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Areas of Focus: Diversified Financial Services, Mesirow Financial Goals and VisionProfile: Chairman and chief executive officer of Mesirow Financial since 1994 Joined the firm in 1980 Has led Mesirow Financial to unprecedented levels of growth in all areas of the business Grown the firm both internally as well as through over 50 acquisitions of firms such as the U.S. Corporate Recovery practice from KPMG, LLP, Dann Insurance and Boockford & Company, two respected suburban Chicago insurance agencies and Stein & Company, a premier real estate organization Founded the firm's Private Equity Division Accomplishments: Named 2004 Person of the Year by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Has served on more than 50 corporate, civic and not-for-profit boards of directors Appointed chairman of the board of the City Colleges of Chicago by Mayor Daley in 2000, an organization that consists of seven colleges and 110,000 students Education: B.A., Illinois State University M.B.A., Illinois State University Affiliations: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, chairman, Executive Committee member, former chairman of Major Donor and Global Campaign Committees Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Illinois Chapter, Executive Committee member, member-at-large, past president of the board, former chairman of the Annual Gala Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, chairman The Executives' Club of Chicago, board member and past-chairman Illinois State University Foundation, board member Roosevelt University, board member University of Chicago Hospitals, board member Big Shoulders Fund, board member. | 