The Daniel Burnham Fellowship participants leave with broadened perspectives and strategic opportunities that would otherwise remain unrealized.
“If there is anything this past year has shown us, it’s that our work must continue bravely and boldly,” said Leadership Greater Chicago CEO and Founding Daniel Burnham Fellow Maria Wynne. “These leaders immediately apply their new learnings and perspectives to their approach to business and civic engagement, ultimately driving the change needed to positively impact the trajectory of Chicago and our region.”
The Daniel Burnham Fellowship – a strategic partnership incubator – engages participants in Chicago’s vibrant structure of civic leaders, providing an interconnected view of the key opportunities and challenges facing the business community and region. To date, 44 executives have successfully completed the Fellowship which has resulted in collaborations for COVID-19 relief efforts (funding, public policy, food distribution), community investments, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
“The Daniel Burnham Fellows are unique in that they are the decision makers,” said LGC Board Chair Connie L. Lindsey, Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Diversity & Inclusion at Northern Trust. “Through this Fellowship, they are each called to urgently impact Chicago’s workforce and the region’s economic progress to benefit all Chicagoans, not just some Chicagoans.”
This afternoon, participants will begin the six-session series which includes the history of Chicago through the lens of urban planning, the region’s workforce forecast, building strategic partnerships for economic development, and driving innovative solutions to build an inclusive Chicago. Ultimately, the call to action for these leaders is to drive job creation and workforce readiness and invest in the betterment of our communities, making it possible for Chicago to reach its full potential.
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation and The Chicago Community Trust are making the participation of two nonprofit leaders possible: Rebekah Scheinfeld, CEO and President of Civic Consulting Alliance, and Karen Tamley, President and CEO of Access Living, respectively.
"Our support of Karen Tamley, President and CEO, Access Living, as The Chicago Community Trust Fellow in The Daniel Burnham Fellowship demonstrates our commitment to convene people, partners, and organizations to leverage our collective power,” said Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH, President & CEO, The Chicago Community Trust. "It is also a continued vote of confidence in Leadership Greater Chicago and its critical work to develop civic leaders who are leading bold, transformative change for the entire region."
“We are grateful to McCormick Foundation and The Chicago Community Trust for their commitment to supporting our nonprofit leaders in The Daniel Burnham Fellowship,” said Wynne. “We believe the participation of nonprofit executives is critical to rounding out the exposure to the interconnectedness of Chicago’s civic networks for transformative action.”
The Daniel Burnham Fellowship is an extension of the LGC mission and the continued work you do every day as an LGC Fellow. We believe that jointly, the LGC Signature Fellows Program and The Daniel Burnham Fellowship, will advance transformation where it is most needed.
The 26 executives in the 2021 cohort are as follows:
Skye Anderson – West Zone President, McDonald’s Corporation
Pat Basu – President and CEO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Kimberly (Kim) Chainey – Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, AptarGroup
Melissa Donaldson – SVP, Chief Diversity Officer, Wintrust Financial Corporation
Lora Haak – VP HR NA and Global Brands, Beam Suntory
Christy Harris – Senior Vice President, HR, Allstate
Stephen Harris – President, Medicaid & Government Business Solutions, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC)
Elida Hernandez – CFO, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
John Hudson III – President and CEO, Nicor Gas
Chevy Humphrey – President and CEO, Museum of Science and Industry
Thomas (Tom) Jackiewicz – President, University of Chicago Medical Center, COO of UChicago Medicine
Timothy (Tim) Knight – President and CEO, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Kristen Mack – Managing Director, Communications, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Reginald (Reggie) Miller – VP, Global Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
Robert (Rob) O'Keef – Vice President & Treasurer, W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Angelique Power (LGC Fellow since 2015) – President, Field Foundation
Linda Ross – Managing Director, CIBC USA
Rebekah Scheinfeld, McCormick Fellow – CEO & President, Civic Consulting Alliance
Tracey Scott – Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Housing Authority
David Segura – CEO, VisionIT, a Softtek company
Eric Smith – Vice Chairman, BMO Harris Bank
Carrie Steyer – General Manager, Slalom
Jessica Strausbaugh – CFO, The Chicago Community Trust
Kristofer (Kris) Swanson – Forensic Services Practice Leader, Charles River Associates (CRA)
Dominica Tallarico (LGC Fellow since 2014) – Executive Vice President – Illinois Region, Advocate Aurora Health
Karen Tamley (LGC Fellow since 1999), The Chicago Community Trust Fellow – President and CEO, Access Living
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 mobilizes 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’s Signature Fellows Program equips participants with the resources they need to understand how decisions are made, how complex policies are shaped, and how to influence meaningful change. Using the city as a classroom, LGC Fellows learn through interactions with private, public and nonprofit decision makers, and work as a group to develop critical thinking, analytical, governance and leadership skills.
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 Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, former Executive Chairman of Urban Partnership Bank David Vitale, General Partner of Henry Crown & Company Steve Crown, Managing Partner, Cleveland Avenue Andy Zopp, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, Chairman, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities Rachel Arfa, Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments John Rogers Jr., 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.
LGC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. To learn more about The Daniel Burnham Fellowship, please visit: https://lgcchicago.org/danielburnhamfellowship
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