Choose Chicago counts some of the city’s most accomplished professionals among our board members, each committed to promoting Chicago as a premier leisure, meetings, and events destination. In conjunction with the Choose Chicago Executive Office, the Board of Directors serves as a primary source of communication, decision-making, initiative leadership, management, and execution to better serve the Chicago tourism industry.
Board of Directors
Officers
Guy Chipparoni
Chair
President & CEO, Res Publica Group
Keiana Barrett
Vice Chair
CEO, Business Leadership Council
Liz Lombardo Stark
Treasurer & Chair of the Finance Committee
Director of Marketing & PR, Gibsons Restaurant Group
Chevy Humphrey
Secretary
President & CEO, Griffin Museum of Science & Industry
Board of Directors
Board
Jeff Bethke
Managing Partner, Ingenuity Advising
Ivan Capifali
Commissioner, Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
Phil Clement
President & CEO, World Business Chicago
Catherine De Orio
Executive Director, Foundation for Culinary Arts
Lisa Duarte
Partner, Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres
Devin Griffith
Global Head of Asset Management, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Nina Grondin
Equity Partner, Curioso
Ayesha Jaco
Executive Director, West Side United
Andrea Kluger
Chief of Staff, Chicago Federation of Labor
Misoon Kong
General Manager, Hilton Chicago
Kevin McLaughlin
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council
Michael McMurray
Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation
RJ Melman
President, Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants
Eve Rodriguez Montoya
President and CEO, Rodriguez Media Communications, Inc.
Artesha Moore
President & CEO, Association Forum
José Ochoa
President and CEO, National Museum of Mexican Art
Vinnie Polito
CEO, Society of Independent Show Organizers
Michael Reinsdorf
President & COO, Chicago Bulls
Kristen Reynolds
President and CEO, Choose Chicago
James Rondeau
President & Eloise W. Martin Director, The Art Institute of Chicago
Dan Russell
Senior Vice President, City Cruises USA/UK
Juan Salgado
Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Alexandra Sims
CEO, APS & Associates
Michael Strautmanis
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Obama Foundation
Cherryl Thomas
Chief Strategy Officer, Ardmore Roderick
Lisa Timbo
Area General Manager, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
Jorge Valdivia
Executive Director, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
Mark Wagner
General Manager, Hyatt Regency Chicago
Elizabeth "Betsy" Ziegler
CEO, 1871/CEC - Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
Board
Ex-Officio
Doreen Burse
SVP Worldwide Sales, United Airlines
Larita D. Clark
CEO, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA)
Jason Ervin
Alderman, 28th Ward, Chicago City Council
Benjamin Humphrey
Vice President of ORD Operations, American Airlines
Patrick Kelly
President & Business Manager, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 399
Rich Levin
Managing Director, Consumer and Retail Corporate & Investment Banking, B of A Securities, Inc.
Kristin Richards
Director, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)
Ex-Officio
In Memoriam
David Jacobs
General Manager, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
Myrna Salazar
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
