The Chicago Public Education Fund

Leadership & Staff

Heather Anichini Chicago Public Education Fund CEO

• president and CEO

Robin Lavin philanthropist, Osa Foundation

• Advisory Council member

Vinit Sukhija Partner Learn Capital

• Investments Fellow*

Thomas F Darden CEO, Cherokee Investment Partners

• director

Maggie Blinn DiNovi Executive Director, Chicago Program at New Leaders for New Schools

• Program officer ('03→'05)

Arnie Rivera chief of policy for CPS

• Chief Operating Officer (?→Aug '14)

Board Members

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Scott C Smith Retired Publisher, Chicago Tribune

• Board Member

Stephen A Cruise Managing Director, Midwest Region, UBS Investment Bank

• Board Member

J Erik Fyrwald CEO, executive director of Syngenta AG and Chairman of the syngenta foundation for sustainable agriculture

• Board Member

Tim Schwertfeger former Chairman and CEO of Nuveen

• Board Member

Ralph W Rydholm Retired Chairman and CEO, Euro RSCG Tatham

• Board Member

Patricia Saldañ A Natke President & Design Principal, Urban Works Ltd.

• Board Member

Clare M Muñana President, Ancora Associates | Vice President, Chicago Board of Education

• Board Member

Siddharth Mehta President & CEO, TransUnion

• Board Member

Jill M Garling

• Board Member

Janet M Knupp Founding President & CEO, The Chicago Public Education Fund

• Board Member

Donors

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Helen Zell Widow of Chicago billionaire Sam Zell; Executive Director of Zell Family Foundation

• Donation · 2,000,000 USD

Kenneth Griffin Citadel Investment president

• Donation · 2,000,000 USD

Anne Dias Griffin hedge fund operator divorced from Kenneth C. Griffin

• Donation · 2,000,000 USD

Pritzker Family Foundation

• Donation · 2,000,000 USD

Sam Zell Chairman, Equity Group Investments

• Donation · 2,000,000 USD

Julie Simmons

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD

Gail Waller

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD

Tim Schwertfeger former Chairman and CEO of Nuveen

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD

Malott Family Foundation

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD

Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD

Donations

ER Strategies strategic resource allocation

• Donation

2014 Chicago Principal Fellowship inaugural cohort of professional / exec development through CPS, NWU, and the Fund

• supporter

Memberships

New Classrooms Innovations Partners

• Local partner

Services & Transactions

SUPES Academy nonprofit education group

• Service/Transaction

Next Generation Learning Challenges non-profit partnership of foundations funding technology-based education projects

• partner

Miscellaneous Relationships

LEAP Innovations "non-profit" education technology incubator

• collaborator ('14→?)*