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
Interim Board Chair
Ryan DeVore*
William Blair
Vice Chair
Ellard L. Pfaelzer, Jr.*
Bruss Company (ret.)
Elizabeth Williams*
&Minds Partners
Treasurer
Julie Baumeister*
Ernst & Young
Secretary
Elizabeth Williams*
&Minds Partners
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
Jeffrey Breslow 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.
Charles K. Huebner*
RCP Advisors, LLC
Judith A. Istock†
Civic Leader
Jeremiah S. James†
Edward R. James Partners, LLC
Debra Kerr
Intuit
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
Harry Porterfield†
CBS (ret.)
Jon L. Powell†
People Advisory Services
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
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*
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John F. Young
Clean Law, PC