Linda Searl, FAIA, (Chair), Principal, Searl Lamaster Howe Architects, PC, Chicago.  Ms. Searl’s firm, founded in 1986, provides design and detailed construction supervision for residential, corporate, commercial and institutional clients.  The firm has developed a reputation for producing quality projects even in limited budgets.  Prior to becoming Principal of her own firm Ms. Searl was an Associate Architect at Nagle Hartray and Associates.  Ms. Searl has served as a member and currently Chair of the Chicago Plan Commission since 1997 and she serves on the Board of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

Patricia Booth, (Chair Emeritus), Assistant Administrator of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), retired, Chicago.  Former Chair of the RIC’s Women’s Board.  Board Member of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation.

Howard Conant, Jr., (Vice Chair), President, Urban Innovations Inc., Chicago.  Urban Innovations is Chicago’s premier developer and operator of office lofts committed to preserving affordable senior housing through the purchase, revitalization, professional management and long-term ownership or existing low-income senior properties.  Mr. Conant is the former President of the Board of Directors of the River North Association.

Ned Cramer, Editor, Architect Magazine, Washington, D.C.  Mr. Cramer is responsible for exhibitions and for overall creative direction.  Recent projects include the exhibition series “Road Trip”, focusing on significant projects in the Midwest, as well as the exhibition “Invisible City” for which three teams of architects created visionary schemes interpreting major planning efforts in Chicago.  For eight years, Mr. Cramer worked as an editor at Architecture Magazine, most recently as executive editor.

Marshall Front, (Chair Emeritus), Chairman, Front Barnett Associates, Chicago.  Front Barnett Associates is a leading investment counseling firm.  Mr. Front also serves on the board of the Field Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Latin School, and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Nathan Grossman, (Treasurer), Principal, Nathan M. Grossman and Associates, Chicago.  Grossman and Associates is a business-oriented law firm providing a broad spectrum of business, tax, estate planning, litigation and real estate services.

David Hilliard, Partner, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, a Chicago law firm.  Mr. Hilliard is Chair of the Board of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and former President of the Chicago Bar Association.  He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Brad Lynch, Principal, Brininstool + Lynch, Ltd., Chicago.  Brininstool + Lynch, Ltd. is a Chicago architecture and design firm. Mr. Lynch has been a facilitator and lecturer at Archeworks, a visiting critic at Syracuse University School of Architecture, and is a member of the National Register of Peer Professionals for the GSA Design Excellence program.

Eva Maddox, Assoc AIA, FIIDA, LEED AP, (Vice President), Principal, Eva Maddox Branded Environments | Perkins + Will, a prominent interior design firm in Chicago.  Ms. Maddox is a Co-founder and Program Director of Archeworks.  Ms. Maddox is a Fellow of the International Interior Design Association.

Eric T. McKissack, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Channing Capital Management LLC, a Chicago-based investment firm, which is the subadvisor to the RMK (Regions Morgans Keegan) Mid Cap Value Fund, a publicly traded mutual fund that focuses on medium-sized companies with attractive valuations and promising long-term prospects.  Mr. McKissack specializes in mid and small-cap equity investing.

Christopher Multhauf, Executive Dean, National Louis University's College of Management and Business, Chicago.  Mr. Multhauf was the founding President of the Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing, a community based non-profit economic development organization, and founder and Chairman of the Board of First Commonwealth, a managed health care company.  Mr. Multhauf is a volunteer docent for the Chicago Architecture Foundation and a founding member of the Australian Architecture Association.

James L. Nagle, FAIA, Principal, Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay Penney Architects Ltd., Chicago.  Mr. Nagle is a Member of the Board of Overseers for the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology.  He is a frequent lecturer and design juror nationally.  

Judith Neisser, (Secretary), philanthropist, Chicago.  Ms. Neisser is President of the Neisser Family Fund and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Joel Press, M.D., Physician, Director, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Center for Spine, Sports and Occupational Therapy, Chicago.  Dr. Press received the Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation and Proctor and Gamble Excellence Award in Clinical Research in 2001.

Elizabeth D. Richter, Vice President of Marketing and Communications, The Chicago Community Trust, Chicago.   Ms. Richter serves on the boards of the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, the Woman's Board of the Rush University Medical Center and the Green City Market. She is currently President of the Chicago Wellesley Club. She is a member and past board member of The Chicago Network, the Economic Club of Chicago, and the Guild of the Chicago Historical Society.  She serves on the marketing committee of the Burnham Plan Centennial.

John Syvertsen, FAIA, President, OWP/P Architects, Chicago.  Mr. Syvertsen has been chair of the AIA National Committee on Design, and president of both the AIA Chicago Chapter and the Chicago Architectural Club.  Mr. Syvertsen has Board and Advisory positions at the Illinois Institute of Technology, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.  Mr. Syvertsen is a leader and original member of The Chicago Design Initiative. 

Stanley Tigerman, FAIA, (President), Principal, Tigerman McCurry Architects, Chicago.  Mr. Tigerman is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.  Mr.  Tigerman is Co-founder and Director of the Archeworks.

Patricia H. Werhane, Wicklander Professor of Business Ethics and Executive Director of the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics at DePaul University with a joint appointment as the Ruffin Chair of Business Ethics at the Darden School, University of Virginia.  Ms. Werhane, who resides in Chicago, is a member of the board of Columbia Wanger Asset Management.