University of Chicago

Leadership & Staff

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Eric Santner Professor of Modern Germanic Studies, University of Chicago

• Professor of Modern Germanic Studies ('96→?)

David Wellbery Professor of German and Comparative Literature, University of Chicago

• Professor of German and Comparative Literature ('01→?)

Molly Branson Thayer Director of Strategic Initiatives, U Chicago

• Director of Strategic Initiatives

Rick Stevens Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago

• Professor, High Performance Computing ('99→?)*

John Novembre Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago

• Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics

Jonathan L Alperin Professor of Mathematics, University Of Chicago

• Professor of Mathematics ('63→?)

Robert Rosner Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago

• Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics ('87→?)

James A Shapiro Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago

• Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ('73→?)

Karlene Burrell-McRae Director and Associate Dean of Students, University of Chicago

• Associate Dean of Students

Tara Zahra Professor of East European History, University of Chicago

• Professor of History

Board Members

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Harvey B Plotnick Former President - Paradigm Holdings Inc.

• Member, Board of Trustees ('94→?)

Richard P Strubel Vice Chairman - UNext Inc.

• Member, Board of Trustees

Andrew M Alper Chairman, EQA Partners

• Chairman, Board of Trustees

Timothy M George Founding Partner - Greenhill & Company, LLC

• Member, Board of Trustees

Thomas Pritzker Executive chairman, Hyatt

• Member, Board of Trustees

King W Harris

• Member, Board of Trustees

Satya Nadella Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft

• Trustee

Liz Thompson non-profit organizer and noted philanthropist

• trustee ('12→?)

Alvaro Saieh president of CorpGroup Holding

• trustee ('12→?)

David Brooks New York Times columnist

• trustee ('12→?)

Donors

Mellody Hobson President of Ariel Capital Management

• Donation · 25,000,000 USD

Sarah Scaife Foundation Conservative funding juggernaut

• Grant · 100,000 USD ('09)

Jamie Dimon Chairman & CEO of JPMorganChase

• Donation ('05)

Holdings

Computation Institute Advance Innovative Modeling, Joint Project University of Chicago and Argonne Labs

• Owner ('00→?)*

Child Organizations

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University of Chicago Department of Physics

• Child Org

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

• Child Org

Urban Center for Computation and Data Big data think tank at the University of Chicago.

• Child Org

National Opinion Research Center Social research organization

• Child Org

University of Chicago Department of Statistics

• Child Org

University of Chicago Department of Economics

• Child Org

Urban Education Institute University of Chicago education institute

• Child Org

Harris School of Public Policy Studies One of six professional schools at the University of Chicago

• Child Org

The University of Chicago Law School

• Child Org

UChicago Argonne LLC

• Child Org*

Members

Results For America Evidence-Based Philanthropy

• Member

Memberships

Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) Collaboration of Universities and New American in "Tech for Good"

• Member*

Services & Transactions

Chase Bank USA, National Association JPMorgan Chase’s credit card-issuing bank.

• credit cards · 300,000 USD ('12) [+1]

• credit cards · 300,000 USD ('10)

Baupost Group Hedge fund in Boston, MA; headed by Seth Klarman

• investment manager

Kivvit PR firm, formed from merger of ASGK Public Strategies & M Public Affairs

• PR representative

Students

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Santa J Ono President, University of British Columbia; named president of the University of Michigan in July 2022

• Bachelor's Degree, Biological Science

Samuel P. Huntington American Neo-Conservative Political Scientist

• MA (?→'49)

Raymond Witcoff Transurban Corporation

• Bachelor's Degree (?→'42)

James Cole Jr Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Jasco Group, LLC

• JD (past)

Richard Mashaal Founded Senvest Management, LLC in 1997

• MA, International Relations (?→'89)

Arley D Cathey Former president of Butane Gas, Inc

• Bachelor's Degree, Philosophy (?→'50)

Cathleen Ihasz President, Matrix Group Consulting, Ltd.; Lazar Ventures

• Bachelor's Degree

Jason Mudrick Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Mudrick Capital Management, L.P.

• BA, Political Science

Alexander Hoehn-Saric Biden nominee for Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission; former policy director for FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel

• Bachelor's Degree, Political Science

Rajesh Nayak Biden Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Labor

• Bachelor's Degree, Public Policy

Miscellaneous Relationships

Sustainability Skills Initiative

• Affiliation [+1]

• Affiliation

Fenics Software Open Source Automated Solutions of Differential Equations

• Co-Founded By ('03→?)*

Mind + Matter Studio

• Affiliation

Thrive Chicago Strive Network Collective Impact Chicago

• Affiliation

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