Board of Trustees
Shedd is governed by the Shedd Aquarium Society, composed of volunteer corporate, civic and community leaders that make up the Board of Trustees with the primary responsibility for governance oversight and fiduciary accountability, as outlined in the Society’s bylaws. The board provides strategic direction for institutional priorities through work in both governance and programmatic committees.
David J. Koo, Board Chair
Bridget C. Coughlin, Ph.D., President and CEO
Trustees
Neil Book
Joseph S. Braik
Mary L. Burke
William J. Chase
Shannel Clubb
Elizabeth Hartigan Connelly
Dominic Curcio
David L. Epstein
Richard E. Erwin
David Foulkes
John D. Fumagalli
Sarah N. Garvey
Brent Gledhill
Rahul Goyal
Anders Gustafsson
Tracie Haas
John Hesselmann
John Holmes
Robert H. Jordan, Ph.D.
Brian A. Kenney
Thomas N. King
Jerry Krulewitch
Ken Kuhrt
Katie Lawler
Anna M. Livingston
Robert Lyons
Rev. Michael Nabors, D.Min.
Andrew Nocella
Ellen L. O'Connor
Cara Pan
Ginevra Reed Ralph
Joyce St. Clair
Nancy S. Searle
Kimberly Simios
Alex Singla
Charles Smith
Mary S. Smith
Tracy Souder
Mark Stainton
Richard J. Tobin
Jane L. Warner
Steve Weller
Jeffrey Wright
Suzanne Yoon
Life Trustees
Peter B. Foreman
Harvey L. Miller
Marian Phelps Pawlick
Stephen Byron Smith
Honorary Trustees
William P. Braker
Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.
H. John Gilbertson Jr.
Wallace L. Head
J. Donald Higgins
Andrew McNally V
Lloyd A. Semple, Jr.
Ex-Officio Honorary Trustees
Natalie Phelps Finnie
Director, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
The Honorable Brandon Johnson
Mayor, City of Chicago
Toni Preckwinkle
President, Cook County Board of Commissioners
The Honorable JB Pritzker
Governor, State of Illinois
Megan Wasyliw
Chair, Shedd Aquarium Auxiliary Board