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 & Secretary
Elizabeth Williams*
&Minds Partners
Treasurer
Julie Baumeister*
Ernst & Young
TRUSTEES
Susan S. Aaron†
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
West Loop Dot Gallery
Binta Niambi Brown
Omalily Projects
Nick W. Bubnovich†
Willis Towers Watson (ret.)
Huan J. Chang
University of Illinois-Chicago & Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Carol Clavadetscher*
Polaris Charter Academy
Samuel H. Ellis†
Samuel H. Ellis & Co.
Ginny Foreman†
Civic Leader
Peter B. Foreman†
Sirius Partners, LP
Jason Gatchell
JPMorgan Chase
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†
Clinical Psychologist
Marisela Rosales Lawson
Sagence, Inc.
Thomas Leopold
Bank of America (ret.)
Thomas Linguanti*
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
J. Barry Mitchell†
ComEd (ret.)
Jennifer MontagueA*
NiSource
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
Julie K. Stapel
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nina G. Stillman†*
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP (ret.)
Thomas H. Stone†
Stone Capital Group, Inc.
Susie Pfaelzer Sultan
Advocate Medical Group
David P. Thomas*
Bright Horizons Family Solutions (ret.)
Richard L. Thomas†
First Chicago NBD Corp. (ret.)
Catie Wloch#
Davis Bancorp
Thaddeus Wong
@properties
John F. Young*
Clean Law, PC