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
Immediate Past Chair
Nina G. Stillman*
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP (ret.)
Vice Chair
Ryan DeVore*
William Blair
Vice Chair
Ellard L. Pfaelzer, Jr.*
Bruss Company (ret.)
Treasurer
Julie Baumeister
Ernst & Young
Secretary
Elizabeth Williams
Tenneco Inc.
TRUSTEES
Susan S. Aaron†
Civic Program Design, DePaul University; Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development
Duffie A. Adelson†
Merit School of Music (ret.)
Michael Andrews#
Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC
David P. Bolger†
Civic Leader
JeNyce Boolton
US Bank & Trust
Jeffrey Breslow
Jeffrey Breslow Gallery
Nick W. Bubnovich†
Willis Towers Watson (ret.)
Helen Y. Chang
Healthcare Executive Consulting
Huan J. Chang
University of Illinois-Chicago & Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Carol Clavadetscher
Five Keys Consulting, LLC.
Samuel H. Ellis†
Samuel H. Ellis & Co.
Ginny Foreman†
Civic Leader
Peter B. Foreman†
Sirius Partners, LP
Joseph B. Glossberg†*
Gofen and Glossberg, LLC
Howard L. Gottlieb†*
Glen Eagle Partners (ret.)
Justin Greis
Ernst & Young; Indiana University
Janice Honigberg†
Sun Belle Inc.
Judith A. Istock†
Civic Leader
Jeremiah S. James†
Edward R. James Partners, LLC
Debra Kerr
Intuit
Jules F. Knapp†*
Grisham Corporation
Emily T. Knight†
Clinical Psychologist
Thomas Leopold
Bank of America (ret.)
Marisela Rosales Lawson
Sagence, Inc.
Thomas Linguanti*
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
J. Barry Mitchell*
ComEd (ret.)
Jennifer MontagueA*
ComEd
Shelley Ochab†*
Civic Leader
Edward H. Oppenheimer†
Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Thomas F. Pick†
Pick Associates
Harry Porterfield†
CBS (ret.)
Jon L. Powell†
Ernst & Young
Michael J. Powers
Howard and Howard
David Rosen
The Competence Group
Earl J. Rusnak, Jr.†
Harris Associates L.P. (ret.)
Raymond L. Rusnak†
Civic Leader
Thomas H. Stone†
Stone Capital Group, Inc.
Susie Pfaelzer Sultan
Advocate Medical Group
David P. Thomas*
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Richard L. Thomas†
First Chicago NBD Corp. (ret.)
Thaddeus Wong*
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John F. Young
Clean Law, PC