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.
Brian A. Kenney, Chairman
Bridget C. Coughlin, Ph.D., President and CEO
Life Trustees
Peter B. Foreman
Marian Phelps Pawlick
William N. Sick
Stephen Byron Smith
Trustees
Joseph S. Braik
Mary L. Burke
Paul J. Carbone
William J. Chase
Elizabeth Hartigan Connelly
Scott L. Dille
David L. Epstein
Richard E. Erwin
Tyrone C. Fahner
Sarah N. Garvey
Brent Gledhill
H. John Gilbertson Jr.
Anders Gustafsson
Gavin D. K. Hattersley
John Hesselmann
Julie Andreeff Jensen
Richard L. Keyser
Thomas N. King
David J. Koo
Anne E. Krebs
Jerry Krulewitch
Anna M. Livingston
Harvey L. Miller
J. Jay Miller
Susan E. Morrison
Andrew Nocella
Ellen L. O'Connor
Ginevra Reed Ralph
John F. Sandner
Rodd M. Schreiber
Nancy S. Searle
Lloyd A. Semple, Jr.
Kimberly Simios
Sandra L. Simon
Alex Singla
Mary S. Smith
Guy E. Snyder
Steven J. Solomon
Tracy Souder
William C. Steers
Richard J. Tobin
Jane L. Warner
Reeve Byron Waud
Steve Weller
Honorary Trustees
Ted A. Beattie
William P. Braker
Richard W. Burke, Sr.
The Honorable Richard M. Daley
Wallace L. Head
Quentin G. Heisler, Jr.
J. Donald Higgins
Robert H. Jordan, PhD
Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr.
John Jeffry Louis III
Andrew McNally V
Morton Schapiro
Robert J. Stucker
Ex-Officio Trustees
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel
Laura Micheli