BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Board of Trustees serves as the governing body and fiduciaries for the Merit School of Music. Our Trustees are passionate ambassadors for Merit and music education, and contribute their skills in various ways to fulfill our mission. Trustees are nominated by the Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees and elected by a majority of the Board of Trustees.
TRUSTEE OFFICERS
Board Chair
Charles K. Huebner*
RCP Advisors, LLC
Vice Chair
Ryan DeVore*
William Blair
Vice Chair
Jennifer MontagueA*
NiSource
Treasurer
Julie Baumeister*
Ernst & Young
Secretary
Marisela Rosales Lawson*
PricewaterhouseCoopers
President & Executive Director
Charles Grode
Associate Board Representative
Andy Scroggins#
Seyfarth Shaw
TRUSTEES
Susan S. Aaron†
DePaul University; Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development
Duffie Adelson†
Merit School of Music (ret.)
Michael Andrews
Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC
Sonia Antolec
The 1937 Group
David P. Bolger†
Civic Leader
JeNyce Boolton
US Bank
Jeffrey Breslow
Jeffrey Breslow Sculpture
Binta Niambi Brown
omalilly Projects
Nick Bubnovich†
Willis Towers Watson (ret.)
Huan J. Chang
University of Illinois-Chicago & Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Carol Clavadetscher*
Skills For Chicagoland’s Future
Samuel H. Ellis†
Samuel H. Ellis & Co.
Ginny Foreman†
Civic Leader
Peter B. Foreman†
Sirius Partners, LP
Jason Gatchell
JPMorgan Chase
Derrick GayA
Diversity and Inclusion Strategist
Joseph B. Glossberg†*
Gofen and Glossberg, LLC
Howard L. Gottlieb†*
Glen Eagle Partners (ret.)
Janice Honigberg†
Sun Belle Inc.
Jeremiah S. James†
Edward R. James Partners, LLC
Emily T. Knight, Ph.D.†
Clinical Psychologist
Thomas Leopold
Bank of America (ret.)
Thomas Linguanti*
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)
J. Barry Mitchell†
ComEd (ret.)
Cynthia Mufarreh
CAM Comm
Shelley Ochab†
Civic Leader
Edward H. Oppenheimer†
Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Nishad Parmar
Loud Capital
Ellard L. Pfaelzer, Jr.†*
Bruss Company (ret.)
Harry Porterfield†
CBS (ret.)
Jon L. Powell†
People Advisory Services
Michael J. Powers
Howard and Howard
Abiman Rajadurai
McDonald’s Corporation
Earl J. Rusnak, Jr.†
Harris Associates L.P. (ret.)
Raymond L. Rusnak†
Civic Leader
David Schulz
Salucro Healthcare Solutions
Julie K. Stapel
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nina G. Stillman*†
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP (ret.)
Susie Pfaelzer Sultan
Advocate Medical Group
Thomas H. Stone†
Stone Capital Group, Inc.
David P. Thomas*
Bright Horizons Family Solutions (ret.)
Richard L. Thomas†
First Chicago NBD Corp. (ret.)
Jennifer TurnerA
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Jennifer Vianello
Cars.com
John F. Young*
Norton Rose Fulbright US