James L Tyree

Chairman and chief executive officer of Mesirow Financial since 1994 Joined the firm in 1980. B.A., Illinois State University; M.B.A., Illinois State University Sun-Times Media Holdings, chairman PrivateBancorp, Inc., board member Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, board ex officio member, Executive Committee member, former chairman of Major Donor and Global Campaign Committees Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Illinois Chapter, board life member, Executive Committee member-at-large, past president of the board, former chairman of the Annual Gala Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, board member and immediate past chairman The Executives' Club of Chicago, board member and past chairman University of Chicago Hospitals, board member Illinois State University Foundation, board member Illinois Institute of Technology, trustee Big Shoulders Fund, board member Uhlich Children's Advantage Network (UCAN), President's Board member The Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago, member