Grant Park Orchestral Association Board of Directors
The Grant Park Orchestral Association is a 501(c)3 organization that presents the Grant Park Music Festival. Members of the Association's Board are dedicated to promoting the unique Festival experience of free, high-quality classical music in Chicago's magnificent Millennium Park.
Officers
Mr. Adam Grais, GPOA Board Chair
Member of the Firm, McDonald Hopkins LLC
Mr. Thomas Orlando
Attorney/Shareholder, Foran Glennon
Mr. Jerry Goldstone, GPOA Treasurer
President, BCR Enterprises, Inc. (retired)
Mr. LaRue Robinson, GPOA Secretary
Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Mr. Paul Winberg, (ex officio)
President and CEO, Grant Park Orchestral Association
Directors
Phillip Acevedo
Associate, Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, LLC
Dr. Peter M. Ascoli
Adjunct Professor, Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership
Dr. Amy Boonstra
Executive Director, Center for Decision Research, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Mr. Vern Broders
Consultant
Ms. Penny Brown
Civic and Arts Leader
Mr. Robert J. Buford
President and CEO, Planned Realty Group, Inc.
Mr. Michael W. Cusick
Partner, Clarity Partners, LLC
Ms. Nancy Dehmlow
Vice President/Secretary, Composites One LLC
Ms. Kate Donaldson, GPOA Vice Chair
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Doyenne Wealth Advisors
Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Drucker
Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County (retired)
Mr. James B. Fadim
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Conlon Public Strategies
Mr. Michael S. Ferrell
Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker Green
Mr. Paul E. Freehling
Senior Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP (retired)
Ms. Eileen Friestad
President, CWP Management, Inc. (retired)
Ms. Freddi L. Greenberg
Attorney, Freddi L. Greenberg Attorney at Law
Mr. Tom Hanson
Managing Partner, Fleming Hanson Sales (retired)
Mr. Matthew Hinerfeld
General Counsel, Jump Trading Group
Ms. Ann Hickey (ex officio)
Deputy Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Mr. Malcolm S. Kamin
Principal, Law Office of Malcolm S. Kamin
Ms. Sandra Kamin
Civic and Arts Leader
Ms. Angela Lee
Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Mr. Thomas D. McElroy II
Principal and CEO, Level-1 Global Solutions, LLC
Ms. Jill Mueller
Civic and Arts Leader
Mr. Julian Oettinger
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Walgreens, Inc. (retired)
Mr. Eligio Pimentel
Shareholder, McAndrews
Ms. Hedy M. Ratner
Co-founder, President Emerita and Consultant, Women’s Business Development Center
Ms. Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Principal, Roselin Investments
Mr. Brian Sedlak
Partner, Jones Day
Mr. Stephen Smith, GPOA Past Board Chair
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Amsted Industries, Inc.
Mr. Ramon T. Stewart
Senior Vice President and Securities and Whole Loan Trading, Guaranteed Rate Companies Inc.
Mr. Curtis Tarver II
Illinois State Representative, 25th District
Ms. Maureen Sullivan Taylor
Founding Partner, Sullivan Taylor, Gumina & Palmer, PC
Ms. Lisa Tesarik
Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Fifth Third Bank
Ms. Andria van der Merwe
Executive Vice President, Compass Lexecon
Dr. David Whitney
Dermatologist, AMITA Health
Ms. Virginia Willcox
Human Resources Consultant, Commonwealth HR Consulting
Mr. La'Mont Williams
Chief of Staff & General Counsel, Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry
Ms. Karen Zupko
President, KarenZupko & Associates, Inc.