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
Glenn Eden
Board Chair
Executive Vice President, Weber Shandwick Chicago
Lynn J. Osmond , Hon. AIA, CAE
Vice Chair & Chair of the Audit Committee
President & CEO, Chicago Architecture Center
Alpana Singh
Treasurer & Chair of the Finance Committee
Master Sommelier, Owner of Terra and Vine Restaurant
Melody Spann-Cooper
Secretary
Chairman | CEO, Midway Broadcasting Corporation | WVON, WRLL
Board of Directors
Board
Jeff Bethke
Chairman
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority (MPEA)
Jay Blunk
Executive Vice President
Chicago Blackhawks
Rosa Escareno
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
Richard Gamble
Founder and President
Realized Value Collaborative, LLC
Marilynn Gardner
President & CEO
Navy Pier
Jake Henry
Senior Partner, Global Co-Convener and NA Leader of Pharmaceutical and Medical Products
McKinsey & Company
Marko Iglendza
Founder & CEO
Terminal Getaway Spa
Ayesha Jaco
Executive Director
West Side United
David Jacobs
General Manager
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
Michael Jacobson
President and CEO
Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association
Arthur "Art" Johnston
Co-Founder | Co-Owner
Equality Illinois | Sidetrack Bar
Mark Lauer
Chair of the General Managers Advisory Committee
General Manager | Sheraton Grand Chicago
Liz Lombardo Stark
Director of Marketing & PR
Gibsons Restaurant Group
Michelle Mason, FASAE, CAE
President and CEO
Association Forum
Kevin McLaughlin
Business Representative
United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Local 10
Jerry Mickelson
Chairman and Co-Founder
Jam Productions
Maria Razumich-Zec
Regional Vice President and General Manager
The Peninsula Chicago
Robert G. Reiter, Jr.
President
Chicago Federation of Labor
Jamie L. Rhee
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Aviation
James Rondeau
President & Eloise W. Martin Director
The Art Institute of Chicago
Meg Sahs
Owner
Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio
Myrna Salazar
Executive Director
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
Juan Salgado
Chancellor
City Colleges of Chicago
Manuel “Manny” Sanchez
Founding and Managing Partner
Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP
Christie Tarantino-Dean
CEO
Institute of Food Technologists
Sam Toia
President & CEO
Illinois Restaurant Association
John Wells
General Manager
Hilton Chicago
Kevin Willer
Chair of the Nominating Committee
General Partner | Chicago Ventures
Nykia Wright
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Sun-Times
Elizabeth "Betsy" Ziegler
CEO
1871/CEC - Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
Andrea Zopp
Managing Director
Cleveland Avenue
Board
Ex-Officio
Walter Burnett Jr.
Alderman, 27th Ward
City of Chicago
Larita D. Clark
Chief Executive Officer
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA)
Don Finn
Business Manager, Financial Secretary
I.B.E.W. Local 134
Sylvia Garcia
Acting Director
Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Billy Glunz
Regional Director, Government Affairs
American Airlines
Amy Hughes
Illinois Market Executive | Managing Director
Bank of America Private Bank
Mark Kelly
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Barbara Laken
Regional Sales Director
United Airlines
