Nature Museum Trustees shape our mission and purpose and set the strategic framework and long-term plan. They are some of the Museum's most generous supporters and articulate ambassadors. They play an integral role in supporting all Museum initiatives. The 53 trustees are a diverse group of leaders from fields such as business, science, law, non-profit and education.

Chair

Susan D. Whiting
Vice Chairperson
The Nielsen Company

Vice Chairs

• Jacky Ferro
  Civic Leader

• David P. Hackett
  Partner
  Baker & McKenzie LLC

Secretary

• Jim Murray
  Managing Director, Investment Banking
  Morgan Stanley

Treasurer

• Rich Hanson
  Principal and Founder
  Mesa Development

Trustees

• Charles Barone
  Partner
  Ernst & Young

• John Barron
  Publisher
  The Chicago Sun-Times

• Dr. Joel S. Brown
  Professor
  University of Illinois, Chicago

• Gregory C. Case
  President and CEO
  AON Corporation

• Sona Chawla
  President, E- Commerce
  Walgreens
  
  

• Sheila Clary
  Civic Leader
  
  
  

• Leslie A. Coolidge
  Civic Leader

• Vi Daley
  Civic Leader
  
  

• Patrick F. Daly
  Chairman
  The Daly Group LLC

• Don Delves
  President
  The Delves Group

• Charles W. Douglas
  Chairman, Management Committee
  Sidley Austin LLP

• Dasha Smith Dwin
  Chief Human Resources Officer
  Grosvenor Capital Management

• Stephen R. Ferrara
  Managing Partner
  Assurance Services
  BDO Services, LLP

• Robert Frentzel
  Executive Vice President
  The PrivateBank

• Donna Gustafsson
  Civic Leader

• Raymond Hartshorne
  Partner
  Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture

• Leslie Henner Burns
  Civic Leader

• Frank Hogan
  Civic Leader

• Andrea E. Hosbein
  Partner
  Cypress Capital Partners, LLC

• Andre Hughes
  Civic Leader
  
  
  

• Monica Hughson
  Founder
  Preschool People
  
  

• Judy Istock
  Civic Leader
  
  
  

• Stanley Janowiak
  Senior Vice President
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
  
  

• Rock Khanna
  Partner
  McKinsey & Co.
  
  
  

• Steve Merkin
  Senior VP, Human Resources
  Cardinal Health
  
  

• Dr. James A. Montgomery
  Associate Professor and Director
  Environmental Science Program
  DePaul University

• John Murphy
  President
  MB Real Estate
  
  
  
  

• Peggy Notebaert
  Civic Leader

• Michael Shea
  President & Co-Founder
  Griffin Strategic Advisors
  
  
  

• Alejandro Silva
  Chairman and CEO
  Evans Food Group
  
  
  

• Barbara Speer
  Civic Leader

• Marianne Stanke
  Director of Strategy
  Motorola Solutions
  
  

• Joyce M. St. Clair
  President, Operations and Technology
  The Northern Trust Company

• Lisa Brown Tribbett
  Civic Leader

• Joan H. Walker
  Senior Vice President
  Corporate Relations
  Allstate Insurance

• Brian Walls
  Global Head of Alternative Investments
  Newedge USA, LLC

• Richard J. Williams
  Senior Partner
  Hlustik, Huizenga, WIlliams & Vander Woude, Ltd.

• Colleen Zambole
  VP, Consumer Banking and Lending Operations
  Discover Financial Services
  
  

• Timothy R. Zoph
  Senior Vice President,
  Administration and CIO
  Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Life Trustees

• Frank M. Clark
  Chairman and CEO (retired)
  ComEd

• Thomas Cox
  VP & CFO (retired)
  Illinois Bell
  
  

• Dr. Paul Heltne
  President Emeritus
  Chicago Academy of Sciences

• Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr.
  Chairman (retired)
  UBS Global Asset Management,
  (Americas) Inc.

• Cathleen Osborn
  Civic Leader
  
  
  

• Lowell I. Stahl
  Partner/Chairman
  PFS Group
  
  

Honorary Trustees

George M. Covington

Laura Sudler

Joseph P. Sullivan

Ex-Officio

Michael P. Kelly
General Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Park District