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
Shannel Clubb
Elizabeth Hartigan Connelly
David L. Epstein
Richard E. Erwin
Tyrone C. Fahner
David Foulkes
Sarah N. Garvey
Brent Gledhill
H. John Gilbertson Jr.
Anders Gustafsson
Gavin D. K. Hattersley
Tracie Haas
John Hesselmann
John Holmes
Robert H. Jordan, PhD
Richard L. Keyser
Thomas N. King
David J. Koo
Anne E. Krebs
Jerry Krulewitch
Katie Lawler
Anna M. Livingston
Harvey L. Miller
Susan E. Morrison
Andrew Nocella
Ellen L. O'Connor
Ginevra Reed Ralph
Joyce St. Clair
Zaldwaynaka Scott
Nancy S. Searle
Lloyd A. Semple, Jr.
Kimberly Simios
Sandra L. Simon
Alex Singla
Mary S. Smith
Tracy Souder
Mark Stainton
Richard J. Tobin
Jane L. Warner
Steve Weller
Jeffrey Wright
Honorary Trustees
Ted A. Beattie
William P. Braker
Wallace L. Head
Quentin G. Heisler, Jr.
J. Donald Higgins
Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr.
John Jeffry Louis III
Andrew McNally V
Morton Schapiro
Ex-Officio Trustees
The Honorable Lori Lightfoot
Jeff Ollada